【双语有声阅读】如花的托斯卡纳(3)

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It is so conspicuous¹ and so individual, that pink among the coming green of spring, because the first flowers that emerge from winter seem always white or yellow or purple.

 

绿意盎然地春天里。桃树的粉色是如此别致。因为最先从冬天开出来地花，通常看起来都是白色或黄色地或紫色的。

Now the celandines are out, and along the edges of the podere, the big, sturdy, black-purple anemones², with black hearts.

白屈菜也冒出头来了。在湖边高大强壮地银莲花中，你可以发现深紫色、黑色的花蕊。

The daisies are out too, in sheets, and they are too red-mouthed.

雏菊穿着红色的衣服成群地跑出来，开始的时候。

The first ones are big and handsome.

它们长得又大又漂亮。

But as March goes on, the dwindle³ to bright little things, like tiny buttons, clouds of them together.

可是渐渐地。进入三月中下旬，花就变成了光鲜的小东西。像小小的纽扣聚在一起。

That means summer is nearly here.

这预示着夏天的来临。

In some places there are odd yellow tulips, slender, spiky⁴ and Chinese-looking.

你还可以在一些地方，看到一些修长、带穗的黄色郁金香。

They are very lovely, pricking⁵ out their dulled yellow in slim spikes⁶.

在细长的穗上嵌着光亮的黄色，十分惹人喜爱。

But they too soon lean, expand beyond themselves, and are gone like an illusion.

不过，它们也很快变得倾斜，然后虚弱起来，仿佛幻觉一样消失得无影无踪。

And when the tulips are gone, there is a moment's pause, before summer.

郁金香离开以后，在夏天前，花儿们都短暂地歇息了一下。

Summer is the next move.

夏天即将到来。

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