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  • Long before sunrise Tegh Singh arrives at his flower farm on the banks of the Ganges.
  • 早在日出前,特格·辛格就抵达了恒河边的花卉农场。
  • He circles the Rosa shrubs, plucks blossoms at peak bouquet,
  • 他绕着玫瑰丛巡视,在最香的时刻摘下花朵,
  • and tosses the pink petals into a jute sack slung over his shoulder.
  • 然后将粉色花瓣扔进肩上的黄麻袋。
  • By the time the first rays of sunlight skim across the river,
  • 当第一束阳光掠过河面时,
  • 35-year-old Singh is on his motorcycle, ferrying his harvest to the small city of Kannauj, known as the perfume capital of India.
  • 35岁的辛格已经骑上摩托车,将收成送到小城卡瑙杰,印度的香水之都。
  • For more than 400 years, Kannauj has been crafting oil-based botanical perfumes called attar.
  • 400多年来,根瑙杰一直在制作一种名为阿塔尔的植物香氛油。
  • Sought after by Mughal royals as well as everyday folk, in ancient India's fragrance-obsessed culture,
  • 在迷恋香气的古印度文化中,阿塔尔广受蒙兀儿皇室及民众喜爱,
  • attar has recently awakened a new generation to the allure of its sensual scents.
  • 并且最近也让新一代体会到它性感香气的魅力。


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1.toss... into... 把...丢进
Don't toss that soggy lettuce into the garbage.
不要把变软的生菜扔进垃圾箱。

2.skim across 掠过
Fying fish, it seems, use this effect to their advantage as they skim across the sea.
飞鱼似在掠过海面时,正是利用了这一效应。

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skim [skim]

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vt. 撇去浮沫,略读,掠过,滑过
vi. 掠

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craft [krɑ:ft]

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n. 工艺,手艺,狡诈,航空器,行会成员
vt

 
toss [tɔs]

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n. 投掷,震荡
v. 投掷,摇荡,辗转

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distillation [.disti'leiʃən]

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n. 蒸馏

 
allure [ə'ljuə]

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v. 引诱,吸引
n. 诱惑力,吸引力

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bouquet [bu'kei]

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n. 花束
n. 酒香

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ply [plai]

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n. 厚度,板层,褶,倾向 v. 使用,辛勤工作,往返,

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soggy ['sɔgi]

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adj. 湿透的,乏味的

 
shoulder ['ʃəuldə]

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n. 肩膀,肩部
v. 扛,肩负,承担,(用肩

 
lettuce ['letis]

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n. 莴苣,生菜,纸币

 

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