美国语文第六册 第105期:战争(1)

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These stare us wildly in the face, like lurid¹ meteor lights, as we travel the page of history. 当我们在历史长河中驻足时，这些景象就像流星耀眼的光芒一样，粗暴地映在我们脸上。

We see the desolation and death that pursue its demoniac footsteps. 我们曾目睹为了留下恶魔般的足迹而带来的破坏和死亡。

We look upon sacked towns, upon ravaged² territories, upon violated homes; 我们凝望被洗劫一空的城镇，被蹂躏劫掠的疆土，还有被侵犯的家园。

we behold³ all the sweet charities of life changed to wormwood and gall⁴. 我们见证了生活中所有温馨的善举变成苦恼和怨恨；

Our soul is penetrated⁵ by the sharp moan of mothers, sisters, and daughters: 我们的灵魂被那些母亲们、姐妹们和女儿们凄厉的哀鸣深深刺痛了：

of fathers, brothers, and sons, who, in the bitterness of their bereavement⁶, refuse to be comforted. 这是因为父亲们，兄弟们和儿子们的惨死，处于丧亲之痛的他们和她们拒绝别人的安慰。

Our eyes rest at last upon one of these fair fields, where Nature, in her abundance, spreads her cloth of gold, 我们的目光最终停留在那些相当不错的土地中一块，在那里大自然物产十分丰裕，摊开她那宽敞的金色外衣，

spacious⁷ and apt for the entertainment of mighty⁸ multitudes — or, perhaps, from the curious subtlety⁹ of its position, 恰好为神气活现的芸芸众生带来欢娱——也许从她所处位置的奇妙的差别来看，

like the carpet in the Arabian tale, seeming to contract so as to be covered by a few only, or to dilate¹⁰ so as to receive an innumerable host. 就像阿拉伯传说中的地毯，似乎可以缩小到只能允许几个人站在上边，或者膨胀到可以接待难以计数的宾客。

Here, under a bright sun, such as shone at Austerlitz or Buena Vista¹¹ — amidst the peaceful harmonies of nature, 这里，在明亮的太阳下面，就像奥斯特里茨或者布埃纳维斯塔的骄阳一样——在大自然安宁的和谐氛围中，

on the Sabbath of peace — we behold bands of brothers, children of a common Father, heirs to a common happiness, struggling together in the deadly fight, 在宁静的安息日——我们注视将属于一个父亲的兄弟们、孩子们连在一起的纽带，他们继承了共同的幸福，一起进行殊死的抗争，

with the madness of fallen spirits, seeking with murderous weapons the lives of brothers who have never injured them or their kindred. 凭借对堕落精神的疯狂，他们用杀人武器要了兄弟们的性命，而这些人从来没有伤害他们或者他们的亲属。

 

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