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周六9/5 /2020晴好
灌木叢園草葉稀落，隻剩下一半的高度。兩隻藍鵲落在綠葉上，我走近，它們便一前一後貼著綠色向遠處的叢緣飛去。 經過觀察，我發現藍鵲是種警惕性很高的鳥類，很難靠近。發現了它們的這種品性，我不再為不能更近地接近它們而沮喪，隻是視與它們相遇為幸運。
蘆塘裏的吸引了我的目光，兩天前當我看它們時，它們還是黍米大小的黃綠色小粒粒，今天它們開出了金黃色的花朵。那一串串，一叢叢，密實的小花呈現出一種繁榮之美。
穿過綠茵場，遊樂園，棒球場，遊樂場滑板道，我一路往草場和樹林的方向走去。鎮上有許多草場，有的大，有的小，有的我走進去看過，有的我隻是開車經過是瞄過兩眼。這些草場，每個草場都有其獨特的美麗。而這兩個公園所屬的草場（一個連接著公園南入口，另一個連著公園的北出入口），因為公園在小鎮上的名氣，我想當然地認為它們遠比其它的草場出名。
以前我從來不知道草場是可以被用來欣賞的，它們可以帶給人美的感受。就像樹林，濕地，山林，高坡那樣, 草場可以營造出美麗的自然景觀, 草場的美麗來自其植物隨時間季節變化而發生的變化。我對草場美麗的認知是始於這個春夏，當各國人民都在經曆病毒大流行，人們的心頭被疾病，孤獨，恐慌的陰雲所籠罩時。
經過漫長嚴酷的寒冬，三月底四月初，最後的幾片白雪地越變越小，人們脫去厚重的冬裝。此時，成千上萬的草籽拱出土地，從它們吸上第一口空氣時，它們便隨著日出日落開啟了一輪新的生命旅程。我對草場的注意，並為它們駐足是從今年三月末，當我留意到那片土地上新生出的綠色開始的。後來隨著草場上野花越開越多，我駐足得越發的頻繁。
走在草場邊的路上，我放眼草場，又是滿眼的黃花GOLDENROD 。 草場一邊有一條被割草機割出的道路，我是兩三周前發現此路的，當一直沒有落足於上。今天，被這夏末的黃色吸引著，我要踏上小路，意在看看沿途有什麽新的風景。
小徑上的草像是剛被割過，棕綠相間的草茬短平齊整，看著很精神，青草和野蒿混合的氣味彌散在空氣中。 曲徑通幽，在草場中部欣賞兩邊的草場，又是另一番景象。此時氣溫接近80度，有溫和的陽光和輕柔的微風。細風清陽中，一簇簇豐滿而細碎的黃花左右輕搖。一步一景中，不時又有棕黃黑三色的花斑蝴蝶飛來，在黃花上起起落落，更為這草場增色不少。
In the shrub garden, the bushes got thinner and shorter. Two blue Jays are standing on the green leaves, when I try to approach them, one following the other, they fly away, land on a bush a few yards further away at the edge of the shrub. Based on my observation, blue jay is a species on high alert, they will never let you be close to them. I used to be disappointed that I couldn’t be close enough to them，but I started thinking it a luck if only I can meet them when I realized their nature.
In the reed pond, the sweet goldenrods catch my eyes. Two days ago, when I looked at them, they were greenish yellow, millet-sized buds, now they are blooming into small yellow flowers. Clusters by clusters, these dense yellow wild flowers bring me an impression of prosperously beauty.
Crossing the turf, the baseball fields , the area accommodating the playground and the skateboard trail, I hit the walking trail leading to the pastures and the woods.
There are a handful of pastures in town, some are big and some are small, some I have walked into, some I only took a few glances when I drove by. Each pasture has beauty in its way which I appreciated. But thanks to the famousness of XXX Park, which the two pastures belong to(one is located on the south exit of the woods (Exit1 on the map), the other is on North exit/entrance (Exit 2 on the map)), these two pastures are most likely much more notable than others.
