波斯顿编著的《快,魔力要完了》是Hurry Before the Magic Ends的中文译本，语言简洁优美、清新活泼，生动有趣，作者以娓娓道来的描写方法，通过日常生活细节，描述春夏秋冬四季景物、声音与情感，给读者呈现了一幅多彩的美国路易斯安那北部风土人情画，表现出积极向上的生活态度。

How Would You Define Spring？ 你怎样定义春天？003

Spring 春天

The Wealth of This AreaIsNotinBanks ButintheLand

这儿的财富不在银行，而在土地里

Lifetime Memory 终生记忆

HOW Long Has It Been Since You Picked Violets？

你有多久没采摘紫罗兰了？

Have YoU Noticed That the Narcissus Is in Bloom？

你注意到水仙花开放了吗？

BirdWatching 观鸟

Easter Eggs Are Still Source of Excitement}

复活节蛋仍是激动人心的源泉

April in the WlOods！ 树林里的四月

Pause for a MomentJust to Enjoy lbday|

停一会儿，享受今天

Mav Flowers 五月的鲜花

Enjoy the Kindness of the Month of May

享受五月的美好吧

Porches：They Don’t Build Them Anv More

游廊，没有人再修建了

Charlie 查理

Honor 荣耀

Harbinger of Summer 夏天来了

Early Summer 初夏

Black。Eyed Susans 黑眼雏菊

HOW Long Has It Been Since YoU Ate Mulberries？

你有多久没吃桑葚了？

By ALL Means, Go tO the Fair！

无论如何，去看博览会吧！

Show a Child 告知孩子

July 4th：A Time to Reflect，Re—evaluate

七月四日：反思与重新评价之时

Can You Remember a More ColorfuljulyP

你能想起更多彩的七月吗？

The“Tree ot、the Month” 月“荣誉树”

French ouarter 法国人居住区

ObsmYing Nature Beneath a Morning Apricot Sun

在杏黄的旭日下观察大自然吧

Olympics Mrdy Revive Popularity of Hand Fans

奥运会也许会使扇子重新流行起来

Boat Ride on Cross Lake 在克罗斯湖上泛舟

Stamps 邮票

Usefulness in Everyday Things 常见物品的用处

How Long Has It Been Since You Gathered Muscadines？

你多久没摘野葡萄了呢？

Bumble Bee 大黄蜂

All Summer Long the Hummingbirds 夏天，蜂鸟

We Owe a Great Debt to Plant Geneticists

我们应该感恩于植物基因学家

Goldenrod Blooming by the Roadside}

金杆花在路边开放

Flall Signs Are A1l Around Us 秋天的迹象随处可见

Have You Spent Time in the North Louisiana Woods

with an Eight-Year—Old？ 你曾与八岁的孩子在路易斯安那北

部的林子里散过步吗？

It May Be Fall，But It Looks Like Spring

也许是秋天，可是却更像春天

The Blazing Colors of Fall Are Quietly Creeping into

the Landscape 万紫千红悄悄潜进秋天的风景里

A Different Perspective 不同的角度

November 十一月

Pretty Scenes Are Here at Home：Did You Ever Notice

That People Travel a Thousand MilesJust to See

Something That Is Not as Pretty as the Scene Right at

Home？ 美丽的风景就在家里：你注意到人们往往远行千里去看

还不如家里景色的风景了吗？

Halloween：It’S Not What It Used to Be

万圣节：跟从前不一样了

It Was for the Harvest That Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth

Gave Thanks in 162 l 因为丰收，普利茅斯的先辈们于1621

年开始感恩

Flall：A Time of Promise and Sadness

秋天：富于希望同时又具伤感的季节

One More Dav 多活一天

Keep a Thanksgiving Attitude All Year Long

终年都应有感恩的心

Today and Every Day We Should Give Thanks

今天和每一天我们都应该感恩

RakingLeaves 耙落叶

A Pre—Christmas Gift Wrapped by Nature

一份由大自然包装好了的礼物在圣诞节前送给你

Have You a Tree or Plant in Your Yard That Gives YoU

Pleasure But YoU Are Not Sure HOW It Got There？

你的院子里是否有过一株树或植物给你带来了快乐可你并不知道它

是怎么来的？

A Tale of Chnstmas 圣诞节的故事

Trees 树木

ouilts 被子

December 十二月

Adjustments to the CoLD DAYS 适应冷天气

Enjoy Each Day as an Unexpected Pleasure

像享受惊喜那样享受每一天

BeYoung！ 再年轻一次！

“Hurry Before the Marc Ends”

“快，魔力要完了！”

Weather 天气

Did Y_OU Make Anv New Year’s Resolutions？

新年里，你许愿了吗？

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