Summer was on the way; Jem and I awaited it with impatience. Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the tree house; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill.
夏天就要到了，杰姆和我迫切地等待着。夏天是我们最好的季节，他意味着可以搬张凉床睡在有纱窗围着的后廊上，或者去试着睡在树屋里；夏天意味着各种各样好吃的东西；它是干燥的风景里上千种的色彩；可最重要的是，夏天意味着迪儿的到来。
on the way: 即将到达或发生
你很快就会收到一封信。
More changes are on the way.
还有更多的变化要发生。
辨析：await wait
await后可以紧跟名词：
We are awaiting your instructions.
我们在等候您的吩咐。
wait是等待，指留在某处或暂时不做某事，等待某事的到来，发生等：
Would you mind waiting outside?
你在外面等好吗？
wait不能直接跟名词，一定要说wait for:
She was waiting for a bus. (不说waiting a bus)
她在等公共汽车。
impatience: 这里指：（尤指对即将发生的事的）渴望，企盼
She was bursting with impatience to tell me what had happened.
她急不可待地想要告诉我所发生的事情。