关于月亮英文的美文(月亮和星星的英文)

When the Moon Follows Me

月儿随我行（上）

Mary E. Potter

Each of my sons made the discovery early. We would be riding in the car at night, and a little voice would call out from the back seat, "Hey, the moon is following us!" I would explain that the moon was not actually gliding along with our car. There would be another period of critical observation and the final verdict delivered more quietly this time, "But it really is moving. I can see it."

我两个儿子在很小的时候就有了那惊人的发现。每当我们驱车夜行，后座上总会传来稚嫩、惊奇的声音：“嘿，瞧！月亮正跟着我们呢！”这时，我就向他们解释，月亮实际上并没有跟在我们汽车后面滑行。孩子往往会审视良久，然后得出定论，再一次用较冷静的口吻说：“它确实在动嘛，我看见的。”

I thought of that one evening as I was driving. The moon, one day short of fullness, rode with me, first gliding smoothly, then bouncing over the bumpy stretches, now on my right, then straight ahead, the silver light washing over dry grasses in open fields, streaking along through black branches, finally disappearing as the road wound its way through the hills.

一天晚上，开车回家的途中，我想起了这件事。再过一天就要盈满的月亮随我一路同行；它先是平稳地滑行，继而又在崎岖的山路上跃动，忽而在我的右边，忽而又跑到我的前头。银色的月光泼洒在旷野的枯草上，穿过黑黝黝的枝丛投下斑驳的光带，最后，当车道在山间绕了个弯，它便消失得无影无踪。

When I crested the hill in the village, there it was again-grown suddenly immense, ripe, flooding the town with a sprawling light so magical I began to understand why it is said to inspire "looniness". I could hardly wait to get back home to show the boys.

当我的车开上村子里的小山顶时，月亮又出现了——突然变得硕大、饱满；神奇的银辉充盈四野，整个城镇都淹没在溶溶的月色中。我这才开始明白，为什么人们会说月亮能激发“疯狂”。我急不可待地赶回家，想让孩子们出来看看。

Robert was in the bathtub, so I grabbed John. "Close your eyes and come see what followed me home," I said, hoping to increase the dramatic impact. I led him out into the night,"Okay. Open! Isn't it beautiful?"

罗伯特正在洗澡，于是我一把拉起约翰，说：“闭上眼睛，来看看什么东西随我回家了。”希望这样能增强戏剧性的效果。我牵着他走到户外的夜色中。“行了，睁开眼睛！瞧，多美呀！”

John blinked a few times and looked at me as if I might, indeed, be loony. "Mom, it's just the moon. Is this the surprise?" I suppose he was hoping for a puppy.

约翰眨眨眼，盯着我看，仿佛我真的发疯了一样。“妈妈，不就是月亮嘛。这有什么稀奇的？”我猜他希望我带了只小狗回来。