JanuaryWind
哈·柏蘭/HalBorland
TheJanuarywindhasahundredvoices.Itcanscream,itcanbellow,itcanwhisper,anditcansingalullaby.Itcanroarthroughtheleaf?lessoaksandshoutdownthehillside,anditcanmurmurinthewhitepinesrootedamongthegraniteledgeswherelichenmakesstrangehieroglyphics.Itcanwhistledownachimneyandsetthehearth-f?lamestodancing.Onasunnydayitcanpauseinashelteredspotandbreatheapromiseofspringandviolets.Inthecoldofalonelynightitcanrattlethesashandstaytheremutteringoficeandsnowbandsanddeep-frozenponds.
SometimestheJanuarywindseemstocomefromthefartheststarintheouterdarkness,soremoteandsoimpersonalisitsvoice.ThatisthewindofaJanuarydawn,inthehalf-lightthattremblesbetweendayandnight.Itisawindthatmerelyquiversthetrees,itsforcesensedbutnotseen,aforcethatmightalmostholdbackthedayifitweresodirected.Thentheeastbrightens,andthewindrelaxes—thestars,itssource,growndim.
AndsometimestheJanuarywindissointimatethatyouknowitcameonlyfromthenexthill,alittlewindthatplayswithleavesandpuffsatchimneysmokeandwhistleslikealittleboywithpuckeredlips.Itmakesthelittlecedartreesquiver,aswithdelight.Itshadowboxeswiththeweather-vane.Ittweaksanear,andwhisperslaughingwordsaboutcrocusesanddaffodils,andnipsthenoseanddancesoff.
Butyouneverknow,untilyouhearitsvoice,whichwindisheretoday.Or,moreimportant,whichwillbeheretomorrow.
一月的風變化無窮。它有時尖叫，有時怒吼，有時呢喃，有時還低吟搖籃曲。它能咆哮著穿過凋零的橡樹，從山上呼嘯而下；它能喃喃低語地遊蕩在根植於花崗岩礁石中的白松林中，那裡岩層處的苔蘚構成了奇怪的象形文字。它鳴叫著往煙囪裡鑽，讓壁爐裡的火焰舞動起來。在陽光明媚的日子裡，它在某個隱蔽處稍息片刻，承諾春回大地和紫羅蘭盛開。在一個孤寂寒冷的夜晚，它又搖響窗扇，不斷低聲威脅要冰天雪地，凍結池塘。
有時，一月的風好像從外太空遙遠而黑暗的星球吹來，呼聲如此飄忽、如此冷漠。那是一月天剛破曉，晝夜交替之時的風。它輕輕地晃動樹枝，它的力量你只能感知，而無法親見，這種力量幾乎能阻住白天的腳步，如果它刻意而為的話。然後，東方漸亮，風漸漸止息——星星，它的力量之源，也漸漸暗淡了。
可有時候，一月的風又如此親切，你知道它只是來自鄰近的小山，微風與樹葉遊戲，與炊煙嬉鬧，還像一個小男孩一樣撅嘴吹口哨。它高興地晃動小雪松，與風向標搏擊，它捏著你的耳朵，笑著對你低語：藏紅花和水仙花即將盛開，然後又捏著你的鼻子，翩然離去。
你永遠無法確知此地今天吹什麼風，除非聽到它的聲音。而更重要的是，明天會吹什麼風。
記憶填空
1.Itcanwhistleachimneyandsetthehearth-f?lamestodancing.Onadayitcanpauseinashelteredspotandbreatheapromiseofandviolets.Inthecoldofalonelynightitcanrattlethesashandtheremutteringoficeandsnowbandsanddeep-frozen.
2.AndsometimestheJanuaryissointimatethatyouknowitcameonlythenexthill,alittlewindthatplayswithandpuffsatchimneysmokeandwhistleslikealittleboywithpuckeredlips.Itthelittlecedartreesquiver,aswithdelight.shadowboxeswiththeweather-vane.
佳句翻譯
1.有時，一月的風好像從外太空遙遠而黑暗的星球吹來，呼聲如此飄忽、如此冷漠。
2.可有時候，一月的風又如此親切，你知道它只是來自鄰近的小山，微風與樹葉遊戲，與炊煙嬉鬧，還像一個小男孩一樣撅嘴吹口哨。
3.你永遠無法確知此地今天吹什麼風，除非聽到它的聲音。
短語應用
1.SometimestheJanuarywindseemstocomefromthefartheststarintheouterdarkness,soremoteandsoimpersonalisitsvoice.
seemto：看似，看起來
2.Butyouneverknow,untilyouhearitsvoice,whichwindisheretoday.
never…until：直到……才；永遠不……除非