擦干净的窗户

类别：成长

擦净积灰两年的窗户后才发现天很蓝，原来灰暗的不是世界而是视角。

时长 50 秒 · 语速 160 wpm

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For weeks, I'd felt that the weather was dull. 好几个星期以来，我都觉得天气阴沉沉的。

I told a friend that this city never has a blue sky. 我还跟朋友抱怨，说这城市就没见过蓝天。

On Saturday, I finally washed the kitchen window. 周六那天，我终于把厨房的窗户给擦了。

I hadn't done it in two years. 我都整整两年没擦过了。

The water in the bucket turned black. 水桶里的水都变黑了。

When I finished, I stepped back. 擦完之后，我往后退了一步。

The sky was blue. 天居然是蓝的。

Bright blue, with one white cloud. 蔚蓝蔚蓝的，还飘着一朵白云。

The tree across the street had sharp green leaves. 街对面的树，叶子绿得格外鲜亮。

Nothing outside had changed. 窗外的一切其实什么都没变。

For two years, I'd been looking 这两年来，我一直都是隔着

at the world through a layer of dust, 一层厚厚的灰尘在看这个世界，

and I'd blamed the world. 却反过来怪世界不够好。

It made me wonder, 我手里拿着湿抹布站在那儿，

standing there with the wet cloth in my hand. 不禁开始琢磨。

What else looks gray to me, 还有多少东西在我眼里是灰蒙蒙的，

only because of what I'm looking through? 仅仅是因为我自己看过去的视角被蒙蔽了呢？

I washed all the other windows that afternoon. 那天下午，我把家里剩下的窗户全擦了一遍。

It's a brighter city than I thought. 这座城市，其实比我想象的要明亮得多。