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考点分类练(九)词句猜测题(3)

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Snowcanbeapowerfulreminderofchildhoodsnowdays—thatjoyfulsurprisewhenanotherexpecteddayofsittingin

schoolturnedintoonethatwasinsteadfilledwithsnowballfightsorskating.Buttherearealsoplentyofreasonswhysnow

canappealtopeoplewithoutthatfondnostalgia(怀旧).

Snowquiteliterallychangesourphysicalexperienceoftheworld.Forexample,freshlyfallensnowisporous(多孔的)

enoughtoabsorbsoundwell,makingtheworldquieter.Anditplaysevenmorestronglyonoursenseofsight.Oneaspectof

thatvisualappealisthewaysnowreflectslightinthedarkermonths.“Alotofpeoplereallystrugglewithwinterdarknessas

muchastheystrugglewiththecold,”saysLeibowitz,whohaswrittenabookaboutmentalhealthinwinter.“Thebrightening

effectofthesnow,Ithink,isreallypowerful.”

Snowchangestheveryshapeoftheworldpeopleseearoundthem,Leibowitzsays,pointingtothewayafreshblanketof

ithidesandyetrevealsthesurroundings.“Thingsthatyoulookateverydaysuddenlycanappearverydifferent,”shesays.

Intherightconditions,snowcanbefascinating.Butforcertainpeople,thesameweathercanbecomethevery

opposite:annoying,exhaustingordepressing.Leibowitzrecommendswelcomingchangingseasons,takinginspirationfromthe

longnightsandcolddays—andarguesthatsnowcanbeahelpfulcuetodoso.“It’ssuchaclearvisualreminderthatwe’rein

adifferentseasonthatperhapsitinspirespeopletorespondmoreadaptively,”shesays.

Butasclimatechangecontinuestounfold,somehistoricallysnowyareaswilllosethemostmagicalprecipitation(降水)

andfacenothingbutcoldrain.“Therearealotofplacesintheworldthatarerightonthisborderlinewherethedifferenceof

acoupleofdegreesofwarmingisthedifferencebetweenawhite,snowywinter...andagray,rainywinter,”Leibowitzsays.“I

thinkthere’salotthatislostwhenwelosethecoldandwhenwelosethe