And lo, on May 3 that year I awoke to a green so startling as to be almost electric, as if spring were simply a matter of flipping a switch.

• 果不其然，那年的5月3日，我一觉醒来，发现(窗外)绿意逼人，简直让人惊异。春天好像开了闸一样一下子就来到了眼前。