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　　The Fascinating Moonrise

　　There is a hill near my home that I often climb at night. The noise of the city is a far-off murmur. In the hush of dark I share the cheerfulness of crickets and the confidence of owls. But it is the drama of the moonrise that I come to see. For that restores in me a quiet and clarity that the city spends too freely.

　　From this hill I have watched many moons rise. Each one had its own mood. There have been broad, confident harvest moons in autumn; shy, misty moons in spring; lonely, white winter moons rising into the utter silence of an ink-black sky and smoke-smudged orange moons over the dry fields of summer. Each, like fine music, excited my heart and then calmed my soul.

　　But we, who live indoors, have lost contact with the moon. The glare of street lights and the dust of pollution veil the night sky. Though men have walked on the moon, it grows less familiar. Few of us can say what time the moon will rise tonight.

　　Still, it tugs at our minds.

　　If we unexpectedly encounter the full moon, huge and yellow over the horizon, we are helpless but to stare back at its commanding presence. And the moon has gifts to bestow upon those who watch.

　　I learned about its gifts one July evening in the mountains. My car had mysteriously stalled, and I was stranded and alone. The sun had set, and I was watching what seemed to be the bright-orange glow of a forest fire beyond a ridge to the east. Suddenly, the ridge itself seemed to burst into flame. Then, the rising moon, huge and red and grotesquely misshapen by the dust and sweat of the summer atmosphere, loomed up out of the woods. Distorted thus by the hot breath of earth, the moon seemed ill-tempered and imperfect. Dogs at nearby farmhouse barked nervously, as if this strange light had wakened evil spirits in the weeds.

　　But as the moon lifted off the ridge it gathered firmness and authority. Its complexion changed from red, to orange, to gold, to impassive yellow. It seemed to draw light out of the darkening earth, for as it rose, the hills and valleys below grew dimmer. By the time the moon stood clear of the horizon, full-chested and round and of the colour of ivory, the valleys were deep shadows in the landscape. The dogs, reassured that this was the familiar moon, stopped barking. And all at once I felt a confidence and joy close to laughter.

　　The drama took an hour. Moonrise is slow and serried with subtleties. To watch it, we must slip into an older, more patient sense of time.

　　To watch the moon move inflexibly higher is to find an unusual stillness within ourselves. Our imaginations become aware of the vast distance of space, the immensity of the earth and the huge improbability of our own existence. We feel small but privileged.

　　Moonlight shows us none of life’s harder edges. Hillsides seem silken and silvery, the oceans still and blue in its light. In moonlight we become less calculating, more drawn to our feelings.

　　翻譯：

　　那迷人的月光

　　在我家附近有一座小山，我經(jīng)常在夜里爬。城市的喧囂是遙遠(yuǎn)的低語(yǔ)。在黑暗的靜謐中，我分享著蟋蟀的歡樂(lè)和貓頭鷹的自信。但這是我所看到的月亮升起的戲劇。因?yàn)檫@使我重新恢復(fù)了平靜而清晰的城市生活。

　　從這座山上我看到了許多月亮升起。每個(gè)人都有自己的心情。秋天有廣闊的，自信的秋月;在春天朦朧的月亮;孤獨(dú)的，白色的冬季月亮升起在漆黑的天空中，在干燥的田野上煙霧模糊的橙色月亮。每一個(gè)人，就像美妙的音樂(lè)，讓我的心興奮，然后讓我的靈魂平靜下來(lái)。

　　但我們住在室內(nèi)，與月球失去了聯(lián)系。街燈的強(qiáng)光和污染的塵土籠罩著夜空。雖然人類(lèi)在月球上行走，但它變得不那么熟悉了。很少有人能說(shuō)出今晚月亮何時(shí)升起。

　　盡管如此，它仍在我們的腦海中拉扯。

　　如果我們出乎意料地遭遇到一輪明月，巨大而又黃色的天邊，我們只能無(wú)奈地盯著它的指揮。而月亮也有禮物送給那些看的人。

　　七月的一個(gè)晚上，我在山里得知了它的禮物。我的車(chē)神秘地熄火了，我被困在了那里。太陽(yáng)已經(jīng)落山了，我正在觀看一場(chǎng)從山脊到東方的森林大火的明亮的橙色光芒。突然，山脊本身似乎燃燒起來(lái)。接著，那顆冉冉升起的月亮，又大又紅，在夏季大氣的塵土和汗水中怪異地扭曲，從樹(shù)林中隱約出現(xiàn)。由于地球灼熱的氣息扭曲了，月亮似乎變得暴躁和不完美。附近農(nóng)舍的狗緊張地吠叫著，仿佛這奇怪的光喚醒了野草中的惡鬼。

　　但是，當(dāng)月亮從山脊上升起時(shí)，它變得堅(jiān)定而權(quán)威。它的膚色從紅色變成了橙色，變成了金色，變成了淡黃色。它似乎從黑暗的泥土中抽出光來(lái)，因?yàn)殡S著它的升起，下面的山谷和山谷變得越來(lái)越暗淡。當(dāng)月亮從地平線上清晰地站起來(lái)，胸膛和圓圓的和象牙色的時(shí)候，山谷是大地的陰影。狗兒們打消了這個(gè)疑慮，說(shuō)這是熟悉的月亮，停止了吠叫。突然，我感到了一種自信和快樂(lè)，接近于笑聲。

　　這出戲花了一個(gè)小時(shí)。月亮的升起是緩慢的，充滿(mǎn)了微妙的變化。為了觀看它，我們必須進(jìn)入一個(gè)更古老、更耐心的時(shí)間觀念。

　　觀察月亮的變化，是在我們自己內(nèi)部找到一種不尋常的平靜。我們的想象力開(kāi)始意識(shí)到空間的巨大距離，地球的浩瀚以及我們自身存在的巨大的不可能。我們感到自己渺小卻享有特權(quán)。

　　月色讓我們看不到生活的艱難。山坡上似乎有絲光和銀色，大海依然蔚藍(lán)。在月光下，我們變得不那么精于算計(jì)，更容易被我們的感情所吸引。

標(biāo)簽：高二

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