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1. Martin, with his brown hair and eyes, his freckledface and his little fair moustache：fair此处相当于light，指颜色浅的。由fair moustache 可以看出马丁是一位年轻的小伙子。
2. But somehow the imminence of an event that hadbeen long expected, loved, feared and prepared for made them dejected：这一句描写了这一对儿新婚夫妇的心理状态。对于它们来讲春播有两层含义，即意味着新婚生活的结束也意味着两人将要面临婚后耕作的艰苦生活。他们内心，既有期盼和憧憬，也有不安和担心。
3. And they bothlooked back at the little cluster of cabins that was the center of their world,with throbbing hearts：a cluster of表示“一群，一组，一串”。Suppose that some network issue emerges—a router close to thedevices fails or a cluster of devices fails. 假定出现了某个网络问题，例如，靠近设备的路由器出错，或一组设备出错。throbbing 一词描写出了他们内心的激动和兴奋，可以看出他们对未知生活充满了期盼。
4. When she was a little distance down the ridge, Martinadvanced with his spade to the head, eager to commence：eager一词描写出了马丁作为一个男人具有的冲动和血气。他急于在妻子面前表现出作为男人强壮能干的一面。
5. “Now for God’s sake, girl, keep back!” said Martingruffly：girl和gruffly形成鲜明对比，说明马丁作为一个男人所具有的细腻感情。
6. And Martin, absolutely without thought, workedfuriously, covering the ridge with black earth, his sharp spade gleaming white ashe whirled it sideways to beat the sods：在句中，absolutelywithout thought作为插入语起补充说明的作用；covering the ridge with black earth 为现在分词短语作伴随状语；his sharp spade gleaming white是独立主格结构，表示伴随的情况。
7. “Yes, isn’t it lovely,”said Mary, looking at the black ridges wistfully：此处isn’t it lovely用了反问句式，表明了Mary内心不仅仅只有一种情感，wistfully更加说明了这一情况。一方面玛丽为从此以后就要一直劳作在这块土地上而悲伤，另一方面她又对一天的劳动成果感到自豪，对未来充满希望。
1. “Look at this hill,son,” he said, gesturing broadly with a sweep of his hand：sweep此处是名词“挥动”，例：General give hisorder by a sweep of the flag. 将军通过挥动旗帜下达命令。
2. And pumpkinsthicker than the stumps in this new ground：stump树桩，残余部分。例：If you have a tree stump, check it for fungus.要是有树桩的话，检查一下上面有没有长菌类。
3. In the winter, when snow was over the ground, and the starsglistened, he’d go to the bam to feed the livestock at four in the morning：glisten表示“闪耀，闪亮”，例：The calm sea glistened in the sunlight. 平静的海面在阳光下波光粼粼。livestock 指“家畜牲畜”，例：They encourage farmers to keep more livestock. 他们鼓励农民多养牲畜。