翩翩黄蝴蝶 (w English)

初秋的正午，外面的阳光依然灿烂无比。我站在厨房的窗口，洗着菜，忽地又见金黄色的蝴蝶在窗前飘过。那一束艳黄在骄阳下格外夺目。

翩翩的蝴蝶本是属于原野山谷的。而今年，只有在今年的夏天和初秋，我却时不时瞥见它出现在家门口。有好几次，我拿起相机冲出去，却怎么也无法追逐着它忙碌的身影、清晰地扑捉到它的靓丽。隔壁的Tom说，因为今年是El nino, 我们才有幸在夏天常常见到它。如果果真如此，蝴蝶，你从哪里来，又将去向何方？若干年后，如果再有El Nino, 你还会翩然而至吗？

 

Like any sunny day in southern CA, the sun is shining brightly outside. Standing in front of the kitchen window, I was cooking for the lunch.  Butterflies, the golden butterflies, came to my sight again, flittering in the bushes. For the whole summer, and now the early autumn, I have been seeing them flying around, in my area and  in the community. While it is common for butterflies to frequent in the wilderness, it is quite a rare scene for them to appear in this arid season in the community, not at least for years.  They are like a sparkling yellow streak that dances in the air, adding color and liveness to this dull neighborhood. Enticed by its yellow wings,  I grabbed a camera and stepped out in the  hope of captivating its beauty. However graceful they are, the butterflies are busy, and non-stopping, no matter how hard I have tried and how long I have waited under the sun. I had to give up in the end, but the joy of encountering them stays with me in a quiet Sunday afternoon.

[暖冬cool夏]

谢谢狮子和波波的来访和鼓励。一时兴起，小文一段，不足挂齿。
谢谢思韵MM的指正，我这个人做事就是心急毛糙。女儿要是看到了，又要说我了。谢谢你！

[思韵如蓝]

写得真好!英文写作的好处是将来孩子也可以看。
向你学习。quite Sunday afternoon 是quiet吗？

[波城冬日]

写的好，喜欢both chinese and english version!

[狮子羔羊]

beautfully writen. 赞！

[暖冬cool夏]

回复子乔： Wow， drab, a very good word. Thank you so much! So your vocabulary is big. You must read a lot too. Reading is the best way up. Enjoy!

[ziqiao123]

Ah, I remember it now, "drab", it is probably a little too dreary in your case -:)

[暖冬cool夏]

回复子乔：谢谢，过奖了，也有段时间没写，昨日兴致来了，就写了几句。说来有意思，你说的dull这词，我昨日写的时候也在搜索更好的词，我是因为用过一次了(走在周日清晨的社区),所以想换个词，想来想去好像还是这个词比较符合我想表达的意思“色调上的单一”。肯定有别的词的，我也一时想不起来。你那日的翻译非常impressive的，我们互相鼓励。谢谢你的留言。

[ziqiao123]

你的英文真好，我总是想什么时候用英文写点东西，可提起笔来又很难。有一个地方跟你商榷一下，dull neighborhood , dull是不是可以用另外一个词，但是我现在一下想不起来了。