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flounced, went with violent or agitated motion.
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high-keyed coaxing, persuasion in a high tone of voice.
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fishwife, woman selling fish, noted for her ability to scold.
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loafing, spending time in idleness.
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craning, stretching the neck forward like a crane.
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woodpeckership, a humorous title given to the woodpecker, supposing him to be dignified and of high rank.
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drizzle, fine, dense drops of rain.
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downpour, heavy fall of rain.
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Mephistophelean, like Mephistopheles, in the German Faust legend, the personification of the devil, to whom Faust sells his soul.
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immemorial, ancient beyond memory, very old.
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cocked, stuck up jauntily or defiantly.
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sadly bedraggled, distressingly wet, with his feathers hanging down.
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undulating, gently rising and falling; dipping and rising.
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torrent of abuse, violent flow of rebuking or scolding language.
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utilitarian, useful.
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storm, violent disturbance; dispute.
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Questions
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1. How does the author make this little sketch a commentary on human married life?
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2. Would it have been as good without the comparison?
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参考译文
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【作品简介】
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《一对啄木鸟》，作者佚名，载于1933年11月出版的《大西洋月刊》杂志，第152卷，第5期，637、638页。
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11 一对啄木鸟
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那天下午，读罢赫德森的《绿厦》，我沿着公路溜达。公路在我农场的另一边，那是在木伐林毁后新建的。曾经，湿润的六月让森林里的大叶枫、赤杨、柳树和梣树枝繁叶茂、郁郁葱葱。如今远望去，延伸至远方的公路好比一把灰色的利剑，将整片绿荫密林从中一劈两半。此时，我脑海中浮现出那对优雅有趣的鸟儿形象，就是赫德森的小说中埃布尔带着莉玛奔向她出生之地时看到的那一对。
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画面似乎在脑中继续浮现，我看到眼前有一对举止奇特的啄木鸟。雄鸟紧抓杨树干枯的树干，雌鸟仅露出头和肩。显然，它们正用最富有激情的方式，享受交配的乐趣。一发现我，雄鸟用它特有的飞行方式从林中俯冲而下，起伏间飞进了像绿色砧云一般高出森林的树丛中。
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