Lesson 2　Johnny's First Snowstorm　第2课　约翰尼的第一次暴风雪经历

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Johnny Reed was a little boy who never had seen a snowstorm till he was six years old.

Before this, he had lived in a warm country, where the sun shines down on beautiful orange groves, and felds always sweet with fowers.

But now he had come to visit his grandmother, who lived where the snow falls in winter. Johnny was standing at the window when the snow came down.

"O mamma！"he cried, joyfully，"do come quick, and see these little white birds fying down from heaven."

"They are not birds, Johnny，"said mamma, smiling.

"Then maybe the little angels are losing their feathers！Oh！do tell me what it is；is it sugar?Let me taste it，"said Johnny. But when he tasted it, he gave a little jump-it was so cold.

"That is only snow, Johnny，"said his mother.

"What is snow, mother?"

"The snowflakes, Johnny, are little drops of water that fall from the clouds. But the air through which they pass is so cold it freezes them, and they come down turned into snow."

As she said this, she brought out an old black hat from the closet."See, Johnny！I have caught a snowfake on this hat. Look quick through this glass, and you will see how beautiful it is."

Johnny looked through the glass. There lay the pure, feathery snowfake like a lovely little star.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star！"he cried in delight."Oh！please show me more snow-fakes, mother."

So his mother caught several more, and they were all beautiful.

The next day Johnny had a fne play in the snow, and when he carne in, he said，"I love snow；and I think snowballs are a great deal prettier than oranges."

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约翰尼·里德在6岁之前从来没有经历过暴风雪。

在那之前，他居住在温暖的乡村，在那里，太阳照耀着美丽的橘子树林，田野里飘着迷人的花香。

后来他搬去和他的奶奶一起住，那里是一个冬天会下雪的地方。当下雪时，约翰尼就站在窗前望着。

“哦！妈妈！”他兴高采烈地叫着，“快来，快来看这些从天堂飞下来的小鸟。”

“那不是小鸟，约翰尼。”妈妈笑着说。

“那它们有可能是小天使们抖落的羽毛！哦！快告诉我这是什么，是糖吗？让我来尝尝。”

约翰尼说罢便尝了一口，之后立刻打了一个寒战，因为它实在是太凉了。

“那是雪，约翰尼。”妈妈告诉他。

“什么是雪，妈妈？”

“约翰尼，雪花是从云中掉落的小水滴。但它们穿过的云层特别寒冷，将它们凝结，于是它们落下来就变成了雪花。”

妈妈边说边从橱柜里拿出一顶黑色的帽子。“看，约翰尼！我已经用这顶帽子接住了一片雪花。快用放大镜看看，你会发现它非常漂亮。”

约翰尼拿起放大镜观看。纯净的、羽毛般的小雪花就像一颗可爱的小星星。

“一闪一闪亮晶晶，雪花好像小星星！”他高兴地嚷道，“哦！妈妈！我要看更多的雪花。”

于是，妈妈又接了许多雪花给他，它们都非常美丽。

第二天，约翰尼在雪地里玩得非常开心，当他回到屋子里，他说：“我爱雪，我认为雪球比橘子还要可爱。”