The Butterfly Season(文章评论的书籍). By Lea Korsgaard. Translated by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg. Knopf; 320 pages; $32. Particular Books; £24
《蝴蝶季节》。作者：莱娅·科尔斯加德。翻译：谢里琳·妮可莱特·赫尔伯格。诺普夫出版社；320页；32美元。帕蒂库拉图书；24英镑。
On the first day of a new year Lea Korsgaard, a Danish journalist, decided she would set out to(开始做，着手) see every species of butterfly in a single season. She did not know why. Her knowledge of Lepidoptera(鳞翅目) was almost nil(零，无). Between butterflies and moths, she could just about(几乎，差不多) distinguish that the first sort were colourful and sun-loving, the second generally hairier and nocturnal(夜行的，夜间活动的). Nor did she need this mad quest.(她也不需要这次疯狂的探索。) With a hectic job, a busy husband, a dog to walk and three young sons to bring up, she had more than enough(绰绰有余，太多) to do.
新年第一天，丹麦记者莱娅·科尔斯加德决定，她要在一个季节里亲眼看到每一种蝴蝶。她不知道为何要这么做。她对鳞翅目昆虫几乎一无所知。对于蝴蝶和飞蛾，她勉强能区分出前者色彩鲜艳、喜爱阳光，后者通常多毛且夜间活动。她也不需要进行这项疯狂的探索。她有一份忙碌的工作、一个繁忙的丈夫、一条要遛的狗和三个年幼的儿子要抚养，要做的事已经够多了。
Nonetheless, she set about(开始做，着手) it. She had 64 native species to find. The names alone were enticing(诱人的，有吸引力的): purple emperor, grizzled skipper, pearl-bordered fritillary(三种蝴蝶的英文名). And it was an excuse to visit parts of Denmark she had not known before. So for a year she hunted, squelching(嘎吱嘎吱地走) through bogs, pushing her way through forests, clambering(攀爬，费力地爬) over banks and rocks, camera or phone in hand. Few butterflies did her the favour of simply flying past her kitchen window.(几乎没有蝴蝶赏光从她厨房窗外飞过。)
尽管如此，她还是着手进行了。她有64种本土物种要寻找。光是名字就令人心动：紫皇帝蝶、灰斑弄蝶、珠边豹蛱蝶。而且这也是一个借口，去探索她以前不了解的丹麦地区。于是整整一年，她都在搜寻，踩着泥泞穿过沼泽，奋力穿过森林，攀爬堤坝和岩石，手里拿着相机或手机。几乎没有蝴蝶赏光，只是从她的厨房窗外飞过。