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a bit of green.')
　　 Darkness falls, and there is nothing but the intermittent（间断的） gleam of a lighthouse on a solitary promontory（海角） .
　　We rounded（come around绕过） just such a cape（海角） towards sunset, the most easterly point of a continent, dramatically high and lonely, a great purple mountain overhung（弥漫，笼罩） by a great purple cloud. The sea had turned to a corresponding（遥相呼应） dusk of lavender（淡紫色）. ②(Aloof（冷淡） on the top, the yellow light revolved, steady, warning; I wondered what mortal（人） controlled it, in what must be one of the loneliest, most forbidding spots on Earth（究竟）. Haunted too, for many wrecks had piled up on the reefs in the past, when there was no beacon（灯塔） to guide them).
The Colonel joined us.
　　‘How would you care for（how do you think你怎么看这个问题的） that man's job?' he said.
　　‘I suppose he sets relieved（换班） every so often（经常）?'
　　‘On the contrary, he refuses ever to leave. He is an Italian, and he has been there for years and years, with a native woman for his only company. ③(Most people would think him crazy, but I must say I find it refreshing(舒服，欣慰)to think there are still a few odd fish(怪人) left in the world).
This is the unexpected kind of remark that makes me like the Colonel; there is a touch of(一点) rough poetry（诗性，诗人的气质）about him. ④(I like also the out-of-the-way(奇特的) information which he imparts(告知) from time to time without insistence; he has traveled much, and has used his eyes and kept his ears open). I have discovered also that he knows quite a lot about sea-birds; he puts me right about the different sorts of gull, and tells me very nicely that that couldn't possibly be an albatross（信天翁）, not in these waters. The albatross, it appears, follows a ship only to a certain latitude(活动的范围，极限)and then turns back; it knows how far it should go and no farther. How wise is the albatross! We might all take a lesson from him, knowing the latitude we can permit ourselves. Thus, and no farther, can I follow Laura. I suspect also that there is quite a lot of lore（学问） stored away in the Colonel's otherwise(其他的方面other aspects) not very interesting mind. ⑤(Laura likes him too, and although I prefer having her to myself(独占某人) I don't really resent(讨厌，憎恨) it when he lounges(漫步走来) up to make a third).

一、生词：

【admiration】wonder/feeling a pleasure
The Great Wall of China is the admiration of the world. 长城是奇观。
【overhung】to extend beyond or loom over 逼近，弥漫
The dark sky overhung the earth.黑夜笼罩着大地
Today is fair, tomorrow may be overcast with clouds. My Words will like stars that never change.

【corresponding】相应的，伴随的
All right carry with their responsibilities.

【aloof】lonely, remote 冷淡
He stood aloof from the crowd.
He kept silent and aloof throughout the whole conversation.

【mortal】
1. Human: Man is mortal. 人终有一死/the mortal life浮生
2. lasting until death：mortal enemy不共戴天之仇人
3. extreme or intense：to live in ~ fear/terror/danger

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