My eldest brother would go on alternately writing and reading out what he had written, his boisterous mirth at his own conceits making the verandah tremble.

• 我大哥会写一会再大声朗诵写好的诗，反复如此，而他对自己诗歌里的奇思妙想高兴起来，兴高采烈，阳台都颤抖。