That must be the story of innumerable couples, and the pattern of life of life it offers has a homely grace. It reminds you of a placid rivulet, meandering smoothly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees, till at last it falls into the vastly sea; but the sea is so calm, so silent, so indifferent, that you are troubled suddenly by a vague uneasiness. Perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature, strong in me even in those days, that I felt in such an existence, the share of the great majority, something amiss. I recognized its social value. I saw its ordered happiness, but a fever in my blood asked for a wilder course. There seemed to me something alarming in such easy delights. In my heart was desire to live more dangerously. I was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous, shoals it I could only have change-change and the excitement of unforeseen. 这一定是世间无数对夫妻的生活写照，这种生活模式给人一种天伦之美。它使人想起一条平静的溪流，蜿蜒畅游过绿茵的草场，浓荫遮蔽，最后注入烟波浩渺的汪洋大海；但是大海太过平静，太过沉默，太过不动声色，你会突然感到莫名的不安。也许这只是我自己的一种怪诞想法，在那样的时代，这想法对我影响很深：我觉得这像大多数人一样的生活，似乎欠缺了一点儿什么。我承认这种生活有社会价值，我也看到了它那井然有序的幸福，但我血液里的冲动却渴望一种更桀骜不驯的旅程．这样的安逸中好像有一种叫我惊惧不安的东西．我的心渴望一种更加惊险的生活。只要生活中还能有变迁———以及不可知的刺激，我愿意踏上怪石嶙峋的山崖，奔赴暗礁满布的海滩。
作者：威廉.萨姆塞特.毛姆/William Somerset Maugham
相关单词：homely
homely解释：adj.家常的，简朴的；不漂亮的
homely例句：
We had a homely meal of bread and cheese.我们吃了一顿面包加乳酪的家常便餐。
Come and have a homely meal with us,will you?来和我们一起吃顿家常便饭，好吗？
相关单词：placid
placid解释：adj.安静的，平和的
placid例句：
He had been leading a placid life for the past eight years.八年来他一直过着平静的生活。
You should be in a placid mood and have a heart-to- heart talk with her.你应该心平气和的好好和她谈谈心。
相关单词：rivulet
rivulet解释：n.小溪，小河
rivulet例句：
The school is located near the rivulet.学校坐落在小河附近。
They passed the dry bed of a rivulet.他们跨过了一道干涸的河床。
相关单词：meandering
meandering解释：蜿蜒的河流，漫步，聊天
meandering例句：
The village seemed deserted except for small boys and a meandering don
key. 整个村子的人都像是逃光了，只留下了几个小男孩和一头正在游游荡荡的小毛驴。 来自教父部分
We often took a walk along the meandering river after supper. 晚饭后我们常沿着那条弯弯曲曲的小河散步。
相关单词：smoothly
smoothly解释：adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地
smoothly例句：
The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
相关单词：treacherous
treacherous解释：adj.不可靠的，有暗藏的危险的；adj.背叛的，背信弃义的
treacherous例句：
The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers.路面的积水对驾车者构成危险。
The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on.在冻雪上行走有潜在危险。
