Parents, to paraphrase Philip Larkin, can seriously damage your health.

Larkin: Yes. Yes, I take over as President in January.

拉金: 是的.嗯, 我将在一月份接管公司,出作总裁.

Jake: Did you see Larkin? Do you have the picture?

杰克: 你看到拉金了 吗 ?你拍到照片了 吗 ?

Stop larking about , children, and settle down to do your homework.

孩子们,不要闹着玩了, 静下来做你们的功课.

Near the bus stop there was a gang of youths larking about.

有一群青年在公共汽车站附近胡闹.

No larking about, now, behave yourselves in church.

现在不准胡闹, 在教堂里要规规矩矩的.

Stop larking about and get on with your work.

不要只贪玩,去做你的工作.

The boys were larking about on the street corner.

孩子们在马路拐角处吵吵闹闹地玩耍.

Stop larking about and get down to the problem.

别闹了,开始解决这个问题吧.

Children are larking about on the street.

孩子们在街道上嬉戏.

The boys are larking about behind the house.

男孩们在屋子后面嬉耍.

Maybe if she heard the larks sing she'd write.

玛丽听到云雀的歌声也许会写信的.

Suddenly the merry cries of children mingled with the triumphant singing of the larks.

忽然传来了孩子们的欢叫声,夹杂着云雀的凯歌声.

A peasant and his family were working in a little field beneath the singing larks.

有个农民一家人正在一小块地里干活,头顶上就有云雀在歌唱.

But surely the larks no longer sang happily.

但是不用说,云雀唱得也不欢了.

If the sky fall , we shall catch larks.

天垮了好捉云雀,不必预先担忧.

Sitting in the sun, I listened to larks sing.

我坐在阳光下听云雀歌唱.

The larks were silent, the young leaves of the early trees smitten and blackened.

百灵鸟沉默了, 幼树的嫩芽也被打得发黑.

It was a good thing to work there in the little field beneath the singing larks.

一边在地里干活一边倾听头顶上云雀的歌唱,真是乐在其中.

But sure there are no larks in big cities.

可大城市里哪有云雀呢. ”

They no longer heard the larks.

他们听不进云雀的声音了.