午夜

Cinderella The prince leans to the girl in scarlet heels, Her green eyes slant, hair flaring in a fan Of silver as the rondo slows; now reels Begin on tilted violins to span The whole revolving tall glass palace hall Where guests slide gliding into light like wine; Rose candles flicker on the lilac wall Reflecting in a million flagons' shine, And glided couples all in whirling trance Follow holiday revel begun long since, Until near twelve the strange girl all at once Guilt-stricken halts, pales, clings to the prince As amid the hectic music and cocktail talk She hears the caustic ticking of the clock.

她的诗歌选集曾因&改变当代诗歌创作方向&而获得普利策诗歌奖；她和英国桂冠诗人特德·休斯的恋情与婚变成为英美文坛的一桩著名公案；女权主义者、忧郁症患者、迷乱而热烈的诗人、因悲伤而自杀的女人……这些身份，纠缠着她短暂的一生……普拉斯：&活得精彩又乱糟糟的女人&--袁楠----------------------------------------------灰姑娘那王子倾身向穿鲜红色高跟鞋的姑娘，她碧绿的双目斜视，随着回旋曲缓缓播放那扇形的银发飘逸闪烁波光现在舞曲以翘起的小提琴开始持续悠扬那整体旋转的高大玻璃殿堂宾客如酒悄悄滑进灯光；玫瑰蜡烛摇曳在紫丁香墙上映射着百万葡萄酒瓶的光亮，而滑移的舞伴们都昏旋迷转领会假日开始的长长的陶醉，临近午夜十二点那奇怪的姑娘突然象被击而止，紧握王子，面色苍白仿佛负罪在忙乱的音乐和鸡尾酒交谈中她听到敲响了尖利刺耳的钟。

One night about eleven o'clock in Las Vegas I watched a bride in an orange minidress and masses of flame-colored hair stumble from a Strip chapel on the arm of her bridegroom, who looked the part of the expendable nephew in movies like Miami Syndicate .

一天晚上十一点左右，我在拉斯维加斯看到一位顶着火焰色浓发、身着橙色超短裙的新娘，她挽着新郎的胳膊踉踉跄跄地走出一家长街教堂，新郎看起来有点像&迈阿密集团&那类电影中那个可有可无的侄子。新娘啜泣着：&我得去讨好宝贝们了&，&我得钓猎物了，我必须去进行午夜演出了。&

Starting from July 17th, between 5:00PM to 12:00 midnight daily, The Great Wall Sheraton Hotel Beijing will turn the biggest hotel garden in Beijing into 'THE GREAT WALL BEER GARDEN' for you and your friends, featuring locally priced Yanjing Beer, barbeque gourmet selection of meat, vegetable and seafood skewers, chicken wings, chili buttered corn, mini focaccia burger, Cajun coated potato wedges (complimented with your choice of salad), and a 5-meter screen showing the hottest sports events.

自7月17日起，每天下午5点至午夜12点，京城最大的酒店花园将摇身成为&长城啤酒花园&，为您和您的朋友提供价位适中的燕京啤酒、精选烤肉、海鲜蔬菜串烧、烤鸡翅、牛油辣烤玉米、&佛卡夏&意大利迷你汉堡、&肯琼&印第安那蘸料薯角，以及五米宽的户外大屏幕每日播放当天最热门的体育赛事。

At midnight, we began to attack the enemy and thrust home all their forts.

午夜，我们开始向敌人进攻，打中了他们所有的碉堡。

Additional airstrikes to completely wipe out the air capabilities of Cuba are denied by Kennedy, to ensure the U.S. connection to the attacks remain secret, while world support already is begining to swing strongly in favor of Cuban defense. On April 16, shortly before midnight, U.S. frogmen land on Cuba's beaches in the Bay of Pigs and set up landing lights to guide the coming invasion.

为了保持预期入侵同美国相关的机密，以及来自世界各地的支持力量涌向古巴的防御行动，肯尼迪总统否决了进一步将古巴空中力量全部抹杀的计划。4月16日，午夜刚过，美国蛙人在猪湾登陆同时设置好灯光指引接下来的入侵。

April Showers Bring May Flowers (Written by Josh; Level: Advanced) From the golden-tipped fields of mid-west America to the ancient kingdoms of verdant Palestine, there is a happy truth to be shared with all who would take heed.

时间早就过了午夜了，在雄伟威严的纽约医院，我裹在暖暖的羊毛睡袍里，静静地站在九楼病房的窗前凝视窗外。我看着眼前的第59街大桥，它像圣诞树般闪闪发光，美丽动人。

I will follow you wherever there is room for a chair; that one must be on one's guard; that at night there would be people pillaging isolated dwellings in the deserted corners of Paris (there the imagination of the police, that Anne Radcliffe mixed up with the Government was recognizable); that a battery had been established in the Rue Aubry le Boucher; that Lobau and Bugeaud were putting their heads together, and that, at midnight, or at daybreak at latest, four columns would march simultaneously on the centre of the uprising, the first coming from the Bastille, the second from the Porte Saint-Martin, the third from the Greve, the fourth from the Halles; that perhaps, also, the troops would evacuate Paris and withdraw to the Champ-de-Mars; that no one knew what would happen, but that this time, it certainly was serious.

我会跟着你们去任何地方，只要那里有摆一张椅子的地方'&，&应随时准备好，晚上会有人在巴黎的荒僻角落里抢劫那些孤零零的人家（在此我们领教了警察的想象，这位和政府混在一起的安娜·拉德克利夫③）&，&奥白利屠夫街设了炮兵阵地&，&罗博和毕若已商量好，午夜或至迟到黎明，就会有四个纵队同时向暴动的中心进攻，第一队来自巴士底，第二队来自圣马尔丹门，第三队来自格雷沃，第四队来自菜市场区；军队也许会从巴黎撤走，退到马尔斯广场；谁也不知道会发生什么事，但是，这一次，肯定是严重的&，&大家对苏尔特元帅的犹豫不决都很关心&，&他为什么不立即进攻？&&

The following day, Jackson performed to a sellout crowd of 40,000 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

然后到了午夜，在一个私人房间的楼下，当这歌手加入到约30个伙伴的演唱会终点站派对时，身穿白衣化好妆的Rowe悄悄加入。

Some time before midnight, a few half-dressed mortar men from How Company, 7th Marines, beaten back from Hill 1403, found their way into Taplett's 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, perimeter.

在午夜前的早些时候，来自陆战7团H连的几个衣衫褴褛的迫击炮兵从1403高地上被打了回来，拼命跑回了泰伯利特陆战5团3营的防线。

Cinderella had quickly jumped down from the back of the pigeon coop and had run to the hazel tree.

当午夜快要来临时，她要回家了，王子又要送她回去，并暗暗说道：「这次我可不能让她跑掉了。

The visit of all these marauders must be anticipated, and measures taken to prevent their depredation .

应该预料到这些抢劫者的侵袭，并制定防范他们抢劫的措施。

It is no effect of him whatever threaten or speak the sense.

无论是恐吓还是讲道理对他都不起作用。