Vocabulary :
1. mildly : |?ma?ldli| 說得委婉一些;說得輕一些 You use to put it mildly to indicate that you are describing something in language that is much less strong, direct, or critical than what you really think. Eg.To say we are disappointed about this is putting it mildly.
2. virtuous: [?v?rt?u?s] behaving in a very good and moral way 品行端正的；品德高的；有道德的 [synonyms] irreproachable? Eg. She lived an entirely virtuous life 她一生品行端正
3. whilst: [wa?lst] 同 while（連詞） Whilst means the same as the conjunction while .
4. tempests : [?temp?sts] A tempest is a very violent storm. Eg. Torrential rain and a howling tempest cut a swathe of destruction across the country 狂風(fēng)暴雨橫掃全國(guó)，所到之處，一片狼藉。
5. profanation: [?prɑf??ne??n] If someone profanes a religious belief or institution, they treat it with disrespect 褻瀆 eg. He felt it as a profanation to break upon that enchanted strain. 他覺得打斷這迷人的音樂是極不禮貌.
6. laity [?le?ti] The laity are all the people involved in the work of a church who are not clergymen, monks, or nuns.俗人 eg. The Church and the laity were increasingly active in charity work. 教會(huì)與俗眾越來越積極參與慈善工作
7. trepidation: [?tr?p??de??n] great worry or fear about sth unpleasant that may happen 驚恐；恐懼；驚惶；不安 eg. It was with some trepidation that I viewed the prospect of cycling across Uganda.我?guī)е┰S惶恐考慮了一下騎自行車周游烏干達(dá)的可能性。
8. sublunary : situated between the earth and the moon 世俗的
9. breach : a failure to do sth that must be done by law （對(duì)法規(guī)等的）違背，違犯
10. compasses: ['k?mp?s?s] an instrument with two long thin parts joined together at the top, used for drawing circles and measuring distances on a map 圓規(guī)；兩腳規(guī)
11. erect: [??r?kt] in a vertical position 垂直的；豎直的；直立的 [synonyms] straight
12. wilt: [w?lt]? If someone wilts, they become weak or tired, or lose confidence. 變得萎靡不振;打蔫兒;消沉
13. obliquely: [?'blikl?] not expressed or done in a direct way 間接地；不直截了當(dāng)?shù)兀还諒澞ń堑?/p>
?[synonyms] indirectly ??eg. He referred only obliquely to their recent problems 他只是隱約提到他們最近遇到的問題。
As virtuous men pass mildly away,
And whisper to their souls to go,
Whilst some of their sad friends do say,
The breath goes now, and some say, No:
So let us melt, and make no noise,
No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move;
'Twere profanation of our joys
To tell the laity our love.
Moving of th' earth brings harms and fears,
Men reckon what it did, and meant;
But trepidation of the spheres,
Though greater far, is innocent.
Dull sublunary lovers' love
(Whose soul is sense) cannot admit
Absence, because it doth remove
Those things which elemented it.
But we, by a love so much refined
That ourselves know not what it is,
Inter-assurèd of the mind,
Care less eyes, lips and hands to miss.
Our two souls therefore, which are one,
Though I must go, endure not yet
A breach, but an expansion,
Like gold to airy thinness beat.
If they be two, they are two so
As stiff twin compasses are two;
Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show
To move, but doth, if th' other do.
And though it in the center sit,
Yet, when the other far doth roam,
It leans, and hearkens after it,
And grows erect, as that comes home.
Such wilt thou be to me, who must,
Like th' other foot, obliquely run;
Thy firmness makes my circle just,
And makes me end where I begun.
