A sorrowful sight I saw: dark night coming down prematurely, and sky and hills mingled in one bitter whirl of wind and suffocating snow.

我见到一片悲惨的景象：黑夜提前降临，天空和群山混杂在一团寒冽的旋风和使人窒息的大雪中。

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On went her old brown jacket; on went her old brown hat. With a whirl of skirts and with the brilliant sparkle still in her eyes, she fluttered out the door and down the stairs to the street.

她穿上那件褐色的旧外衣，戴上褐色的旧帽子，眼睛里残留着晶莹的泪花，裙子一摆，便飘出房门，下楼来到街上。

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With a whirl of skirts and with the brilliant sparkle still in her eyes, she ran out of the door and down the stairs into the street.

眼睛里还噙着晶莹的泪花，裙子一摆，她奔出房门，走下楼梯，来到街上。

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After I qualified for the high school Jeopardy try-outs, it was my dad who drove me down to Birmingham, Alabama so that I could give it a whirl.

FORBES: Thanks, Dad.