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1、【MeiWei_81-優(yōu)質(zhì)適用文檔】THEMIDDLEEASTERNBAZAAR中文翻譯文:中東的集市 TheMiddleEasternbazaartakesyoubackhundreds---eventhousands---ofyears.TheoneIamthinkingofparticularlyisenteredbyaGothic-archedgatewayofagedbrickandstone.Youpassfromtheheatandglareofabig,opensquareint
2、oacool,darkcavernwhichextendsasfarastheeyecansee,losingitselfintheshadowydistance.Littledonkeyswithharmoniouslytinklingbellsthreadtheirwayamongthethrongsofpeopleenteringandleavingthebazaar.Theroadwayisabouttwelvefeetwide,butitisnarrowedeveryfewyardsby
3、littlestallswheregoodsofeveryconceivablekindaresold.Thedinofthestall-holder;cryingtheirwares,ofdonkey-boysandportersclearingawayforthemselvesbyshoutingvigorously,andofwould-bepurchasersarguingandbargainingiscontinuousandmakesyoudizzy.中東的集市仿佛把你帶回到了幾百年、
4、甚至幾千年前的時代。此時此刻顯現(xiàn)在我腦海中的這個中東集市,其入口處是一座古老的磚石結(jié)構(gòu)的哥特式拱門。你首先要穿過一個赤日耀眼、灼熱逼人的大型露天廣場,然后走進一個涼爽、幽暗的洞穴。這市場一直向前延伸,一眼望不到盡頭,消失在遠處的陰影里。趕集的人們絡繹不絕地進出市場,一些掛著鈴鐺的小毛驢穿行于這熙熙攘攘的人群中,邊走邊發(fā)出和諧悅耳的叮當叮當?shù)捻懧?。市場的路面約有十二英尺寬,但每隔幾碼遠就會因為設在路邊的小貨攤的擠占而變窄;那兒出售的貨物各種各樣,應有盡有。你一走進市場,就可以聽到攤販們的叫賣聲,趕毛
5、驢的小伙計和腳夫們大著嗓門叫人讓道的吆喝聲,還有那些想買東西的人們與攤主討價還價的爭吵聲。各種各樣的噪聲此伏彼起,不絕于耳,簡直叫人頭暈?! henasyoupenetratedeeperintothebazaar,thenoiseoftheentrancefadesaway,andyoucometothemutedcloth-market.Theearthenfloor,beatenhardbycountlessfeet,deadensthesoundoffootsteps,andthevau
6、ltedmud-brickwallsandroofhavehardlyanysoundstoecho.Theshop-keepersspeakinslow,measuredtones,andthebuyers,overwhelmedbythesepulchralatmosphere,followsuit.隨后,當往市場深處走去時,人口處的喧鬧聲漸漸消失,眼前便是清靜的布市了。這里的泥土地面,被無數(shù)雙腳板踩踏得硬邦邦的,人走在上面幾乎聽不到腳步聲了,而拱形的泥磚屋頂和墻壁也難得產(chǎn)生什么回音效果。布店
7、的店主們一個個都是輕聲輕氣、慢條斯理的樣子;買布的顧客們在這種沉悶壓抑的氣氛感染下,自然而然地也學著店主們的榜樣,變得低聲細語起來?! neofthepeculiaritiesoftheEasternbazaaristhatshopkeepersdealinginthesamekindofgoodsdonotscatterthemselvesoverthebazaar,inordertoavoidcompetition,butcollectinthesamearea,sothatpurchase
8、rscanknowwheretofindthem,andsothattheycanformacloselyknitguildagainstinjusticeorpersecution.Inthecloth-market,forinstance,allthesellersofmaterialforclothes,curtains,chaircoversandsoonlinetheroadwayonbothsides,eachopen-frontedshophavingatrestle