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艾米莉·狄金森是著名的美國詩人
她的詩句簡單，卻優美深刻
最經典的這句，今天咱們一起來品一品
原文：
Had I not seen the sun
如果我沒有見過太陽
I could have borne the shade
我本可以忍受黑暗
1.Had I not seen the sun怎麼理解
這句話是省略if的虛擬語氣
省略if的虛擬語氣可以以三種形式開頭
Had
Had he listened to me, he wouldn't have been cheated.
如果他聽我的，他就不會被騙。
沒有省略的形式是：
If he had listened to me, he wouldn't have been cheated.
Were
Were I a magician, I'd learn how to read minds.
我如果是個魔法師，我就會學讀心術。
沒有省略的形式是：
If I were a magician, I'd learn how to read minds.
Should
Should he come late, we'll have to wait.
萬一他來晚了，我們就得等著。
沒有省略的形式是：
If he should come late, we'll have to wait.
2. I could have borne the shade
我本可以忍受黑暗
bear/beər/
作動詞：
忍受
I can't bear you anymore!
我真是忍不了你了！
帶有
I'll bear your suggestions in mind.
我會把你得建議帶在心上的。
生孩子
She had borne six children by the time she was 30.
她到30歲時已經生了6個孩子。
作名詞：熊
a bear cub小熊仔
shade /ʃeɪd/
作名詞:
陰影
The sun was hot, and there were no trees to offer us shade.
太陽火辣辣的，沒有樹給我們遮陽。
差別
There are several shades of meaning in that sentence.
那句話有多層意思。
作動詞:
變化
At sunset, the sky shaded from pink into dark red.
日落時分，天空逐漸由粉色變為深紅。
遮擋
I shaded my eyes from the glare of the sun.
我遮住眼睛，避開刺眼的陽光。