一条河的十年短文★★★★★
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The river behind my grandmother's house was not always dirty, but I did not believe that.
我外婆屋后那条河并不一直是脏的，可我不信。
When I was small, the water was black, and in summer the whole street could smell it.
我小的时候水发黑，一到夏天半条街都闻得到。
My grandmother said that fifty years ago children swam in it and caught small fish for dinner.
外婆说五十年前小孩在里头游泳，还捞小鱼当晚饭。
Ten years ago the town began to move the small factories away from the bank.
十年前镇上开始把小厂子从河边搬走。
They also built a place to clean the water before it went back into the river.
他们还修了一个地方，把水先洗干净再放回河里。
Nothing happened for three years. Then, one spring, somebody saw ducks on the water again.
头三年什么也没发生。后来有一个春天，有人看见河面上又有鸭子了。
Last summer I went there with my own son, and there were fish — small ones, but real.
去年夏天我带着我儿子去，水里有鱼——小的，可是真的。
My grandmother is gone now. If she had seen the ducks, I think she would not have looked surprised at all.
我外婆已经不在了。她要是看见那群鸭子，我想她一点都不会觉得奇怪。
Cleaning a river does not need magic. It needs people to stop putting things in it, and then to wait.
洗一条河不需要什么魔法。需要人别再往里倒东西，然后等。