《苔丝》词汇: beatitude, gaunt, glibly, tractable, nocturnal, conterminous, iridescence, extemporize,
The mute procession past her of trees and hedges became attached to fantastic scenes outside reality, and the occasional heave of the wind became the sigh of some immense sad soul, conterminous with the universe in space and with history in time.
从她身边无声地擦身而过的树木和树篱,变成了现实之外的奇异景象,偶尔的风声,变成了一个巨大悲伤灵魂的叹息,这一灵魂在空间上与宇宙相连,在时间上与历史相连。(第四章)