“A classic northern scene,”?he said.

“地道的北方景色?！绷_輯說。

“This is the first time I’ve ever felt that land without the slightest bit of green could be beautiful.”

“我第一次覺得，沒有綠色的大地也能很好看的?！?/p>

“The green is buried in the fields and is waiting for springtime. The winter wheat will sprout while it’s still very cold, then this will be a sea of green. Imagine, all this expanse...”

“綠色就埋在這田地里，等早春的時(shí)候，還很冷呢，冬小麥就會(huì)出苗，那時(shí)這里就是一片綠色了，你想想，這么廣闊的一片……”

“It doesn’t need green. It’s beautiful right now. Look, doesn’t the land look like a big milk cow asleep under the sun?”

“不需要綠色嘛，現(xiàn)在真的就很好看，你看，大地像不像一只在太陽下睡覺的大奶牛？”

“What?”?He looked in surprise, first at her and then through the windows at the patchy snow on either side of the car. “Oh, there really is a resemblance! So, what’s your favorite season?”

“什么？”羅輯驚奇地看了她一眼，又看了看兩側(cè)車窗外那片片殘雪點(diǎn)綴的大地，“啊，真的有些像……我說，你最喜歡哪個(gè)季節(jié)？”

“Autumn.”

“秋天。”

“Why not spring?”

“為什么不是春天？”

“Spring... has so many sensations squashed together. It gets tiring. Autumn is better.”

“春天……好多感覺擠到一塊兒，累人呢，秋天多好?！?/p>

He stopped the car and went out with her to the edge of the field to look at the magpies, which foraged on the ground until they got quite close, at which point they flew off to some trees in the distance. Then they went down a riverbed that was practically dried up, with only a thin stream of water flowing down the center.

羅輯停了車，和她下車來到田邊，看著幾只喜鵲在地里覓食，直到他們走得很近了它們才飛到遠(yuǎn)處的樹上。接著，他們下到一條幾乎干涸的河床里，只在河床中央有一條窄窄的水流。

But it was a northern river all the same, and so they picked up small chilly smooth stones from the riverbed and pitched them in, watching the cloudy yellow water gush?out of the holes they broke in the thin ice. They passed a small town and spent a while at the market there. She knelt down by a goldfish vendor, the fish in their glass bowls like liquid flames under the sun, and wouldn’t leave. He bought her two and put them, water and all, in plastic bags on the backseat of the car. They entered a hamlet, but found nothing that felt like the countryside. The houses and compounds were brand new, cars were parked outside of many of the gates, the cement?roads were wide, and people were dressed no differently than in the cities -- a few girls were even stylish. Even the dogs were the same long-haired, short-legged parasites found in the cities. More interesting was the large stage at the entrance to the village -- they marveled at how such a small village could have such an immense stage. It was empty, so with some effort he climbed up and -- looking down at the his lone audience member -- sang a verse?from “Tonkaya Ryabina”?about the slender?hawthorn?tree. At noon, they ate in another town, where the food was more or less the same as in the city, only the portion were about twice as large.

但畢竟是一條北方的河，他們拾起河床里冰冷的小卵石向河里扔，看著渾黃的水從薄冰上被砸開的洞中涌出。他們路過了一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)，在集市上逛了不少時(shí)間，她蹲在一處賣金魚的地?cái)偳安蛔?，那些玻璃圓魚缸中的金魚在陽光下像一片流動(dòng)的火焰，羅輯給她買了兩條，連水裝在塑料袋里放在車的后座上。他們進(jìn)入了一個(gè)村莊，并沒有找到鄉(xiāng)村的感覺，房子院子都很新，有好幾家門口停著汽車，水泥面的路也很寬，人們的衣著和城市里差不多，有幾個(gè)女孩子穿得還很時(shí)尚，連街上的狗都是和城市里一樣的長毛短腿的寄生蟲。但村頭那個(gè)大戲臺(tái)很有趣，他們驚嘆這么小的一個(gè)村子竟搭了這么高大的戲臺(tái)。戲臺(tái)上是空的，羅輯費(fèi)了好大勁兒爬上去，面對(duì)著下面她這一個(gè)觀眾唱了一首《山楂樹》。中午，他們?cè)诹硪粋€(gè)小鎮(zhèn)吃了飯，這里的飯菜味道和城市里也差不多，就是給的分量幾乎多了一倍。

After lunch, they sat drowsily in the warmth of the sun on a bench outside the town hall, and then drove onward with no direction in mind.

