"He says," he translated, "you must recite something." St. Clair exclaimed incredulously: "Recite!" he gasped.英文原著 · 《Billy and the Big Stick》
"Should you, indeed?" said Longfellow. "That is a good suggestion. Now, suppose you recite it off to me, so that I shall not have to look it up in my books, and I will write as you recite. But slowly; you know I am an old man, and write slowly."英文原著 · 《The Americanization of Edward Bok》
November 19.--Mme. Marie Laurent came to recite to me _Les Pauvres Gens_, which she will recite at the Porte Saint Martin to-morrow to raise funds for a cannon.英文原著 · 《The Memoirs of Victor Hugo》
Recitation with dramatic energy by men whose business it was to travel from one great house to another and delight the people by the way, was usual among us from the first. The scop invented and the glee-man recited heroic legends and other tales to our Anglo-Saxon forefathers. These were followed by the minstrels and other tellers of tales written for the people. They frequented fairs and merrymakings, spreading the knowledge not only of tales in prose or ballad form, but of appeals also to public sympathy from social reformers.英文原著 · 《A Bundle of Ballads》
Their ardent fearless character, seeks fair and open combat only. But enmity has its moments of pause. Then they assemble to sing and dance. We always found their songs disagreeable from their monotony. They are numerous, and vary both in measure and time. They have songs of war, of hunting, of fishing, for the rise and set of the sun, for rain, for thunder and for many other occasions. One of these songs, which may be termed a speaking pantomime, recites the courtship between the sexes and is accompanied with acting highly expressive. I once heard and saw Nanbaree and Abaroo perform it.英文原著 · 《A Complete Account of the Settlement》
Miss Minchin saw her for the first time when she entered the schoolroom to hear the little French class recite its lessons and superintend its exercises. And she came in with a springing step, color in her cheeks, and a smile hovering about the corners of her mouth. It was the most astonishing thing Miss Minchin had ever known. It gave her quite a shock. What was the child made of? What could such a thing mean? She called her at once to her desk.英文原著 · 《A Little Princess》
Did she tell you he plays the recorder, recites poetry and bakes madeleines?美剧 · 《Friends》