Sprinkler Rainbows and the Lighthouse Lens Sweep - 適合中級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Dinah climbed the spiral stair inside the lighthouse with her grandfather close by. The rail felt cool under her palm, and a low sea hum sat in the stone. At the top, the glass lens turned with a slow sweep. Thin bands of light slid around the room. A small side window held a mesh screen. Its square shadow lay soft across the floor. The stone steps showed tiny chips along their edges. A thin salt crust roughened the window sill.

One band crossed her shoe and flickered when the thick frames passed the sun. Dinah held out her hand. The mesh broke the strip into tiny squares on her skin. She turned her palm until one row of squares lined up with a crease. She shifted her wrist. The bright edge hopped off, then returned as the lens rolled on. Her grandfather stayed within reach, one hand resting on the rail. He stood between her and the glass. Her feet stayed well inside the rail. Outside, the garden sprinkler began to turn. Its fine arcs made a brief rainbow. Sunlight met the drops, slid through them, and threw color through the window. The mesh shadow bent over the curve of her knuckles. Red and green moved across her sleeve, then slipped away when the arc swung aside. Dinah stepped closer to the squares and tried to catch the color on her palm. She pressed her shoulder against her grandfather in a quick embrace. The colors arrived again as the water faced the sun. When the sprinkler paused at the end of its turn, the colors went out at once. The band climbed the far wall while the sprinkler ticked, and the colors scattered.

Dinah 和祖父一起登上燈塔內的螺旋階梯。扶手在她掌下冰涼，石壁裡帶著低沉的海鳴。到了最上層，玻璃透鏡以緩慢的弧度轉動。細長的光帶在屋內滑行。一扇小側窗裝著金屬網。它的方格影子輕輕鋪在地板上。石階邊緣留著細小缺口。薄薄的鹽霜讓窗台變得微微粗糙。

一道光帶掠過她的鞋，厚實的框架轉到太陽前時閃爍。Dinah 伸出手。金屬網把那條光切成一小格一小格，落在她的皮膚上。她轉了轉手腕，直到一排方格對上掌心的紋路。她又動了動手腕。明亮的邊緣跳開，又在透鏡繼續轉動時回來。祖父一直在旁邊，手放在扶手上。他站在她與玻璃之間。她的雙腳穩穩待在欄杆內側。外面，花園的灑水器開始轉動。細細的水弧生出一抹短短的彩虹。陽光碰到水滴，穿了過去，把色彩投進窗內。方格的影子沿著她的指節弧度彎曲。紅與綠掠過她的袖子，水弧一偏就滑走。Dinah 靠近那些方格，想把色彩接在掌心。她把肩膀貼向祖父，輕輕抱了一下。當水面向太陽時，色彩又來到。灑水器在轉到盡頭時停了一下，色彩立刻熄去。光帶沿著遠處的牆面攀升，灑水器發出滴答聲，色彩四散。