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  • I read it to him in the living room by the marble fireplace. No playful straying from the words this time; this was about me! Hassan was the perfect audience in many ways, totally immersed in the tale, his face shifting with the changing tones in the story. When I read the last sentence, he made a muted clapping sound with his hands.

    我在客厅里的大理石壁炉前面念给他听。这次可没有开玩笑,不是照本宣科了,这次是我写的故事!就很多方面而言,哈桑堪称完美的听众。他全然沉浸在故事中,脸上的神情随着故事的情节变化。我念完最后一句话,他鼓起掌来,不过没发出声音。

    "Mashallah, Amir agha. Bravo!"He was beaming.

    "我的天啦!阿米尔少爷,太棒了!"哈桑笑逐颜开。

    "You liked it?"I said, getting my second taste--and how sweet it was--of a positive review.

    "你喜欢它吗?"我说。得到第二次称赞,真是太甜蜜了。

    "Some day, Inshallah, you will be a great writer,"Hassan said. "And people all over the world will read your stories."

    "阿拉保佑,你肯定会成为伟大的作家。"哈桑说,"全世界的人都读你的故事。"

    "You exaggerate, Hassan,"I said, loving him for it.

    "你太夸张了,哈桑。"我说,不过很高兴他这么认为。

    "No. You will be great and famous,"he insisted. Then he paused, as if on the verge1 of adding something. He weighed his words and cleared his throat. "But will you permit me to ask a question about the story?"he said shyly.

    "我没有。你会很伟大、很出名。"他坚持自己的观点。接着他停了一下,似乎还想说些什么,他想了想,清清喉咙,"可是,你能允许我问个关于这故事的问题吗?"他羞涩地说。

    "Of course."

    "当然可以。"

    "Well..."he started, broke off.

    "那好……"他欲言又止。

    "Tell me, Hassan,"I said. I smiled, though suddenly the insecure writer in me wasn't so sure he wanted to hear it.

    "告诉我,哈桑。"我说。我脸带微笑,虽然刹那间我这个作家心中惴惴,不知道是否想听下去。

    "Well,"he said, "if I may ask, why did the man kill his wife? In fact, why did he ever have to feel sad to shed tears? Couldn't he have just smelled an onion?"

    "那好吧,"他说,"如果让我来问,那男人干吗杀了自己的老婆呢?实际上,为什么他必须感到悲伤才能掉眼泪呢?他不可以只是闻闻洋葱吗?"

    I was stunned2. That particular point, so obvious it was utterly3 stupid, hadn't even occurred to me. I moved my lips soundlessly. It appeared that on the same night I had learned about one of writing's objectives, irony4, I would also be introduced to one of its pitfalls5: the Plot Hole. Taught by Hassan, of all people. Hassan who couldn't read and had never written a single word in his entire life. A voice, cold and dark, suddenly whispered in my ear, "What does he know, that illiterate6 Hazara? He'll never be anything but a cook. How dare he criticize you?"

    我目瞪口呆。这个特别的问题,虽说它显然太蠢了,但我从来没有想到过,我无言地动动嘴唇。就在同一个夜晚,我学到了写作的目标之一:讽刺;我还学到了写作的陷阱之一:情节破绽。芸芸众生中,惟独哈桑教给我。这个目不识丁、不会写字的哈桑。有个冰冷而阴暗的声音在我耳边响起:他懂得什么,这个哈扎拉文盲?他一辈子只配在厨房里打杂。他胆敢批评我?

    "Well,"I began. But I never got to finish that sentence.

    "很好……"我开口说,却无法说完那句话。

    Because suddenly Afghanistan changed forever.

    因为突然之间,阿富汗一切都变了。

     9级    英语小说 
     单词标签: verge  stunned  utterly  irony  pitfalls  illiterate 


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    1 verge [vɜ:dʒ] gUtzQ   第7级
    n.边,边缘;vi.接近,濒临
    参考例句:
    • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse. 国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
    • She was on the verge of bursting into tears. 她快要哭出来了。
    2 stunned [stʌnd] 735ec6d53723be15b1737edd89183ec2   第8级
    adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词
    参考例句:
    • The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
    • The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。
    3 utterly ['ʌtəli:] ZfpzM1   第9级
    adv.完全地,绝对地
    参考例句:
    • Utterly devoted to the people, he gave his life in saving his patients. 他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
    • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled. 她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
    4 irony [ˈaɪrəni] P4WyZ   第7级
    n.反语,冷嘲;具有讽刺意味的事,嘲弄
    参考例句:
    • She said to him with slight irony. 她略带嘲讽地对他说。
    • In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony. 从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。
    5 pitfalls ['pɪtfɔ:lz] 0382b30a08349985c214a648cf92ca3c   第10级
    (捕猎野兽用的)陷阱( pitfall的名词复数 ); 意想不到的困难,易犯的错误
    参考例句:
    • the potential pitfalls of buying a house 购买房屋可能遇到的圈套
    • Several pitfalls remain in the way of an agreement. 在达成协议的进程中还有几个隐藏的困难。
    6 illiterate [ɪˈlɪtərət] Bc6z5   第7级
    adj.文盲的;无知的;n.文盲
    参考例句:
    • There are still many illiterate people in our country. 在我国还有许多文盲。
    • I was an illiterate in the old society, but now I can read. 我这个旧社会的文盲,今天也认字了。

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