A massive winter storm is expected to begin hitting Massachusetts tonight, dumping up to a foot or more of snow in some areas, while whipping the coast with powerful winds and driving rains, forecasters predict.

    “It's got a little bit of everything,” William Babecock, a meteologist（气象学家）at the National Weather Service in Taunton, said of the post-Christmas storm that brought snowstorm conditions to the Ohio Valley before heading east with its mixed bag of snow, sleet, and rain.

     State Highway Administrator Frank De Paola said more than 4,000 states and snowplows（扫雪车）and salt spreaders were ready to make the roads safer for holiday travelers.

    “MassDOT will be fully staffed and will be ready to handle this,” De Paola said, nothing that the storm, which should bring snow to most of the state except the Cape and Island before turning into rain tomorrow, is Massachusetts' first significant snow storm of this winter season.

    “There have been events where we have had pretty much freezing, icing concerns, which we have treated with chemicals.But this is the first big event that will call for plowing,” he said.

     A high wind watch has been issued for southeastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod, Forecasters say the wind could reach 60 mph, possibly bringing down power lines.

    In Worcester, some were busy for severer by buying rock salt,shovels and windshield wash,Barrows Hardware president Brain Barrow said.He called the volume（总量）of customers at his Webster Street store very steady on Wednesday morning, “You do get that supermarket effect for sure,”he said of shoppers stocking supplies before a storm.

     There were no flight delays or cancellations at Logan International Airport in Boston as of day,” Right now, everything's running normally.” airport spokesman Richard Walsh said.But Walsh said as the day progressed, travelers should contact their airlines directly to check the status of their flights.

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        （乙）林尽水源，便得一山，山有小口，仿佛若有光。便舍船，从口入。初极狭，才通人。复行数十步，豁然开朗。土地平旷，屋舍俨然，有良田美池桑竹之属。阡陌交通，鸡犬相闻。其中往来种作，男女衣着，悉如外人。黄发垂髫，并怡然自乐。
见渔人，乃大惊，问所从来。具答之。便要还家，设酒杀鸡作食。村中闻有此人，咸来问讯。自云先世避秦时乱，率妻子邑人来此绝境，不复出焉，遂与外人间隔。问今是何世，乃不知有汉，无论魏晋。此人一一为具言所闻，皆叹惋。余人各复延至其家，皆出酒食。停数日，辞去。此中人语云：“不足为外人道也。”

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                                                                                             读书是件很安静的事情
                                                                                                       陈丹青
      ①读书是一件很安静的事情。要是论教养，你真的是读书人，你不要讲出来。读书也好，画画也好，不能弄成一种身份。
      ②这是我到国外才学会的。国外很“牛”的人都害羞得要命，躲着不讲自己挺在行的那些事。出国之前还没有人说我是读书人，是知识分子，回来后听到不少人说我是做学问的，是艺术家等等。我很害臊，这怎么好意思说出来？
      ③陈寅恪先生周游列国，通晓20多种语言，可是他在清华填表时只填了两种：梵语和德语。逃亡香港时，日本人在他家里要挟他出来做事，他不肯，日本人就要行使暴力。当时楼里有很多人，他突然站出来和日本人交涉，说很流利的日语，他的家人都不知道他的日语这么好。不到万不得已，你都不知道他会讲日语，这就是教养。
      ④我读书实在是少，但是我读过的书实在地告诉我：你知道的非常少，你还有非常多的不知道。所有书教给我的就是一件事情——你不要自以为是。
      ⑤弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的《一个人的房间》中说：“若以书而论，每本书都会变成你自己的房间，给你一个庇护，让你安静下来。”确实，一本好书会让我安静下来，会让我有内心生活。我每天出去都是应酬、谋生、作假，片刻的安静都是读书带来的。法国人蒙田有句话，大意是人类一切灾难在于人回到家还安静不下来。我很庆幸我没有变成在自己的房间里面安静不下来的人。这和我这么多年多多少少读书有很大的关系。
      ⑥我对阅读充满感激。