2017-03-17

【Aiden in English】

        March is madness (haha, get it?). So far, March is mostly related to spring. However, the snow is now a common guest around the Spring Equinox in the Greater Philadelphia Area.

        Funny thing is, the snow hinders people’s movements. Yet skiing is probably the fastest way of motion I can achieve. The feeling of going so fast that you are on the brink of flying is extremely exhilarating. Exhilarating, yes, but also scary. The reason being is that when one goes to a certain speed, things can go wildly out of hand.

        Luckily, I have yet to receive an extreme crash from skiing.

        Spring Mountain is the local ski place in Montgomery County, where most beginnings and amateurs go for a fun time. It is a small mountain that is great for starters. Nevertheless, one can still take a tumble if their foot slides.

        On Tuesday, the snow came down in heaps. I loved how much there was, simply because of missing school. But by Saturday, not only had most of it melted, but it was also warm and raining. Water melts snow faster than sunshine.

        In other words, there were pockets of grass and ground peeking through the fluffy snow.

        The bright side of this was the discounted price. This trip to the slopes would probably also be this winter’s last, which sounds quite sad. I used to ski every month or so, but this year, there weren’t many opportunities presented. Fortunately, I still had this final chance to experience the blur of skiing.

        I can’t tell you how long it has been since I skied. Over a year has gone by, and the skis feel like two big bolts of wood laced onto my feet. Not entirely fictitious. After the initial surprise, however, I had a blast of riding down steep slopes with relative ease. 20/20 hindsight, I probably should’ve explored other courses a little more, but I was too lazy.

        Even the drizzle couldn’t dampen my spirits. The wind flying by, the snow stinging my eyes, the rides went by very quickly. Before I knew it, three hours flew by. I haven’t felt my body travel so fast by itself in a long time. It’s like I’m faster than the wind at my back.

        The only unfortunate event was the puddle on the lift seats due to the rain. It soaked my pants and inner layers with frigid water. By the end of the day, I had entire pants of water, numbing my lower body.

        I guess you can say the water really “iced” me over.

【紅霞譯文】

        三月瘋狂（哈哈，懂吧？）。一年四季春為首，三月可謂離春天最近的月份；然而即使臨近春分時節，雪花依舊是大費城地區的常客。

        有趣的是，積雪有礙民眾運動，但滑雪卻不失為本人最快的行進方式，在雪地上疾步如飛的感覺格外令人興奮，興奮之餘也少不了心驚肉跳，問題出在速度加快，事情完全失去控制。

        幸虧我尚未落到一發不可收拾的地步。

        春山位於蒙哥馬利郡，是當地一家滑雪場，深受很多新手及業餘愛好者的青睞，這裡山勢平緩，對初學者來說恰到好處，不過一旦邁腳不慎，照樣叫你人仰馬翻。

        本周二大雪壓城，戶外到處銀裝素裹，我欣喜若狂，畢竟停課放假是一個求之不得的開心日子。但是到了星期六，不僅大片積雪開始融化，而且天氣回暖下起了小雨，殊不知水比陽光會讓雪化得更快。

        言外之意，蓬鬆厚實的積雪日漸消失，地上保留的草坪泥土得以重見光明。

        隨之帶來的好處就是滑雪場降價促銷，於是此次滑雪很可能成為今冬最後之行，聽起來未免有點傷感。以往我差不多每個月都去滑雪，但今年似乎機會不多，多虧老天大發慈悲，我才有幸搭乘這趟末班車趕赴雪場披荊斬棘。

        自從學會滑雪，我說不清已接連滑了多少年。一年多後初返雪道，滑雪板於我宛若兩塊大木樁重重鉚住腳下，此話並非胡言亂語。幾經周折，我總算比較輕鬆地沿雪坡滑降，當然事後說起什麼都不在話下。或許當該再嘗試一下其它滑道，但架不住自己太懶而未能成行。

        儘管霏霏細雨，但絲毫沒有沖淡我滿腔熱忱，陣風吹過，雪被刮進我的雙眼，我迅速完成幾個來回，轉眼間三個鐘頭悄然逝去，我好久沒像這樣快速飛奔，一股腦兒把風全部甩到了身後。

        唯一值得遺憾的是纜車座位上積水成災，結果冰水不光打濕了滑雪褲外表，而且還滲透到內襯，害得我一整天褲腿濕漉漉的，下肢因此而感到麻木不堪。

        到頭來我真被雪水澆成“冰棍”。

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