少年派的奇幻漂流 Chapter 35

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Chapter 35
We left Madras on June 21st, 1977, on the Panamanian-registered Japanese cargo1 ship Tsimtsum. Her officers were Japanese, her crew was Taiwanese, and she was large and impressive. On our last day in Pondicherry I said goodbye to Mamaji, to Mr. and Mr. Kumar, to all my friends and even to many strangers. Mother was apparelled in her finest sari. Her long tress, artfully folded back and attached to the back of her head, was adorned2 with a garland of fresh jasmine flowers. She looked beautiful. And sad. For she was leaving India, India of the heat and monsoons3, of rice fields and the Cauvery River, of coastlines and stone temples, of bullock carts and colourful trucks, of friends and known shopkeepers, of Nehru Street and Goubert Salai, of this and that, India so familiar to her and loved by her. While her men-I fancied myself one already, though I was only sixteen-were in a hurry to get going, were Winnipeggers at heart already, she lingered.
The day before our departure she pointed4 at a cigarette wallah and earnestly asked, "Should we get a pack or two?"
Father replied, "They have tobacco in Canada. And why do you want to buy cigarettes? We don't smoke."
Yes, they have tobacco in Canada-but do they have Gold Flake5 cigarettes? Do they have Arun ice cream? Are the bicycles Heroes? Are the televisions Onidas? Are the cars Ambassadors? Are the bookshops Higginbothams'? Such, I suspect, were the questions that swirled6 in Mother's mind as she contemplated7 buying cigarettes.
Animals were sedated8, cages were loaded and secured, feed was stored, bunks9 were assigned, lines were tossed, and whistles were blown. As the ship was worked out of the dock and piloted out to sea, I wildly waved goodbye to India. The sun was shining, the breeze was steady, and seagulls shrieked10 in the air above us. I was terribly excited.
Things didn't turn out the way they were supposed to, but what can you do? You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.

第三十五章
    我们于1977年6月21日乘坐在巴拿马登记的日本货船“齐姆楚姆’’号离开马德拉斯。船上的高级船员是日本人，普通船员是台湾人。船很大，令人难忘。我们在本地治里的最后一天，我对玛玛吉、库马尔先生和库马尔先生、所有的朋友，甚至许多陌生人都说了再见。母亲穿着她最漂亮的莎丽。她长长的发绺很有艺术性地盘在脑后，扎着一个新鲜的茉莉花环。她看上去很美，很悲伤。因为她就要离开印度，那个地方气候灸热，会刮季风，那个地方有稻田和高韦里河，有海岸线和石头寺庙，有牛车和五彩卡车，有朋友和我们认识的店主，有尼赫鲁大街和古贝尔·萨莱，有这个那个，那是她所熟悉和热爱的印度。当她的男人们——我想自己也已经是一个男人了，尽管我只有1 6岁——正匆匆忙忙准备出发，心里已经在想着温尼伯的时候，她却在留恋徘徊。
    我们出发前一天，她指着一个卖香烟的，认真地问：“我们要不要买几包？’’
    父亲回答说：“加拿大有烟草。你为什么想要买香烟呢？我们又不抽烟。"
    是的，加拿大有烟草，但是那里有金火花牌香烟吗？那里有阿伦冰淇淋吗？那里的自行车是英雄牌的吗？那里的电视机是奥尼达斯牌的吗？那里的汽车是大使牌的吗？那里的书店是希金博瑟姆家开的吗？我猜母亲在考虑买香烟的时候，她心中萦绕的就是这些问题。
    动物被注射了镇静剂，笼子被装上船，捆牢放好，食物被存放妥当，床铺被分配好，绳子被抛了出去，哨子吹响了起来。船驶离港口，开到了海上，我拼命向印度挥手告别。
    太阳照耀着，微风一直吹着，海鸥在我们头顶的天空尖声呜叫。我太激动了。
    事情并没有像我们预想的那样发生，你能怎么办呢？无论生活以怎样的方式向你走来，你都必须接受它，尽可能地享受它。


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1 cargo 6TcyG     
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句：
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
2 adorned 1e50de930eb057fcf0ac85ca485114c8     
[计]被修饰的
参考例句：
  • The walls were adorned with paintings. 墙上装饰了绘画。
  • And his coat was adorned with a flamboyant bunch of flowers. 他的外套上面装饰着一束艳丽刺目的鲜花。
3 monsoons 49fbaf0154b5cc6509d1ad6ed488f7d5     
n.（南亚、尤指印度洋的）季风( monsoon的名词复数 )；（与季风相伴的）雨季；（南亚地区的）雨季
参考例句：
  • In Ban-gladesh, the monsoons have started. 在孟加拉，雨季已经开始了。 来自辞典例句
  • The coastline significantly influences the monsoons in two other respects. 海岸线在另外两个方面大大地影响季风。 来自辞典例句
4 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的，直截了当的
参考例句：
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
5 flake JgTzc     
v.使成薄片；雪片般落下；n.薄片
参考例句：
  • Drain the salmon,discard the skin,crush the bones and flake the salmon with a fork.将鲑鱼沥干，去表皮，粉碎鱼骨并用餐叉子将鱼肉切成小薄片状。
  • The paint's beginning to flake.油漆开始剥落了。
6 swirled eb40fca2632f9acaecc78417fd6adc53     
v.旋转，打旋( swirl的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The waves swirled and eddied around the rocks. 波浪翻滚着在岩石周围打旋。
  • The water swirled down the drain. 水打着旋流进了下水道。
7 contemplated d22c67116b8d5696b30f6705862b0688     
adj. 预期的 动词contemplate的过去分词形式
参考例句：
  • The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform. 医生仔细地考虑他所要做的棘手的手术。
  • The government has contemplated reforming the entire tax system. 政府打算改革整个税收体制。
8 sedated sedated     
v.使昏昏入睡，使镇静( sedate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • She's sedated,but she's probably scared out of her mind. 她很安静，但是她可能已经吓疯了。 来自电影对白
  • Are you telling me the porn actually sedated you? 你是要告诉我，那毛片的确让你镇静下来吗？ 来自电影对白
9 bunks dbe593502613fe679a9ecfd3d5d45f1f     
n.（车、船等倚壁而设的）铺位( bunk的名词复数 )；空话，废话v.（车、船等倚壁而设的）铺位( bunk的第三人称单数 )；空话，废话
参考例句：
  • These bunks can tip up and fold back into the wall. 这些铺位可以翻起来并折叠收入墙内。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • At last they turned into their little bunks in the cart. 最后他们都钻进车内的小卧铺里。 来自辞典例句
10 shrieked dc12d0d25b0f5d980f524cd70c1de8fe     
v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • She shrieked in fright. 她吓得尖叫起来。
  • Li Mei-t'ing gave a shout, and Lu Tzu-hsiao shrieked, "Tell what? 李梅亭大声叫，陆子潇尖声叫：“告诉什么？ 来自汉英文学 - 围城

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