As soon as I walked outside, I was greeted with the shimmering1 white blanket of cold. Despite the chill overwhelming my skin, inside I was warm. I felt as though I could be giving off heat; I had the desire to stay out in this freeze for hours. It was the type of day that speaks to you through its elements; I took a deep breath to hear more snow was coming.
As I walked I looked up, trying to realize what made this day so beautiful, so serene2. It was as if time had been put temporarily on hold and I along with it. Or maybe I was the only one unpaused...
　　Either way, the solitude3 was comforting, and I sensed myself floating away. I sat down on the edge of a curb4 and listened. All there was to hear was the wind rushing over the top of my head and circling some old, cracking leaves some yards away. To me it was the reassuring5 sound of nature, trying not to be forgotten.
　　It did start to snow. None of those little flurries6, but big, fat flakes which clung immediately to their surface.
　　Then it was time to go and my reverie7  had to end. As I began walking again, I drifted back into this time frame8, calm and cleared.
　　Now if only I could remember where I was going.

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我刚出门，一大片雪白晶莹的冰冷扑面而来。虽是寒意袭人，我阵阵战栗，内心却温暖依旧。我觉得自己仿佛能发热，不由得渴望在冰天雪地中长久伫立。这是一个大自然与你倾心交流的日子，我深深地吸了一口气，听见雪花飘落，络绎不绝……
    我漫步雪中，举目四望，试着想弄清是什么把这一天变得如此美丽、宁静。那一刻，时间仿佛停滞，我也定在其中。抑或，只有我在踯躅独行……
    无论如何，这种孤寂令人惬意。我感到自己飘然若飞。我坐在路边，默默聆听。只听到风从头顶呼啸而过，卷走不远处的几片枯黄老叶。对我而言，这是大自然赐予的令人难忘的静心曲。
    真的开始下雪了！不是零星小雪，这可是鹅毛大雪，一落地就凝结在一起。
    该结束遐想，是时候离开了！我迈步前行，思绪重返现实，感觉如此冷静、清醒。
    只是，我实在记不得要去何处了！
 

 1. shimmer  v. 闪光
2. serene   adj. 平静的
3. solitude   n. 孤独
4. curb  n. 路边
5. reassuring  adj. 安心的，可靠的
6. flurry   n. 小阵雪
7. reverie   n. 幻想，沉思
8. time frame 圈定的时间，时帧