I seem to recall best a journey we made by tram one winter night.
We were going to visit my Granny at Westoe, and I was very excited, because an evening excursion was something quite unheard of for me. It had been raining; the gas lamps lit the gleaming pavements and cobbles with a doubled radiance. The shaking tram wires were sending down showers of white raindrops. Everything in the ram seemed fresh and glittering. The breezy windows sparkled with long zigzags of rain and the passing street lamp flared gorgeously through the panels of blue and yellow and ruby glass. Outside, it was cold and windy, and we could feel the gale buffeting against the side of the tram, making it sway and lurch ore than usual, and throwing the passengers of song, and the fresh, clean, cold sea-wind was blowing right through the upper deck. Above, a high half-moon seemed to be skidding along on its back through piles of black, white-lined rags. It was a wild night, with a sense of magic in the offing. The people in the tram did not like ordinary mortals; a kind of exhilaratinggaietyhadseizedthem,anditseseememed to lighten their bodies and illuminate their faces. At times I was sure we were really flying.

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(from The Only Child by James Kirkup) Scenery 自然景物
recall  回忆，想起
excursion  短途旅行
gleaming  发微光的，闪烁的
cobble  大鹅卵石，圆石
glittering  闪闪发光的，闪烁的
breezy  有微风的，通风的
zigzag  锯齿形，弯弯曲曲
flare  闪耀（光芒）
gorgeously  灿烂地，华丽地
buffet  （风、雨）连续打击
snatch  片段，一阵阵的歌声
offing  视野范围内的远处海面
mortal  凡人
exhilarating  令人振奋的，使人高兴的
gaiety  快乐，高兴，喜庆
illuminate  照亮，照明 湖南高考网

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