晨讀英語美文100篇六級(jí)A Word for Autumn

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:] [00:02.44]Passage 96 A Word for Autumn [00:07.64]Last night the waiter put the celery on with the cheese, [00:11.81]and I knew that summer was indeed dead. [00:15.96]Other signs of autumn there may be—the reddening leaf, the chill in the early-morning air, [00:23.40]the misty evenings—but none of these comes home to me so truly. [00:29.64]There may be cool mornings in July; [00:32.92]in a year of drought the leaves may change before their time; [00:37.41]it is only with the first celery that summer is over. [00:42.44]I knew all along that it would not last. [00:46.27]Even in April I was saying that winter would soon be here. [00:51.30]Yet somehow it had begun to seem possible lately that a miracle might happen, [00:58.74]that summer might drift on and on through the months [01:03.34]—a final upheaval to crown a wonderful year. [01:07.17]The celery settled that. [01:09.61]Last night with the celery autumn came into its own. [01:14.42]A week ago I grieved for the dying summer. [01:18.14]I wondered how I could possibly bear the waiting—the eight long months till May. [01:25.04]In vain to comfort myself with the thought that [01:29.41]I could get through more work in the winter undistracted by thoughts of cricket grounds and country houses. [01:37.18]In vain, equally, to tell myself that I could stay in bed later in the mornings. [01:43.52]Even the thought of after-breakfast pipes in front of the fire left me cold. [01:49.32]But now, suddenly, I am reconciled to autumn. [01:54.14]I see quite clearly that all good things must come to an end. [01:59.83]The summer has been splendid, but it has lasted long enough. [02:05.41]This morning I welcomed the chill in the air; [02:10.00]this morning I viewed the falling leaves with cheerfulness; [02:14.93]and this morning I said to myself, “Why, of course, I’ll have celery for lunch.” [02:22.15]There is a crispness about celery that is of the essence of October. [02:27.84]It is as fresh and clean as a rainy day after a spell of heat. [02:33.64]It crackles pleasantly in the mouth. [02:36.48]Moreover it is excellent, I am told, for the complexion. [02:41.29]One is always hearing of things which are good for the complexion, [02:46.11]but there is no doubt that celery stands high on the list. [02:51.14]After the burns and freckles of summer one is in need of something. [02:56.50]How good that celery should be there at one’s elbow.

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