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The Sound of Snow
by Kandi Maxwell
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There once was the sound of snow. I first heard it at my aunt and uncle’s cabin in the Big Bear mountains, a place our family gathered for winter holidays.
cabin ['kæbɪn] n. 小屋
Sometimes, rain fell all day, but by next morning, a white powder covered the trees, the forest floor, and the cabin roof.
powder ['paʊdə] n. 粉;粉末
I knew the snow would come. I heard it in the pitter of rain on the tin roof, how the sound would quiet to a whisper, then silence. The snow absorbed sounds. It turned down the volume of the world outside; it lowered the volume of the thoughts in my head to heartbeat and breath.
pitter ['pitə] 雨的淅沥声
tin [tɪn] adj. 锡制的
whisper ['wɪspə] n. 私语;飒飒的声音
absorb [əb'sɔːb] vt. 吸收
Years later, while backpacking in the mountains, I heard the sound of snow. It softened the sound of the rushing waters at the creek into a gentle, bubbling babble.
backpack ['bækpæk] 徒步旅行
creek [kriːk] n. 小溪;小湾
bubbling ['bʌbəlɪŋ] 冒泡声似的
babble ['bæb(ə)l] 潺潺声
Blacktailed deer, and even Black Bear, remained active in the winter’s snow, but their sounds were smaller. The snow covered the branches and the leaves of the forest floor. No longer was there the snap of a branch or the rustle of leaves as the animals walked on them for food in the snow-world of white.
snap [snæp] 突然折断的声音
rustle ['rʌs(ə)l] 沙沙声
But, the snow stopped. The snow fell in inches instead of feet, and the pitter patter of warm rain melted the tiny layer of snow to a thin slush. Hope came as a new winter storm was promised, but there was only timid rain.
pitter patter 形容下雨时噼里啪啦的声音
slush [slʌʃ] n. 烂泥;污水
timid ['tɪmɪd] 羞涩的
There was no snow pack to seep slowly into the earth to feed the forest. No snow pack to release its waters down into the dry, thirsty valleys in the hot summer months. Each winter night, I listened for snow, waited for the silence that did not come.
snow pack 积雪
seep [siːp] vi. 漏;渗出
And this morning, after five years of waiting, I woke to the silence of snow. From my window, I watched it fall softly from the grey sky. Snow sprinkled the tree tops, covered my truck, turned the cabin roof white. I opened the front door, inhaled deeply, let the moist air fill my lungs.
sprinkle ['sprɪŋk(ə)l] vt. 洒
inhale [ɪn'heɪl] vt. 吸入
moist [mɒɪst] adj. 潮湿的
lung [lʌŋ] n. 肺
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The Sound of Snow
by Kandi Maxwell
________________________________________
There once was the sound of snow. I first heard it at my aunt and uncle’s cabin in the Big Bear mountains, a place our family gathered for winter holidays.
cabin ['kæbɪn] n. 小屋
Sometimes, rain fell all day, but by next morning, a white powder covered the trees, the forest floor, and the cabin roof.
powder ['paʊdə] n. 粉;粉末
I knew the snow would come. I heard it in the pitter of rain on the tin roof, how the sound would quiet to a whisper, then silence. The snow absorbed sounds. It turned down the volume of the world outside; it lowered the volume of the thoughts in my head to heartbeat and breath.
pitter ['pitə] 雨的淅沥声
tin [tɪn] adj. 锡制的
whisper ['wɪspə] n. 私语;飒飒的声音
absorb [əb'sɔːb] vt. 吸收
Years later, while backpacking in the mountains, I heard the sound of snow. It softened the sound of the rushing waters at the creek into a gentle, bubbling babble.
backpack ['bækpæk] 徒步旅行
creek [kriːk] n. 小溪;小湾
bubbling ['bʌbəlɪŋ] 冒泡声似的
babble ['bæb(ə)l] 潺潺声
Blacktailed deer, and even Black Bear, remained active in the winter’s snow, but their sounds were smaller. The snow covered the branches and the leaves of the forest floor. No longer was there the snap of a branch or the rustle of leaves as the animals walked on them for food in the snow-world of white.
snap [snæp] 突然折断的声音
rustle ['rʌs(ə)l] 沙沙声
But, the snow stopped. The snow fell in inches instead of feet, and the pitter patter of warm rain melted the tiny layer of snow to a thin slush. Hope came as a new winter storm was promised, but there was only timid rain.
pitter patter 形容下雨时噼里啪啦的声音
slush [slʌʃ] n. 烂泥;污水
timid ['tɪmɪd] 羞涩的
There was no snow pack to seep slowly into the earth to feed the forest. No snow pack to release its waters down into the dry, thirsty valleys in the hot summer months. Each winter night, I listened for snow, waited for the silence that did not come.
snow pack 积雪
seep [siːp] vi. 漏;渗出
And this morning, after five years of waiting, I woke to the silence of snow. From my window, I watched it fall softly from the grey sky. Snow sprinkled the tree tops, covered my truck, turned the cabin roof white. I opened the front door, inhaled deeply, let the moist air fill my lungs.
sprinkle ['sprɪŋk(ə)l] vt. 洒
inhale [ɪn'heɪl] vt. 吸入
moist [mɒɪst] adj. 潮湿的
lung [lʌŋ] n. 肺
如果你喜欢,欢迎关注斯蛋Stan的公众号“英音朗读者”。
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