When wild geese honk high of nights, and when women without sealskin coats grow kind to their husbands, and when Soapy moves uneasily on his bench in the park, you may know that winter is near at hand.

• 当大雁在夜空长鸣，当不穿海豹皮外衣的女人对丈夫开始关心，当索丕躺在公园一条长凳上辗转不安，这时读者可能知道，冬天已经近在咫尺。