Line in the Sand

时间：2012-11-07 03:08:15

（单词翻译:单击）

Line in the Sand

Ken¹ McCullough

What he said was vast, given his limits.

At some mojave of the soul, we stopped

to gas up, and I was inclined to bolt—

wrong look, wrong answer, might raise his demons（恶魔）,

but what did I know, who was I to say?

He tuned² Tom Harmon on the radio,

sneered（嘲笑） and nodded like a slow woodpecker（啄木鸟）—

"Would that they had broke the mold," he chuckled

with sand in his pipes. The sun had stumbled.

His eyes turned on me—"What'll it be, rook?

Only one of us will walk away, son."

He coughed, spat³. ''Are you in or are you out?

If you think you are fast enough, just once,

you might have a blind salamander（火蜥蜴）'s chance."

分享到：

点击

收听单词发音

1 ken
n.视野，知识领域
参考例句：
Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。 Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

2 tuned
adj.调谐的，已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调
参考例句：
The resort is tuned in to the tastes of young and old alike. 这个度假胜地适合各种口味，老少皆宜。 The instruments should be tuned up before each performance. 每次演出开始前都应将乐器调好音。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 spat
n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声
参考例句：
Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。 There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。