That must be the story of innumerable couples, and the pattern of life it offers has a homely grace.
It reminds you of a placid rivulet, meandering smoothly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees,till at last it falls into the vast sea;but the sea is so calm, so silent, so indifferent, that you are troubled suddenly by a vague uneasiness.
Perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature, strong in me even in those days, that I felt in such an existence, the share of the great majority, something amiss.
I recognized its social value.
I saw its ordered happiness, but a fever in my blood asked for a wilder course. There seemed to me something alarming in such easy delights.
In my heart was desire to live more dangerously.
I was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous shoals it I could only have change-change and the excitement of unforeseen.
-innumerable [ɪˈnjuːmərəbl]adj.无数的;数不清的
典型例句
The stars in the night sky are innumerable.
夜空中的星星是数不清的。
联想记忆
countless adj.无数的;多得数不清的
-pattern [ˈpætn]n.模式;方式;形式
典型例句
These sentences all have the same grammatical pattern.
这些句子的语法模式都相同。
联想记忆
model n.模式;模型
-remind [rɪˈmaɪnd]v.使想起;提醒
典型例句
He reminds me of his brother.
我见到他便回想起了他的哥哥。
最常用法
remind sb of sb./sth.使某人回想起或意识到某人/某事物
-smoothly [smuːðlɪ]adv.平滑地;流畅地
典型例句
He hadn’t learned to bow smoothly yet.
他还没学会流畅地拉琴。
-shade [ʃeɪd]v.遮蔽;使阴暗
典型例句
He tried to shade his house with thick trees.
他想让这些大树把房子遮住。
联想记忆
shadow n.影子;阴影;荫
-vague [veɪg]adj.不明确的;模糊的;茫然的
典型例句
In a fog everything looks vague.
在雾中一切东西都显得模糊。
-existence [ɪgˈzɪstəns]n.存在
典型例句
This is the oldest Hebrew manuscript in existence, ie that exists.
这是现存最早的希伯来语手稿。
联想记忆
exist v.存在;有
-majority [məˈdʒɔrətɪ]n.大多数;大半;大多
典型例句
The majority of people seem to prefer TV to radio.
多数人喜欢电视胜过广播。
联想记忆
mass n.大量;块;众多
-excitement [ɪkˈsaɪtmənt]n.刺激;激动;兴奋
典型例句
The news caused great excitement.这消息令人极为兴奋。
联想记忆
exciting adj.令人兴奋的;使人激动的
excited adj.感到兴奋的;激动的
这一定是世间无数对夫妻的生活写照,这种生活模式给人一种天伦之美。
它使人想起一条平静的溪流,蜿蜒畅游过绿草如茵的草地,浓荫遮蔽,最后注入烟波浩渺的汪洋大海;但是大海是那么平静,那么沉默,那么不动声色,你会突然感到莫名的不安。
也许这只是我自己的一种怪诞想法,在那样的日子里,这想法对我影响很深,我觉得这像大多数人一样的生活,似乎缺少了一点儿什么。
我承认这种生活有社会价值。
我也看到了它那井然有序的幸福,但我血液里的冲动却渴求一种更狂野的旅程。这样的安逸中好像有一种让我惊惧不安的东西。
我的心渴望一种更加惊险的生活。
只要生活中还能有变迁——以及不可知的刺激,我愿意踏上怪石嶙峋的山崖,奔赴暗礁满布的海滩。