一支蜡烛

类别：独处

讲述在没有停电的夜晚点燃一支白蜡烛，并在跳动的烛光中让思绪慢下来的独处时刻。

时长 54 秒 · 语速 150 wpm

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There was no power cut. 并没停电。

The lights worked fine. 灯都亮得好好的。

I just lit a candle. 我只是点了一根蜡烛。

I found it at the back of a drawer, 那是我在抽屉最里面翻出来的，

a plain white one. 就是一根普通的白蜡烛。

I put it on a saucer, 我把它立在小碟子里，

struck a match, and switched off the lamp. 划了根火柴，然后关掉了台灯。

The flame was small at first. 刚开始，火苗还挺小的。

Then it stood up, tall and steady. 慢慢地它就窜了起来，又高又稳。

A candle isn't like a light bulb. 蜡烛和电灯泡不一样。

A bulb is just on. 灯泡就只是亮着。

A candle is alive. 而蜡烛是有生命的。

It leans when you breathe. 你一呼吸，它就会跟着晃动。

The shadows on the wall move with it, 墙上的影子也随之摇曳，

slowly, like something under water. 缓缓的，就像在水底下一样。

I sat and watched it. 我就坐着看着它。

My thoughts, which had been running all day, began to walk. 脑子里奔波了一整天的念头，终于慢了下来，开始散步了。

You can't hurry by candlelight. 在烛光下，你是急不起来的。

I tried to read, and I couldn't. 我试着看了会儿书，但根本看不进去。

So I did nothing, for half an hour. 于是我就这么发了半个小时的呆，什么也没干。

When I blew it out, the day was already gone. 当我把它吹灭时，这一天已经悄悄过去了。