The English Countryside Certainly they are not the kind about which national songs are composed as in the case of the Rhine or the danube or the volga; but at least they are the kind in which a boy can bathe and in which (even today) a farmhand can tickle an occasional trout. They permit of such homely occupations as the gathering of watercress or the growing of osiers for basket weaving; and although the mill-wheels they once turned are silent now and weed- clogged men still lean over the weirs on summer evenings and watch the swallows cross the clear water under the bridges. Such rivers, insignificant as they may be, influence the lives of those who live near them in the most subtle and sensuous way
Certainly they are not the kind about which national songs are composed, as in the case of the Rhine or the Danube or the Volga; but at least they are the kind in which a boy can bathe and in which (even today) a farmhand can tickle an occasional trout. They permit of such homely occupations as the gathering of watercress or the growing of osiers for basket weaving; and although the mill-wheels they once turned are silent now and weed-clogged, men still lean over the weirs on summer evenings and watch the swallows cross the clear water under the bridges. Such rivers, insignificant as they may be, influence the lives of those who live near them in the most subtle and sensuous way. The English Countryside
The English Countryside For some time I lived in a cottage on the western edge of the Cotswolds. In front of my garden a meadow--- itself a garden of cowslips in spring and a haunt of bee-orchises that fell with the swaths of grass in summer---dipped down to the Severn valley Standing at my door, I could see across the lowland orchards and pastures to the malverns on the one hand and to the welsh mountains on the other those far blue ridges might be hidden by mist or cloud from time to time; but seldom was there a day when I could not clearly follow the course of the river down to its wide muddy estuary. Year in, year out, the Severn was part of my view; It was even part of my consciousness
The English Countryside For some time I lived in a cottage on the western edge of the Cotswolds. In front of my garden a meadow---itself a garden of cowslips in spring and a haunt of bee-orchises that fell with the swaths of grass in summer---dipped down to the Severn Valley. Standing at my door, I could see across the lowland orchards and pastures to the Malverns on the one hand and to the Welsh mountains on the other. Those far blue ridges might be hidden by mist or cloud from time to time; but seldom was there a day when I could not clearly follow the course of the river down to its wide muddy estuary. Year in, year out, the Severn was part of my view; It was even part of my consciousness
if only: 1)used to express a wish with reference to present or future time; 2)used to express a wish that past events had been different 1. If only I were rich 但愿我很富有。 2. If only it would stop raining 真希望雨能停 3. If only I had gone by taxi 假若我是乘计程车去的就好了
e.g. 1. If only I were rich. 但愿我很富有。 2. If only it would stop raining. 真希望雨能停。 3. If only I had gone by taxi. 假若我是乘计程车去的就好了。 if only: 1) used to express a wish with reference to present or future time; 2) used to express a wish that past events had been different
feel/be at home in/with: to feel comfortable in a place or with a person e.g 1. Make yourself at home 不要拘束。 2. After a while we began to feel at home with each other 过了一会儿,我们互相之间就无拘无束了
e.g. 1. Make yourself at home! 不要拘束。 2. After a while we began to feel at home with each other. 过了一会儿，我们互相之间就无拘无束了。 feel/be at home in/with: to feel comfortable in a place or with a person