第1849天：迎接，英文社会生活和人物动作描写
第1849天 英语超级写作奶爸，5.0年双语日记记录女儿生活
截止本篇：第23本
中英合计：116.8万字 英文47.5万字，中文69.3万字
《云朵儿日记》
第1849天(5.0年) 2023年1月5日（四）
Day 1849, Jan 5, 2023 (Thu)
(节选)
There has been a surge in COVID-19 cases, and many have recovered or are recovering. Now streets are their usual hectic self and life is back on track. I look and feel myself, too, and today was my first day back to my workplace after a month-long hiatus – my colleagues, most of whom have been infected, have also been back to work.
出现新冠感染病例急剧上升后，许多人已经恢复或正在恢复。现在，大街上又有了人气，社会生活正在恢复正常。我自己的身体也跟之前无异。居家办公一个月后，我今天第一天上班。大多数同事都感染过但已恢复，也都回到了工作岗位。
Darkness had descended when I came back at the end of the day. “Chenlaoshi, Chenlaoshi, can you see me?” your shrilly but mellifluous voice came on the air from above as I was nearing our building. I’m no stranger to that. Looking up, I saw your finely defined petite dark figure on the other side of the light-soaked window panes, seemingly haloed against the light from behind. You had been waiting for me to come back. Now you kept on babbling something barely intelligible at the top of your lungs.
晚上回家时，天已经完全黑了。我快到咱们单元时，头顶上传来你尖利但甜美的声音：“陈老师，陈老师。”你经常这样。我仰头观望，看见窗户另一边你的小黑身影。窗玻璃似乎每个毛孔都滴着光，让那身影轮廓特别清晰，似乎还有一圈儿光晕。你这是在等我回家。现在，你不断咋咋呼呼喊着什么，我也听不大清。
趣味表达和俚语：
- surge 急剧增加
- hectic 繁忙
- one’s usual self 更往常一样
- back on track 恢复正常
- look/feel yourself 看上去/感觉正常
- hiatus 中断
- shrilly 尖声的
- mellifluous 甜蜜的
- near 接近
- no stranger to 司空见惯
- petite 小的
- soak 浸泡
- halo 罩上光晕
- babble 含糊不清地说
- at the top of one’s lungs 大声
