21、The sky is full of black clouds. Flashes of lightning lit up the courts, old houses, and ramshackle porches, and thunder begins to roar overhead. No birds sing any longer, but the leaves of the trees rustle and a wind blows against our faces. A drop of water falls, then another, and then the rain falls on the leaves of the trees and the iron roofs with a noise reminding us of the beating of drums. A brilliant stripe o flight fills the sky. Suddenly there comes a terrible thunderclap overhead, and then the sky is full of roars of thunder.
天空乌云密布，雷电闪闪，照亮了天井、老屋，还有那摇摇欲坠的走廊。一声惊雷在头顶上炸响。只有树叶的沙沙声。风吹打在脸上，雨开始一滴一滴地下着，雨滴打在树叶和铁皮屋顶上，就像敲锣打鼓的声音。一道闪电越过天空，紧接着头顶上又是一声惊雷，然后天空中轰鸣的雷声不断。
22、When I got up the next morning, I saw that the ground was covered with a vast blanket of whiteness. With the white ground underfoot, and the chimneys here and there sending out brown smoke into the clear blue sky overhead, the whole scene might match the most beautiful morning picture in the world.
当我第二天早晨起床时，我看到大地被厚厚的白色毯子覆盖着。在脚下白色的大地上，缕缕炊烟升入头顶蔚蓝的天空，犹如世界上最美的动人画卷。
23、As soon as I walked outside，I was greeted with the shimmering white blanket of cold. Despite the chill overwhelming my skin, inside I was warm I felt as though I could be giving off heat I had the desire to stay out in this freeze for hours. It was the type of day that speaks to you through its elements. I took a deep breath to hear more snow was coming.
茄烟刚出门，便扑面而来一大片晶莹雪白的冰凉。冷气袭来，肌肤阵阵战栗，而内心却温暖如初。觉得自己似乎能发热，因而渴望在这寒冷中长时间的伫足。这是一个大自然与你交流的日子。我深深地吸了一口气，静听雪花飘落，源源不绝……
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