精美英文欣赏:Bed in Summer夏之眠

In winter I get up at night

And dress by yellow candle-light

In summer, quite the other way,

I have to go to bed by day.

I have to go to bed and see

The birds still hopping¹ on the tree,

Or hear the grown-up people's feet

Still going past me in the street.

And does it seem hard to you,

When all the sky is clear and blue,

And I should like so much to play,

To have to go to bed by day?
夏之眠

冬日里我夜里起床

借着昏黄的烛光穿衣裳

夏日里可不一样

我不得不白日里就睡觉上床

小鸟儿仍在树上蹦蹦跳跳

大人们的脚步声

还在大街上回响

我却得早早睡觉上床

天空还是那么蔚蓝，明亮

我多么想嬉戏，玩耍

你是否觉得

这时候就睡觉难入梦乡？
 

1 hopping   

n. 跳跃 动词hop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The clubs in town are really hopping. 城里的俱乐部真够热闹的。
• I'm hopping over to Paris for the weekend. 我要去巴黎度周末。