《秘密花园》是由英国儿童文学作家弗朗西斯.伯内特1909年搬到纽约长岛南部地区时，在自家打理花园时突发灵感后，创作的一部儿童文学作品。故事中的小主人公玛丽失去了父母，而后来到英国约克郡的姨父家，从此她的生活发生了彻底的改变。以前的骄纵、任性、乱发脾气的小公主，如今生活自理、关心周围的人、热爱大自然、具有同情心，玛丽发生了质的改变。位于英国约克郡的姨父家的大庄园，总是有很多秘密，十年没有人进入的花园，大房子里时不时传来的哭泣声，姨妈的老照片......, 这一切都让玛丽充满好奇。
英国作家伯内特细腻丰富的笔触，激起了孩子们探索的欲望，也触动了孩子们天性善良、追求美好事物的纯真内心，同时也让成年人深受感动。文中有一段雨过天晴的描述，是玛丽来到庄园后的一段日子，玛丽渐渐地适应了现在的生活，也开始渐渐地被仆人玛莎的淳朴坚定善良而感染。这段暴风雨过后天气的描写也表达了，小主人公玛丽内心世界的转变，仿佛经过了暴风雨的洗礼。
The rainstorm had ended and the gray mist and clouds had been swept away in the night by the wind.
翻译：暴风雨停了，一夜的风扫净了灰色的雾霭和云翳。
解析：句型结构是由and连接了两个并列分句，两分句的谓语动词分别是had ended和had been swept，过去完成时态。
The wind itself had ceased and a brilliant, deep blue sky arched high over the moorland.
翻译：风也住了，一片明亮的深蓝色的天空高高拱跨在原野之上。
解析：句型结构两个并列分句，前一分句的动作had ceased在前，用过去完成时；后一分句的动作arched。
Never, never had Mary dreamed of a sky so blue.
翻译：玛丽做梦都从来、从来没有见过这么蓝的天。
解析：否定词never位于句首，句子采用部分倒装，助动词放在主语的前面。
In India skies were hot and blazing; this was of a deep cool blue which almost seemed to sparkle like the waters of some lovely bottomless lake,and here and there, high, high in the arched blueness floated small clouds of snow-white fleece.
翻译：在印度，天空火焰般灼热；而这种凉爽的深蓝，闪亮如一面无底的湖水。这里，那里，在高高拱着的蓝色里，漂浮着朵朵小云彩，像雪白的羊毛一样。
解析：整个长句包含三个分句，第二个分句中有一个which引导的定语从句。
分句一：In India skies were hot and blazing;谓语是系动词was.
分句二：this was of a deep cool blue which almost seemed to sparkle like the waters of some lovely bottomless lake,谓语是系动词was。
分句三：here and there, high, high in the arched blueness floated small clouds of snow-white fleece.谓语是动词过去时floated漂浮，arched是过去分词做定语修饰blueness。
The far-reaching world of the moor itself looked softly blue instead of gloomy purple-black or awful dreary gray.
翻译：旷野上遥不可及的世界现在是温柔的蓝色，不再是阴郁的紫黑，或者凄凉得可怕的灰色。
解析：句子主系表结构，系动词looked。该句中有较多的修饰词。
far-reaching 遥不可及的；
softly blue温柔的蓝色；
gloomy purple-black阴郁的紫黑；
awful dreary gray凄凉得可怕的灰色；
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原文《秘密花园》片段：The rainstorm had ended and the gray mist and clouds had been swept away in the night by the wind. The wind itself had ceased and a brilliant, deep blue sky arched high over the moorland. Never, never had Mary dreamed of a sky so blue. In India skies were hot and blazing;this was of a deep cool blue which almost seemed to sparkle like the waters of some lovely bottomless lake,and here and there, high, high in the arched blueness floated small clouds of snow-white fleece. The far-reaching world of the moor itself looked softly blue instead of gloomy purple-black or awful dreary gray.
译文：暴风雨停了，一夜的风扫净了灰色的雾霭和云翳。风也住了，一片明亮的深蓝色的天空高高拱跨在原野之上。玛丽做梦都从来、从来没有见过这么蓝的天。在印度，天空火焰般灼热；而这种凉爽的深蓝，闪亮如一面无底的湖水。这里，那里，在高高拱着的蓝色里，漂浮着朵朵小云彩，像雪白的羊毛一样。旷野上遥不可及的世界现在是温柔的蓝色，不再是阴郁的紫黑，或者凄凉得可怕的灰色。
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