夏日覓涼

何延海

Enjoy a Cool Summer

連雨不知春去，一晴方覺夏深。還沒來得及好好享受明媚的春光，夏日的風已從遠方徐徐而來。夏季是個迷人的季節，不單單有炎熱、干燥和喧鬧，也關乎陽光、生命和熱情，還有著浮瓜沉李、蒲扇藤椅、蟬鳴蛙叫的美好。

經歷了春天的萌芽和生長，承前啟后、生命交替的夏季是熱烈奔放的，綠的草、紅的花、藍的天，蓬勃生長的萬物賦予這個季節無限活力。活力是夏天特有的印記，旅途中不停歇的腳步、運動場上肆意揮灑的汗水，處處是生活的美好和澎湃的激情，就連那透過樹葉灑在墻上的斑駁光影都是時光的微笑，更別提小小的知了響徹晴空的聲聲吶喊了。

夏天是綠色的。“當夏天，進了校門便看見一座綠樓，樓前一大片綠草地，樓的四圍全是綠樹，綠樹的尖上浮著一兩個山峰，因為綠樹太密了，所以看不見樹后的房子與山腰，使你猜不到綠蔭后邊還有什么;深密偉大，你不由地深吸一口氣。”“拐過禮堂，你看見南面的群山，綠的。山前的田，綠的。一個綠海，山是那些高的綠浪。”綠是夏天的基色，在老舍先生的筆下，夏天的山是綠的，城也是綠的，夏天也因這一絲綠更顯生動。

夏天還是涼爽的。知了叫，蒲扇搖，炎炎夏日不好熬。盛夏時節，清涼避暑是一個永恒不變的主題，如果能在酷熱中偷得一時涼爽和半日清閑，自然更顯珍貴與愜意。山中無暑氣，水下有清涼。夏味漸濃時，可以到大山之中、臨水之處消夏避暑，垂釣品茗，日子自然快活;也可像汪曾祺搬一張大竹床放在天井里，橫七豎八一躺，渾身爽快，暑氣全消，同時還能看月華五色晶瑩，變幻不定;當然，最神妙的還屬“眼前無長物，窗下有清風。熱散由心靜，涼生為室空”這種心靜自然涼的平和心態。 朱白清曾提到，消夏就是換換生活，變變樣子。若想不負夏日好時光，我們總能在山林深處、河海之畔、城里鄉間找到無數樂趣，覓得一絲清涼，度過一段酣暢淋漓的盛夏時光。

郭曉娟

Summer is a fascinating season，which is not only scorching， dry andbustling， but also related to sunshine，life and passion， and accompaniedby the pleasure of eating cold fruits，sitting on a wicker chair while holdinga palm-leaf fan， and listening to thecicada chirping and frog croaking.

Vitality is the specific hallmarkof summer. The non-stop footstepson a journey and the sweat on theplayground show the beauty andsurging passion in life. Even thedappled lights and shadows of treeson the wall seem like the smiles oftime， let alone the chirping of cicadasresounding through the sunny sky.

Summer is green. "Whensummer comes， you will see a greenbuilding after entering the school.There is a large lawn in front of thebuilding， which is surrounded bygreen trees. Through the canopies ofgreen trees， you will see one or twopeaks. The green trees are so densethat you cannot see the houses ormountainside behind the trees， oranything else behind the shadethereof. What a deep， dense andgreat scene！ You may unconsciouslytake a deep breath at this moment."Green is the base color of summer.In Lao She's writing， mountains andcities are both green in summer，and summer appears more vividbecause of the green tinge.

Summer is cool as well. Withthe coming of midsummer， you maygo to the depths of mountains orwaterside to find summer resorts，angle for fish and drink tea; or puta large bamboo bed in the patioand lie on it as Wang Zengqi did，then you will feel comfortableand refreshed and even enjoy theunpredictable moonlight.

Zhu Ziqing said that relievingsummer heat means a change oflifestyle. To avoid wasting summerdays， we can seek fun in the depthof mountains， by the riverside orseaside， or in urban or rural areas，where we will enjoy the cool anddelightful midsummer time.