Crossing River Han
渡 汉 江
[唐] 宋之问(许渊冲译)
I longed for news on the frontier
From day to day, from year to year.
Now nearing home, timid I grow,
I dare not ask what I would know.
岭外音书断,
经冬复立春。
进乡情更怯,
不敢问来人。
[词汇] nearing
v. 接近 (地点);快到 (某个阶段或时间)
His age was hard to guess – he must have been nearing fifty.
他的年龄很难猜出来–他肯定快50岁了。