飯后，在鎮(zhèn)政府前的一個(gè)長椅上，他們?cè)跍嘏年柟庵谢杌栌刈艘粫?huì)兒，又開車信馬由韁地駛?cè)ァ?/p>

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classic：

n.經(jīng)典

adj.典型的;傳統(tǒng)的;最優(yōu)秀的;有代表性的;(風(fēng)格或設(shè)計(jì))典雅的;有趣的

signature： n.簽名;署名;簽字;簽署;明顯特征;鮮明特色;識(shí)別標(biāo)志

slight：

adj.輕微的;略微的;細(xì)小的;纖細(xì)的;瘦小的;無須重視的;不足道的

n.侮慢;冷落;輕視

vt.侮慢;冷落;輕視

bury： vt.埋葬;安葬;喪失(某人);把(某物)掩藏在地下;埋藏;覆蓋;遮蓋;不顧，掩藏（感情、錯(cuò)誤等）;使陷入

wheat： n.小麥(籽實(shí))

sprout：

v.發(fā)芽;抽芽;抽條;生長;出現(xiàn);(使)涌現(xiàn)出

n.苗;新芽;嫩枝

expanse： n.一大片，廣闊，寬廣，浩瀚(尤指陸地或海洋)

patchy： adj.零散的;散落的;分布不勻的;不完整的;參差不齊的

resemblance： n.相似;相像

sensation： n.感覺;知覺;感覺能力;知覺能力;直覺;莫名其妙的感覺

squash：

n.南瓜;壁球

v.壓軟(或擠軟、壓壞、壓扁等);把…壓(或擠)變形;(使)擠進(jìn);塞入;打斷;制止;去除;粉碎

magpie： n.鵲;喜鵲

forage：

n.(牛馬的)飼料

vi.覓(食);(尤指用手)搜尋(東西)

fly off： 飛出，飛速（或突然）地跑掉

practically： adv.幾乎;差不多;很接近;實(shí)事求是地;實(shí)際地

all the same： 仍然;依然;照樣

chilly： adj.寒冷的;陰冷的;不友好的;冷淡的;冷漠的

pitch：

v.拋;投球;用力扔;投;當(dāng)投手;觸地

n.球場(chǎng);(體育比賽的)場(chǎng)地;(感情、活動(dòng)等的)程度，力度

gush：

v.噴涌;(從…中)噴出，涌出，冒出

n.涌出;噴出;冒出;(感情的)迸發(fā)，爆發(fā)，發(fā)作

kneel： vi.跪;跪著;跪下

vendor： n.小販;攤販

hamlet： n.小村莊

compound： n.大院，有圍墻的場(chǎng)地

brand new： 嶄新的

cement：

n.(干燥后硬化的)水泥;膠合劑;膠接劑;黏固劑;紐帶，凝聚力

vt.(用水泥、膠等)粘結(jié)，膠合;加強(qiáng)，鞏固(關(guān)系等)

stylish： adj.時(shí)尚的;時(shí)髦的;新潮的;高雅的;雅致的

parasite： n.寄生生物;寄生蟲;寄生植物

marvel：

n.令人驚異的人(或事);奇跡;不平凡的成果;成就

v.感到驚奇;大為贊嘆

~ (at sth) 感到驚奇；大為贊嘆

immense： adj.極大的;巨大的

verse： n.韻文;詩;詩節(jié);歌曲的段落

slender： adj.苗條的;纖細(xì)的;微薄的;細(xì)的;窄的;不足的

hawthorn： n.山楂樹

more or less： 或多或少;大概;幾乎

portion： n.部分;(食物的)一份，一客;分享的部分;分擔(dān)的責(zé)任

drowsily： 昏昏欲睡地;懶洋洋地

bench： n.長凳;(通常木制的)長椅

town hall： n.鎮(zhèn)公所;市政廳;(英國)市鎮(zhèn)集會(huì)所

onward：

adj.繼續(xù)的;向前的

adv.同“onwards”

//在英國英語中，onwards為副詞，onward 為形容詞。在美國英語及有時(shí)在英國英語的正式語體中，onward 亦可為副詞。