And,the expression swan song has long been a part of the English language.
VOA: special.2010.04.11
Leda feels the beating of the swan's heart, and that heart is "strange" to her, that simple, powerful word.
丽达感受到天鹅的心跳,而那心跳对她来说很陌生,陌生,是个简单给力的词。
The swan is really only a force, and Yeats's concern is rather with the human experience of that force, which is, again, another manifestation of "terrible beauty."
这天鹅只是一种力量,而叶芝所关注的是,人类对此力量的感受,而这又是,一次,惊人之美,的表现“
Swan is optimistic that humans can take the necessary collective steps to address climate change and put the brakes on global warming.
VOA: standard.2009.12.10
It starts out ugly and becomes a beautiful swan.
开始很丑,然后变成一只美丽的天鹅
Robert Swan says he is bringing to Copenhagen that same spirit that led him to the North and South Poles twenty years ago.
VOA: standard.2009.12.10
Remember how Yeats represents history as rape in "Leda and the Swan."
记住叶芝在丽达与天鹅里,把历史表述成强奸“
Swan did that and more. As he gained experience on his first expeditions, he developed a talent for raising money and hiring accomplished guides who could teach him.
VOA: standard.2009.12.10
I think of it as a kind of reply to that famous question in "Leda and the Swan"; that is, "did she put on his knowledge with his power before the indifferent beak could let her drop?"
这是对丽达和天鹅中那个,著名问题的回答,在那冷漠的嘴把她放下之前,她是否用她的力量获取了他的知识?
And if you don't kill us I'll do my best to protect you.'" Swan has kept the promise, his eyes opened to environmental problems made worse by a warming climate.
VOA: standard.2009.12.10
Leda and the Swan" seems to say a knowledge of the body, of the necessity of embodiment. In the late Yeats, in the poems that I'll be discussing today, there's no knowledge apart from the body.
这诗里似乎说的是身体的知识,表现的必要性,我们要谈论的,叶芝的晚期诗讲的就是身体。
The saga continued last year with New Moon,and now in Eclipse, headstrong high school student Bella Swan affirms her love for classmate Edward Cullen, a soulful and very pale teenager.
VOA: standard.2010.07.07
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