WhenSpringcame,shefoundtheearthcoldandbare,butshesoonchangedallthat,andbythetimeSummerarrives,theworldisaverydifferentplace.Itisagreenworldnow,greenleavesonthetrees,greengrassinthefields,greenplantscrowdinginthehedgesandflowersopeningeverywhere.
夏天伴著它那溫暖的明媚陽(yáng)光而來(lái),使我們想起了各種美好的事情:在農(nóng)村的度假,野餐活動(dòng),還有那翻曬干草時(shí)節(jié)的聚會(huì)
Thedaysarelongandthenightsareshort,forthesungetsupearlyandgoestobedlateinsunnyJune.Itisoneofthebestandbrightestmonthsintheyear.Birdssingfromsunrisetilllongaftersunset.
白天長(zhǎng)了,夜晚短了;在明媚的六月里,太陽(yáng)早早起床,很晚才入睡。這是一年里最美好最有生機(jī)的一個(gè)月。鳥(niǎo)兒從太陽(yáng)升起一直唱到太陽(yáng)落山以后才停息。
Asnightfalls,oneafteranotherthebirdsstoptheirsinging,andafterafewlastsleepysounds,puttheirheadsundertheirwingstorestforanhourortwobeforebeginningagain.Theydonotallsleep,however.Whenotherbirdsaresilent,comesasoftcry,then,afterafewmoments,another,louderthistime;andsoonthenightingalpouringouthiswonderfulsong.
Notonlyatnightdoesthenightingalesing.OnalmosteverywarmdayinearlyJune,thelittlebrownbirdsingsawayintheroadsandwoods,but,asalltheotherbirdsarealsosingingatthesametime,wedonotnoticehisvoicesomuch.Itisatnight,whenhehasthefieldalltohimself,thatwehearthenightingaleathisbest.
當(dāng)別的鳥(niǎo)兒靜下來(lái)之后,傳來(lái)一陣柔和的叫聲;再過(guò)一會(huì),聲音大了起來(lái),很快,夜鶯盡情地唱起它那奇妙的歌。