新概念早读英语初中版 第14期:我最喜欢的颜色
我最喜欢的颜色
Have you ever seen the rainbow,
你见过彩虹吗?
whose colors puzzled me so much in my childhood,in the blue sky after a heavy rain?
在我童年时,彩虹的色彩让我大为不解，在一场大雨后出现在蓝天中的彩虹。
Green is,and will always be,my favorite color.
可现在只有绿色是我最喜欢的颜色，将来也是如此。
Somebody told me that green is the mixture of twoprimary colors yellow and blue
有人告诉我,绿色是两种颜色的混合物--黄色和蓝色,
just as most green in nature is given life by blue sky and yellow earth.
正如自然界中的大多数绿色生命是由蓝天和黄土地孕育出来的一样。
Since I love life, I love the color green.
因为我热爱生命,所以我喜欢绿色。
The color green always gives me
绿色总是给我
an impression of being full of vitality and vigour.
充满生机和活力的感觉。
When somebody is called an"evergreen tree",
当有人被称为"常青树"时，
the appreciation and the admiration are showed from the words.
话语间充满了欣赏和倾慕之情。
The color of green symbolizes hope.
绿色象征希望，
When a despairing traveler in a desert sees a piece of far-away oasis,
当沙漠中一个绝望的旅行者看见远方的一片绿洲时，
the hope of survival is sure to rise in his heart.
生存的希望就会从心底升起。
So the color green always inspires me.
所以,绿色总是鼓舞着我。
Maybe now you can understand why I prefer green to other colors.
也许现在你能明白为什么我喜欢绿色胜过其他颜色了吧。
