His Adam's apple rose and fell as he swallowed. The wind lifted his hair. I thought I saw him nod.
"For you, a thousand times over,」I heard myself say.
Then I turned and ran.
It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make anything all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird's flight.
But I'll take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, andmaybe I just witnessed the first flake melting.
他的喉結吞咽著上下蠕動。風掠起他的頭髮。我想我看到他點頭。
「為你，千千萬萬遍。」我聽見自己說。
然後我轉過身，我追。它只是一個微笑，沒有別的了。它沒有讓所有事情恢復正常。它沒有讓任何事情恢復正常。只是一個微笑，一件小小的事情，像是樹林中的一片葉子，在驚鳥的飛起中晃動著。
但我會迎接它，張開雙臂。因為每逢春天到來，它總是每次融化一片雪花；而也許我剛剛看到的，正是第一片雪花的融化。
Maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting.
這裡的witness一詞，表示「當場看到，目擊，見證」。強調「當場看見，親眼看見」。
例如：Did anyone witness the traffic accident? （有誰目擊了這場交通事故？）
She was shocked by the violent scenes she had witnessed.
（她被親眼目睹的暴虐場面驚呆了。）
我們來辨析一下witness與notice、observe的區別。
notice強調看或聽到，留意到，注意到。
例如：The first thing I noticed about the room was the smell. （我首先注意到的是這屋子裡的氣味。）
You notice that your breathing has speeded up a bit （你注意到自己的呼吸加快了一些。）
observe強調注意到，觀察到。
例如：The police observed a man enter the bank. （警察注意到一個男人走進了銀行。）
Scientists observe the same dynamics in fluids. （科學家們在液體中觀察到了同樣的驅動力。）
今天的知識點，你記住了嗎