The summer sky was bluer then, the sycamores smiled in the sun, and the hot days drowsed by, punctuated with velvet evenings when fireflies flashed outside my bedroom window.

那时候的夏季﹐天空更是蔚蓝，梧桐在阳光下微笑，炎炎夏日昏昏沉沉地过去，夹杂其间的是柔如丝绒的夜晚﹐卧室窗外﹐萤火虫闪烁发光。