8. At the top of a ridge I caught sight of Devil’s Tower upthrust against the gray sky as if in the birth of time the core of the earth had broken through its crust and the motion of the world was begun.
在山脊的顶端?我看到了直耸入灰色云霄的魔鬼塔?似乎自打有了时间的那一瞬间?地核裂出了地壳?世界的运动从此开始。
9. My line of vision was such that the creature filled the moon like a fossil.
从我的视野望去那只蟋蟀似乎像块化石一样镶嵌在满月之中。
10. It had gone there, I through, to live and die, for there of all places, was its small definition made whole and eternal.
我想那蟋蟀去了哪里,生也好,死也好,因为只有那个地方才能让他渺小价值变的完整和永恒。
Lesson 10
Vocabulary
1．Shade: a particular kind of red, green, blue. Etc. (degree or depth)of color
2. Capital: any source of benefit
3. Spoil: sth. taken by force in war
4. Agenda: program of things to be done
5. To register: to show as by facial expression
6. Hardening of outlook: general attitude to life and the world becoming more strict and determined and less sympathetic
7. to compromise:
to weaken or give up (one’s principles，ideals，etc．) as for reasons of expediency
8．Geopolitical situation: the physical location of certain states, their access to and from the sea, control over sea and land transportation routes and the availability of natural resources.
9. Projected: to calculate the size, amount，or rate of sth．as it will be in the future，
using the information one has
10. Currency: any other commodity used as a medium of exchange
Paragraph:
1. We still remember that assassinated world as idyllic, secure…., we will speak of it in the reverent tones reserved for the dead.
In our memory , the pre-September 11 world was peaceful ,happy and safe (overlooking the fact that this was not the case) and we will talk about those days with a feeling of deep respect and love which can only be found in talking about dead people.
2. ...the spoils of war include some of our most cherished values and liberties.
In order to win the way, we might have to give up some of the basic values and liberties we treasure most. This might be the cost we have to pay.
3. …who are attempting to colonize the future with their own repressive agenda?
They are planning to carry out the plan of expanding the power of law enforcement agencies at home and of striking at the “axis of evil ” abroad so as to extend American domination into areas originally beyond American reach ,such as Central Asia .Hence ,the colonization of the future .
4. …which assumes the public is thinking in red, white and blue, when actually the spectrum of
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