unit 7 the English countryside(6)

7 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 boys cab bathe and in which (even today) a farm-hand can tickle an occasional trout. As in the case of—just like

Eg Some students are clever but lazy, as in the case of Tom and Mike。

Permit of –allow as possible, admit (fml)

Eg The facts permit of no other explanation.

8 Such rivers, insignificant as they may be, influence the lives of those who live near them in the most subtle and sensuous way.

这些河流不管是多么不重要，却在极不经意地而又心旷神怡地影响着周围居民的生活。

9 Cotswolds [‘k ts,w uldz]科茨沃尔德,此地古香古色，充满诗情画意。

10 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.

我花园前面的草场一直向下延伸到塞文河。春天它就是一座长满黄九轮草的花园，而夏天则是一个开满了对叶兰好去处，但兰花会在青草被刈后香消玉殒。 11 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 to its wide, muddy estuary.

远方那些蓝色的山脊偶而会隐匿于云雾之中，但很少有哪一天会看不清那小河流向宽阔、多泥的河道。

12 Year in and year out, the Severn was part of my view; it was even part of my consciousness.

The writer was so familiar with the views of the river, and therefore, the landscape tended to be part of his consciousness—that is he is able to see the views with his mind eyes.

Comprehension work

Where do the majority of the English people live?

Lowlands

What are the attractions of an English village?

It is situated in a valley, overlooked by the hills, clustered about an ancient church, with a river nearby, mills, animals such as swallows, birds, plants on weirs such as watercress, osiers, children playing along the banks, men leaning on weirs watching birds flying across the river, gardens in front of a cottage, pastures near around… What are the differences in rivers between England and other European countries? England: small and insignificantNo national songs are composed

What does the last sentence in the text means?

The writer was so familiar with the views of the river, and therefore, the landscape tended to be part of his consciousness—that is he is able to see the views with his mind eyes.