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When the leaves begin to change their colours and the birds head south, we know the season is starting to change. On September 7 comes the White Dew, the 15th Solar Term of the year. It indicates the beginning of the cool autumn. As the temperature falls, white dew is often seen on the grass and trees at night.

For writers and poets, autumn is a difficult season to describe. It's the end of the summer, and therefore a little sad. The days seem to get shorter, and when you wake in the morning, there's mist and it's cooler. Winter is just around the corner.
American writer Ernest Hemingway wrote in his book A Moveable Feast, "You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light."
But on the other hand, autumn has its good side. There are so many changes at this time of year, such as the colourful leaves and cooler nights. French writer Albert Camus even thought, "Autumn was a second spring when every leaf is a flower." This view is also found in the most famous autumn poem in English literature, To Autumn by John Keats. In that poem, Keats says that autumn has its own songs, just like spring.
Another theme of this season is wisdom. The arrival of autumn is thought to be similar to a person becoming mature.
The great Irish poet W.B. Yeats used this idea in his poem The Wild Swans at Coole, writing about the changing seasons in Coole Park in the west of Ireland. Seeing and counting 59 swans, he remembers first making the count as a young man. Seeing the swans do the same thing for all those years, he's reminded that even though we get older, our hearts always stay the same age.
词汇
White Dew 白露 indicate /'ɪndıkeɪt/ v. 表明,标示,显示
mist /mɪst/ n. 薄雾,水汽 bare /beə(r)/ adj. 裸露的;(树木)光秃秃的
mature /mə'tʃʊə(r)/ adj. 明白事理的,成熟的
句型
1. The arrival of autumn is thought to be similar to a person becoming mature. 秋天的到来被认为类似于一个人变成熟。
be similar to 意为“和……相似”,be similar in 意为“在某方面相似”。
⇒This house is similar to others in this neighbourhood. They're similar in size and style.
2. Seeing and counting 59 swans, he remembers first making the count as a young man. 看到并数了59只天鹅,他记起自己年轻时第一次数这些天鹅的时候。
remember doing sth 意为“记得做过某事”,remember to do sth 意为“记得去做某事”。
⇒I remember reading something in the newspaper about that.
Remember to call me when you arrive!
3. Seeing the swans do the same thing for all those years, he's reminded that even though we get older, our hearts always stay the same age. 看到天鹅年复一年做着同样的事情,他意识到,尽管我们变老,我们的心永远保持着同样的年龄。
理解
1. What did French writer Albert Camus think of autumn?

2. What do you think of autumn?