I have never thought about pasture an element which can create nice landscapes deserving being appreciated in close or in far until this spring(in 2020), the time people were badly hit by Covid-19 virus, people were suffering from the illness, loneliness and panic. Like woods and wetlands, Pastures have their diverse plant ecosystem which consist of grass, weeds or low bushes. The magical beauty of pastures come from the changing of the plants when the time is changing.
After a long hash winter, a the end of March when it got warmer, on the ground, the white areas from the last a few piles of snow got smaller, people began taking off their heavy winter coats, hundreds of thousands seeds started popping out of soil. After taking the first breath in the air, they began their new journey with sunrise and sunset.
Since this late March, I started noticing the greenness on the ground where are the territories of the two pastures . I stopped for them, with the blooming of more and more wild flowers, I stopped more often.
When I look over the pasture, my eyes are welcomed by a big field of golden yellow. Again , they are from goldenrods. There is a cutting through road in the pasture. I found the road weeks ago, but never stepped on it. Today, inspired by the sweeping yellow flowers of late summer, I am going to step on it, to see if I can see something new on the way.
The road seems just being mowed one or two days ago, short, neat and energetic. The scent from green grass and artemisia are permeating in the air, the patches of brown and green grass make me think of the patterns from short interwoven carpet.
This is a winging road leading to the fairyland. Appreciating the pasture from the spot on the road is different from my previous experiences on the main road. It is about 80F with light sunshine and gentle breeze. Hundreds of strips of millet-like yellow flowers swing in the breeze, the nice view and nice weather bring me an impressively beautiful feeling.
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廣播聽後感
"Since the coming of Thanksgiving and Christamas holiday seasons, we have to keep practicing cautions. There were 7000 new cases each day in the week." Dr. FAUCE said through NPR.
Last night, Biden and Chinese leader Xi has a three hours virtual meeting . Xi called Biden old friend， same as their last virtual meeting. it made me think of a show I heard last weekend on NPR radio station “ What happened to you. my friend. You seem a different person as I knew.” it was quoted from Xi during the two top leaders’ last virtual meeting. Xi was disappointed about Biden since Biden kept executing most of the policies Trump made during his presidency. on TV, on radio, everyday there are news about China. China here, China there, I feel Americans are obsessed with China now, just as they were obsessed to Russia during the Cold War. I really don't know it means good or bad, but I do believe Americans can feel the difference between China and Russia.
The worst era of Covid-19 pandemic seems over in US. most people have felt comfortable for shopping, going to work, visiting the doctors or having some social activities. But few people might know there is a new term “ long covid” which means the person who get covid, then recover from it , but start to having some new symptoms related to covid later on, these symptoms come and go, last for long time. “ conservatively speaking, if 10%, a small fraction of people may develop into the long covid complications, that will be a big burden to our health system.”
有趣的話題：昨天吃飯時，用烤箱熱了一種PIE做為加菜，這種PIE中間的陷是西蘭花和奶酪。兒子先看到PIE挺高興，但一見到裏麵乳白菜中滲出的黑綠色，就拉下臉，問說那是什麽。我說是綠菜花，他說我為什麽要往奶酪裏加菜，這種吃法很奇怪，他不喜歡。我說有什麽奇怪的？PIZZA不是也有菜和肉混鋪的嗎？“你看看有幾個人吃那種菜PIZZA? 揟所以人們不喜歡加拿大人。””這怎麽又和加拿大扯上了“ 我問。“因為加拿大人發明了菠蘿PIZZA。人們叫它夏威夷PIZZA，但其實是加拿大人發明的。”兒子理直氣壯地說出了理由。“你這是不是又聽了其實的孩子說的？”我問。“嗯”
過後特別查了一下誰發明了HAWAIIAN PIZZA？
答案是： Sam Panoploulos, a Greek-born Canadian, created the first Hawaiian pizza at a restaurant in Canada in 1962. 有趣。
先英文(或隻寫英文)再寫中文，就能迫使自己用英文語言的思維成文，對提高英文寫作能力會有很大的幫助。寫多了，會發現翻譯成中文很別扭，原因在於兩種語言成文的思維結構不同。