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在读《吹小号的天鹅》儿童读物一书时，觉得其中有一个段落对风景的描写很精彩，摘录如下：
"All winter, snow had covered the ice; the pond lay cold and still under its white blanket. Most of the time there wasn't sound to be heard. The frog was asleep。 The chipmunk was asleep. Occasionally a jay would cry out. And sometimes at night the fox would bark-a high, rasping bark. Winter seemed to last forever.
But one day a change came over the woods and the pond. Warm air, soft and kind, blew through the trees. The ice, which had softened during the night, began to melt. patches of open water appeared. All the creatures that lived in the pond and in the woods were glad to feel the warmth. They heard and felt the breath of spring, and they stirred with new life and hope. There was a good, now smell in the air, a smell of earth waking after its long sleep. The frog, buried in the mud at the bottom of the pond, knew that spring was here. The chickadee knew and was delighted. The vixen, dozing in her den, knew she would soon have kits. Every creature knew that a better, easier time was at hand-warmer days, pleasanter nights, Trees were putting out green from buds, the buds were swelling. Birds began arriving from the south. A pair of ducks flew in, The Red-winged Blackbird arrived and scouted the pond for nesting sites. A small sparrow with a white throat arrived and sang。 "
整个冬天，积雪覆盖在冰上。冰冷的池塘上，好像盖上了一个白色的毯子。大部分的时间里，这里听不到任何的声音。青蛙还在睡觉（冬眠），花栗鼠也在睡觉，偶尔冠蓝鸦会叫出一声，有的时候，狐狸会发出刺耳的尖叫。似乎冬天太长了。
但是有一天，无论是池塘，还是树林都开始发生了变化。温暖的空气，柔软且温和，吹过了树林和池塘。夜里，冰在悄悄的融化，池面的表面，开始出现了这一点那一块露出水的破洞，看上去就像一块块的补丁斑驳了池塘的风景。树林和池塘里所有的生物都对天气的变暖而感到开心，它们不仅听到了春天的声音，而且也感到了自己正在呼吸着春天的气息。在它们的心中，融合着一种新生的希望。太好了，经过漫长的冬眠，终于闻到了新鲜且带着泥土芳香的气息。藏在池塘底下的青蛙，知道春天正在悄悄的走近，花栗鼠感觉到了春天，它的心情是快乐的。雌狐还在洞穴里打盹，潜意识中已经知道自己将会生下幼仔。其实，每一种生物对生育这件事都很清楚。在温暖的日子里，就连夜晚都是愉快的，树枝上长满了绿色鼓胀的芽苞，鸟儿开始从南方飞来，有一对鸭子飞落到池塘上，红翅黑鸟也飞到了池塘，开始寻找搭窝的地方。在脖子下面长着一圈白色的小山雀也来到了这里，它发出欢快的啼鸣。
作者把大自然季节的更替写的很清楚，文字言简意赅。比如，春天到了，树会发芽，鸟会孵蛋，动物生仔。春天不仅带来温暖，而且还会带来生命。如果说冬天是寒冷荒芜的，而春天则是阳光明媚，鸟语花香。
