fscanf 文件末尾:你身边神奇的世界：忙里偷闲且去欣赏之

什么是奔忙？就是睡醒，洗漱，穿衣，往冰箱里抓一份点心作早餐，然后冲去上班，接着跑进跑出参加会议。一天结束了，匆匆离去，赶到家里，做饭，一番狼吞虎咽后，然后坐在电视机前，最后睡觉，并且希望明天还能睡醒，从而开始重复的另一天。

Now imagine if you were leisurely walking a trail in the woods, taking in all the sights, sounds and smells of nature. You had nowhere to be and nothing was hectic. The only thing you had to worry about was maybe stepping in a puddle and getting your socks wet.

现在，想象你正闲步林中小径，欣赏着自然的美景，倾听着自然的声音，闻着自然的芳香。你无忧无虑，无牵无挂。唯一会让你忧虑的是可能会踩着小水坑而弄湿了你袜子。

The world around us is an amazing place. Too often we get so used to it that we no longer see it. Consider taking some time out of your day to truly see what’s around you, often right under your nose. Here are a few things from the natural world that I find amazing and try to take in every chance I get.

我们身边的世界真奇妙。通常，我们习惯了身边的世界而熟视无睹。不妨考虑拨出一点你的时间来好好地看看你周围的一切，往往正是你眼前的一切。这里我想分享一些我从大自然发现的美妙，而且只要有机会我都会尽量好好地享受一番。

1. Northern lights. We are fortunate enough to live in the Northern hemisphere and at a latitude that allows us to see these wonders quite frequently. It never occurred to me just how special this natural phenomenon was until we were living in Australia. While there, a local radio station was holding a contest asking people what they most wanted to see in their life time and one of the callers said they wish they could see the Northern lights – something we saw at least a few times a month in the winter back home.

1.北极光。我们很幸运，生活在北半球，这个纬度的地方让我们能够经常看到这些自然的奇迹。直到我们在澳大利亚生活，我才意识到北极光这自然现象是多么的特别。在澳大利亚的时候，当地的电台举行一场赛事，曾问人们在他们的一生中最想看到什么。其中一个来电者说他们希望可以看到北极光--这是我们在家时冬季至少每月可见几次的东西啊。

2. Hoar frost. One of the things I find fascinating is how beautiful everything can be in winter. It’s not just dark, cold and miserable. There are days when you can be fortunate enough to wake up to a fresh snow fall, bright blue skies and hoar frost. It’s a pretty amazing sight when everything is covered in a delicate layer of frost.

 2. 白霜。 我发现很奇妙的一件事情就是在冬天一切都变得如斯美丽。冬季不仅仅是黑暗，寒冷和痛苦。冬季里，睡醒睁眼所见的初雪，蓝天和白霜，都会使你感到幸福。精致的白霜层层包裹着一切，真是神奇而美丽的景象啊。

3. HUGE snow flakes. My favorite type of snow is not the type you make snowmen out of or have snowball fights with but rather the big, slow moving, fluffy kind. Watching extra large flakes of snow sluggishly fall to the ground is really quite neat.

3. 超大的雪花。 我最喜欢的雪并不是你用来堆雪人或打雪仗的雪，而是那些大大的，慢慢飘落的蓬松的雪花。看着超大的雪花慢慢地飘落地上，真是赏心的事情。

4. Lightning. I’m not a huge fan of electrical storms they scare me just a little, but I still find them really amazing and actually quite beautiful.

4. 闪电。 我不是雷电交加的暴风雨的发烧友，其实还有点害怕，但是我还是觉得这些自然景象非常神奇而且美妙极了。

5. Waterfalls. Niagara falls has to be the most impressive waterfalls I’ve seen so far. I was shocked at the shear volume and power of the water as it flows over the edge and how quickly it settles once at the bottom. Watching a waterfall is a bit different to watching a slow moving stream but each beautiful in its own right.

5.瀑布。 尼亚加拉大瀑布是我所见过的印象最深的瀑布。 令我非常惊讶的是瀑布犹如巨大的水帘，流经崖边时的汹涌以及冲下谷底后又能迅速沉淀平静如斯。观赏瀑布与观看慢溪静流的体验稍有不同，不过各有千秋。

6. Flowers. Where we lived in Australia, it seemed everyone had a rose garden. One afternoon while out on a walk I thought of the old saying “take time to stop and smell the roses” and I did just that. I made a point, that one afternoon, of smelling every rose I came across that was leaning out of the yards over onto the sidewalk. It’s quite amazing how different they all are. Even when the look remarkably similar the smell can be so different. It was quite an experience. It does slow you down but I was able to really see each flower.

6. 花丛。 居住在澳大利亚的时候，似乎每个人都有一座玫瑰花园。 一天下午漫步在外的时候，我想起一句谚语，“忙里偷闲，闻闻玫瑰花香”，正是我当时的状态。那天下午，欣赏着伸出篱笆，探头人行道的每一朵玫瑰，闻着花香，我深有感悟。 他们各有不同，平分秋色，多么美妙啊。即使花貌多么相似，闻起来却截然不同。 真是美妙的体验。 确实慢下脚步来，而我能够真切地观赏到每一朵花。

7. Birds. I’ve never been a bird-watcher in the hobby sense of the word but last summer I took a special liking to a little blue jay that came by our place every morning. My son and I would put peanuts out for it in the morning and then we’d sit there and watch the little guy as he grabbed one and flew off into a nearby tree to eat it. They are actually quite interesting to watch.

I could go on about what an amazing place the world around us can be. It’s important that we take the time to not only look at what exists around us but to actually see it as well. Take time today to truly see something that perhaps you’ve walked by a thousand times before but never really noticed.

7.鸟儿。 我从来不是赏鸟人，尤其不是兴趣这个字眼的意义上的赏鸟人。但是，去年夏天，我们所住的地方每天早上都有一只冠蓝鸦到访，使我很快喜欢上了。我和儿子每天早上往外放花生米，然后坐在旁边观看这只小冠蓝鸦叼住花生米，飞去附近的树上吃掉。这样的观看也是非常有趣的。

What do you find amazing about the world around you? Do you often take time to slow down and see it?

你发现你身边的世界有什么奇妙之处了吗？你有没有经常忙里偷闲且欣赏到了呢？