佚名/Anonymous
As soon as I walked outside, I was greeted with the shimmering white blanket of cold. Despite the chill overwhelming my skin, inside I was warm. I felt as though I could be giving off heat; I had the desire to stay out in this freeze for hours. It was the type of day that speaks to you through its elements; I took a deep breath to hear more snow was coming.
As I walked I looked up, trying to realize what made this day so beautiful, so serene. It was as if time had been put temporarily on hold and I along with it. Or maybe I was the only one unpaused……
Either way, the solitude was comforting, and I sensed myself floating away. I sat down on the edge of a curb and listened. All there was to hear was the wind rushing over the top of my head and circling some old, cracking leaves some yards away. To me it was the reassuring sound of nature, trying not to be forgotten.
It did start to snow. None of these little flurries, but big, fat flakes which clung immediately to their surface.
Then it was time to go and my reverie had to end. As I began walking again, I drifted back into this time frame, calm and cleared.
Now if only I could remember where I was going.
我一走出門，一片明亮的雪白地毯就映入了眼簾。盡管寒風刺骨，但我內心溫暖無比，覺得自己好像能散發出熱量。我渴望在這冰天雪地裏長久地停留，這種天氣是上蒼通過環境與我們對話的方式。我作了一個深呼吸，傾聽雪兒紛至遝來的腳步聲。
我仰望而行，試著去了解是什麽使這個日子如此美麗、安寧。似乎時間曾有片刻停滯，我也同它一起；或者，也許我是唯一不曾靜止的……
不管怎樣，這種孤獨如此舒適，我感覺自己飄了起來。我坐在路邊傾聽，隻聽見寒風從頭頂呼嘯而過，卷起一些枯枝落葉，落到幾碼遠的地方。在我看來，這是大自然寬慰的聲音，令人難以忘卻。
真的開始下雪了，不是零星小雪，而是鵝毛大雪！地麵上很快積了厚厚的一層。
該走了，我的幻想也該結束了。當我繼續前行，便又回到現實中來，感覺如此平靜和澄澈。
此刻，我卻不記得自己該前往何方了。
W 詞匯筆記
overwhelm['?uv?'welm]v.壓倒；淹沒；受打擊
例 A great mass of wateroverwhelmed the village.
大水淹沒了村莊。
serene[sI'ri?n]adj.寧靜的；安詳的；無憂無慮的
例 She just says what she thinks, with serene indifference to whether it may offend people.
她想到什麽就說什麽，根本不在意會不會冒犯別人。
curb[k??b]n.抑製；路緣
例 The boy sat on the curb.
這個小男孩坐在馬路邊上。
drift[drift]v.漂移；漂泊
例 We switched off the motor and started to drift.
我們關閉發動機，開始向前漂流。
S 小試身手
我一走出門，一片明亮的雪白地毯就映入了眼簾。
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在我看來，這是大自然寬慰的聲音，令人難以忘卻。
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當我繼續前行，便又回到現實中來，感覺如此平靜和澄澈。
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P 短語家族
I felt as though I could be giving off heat; I had the desire to stay out in this freeze for hours.
give off：發出；放出；散發出；放射出
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I sat down on the edge of a curb and listened.
on the edge of：瀕於；幾乎；在邊緣
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