Fond Memories of Peiping
单词
exclusively
Exclusive 专有
exclusive to 独有的 These products are exclusive to our shops.
Exclusive 排外
remain exclusive 仍然排外
keep sth exclusive 保持···不对外开放
The owners of the golf club are determinded to keep it exclusive. 只为会员服务
Multifaceted adj. 多方面的，多才多艺的
a multifacted actor
Innermost 最深处
Extol 歌颂;颂扬;称赞;赞扬
extol sb.'s merits
extol sb. as a hero
extol sb. to the skies 把某人捧上天
Letdown n. 令人失望的事;失望;沮丧
Temperament 性情;(人或动物的)气质;性格
Constantinople n. 君士坦丁堡
Farfetched adj. 牵强的，牵强附会的
be, seem, sound farfetched 牵强，好像难以置信，听起来牵强
extremely, impossibly, very farfetched 极其牵强，牵强得不可思议，非常牵强
a bit, a little, pretty, rather 有点儿牵强；略微牵强，相当牵强
Smack 用巴掌大，使劲碰
good, hard smack 使劲亲一下；猛拍一巴掌
give sb, land a smack 给（某人）一个响吻；打（某人）一巴掌
get smack 被亲了个响吻；被打了一巴掌
with a smack 啪的一声 She brought her hand down on the water with a smack.
jujube n. 枣子；枣树；枣属植物
tadpole [ˈtædpoʊl] n.蝌蚪
beverage (除水以外的)饮料
jasmine 茉莉
pailou 牌楼
curios (常指收藏的)小件稀有物;
herbaceous 草本的
marvels-of-Peru 紫茉莉(在秘鲁首先发现)
hyacinth beans 扁豆
young soya beans 毛豆
cucumbers 黄瓜
spinach 菠菜
crab apples 酸苹果树; 花红树; 沙果树;
persimmons 柿子
chrysanthemums 菊花
词组
我不至于害怕
（我不会有顾虑）
I have no misgivings about doing~
拣着
（选择做什么）
choose to
躲开
（避开）
shy away from
我不知道的
what is little known to me
我没办法
I shall be at a complete loss
我对...知之甚少
very little of ... is known to me
没到过
neglect to visit
当地名胜
a local scenic attraction
九牛一毛
（表达微不足道）
a mere drop in the ocean
真爱（真的爱）
形容爱的程度很高
genuine love
独自微笑
smile by myself
欲流泪
feel like crying
细枝末节地
in bits and pieces
多少...（形容）
Numerous
风景名胜
scenic spots and historical sites
恰当处理
do justice to
句型
以此类推，
it follows that...
言语不足以表示...只有...
Word fails me where ...
...也是如此
The same is true of...
只做什么事
do no more than sth
e.g: do no more than extol
也是如此...
The same is true of ...
经典句解析
设若让我写一本小说，以北平为背景，我不至于害怕，因为我可以拣着我知道的写，而躲开我所不知道的。
（我不害怕以北平为背景写一本小说，因为我可以选择写我最熟悉的，并且<转折>避开我不太<比较>知道的）
I have no misgivings about writing a novel with Peiping as its background because I can choose to wirte about what I am most familiar with while shying away from what is less known to me.
让我单摆浮搁的讲一套北平，我没办法。
（但是我没办法单摆浮搁的讲一套北平）
But I shall be at a complete loss if I shall be called upon to write exclusively about Peiping.
北平的地方那么大，事情那么多，我知道的真觉太少了，虽然我生在那里，一直到二十七岁才离开。
（事情那么多 -> 多方面的）
Peiping is so big and multifaceted that very little of it, I believe, is known to me though I was born and brought up there and never went away until I was 27.
以名胜说，我没到过陶然亭，这多可笑！
（多可笑啊我连当地名胜陶然亭都没去过！）
Just fancy that I have neglected to visit even Tao Ran Ting, a local scenic attraction!
以此类推，我所知道的那点只是“我的北平”，而我的北平大概等于牛的一毛。
（以此类推，和整个北平相比我所知道的北平就是九牛一毛<大海里的一滴水>（表达出微不足道的意思即可））
It follows that, in contrast with Peiping in its entirety, what little I know about it is probably a mere drop in the ocean.
可是，我真爱北平。这个爱几乎是要说而说不出的。我爱我的母亲。怎么爱？我说不出。
（可是我真的爱北平这种爱就像是我对我母亲的爱几乎是说不出来的）
I do cherish, however, a genuine love for Peiping ——a love that is almost as inexpressible as my love for mother.
在我想作一件事讨她老人家喜欢的时候，我独自微微的笑着。在我想到她的健康而不放心的时候，我欲落泪。
（两句结构相近，整合成一句用分号隔开）
I smile by myself when I think of something I can do to please mother; I feel like crying when I worry about mother's health.
言语是不够表现我的心情的，只有独自微笑或落泪才足以被内心揭露在外面一些来。
Words fail me where silent smiles and tears well express my innermost feelings.
注意where在此的用法
我之爱北平也近乎这个。
The same is true of my love for Peiping.
夸奖这个古城的某一点是容易的，可是那就把北平看得太小了。
（如果我只夸奖北平的某一方面，那我就没法把这座古城完美地展示出来）
I shall fail to do justice to this vast ancient city if I should do no more than extol just one certain aspect of it.
我所爱的北平不是枝枝节节的一些什么，而是整个儿与我的心灵相粘合的一段历史，一大块地方，
The Peiping I love is not something in bits and pieces, but a phase of history and a vast tract of land completely bound up with my heart.
多少风景名胜，从雨后什刹海的蜻蜓一直到我梦里的玉泉山的塔影，都积凑到一块，
Numerous scenic spots and historical sites from Shi Sha Hai Lake with its dragonflies after a rain to the Yu Quan Shan Mountain with the dream pagoda on top -- all merge into a single whole.
dream作定语形容词“梦一般完美地”
每一小的事件中有个我，我的每一思念中有个北平，这只有说不出而已。
I associate myslef with everything in Peiping no matter how trivial it is; Peiping is always in my mind. I can't tell why.
真愿成为诗人，把一切好听好看的字都浸在自己的心血里，像杜鹃似的啼出北平的俊伟。
（如果我是诗人，掌握了一切好听好看的字，我可以像杜鹃似的啼出北平的俊伟）
If only I were a poet so that, with all the sweet and beautiful words at my command, I could sing of the grandeur of Peiping in as longing a note as that of a cuckoo!
我将永远道不出我的爱，一种像由音乐与图画所引起的爱。
I shall never be able to express my love -- the kind of love as inspired by music or painting.
所引起的 inspired by
这不但是辜负了北平， 也对不住我自己，因为我的最初的知识和印象都得自北平，它是在我的血里，我的性格与脾气里有许多地方是这古城所赐的。
（正式因为有了这座古城才有了我的对北平最初的知识和印象还有我自己的性格和脾气）
That is quite a letdown to both Peiping and myself, for it is to this ancient city that I owe what I have within me, including my early knowledge and impressions as well as much of my character and temperament.
我不能爱上上海与天津，因为我心中有个北平。可是我说不出来！
With Peiping possessing my heart, I can never become attached to either Shanghai or Tinajin. I can't tell why.
