用英文來紀錄一些觀察

dilapidated soviet-era concrete structures wreathed in diesel fumes and woodsmoke rise stoically amidst the backdrop of cables and cranes sleeping contortedly until spring. windshorn slopes rim the outer districts, whence the vapours of coalstoves three hundred thousand strong unfurl their plumes unto the periphery of the thermocline hallowing the valley. ~the tongue is glottal, resonant, atonal, inflected, agglutinative, subtle, aspirated, and deep--it wins my favour. the people who speak it--thus far my image is~colourful, hale, hearty, good-humoured, stoic yet not repressive or repressed, aggressive and active yet not forever-driven, playful and adaptive, phonetically gifted, not prone to extended contemplation and deliberation, humble and lovable. i wish very much to hold converse with a great many of them as soon as possible.