2017-05-28 Memorial Weekend

【Dancing】

Margaret Atwood (1939—)

            It was my father taught my mother

            how to dance.

            I never knew that.

            I thought it was the other way.

            Ballroom was their style,

            a graceful twirling,

            curved arms and fancy footwork,

            a green-eyed radio.

            There is always more than you know.

            There are always boxes

            put away in the cellar,

            worn shoes and cherished pictures,

            notes you find later,

            sheet music you can’t play.

            A woman came on Wednesdays

            with tapes of waltzes.

            She tried to make him shuffle

            around the floor with her.

            She said it would be good for him.

            He didn’t want to.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《舞蹈》】

瑪格麗特·阿特伍德“珍珠·樹林裡”(1939生—)

                是我父親教母親

                如何跳舞的。

                我從來也不知情。

                我以為恰恰相反。

                舞廳是他們的風格，

                優美的旋轉，

                彎曲的手臂和花式舞步，

                一台綠眼睛的收音機。

                總有你不知道的事情。

                總會有個盒子

                存放在地窖里，

                穿壞的鞋子和珍貴的圖片，

                以及你後來發現的便條，

                你不能演奏的樂譜。

                星期三有位女士

                帶來一些圓舞曲磁帶。

                她試圖與他

                慢舞一曲。

                她說，這對他好有好處。

                他卻不願意。

【注】加拿大魁北克“海峽”城北蒙特倫西“黑山”瀑布高達272英尺/83米，比尼亞加拉大瀑布還高出98英尺/30米。

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2017: Quebec City, City of Literature CAN(加拿大魁北克市·文學城)

2015 North Penn Art Show(2015年北賓州學區藝術展)

2009: 語錄文化(Slogan Culture)

Quebec Bridge w/ a Suspended Span of 1801.2 Feet/549 Meters, the Longest Cantilever Bridge in the World | Pierre Laporte Bridge, a Road Bridge over the St. Lawrence River, Linking the Cities of Quebec & Levis

(魁北克大橋·世上最長、跨度為549米1801.2英尺的懸索橋 | 皮埃爾·拉波特“磐石·大門”大橋——聖勞倫斯“月桂樹”河上連接魁北克和萊維斯兩座城市的公路橋)

Montmorency Falls & L'Ile d'Orleans Bridge

(蒙莫朗西“黑山”瀑布和奧爾良“黃金”島大橋)

Orleans Island Bridge, the 1^st All-Canadian Suspension Bridge

(奧爾良島大橋·第一座全加拿大懸索橋)

Chute Montmorency & Panaromic Stairs

(蒙莫朗西瀑布與全景階梯)

Chute Montmorency @ 272 Feet/83 Meters, 99 Feet/30 Meters Higher Than Niagara Falls 

(蒙莫朗西瀑布·落差272英尺/83米，比尼亞加拉“雷鳴”瀑布高出99英尺/30米 05-28-2017)

Ground Viewing Platform @ Montmorency Falls

(蒙莫朗西瀑布·地面觀景台 05-28-2017)

Corridor du Littoral @ Montmorency Falls

(蒙莫朗西瀑布·濱海走廊 05-28-2017)

Metamorphic Rock @ Chute Montmorency

(蒙莫朗西瀑布·變質岩“改變形狀”)

Bridal Veil @ Chute Montmorency (蒙莫朗西瀑布·新娘面紗)

Pet Ferret Encounters Characteristic of Playful, Curious, & Mischievous Nature

偶遇寵物雪雕·天生好玩、好奇及淘氣）

Beauport @ Riverside (河濱邊博波特“美港”)

Saint Louis de Courville, Beauport

(博波特·庫維爾“宮廷城鎮”聖路易斯“名將”教區教堂)

Lévis, Located on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, Opposite Quebec City 

(萊維斯“團結”城·位於聖勞倫斯河南岸，與魁北克市隔河相望)

Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire de Lévis Church in the 18^th-Century Colonial French Style

(萊維斯勝利聖母教堂·18世紀法國殖民式)

Saint-Romuald in the 19^th-Century Neo-Classical Style, Lévis

(萊維斯聖羅穆亞德“輝煌權力”教區教堂·19世紀新古典主義風格)

Ultramar Refinery, Lévis (萊維斯·海外煉油廠)

Chaudière Falls in Levis w/ 115 Feet/35 Meters Height

(萊維斯紹迪埃爾“水壺”瀑布·高115英尺/35米)

Unmelt Black Snow (尚未融化的髒雪)

Kiteboarding (風箏衝浪)

Come live with me and be my love 

請來跟我同往，與我相戀，

And we will all the pleasures prove, 

我們將把所有的歡樂嘗遍

That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields, 

在秀峰幽谷，清溪碧野，

Woods, or steep mountains yield. 還有綿延起伏的群山之間。

And we will sit upon the Rocks, 我們將坐在山岩上

Seeing the Shepherds feed their flocks, 

看牧童餵他可愛的羔羊，

By shallow Rivers to whose falls 

在淺淺的小溪旁，對着流水的清

Melodious birds sing Madrigals.

鳥兒們婉轉地把情歌唱。

Crosslinks(相關博文):

Canada(出遊加拿大)

8th Grade(初中三年級)