美文閱讀:浪漫夏日 Romantic Summer

Summer afternoon--summer afternoon;to me those have Always been the two most beautiful words.

夏日的下午-夏日的下午；對我來說，這幾個字一直是英語語言中最美麗的兩個字。

Summer is the glorious time of the year when most of us can put on our shorts and short-sleeved shirts and actually feel the air and sunlight on our skin; when we don't have to turn up the heat in the morning when we get up; but also when we lay hot and sweaty in bed, unable to sleep at times (those of us who don't have air conditioning, anyway); when we get the sunburn and the heatstroke and all those wonderful things.

浪漫夏季是一年中最燦爛的季節，我們可以穿上短褲，短袖襯衣，盡情地感受着夏日的空氣以及播撒在皮膚上的陽光；我們不必要在清晨起牀後就去打開暖氣；當然我們也會滿身是汗，燥熱地躺在牀上，而無法入眠（那些沒有空調設施的人們）；有了一身夏日曬斑，中了暑，這一切都是我們經歷着夏日的美妙事情。

All green and fair the summer lies, just budded from the bud of spring, with tender blue of wistful skies, and winds that softly sing. How beautiful the summer night is, which is not night, but a sunless, yet unclouded day, descending upon earth with dews and shadows and refreshing coolness! How beautiful the long mild twilight, which, like a silver clasp, unites today with yesterday!

夏日展現出一片翠綠、美麗的圖畫，就像春天的蓓蕾剛剛萌芽，湛藍的令人嚮往的天空，還有那輕聲吟唱的微風。夏日的夜晚也是美麗的，與其稱它爲夜晚，它其實更像一個陽光照射不到的，晴朗的白晝，它攜帶清露，陰涼以及一絲絲清爽降落到了地球！這漫長柔和的夏日黎明也是如此美麗，它就像一個銀扣，將今天與昨天緊緊地聯在一起！

Summer is a sailor in a rowboat and ice-cream on your dress when you're four years old. Summer is a man with his coat off, wet sand between your toes, the smell of a garden an hour before moonrise. Summer is silk itself, a giant geranium and music from a flute far away!

夏日是一葉小舟上的船伕，是你四歲時不小心沾在裙子上的冰琪淋。夏日是赤裸着上身的男人，是浸入你腳趾間的溼漉漉的沙子，夏日還是朝陽初升前一小時的那花園裏的清香味。夏日就是那絲綢段，那盛開的天竺葵，以及從遠方飄來的悠悠長笛聲！

No matter how we see it,summer has a magic that we can't deny--all four seasons do. Here to those who have addressed that magic: enjoy your summer!

不管我們如何看待它，夏季總有着那麼一種我們無法否認的魔力－每個季節獨有的魔力。 謹以此獻給那些演繹着夏日激情魔力的人們：請盡情享受你們的夏日樂趣！