Illusions_of_Pastoral_Peace__宁静田园生活的遐想.docVIP

Illusions幻想 of Pastoral 田园的Peace 宁静田园生活的遐想 The quiet life of the country has never appealed to me. City born and city bred, I have always regarded v当作，看待，n 问候，注意 the country as something you look at through a train 直达快车 window, or something you occasionally 偶尔visit during the weekend. Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures 全神贯注 at the mere 仅仅的 mention of the country. Though they extol 赞美 the virtues of 有什么的优点the peaceful life, only one of them has ever gone to live in the country and he was back in town within six months. Even he still lives under 在什么的统治下 the illusion that country life is somehow 不知何故superior n，长者 adj 出众的，高傲的 to town life. He is forever talking about the friendly people, the clean atmosphere天气, the closeness to adv接近于 nature and the gentle pace 步法，速度 of living. Nothing can be compared, he maintains, with the first cock 公鸡crow啼叫, the twittering 鸟鸣of birds at dawn, the sight 视力，眼界of the rising sun glinting 闪烁 on the trees and pastures n 草原v放牧，吃草. This idyllic 田园短诗的 pastoral scene is only part of the picture. My friend fails to 未能mention the long and friendless winter evenings in front of the TV ---- virtually 事实上 the only form of entertainment款待. He says nothing about the poor selection of goods in the shops, or about those unfortunate people who have to travel from the country to the city every day to get to work. Why people are prepared to tolerate 忍受，容忍 a four-hour journey each day for the dubious可疑的 privilege 特权，给···什么特权 of living in the country is beyond me. They could be saved so much misery 不幸，穷困 and expense if they chose to live in the city where they rightly belong住，属于 . If you can do without the few pastoral pleasures乐事 of the country, you will find the city can provide you with the best that life can offer. You never have to travel miles to see your friends. They invariably 不变的，总是live nearby and are always available 可利用的 for an informal chat or an evenings entertainment. Some of my acquaintances 熟人 in the c