二月末

二月將要過去，春天便似有隱隱到來的跡象，落雪間偶然還會摻雜些涼雨，溫度也慢慢地升高了，只是現在門外又忽然飄起了紛飛的大雪，使我不能太明白天氣的意思。不覺間許多書已讀完，又有了新的書要讀，大學的申請也將近到了尾聲，只差威斯康辛的信函還有些遲疑怯步。而子滕同學還練著他的琴，小山同學業也還練著他的字，各人做著自己的事，時日便就這樣一點一點地過去，時而安定，時而有些不平，然而各自還是在叔叔的教育下一點一點向一個明媚的未來奔赴而去，就像短暫的雪，不能停止春日的到來。

February is going to pass; spring thus has some sign to come, snow sometimes mixed with rain and temperature also slowly rising; however, outside now again snow fell, making me a little confused about the weather. Unconsciously, some book have been read; some other books then come. During the time, application of university is also going to end, which requires only the letter from Wisconsin. And Tom still practices his piano, Mountain still his calligraphy, and others still other things, with time bit by bit flowing away, at times peaceful, at times not, but still we go to a bright future little by little under uncle’s education, like the transient snow, cannot stop the spring from coming.

學校變得越來越工整漂亮了。一開始來的時候，它還沒有施工，所以到處都有些髒和破舊，還有各種蜘蛛昆蟲把這裏當成了家，但是到了現在，它不僅刷了漆，打掃了衛生，天花板和許多東西也正在換成嶄新的，看上去讓人很期待它的將來。參觀的時候你也許會想，將來學生就在這個房間住，那個屋子用來作圖書館，這個屋子應是教室的所在，然後草坪上可以蓋些什麼，或者幹脆就弄成足球場，到了冬天下雪時就又成了個滑雪的地方。然後鄰居就會很好奇，當初這個破敗的地方，竟然現在會變成這個樣子，真是不可思議，我可得好好參觀參觀。

School is getting more and more neat and beautiful now. From the start we came, it had not been furbished a bit, so everywhere is dirty and shabby with insects like spiders scrawling on the ground and making homes here. But not, not only it had been printed and cleaned, but many things like ceilings are being replaced by new ones, making it look hopeful. Visiting, you may think, this room is where the students will live, that is the library, this is where the classroom will be, and that green could be made into something, perhaps a football field, which in winter will turn into a sliding field. Then our neighbors will be curious, thinking that this shabby place could turn into such an appearance, so amazing that I need to visit and look around.