可乐与微笑

• 作 者: Jacqueline M.Hickey 袁红梅
• 机 构: 湖南永州零陵师范,
• 出 处: 英语文摘
• 发表日期: 2002年08期
• 关键词: 烟圈 萨克 night father dream helping something 黄昏时分 tried guess

[参考译文]我现在知道,35年前那个炎热夏夜和我坐在破旧的木楼梯上的老人并不高大,但对一个5岁的孩子来说,他却是一个巨人。我们并排坐着,看着太阳落在繁忙的街对面那个老德克萨克加油站的背后。除非有大人或至少一个哥哥或姐姐陪着,我从未被允许穿过那条街。从祖父烟斗里喷出的白色烟雾在我们脑袋周围上下旋绕,它们散发的樱桃香味使贪婪的蚊子不敢靠近。他不时地喷出一串烟圈,在我试着将手指插入烟

I now know that the old man who sat on the old wooden stairs 35 years ago on that hot summer night was not tall, but for a 5-year-old child he was a giant. We sat side by side and watched the sun fall behind the old Dksak gas station across the busy street. Unless there is an adult or at least one older brother or older sister, I have never been allowed to cross that street. The white smoke spouting from the grandfather’s pipe swirled up and down around our heads, and their scent of cherry spurned greedy mosquitoes. He spews a smoke ring from time to time as I try to insert my fingers into the smoke