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结束了自己单独存在的那一段历程。老年人如能这么看待生命，将不会有对死亡的恐惧，因为他所钟爱的一切还会继续下去。而且，随着生命的衰退，健康的衰弱，休息一下是应该的。真希望自己能在工作的时候死去。我知道别人会继续我未做的一切。一想到自己该做的都做了，心里就高兴极了。 （ 庄绎传 译自《记忆中的肖像及其它》）

The Glory of The Storm

It begins when a feeling of stillness creeps into my consciousness. Everything has suddenly gone quiet. Birds do not chirp. Leaves do not rustle. Insects do not sing.

The air that has been hot all day becomes heavy. It hangs over the trees, presses the heads of the flowers to the ground, sits on my shoulders. With a vague feeling of uneasiness, I move to the window. There, in the west, lies the answer—could has piled on cloud to form a ridge of mammoth white towers, rearing against blue sky.

Their piercing whiteness is of brief duration. Soon the marshmallow rims flatten to anvil tops, and the clouds reveal their darker nature. They impose themselves before the late-afternoon sun, and the day darkens early. Then a gust of wind whips the dust along the road, chill warning of what is to come.

In the house a door shuts with a bang, curtains billow into the room. I rush to close the windows, empty the clothesline, secure the patio furnishings. Thunder begins to grumble in the distance.

The first drops of rain are huge. They splat into the dust and imprint the windows with individual signatures. They blink on the vent pipe and plunk on the patio roof. Leaves shudder under their weight before rebounding, and the sidewalk wears a coat of shiny spots.

The rhythm accelerates; plink follows plunk faster and faster until the sound is a roll of drums and the individual drops become an army marching over fields and rooftops. Now the first bolt of lightning stabs the earth. It is heaven’s exclamation point—the storm is here!

辉煌壮丽的暴风雨

起初，一种平静的感觉悄然爬上我的心头。突然间，万物变得沉寂无声。鸟儿不再啁啾。树叶不再沙响。昆虫不再歌唱。

整日酷热的空气变得格外沉闷，它笼罩着树木，逼得花朵垂向地面，沉重地贴在得我的肩头上。我隐隐感到烦躁不安，便踱到窗边。放眼西边的天际，那里就是答案——重重叠叠的云层，就像一排高耸的白塔，刺入湛蓝的天空。

云层那刺眼的白色只是昙花一现。顷刻间，棉花糖状的云边变得像铁毡一样平展，云朵露出了阴暗的本来面目。它遮住了傍晚的太阳，天早早地黑了下来。接着，劲风暴起，一路抽起飞扬的尘土，冷飕飕的感觉预示着暴风雨随即来临。

砰的一声，风推上了一扇门，窗帘也随风吹起，向屋内翻卷。我急忙跑过去关上窗户，收下晒绳上的衣服，再安顿好露台上的桌椅。远处的雷声开始轰隆轰隆作响了。

最初落下的雨点大如铜钱，扑扑地砸在尘土里，在玻璃窗上留下了一个个印记。雨点把排气管敲得叮叮当当，把露台顶棚打得噼噼啪啪，沉甸甸的雨点压得树叶瑟瑟发抖，难以抬头，人行道上也披上了一件由闪溅雨点做成的外衣。

雨的节奏越来越快，叮叮当当紧跟着噼噼啪啪，一阵紧似一阵，终于连成一片紧密的鼓声，颗颗雨点汇集成一支大军，行进在田野和屋顶上。这时，第一道闪电刺向大地，这是上天划的叹号——暴风雨来了！

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