范例欣赏gloriesofthestorm辉煌壮丽的暴风雨.pptVIP

范例欣赏 Glories of the Storm 辉煌壮丽的暴风雨 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. 起初，有一种平静的感觉悄然涌入我的心头。刹那间，万物突然沉寂无声。鸟儿不再啭啾，树叶不再沙沙作响，昆虫也停止了歌唱。 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. 整天炎热的空气变得格外沉闷，它笼罩着树木，逼得花朵垂向地面，也压的我肩头沉甸甸的。我怀着茫然不安的心情，信步走到窗边。 There, in the west, lies the answer—cloud has piled on cloud to form a ridge of mammoth white towers, rearing against blue sky. 原来答案就在西边天际，云层重重迭迭，就像一排嵯峨的白塔，高耸在蓝天之上。 Their piercing whiteness is of brief duration. Soon the marshmallow rims flatten to anvil tops, and the clouds reveal their darker nature. 云彩那耀眼的白色转瞬便消失了。顷刻间，棉花糖状的云边变得像铁砧一样平展，云层露出了乌黑的本色。 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. 乌云翻滚，遮住了西斜的太阳，天色早早地黑了下来。接着，劲风骤起，一路尘土飞扬，冷飕飕地，预示着该发生的一切即将来临。 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. 砰的一声，风关上了一扇房门，窗帘也随风飘起，向屋内翻卷着。我急忙跑过去关上窗户，收下晾晒的衣服，安顿好露台上的家什。远处开始响起隆隆的雷声。 The first drops of rain are huge. They splat into dust and imprint the windows with individual signatures. They plink on the vent pipe and plunk on the patio roof. 最初落下来的是铜板大的雨滴，劈劈啪啪地打在土里，在玻璃窗上留下了一个个印记。雨点把排气管敲得叮当作响，露台顶棚上砰砰砰砰，响个不停。 Leaves shudder under their weight before rebounding, and the sidewalk wears a coat of shiny spots. 树叶被砸得瑟瑟发抖，难以抬头。人行道披上了一层亮闪闪的水点。 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. 雨加快了节奏，叮当声紧跟着劈啪声，一阵紧似一阵，终于连成一片紧密的鼓点，颗颗雨滴也汇集成一支行进在田野和屋顶的大军。 Now th