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1 "Get up! Get up!" my mother whispers. My eyes flash
open in the predawn gray. Sleepily, I look around the screened-in
porch of our family's log cabin, where we spend our vacation. I
take in the green porch swing, the table, the twin bed where my
sister sleeps, the smoky glass of the kerosene lantern. My face
feels the coolness of the early-morning air. I relax and curl
deeper beneath the blankets' warmth. "Get up!" my mother whispers
again. "The sunrise is glorious!" Careful not to let the screen
door slam, she sets off down to the lake. Get up to see the
sunrise? The last thing this 14-year-old wants to do is leave a
warm bed to see the sun rise. It's freezing out there. |
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"起床！起床！"母亲小声地说。黎明时分，周围还是灰蒙蒙的一片。我很快地睁开了眼睛，睡眼惺忪地环顾了一下我们度假用的小棚屋的门廊。这个门廊是用隔板隔起来的。我注视着绿色的门廊帘子，桌子，姐姐睡的单人床，煤油灯的烟色玻璃。我脸上感觉到了清晨空气中的阵阵凉意。我缓过神来，然后把自己更深地缩在暖烘烘的毛毯里。
"快起床！"母亲又小声地说。"日出很美丽喔！"她小心翼翼地关上隔板的门，不让它发出响声，然后就向湖边出发了。起床去看日出？十四岁的我最不愿意做的事情就是离开暖和的被窝去看日出了。外边冷得刺骨呢。
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| [summary] In an early morning,
my mother asked us to get up to see the sunrise but my sister and I
are unwilling to do that. |
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| 1. My eyes flash open in the predawn gray. |
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| [paraphrase] My eyes open
quickly and wide in the gray before dawn.
flash: v. send or reflect like a sudden bright burst of
light of flame如闪电般发出或反映出
Her eyes flashed anger and defiance at everyone.
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| 2. Sleepily, I look around the screened-in porch
of our family's log cabin, where we spend our vacation. |
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[grammatical point] "where we
spend..." is a non-identifying relative clause. where= in which /
at which
In non-identifying clauses, 'that' can not be used, and object
pronouns cannot be left out.
I passed him a large glass of whisky, which he drank
immediately.
They came to the restaurant, where they had dinner.
This is the city where John was born.
log cabin: hut built of logs原木小屋 （下载图片）
cf. synonyms: cottage, hut, shack, hovel, shanty, cabin
& chalet
cottage: a small house, esp in the
country农舍，小房子（尤指乡下房子）
hut: a small building, often made of mood小屋，小木屋
shack: a hut, usu not carefully made窝棚，小屋，木板屋
hovel: depreciative a small dirty house or
hut乱与脏的小屋，棚屋
shanty: a very roughly made hut, usu in a
town简陋的小屋（通常在城镇内），棚屋
cabin: a small roughly built, usu wooden house简陋的小（木）屋
chalet: a usu wooden house with a steeply sloping roof, esp
common in Switzerland（常见于瑞士的）斜顶木屋
screen: v. conceal, protect or shelter sth. / sb. with a
screen隐藏、掩护或遮蔽某物/某人
The camera lens must be screened from direct sunlight.
[idiom] screen sth. / sb. for sth.: examine or test sth. /
sb., to find out if there is any disease, detect,
etc检查或测试某事物/某人（有无疾病、缺陷等）
Government employees are often screened by the security services,
i.e. their past history is checked, to ensure that they are not
likely to be disloyal or subversive.
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| 3. I take in the green porch swing, the table, the
twin bed where my sister sleeps, the smoky glass of the kerosene
lantern. |
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take in: mentally absorb what
is seen
Some other meanings of 'take in':
1) understand or absorb sth. that one hears or
reads理解或吸收（听到或阅读的）某事；
2) absorb sth. into the body by breathing or swallowing
it将某物吸入或吞入（体内），摄取；
3) make (a garment) narrower or tighter by altering its
seams将（衣服）改瘦；
4) accept (work to do in one's home) for
payment（为赚钱）承揽（在家中做的工作）；
5) include or cover sth.包括，包含，包罗；
6) go to see or visit (a film, museum, etc) 顺便看（电影）或参观（博物馆等）；
7) note sth. with the eyes; observe sth.注视或观察某事物
Half-way through the chapter I realized I hadn't taken anything
in.
Fish take in oxygen through their gills.
This dress needs to be taken in at the waist.
She supplements her pension by taking in washing.
The tour took in six Europe capitals.
I generally try to take in a show when I'm in New York on
business.
He took in the scene at a glance. |
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| 4. The sunrise is glorious. |
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glorious: very beautiful,
splendid灿烂的，绚丽的，辉煌的
The trees are all glorious colors in autumn.
cf. synonyms: wonderful, marvelous, magnificent, stupendous,
fabulous & sensational
wonderful: unusually good绝妙的，极好的
marvelous: wonderful, esp because
surprising极好的，不可思议的，令人惊奇的
magnificent: great, grand, generous,
etc壮丽的，宏伟的，堂皇的，大方的
stupendous: very good, and causing great satisfaction or
surprise了不起的
fabulous: (informal) very good or pleasant;
excellent极好的，极为愉快的
sensational: very good, and causing strong feeling,
excitement, etc极好的，令人兴奋的，轰动的
It's wonderful to see you again.
It's absolutely marvelous to be here again.
The queen was wearing a magnificent dress.
What a stupendous thing to do!
We had a fabulous holiday in Spain.
The news was really sensational; it has set everyone talking. |
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| 5. The last thing this 14-year-old wants to do is
leave a warm bed to see the sun rise. |
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| [paraphrase] What the
14-year-old dislikes most is to get out of a warm bed and walk out
into the freezing outdoors to see the sunrise. |
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