During the sultry afternoons , we took refuge by the fan-shaped pool , gazing at the thunderclouds rolling in with only the rasping of cicadas interrupting the silence .
在闷热的午后,我们躲到了扇形的池塘旁,凝望着滚滚而来的雨云,只有知了刺耳的叫声打破寂静。
All were much thinner than the previous month , with eyes sunk in their sockets , throats rasping and hoarse . But everyone was excited , happy .