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现代大学英语精读(第2版)第四册:U6A The Telephone(4)

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Sometimes, amid the long wait and the heat and the flies and the smell of goat dung, tempers flared, and the younger women, anxious about their babies, argued over whose turn it was to fill up her jar. And sometimes the arguments escalated into full-blown, knockdown-dragout fights; the women would grab each other by the hair and curse and scream and spit and call each other names that made my ears tingle. We little brown boys who went with our mothers to fetch water loved these fights, because we got to see the women's legs and their colored panties as they grappled and rolled around in the dust. Once in a while, we got lucky and saw much more, because some of the women wore nothing at all under their long dresses. God, how I used to look forward to those fights. I remember the rush, the excitement, the sun dancing on the dust clouds as a dress ripped and a young white breast was revealed, then quickly hidden. In my calendar, that year of drought will always be one of the best years of my childhood.

有时候,漫长的等待,炎热的天气,嗡嗡的苍绳和羊粪的臭味,都足以使人脾气暴躁起来,比较年轻的妇女,因为担心家里嗷嗷待哺的婴儿,往往为该轮到谁打水争吵起来。有时候,这种争吵会逐步升级以致于大打出手;她们互相撕扯着头发、吐唾沬、诅咒着、尖叫着、谩骂着,把我的耳朵刺得嗡嗡作响。我们这些和母亲一块来打水的哂得黑黝黝的小男孩们,喜欢这样的打斗,因为当她们厮打着,在尘土中滚作一团时,我们可以看到女人的大腿和她们的花内裤。偶尔运气好的时候,我们还可以看见更多,因为有些女人在长裙下面什么也没有穿。上帝呀,那时我是多么盼望这些打斗呀!当一条裙子被撕破,年轻女人那白皙的乳房暴露出来,随即很快又被遮盖住。我记得当时那种冲动、兴奋,连阳光都在滚滚的尘土上跳舞。在我的日历中,大旱那年将永远是我童年时期最快乐的年头之一。

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calendar ['kæləndə]

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n. 日历,月历,日程表
vt. 把 ...

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drought [draut]

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n. 干旱

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scream [skri:m]

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n. 尖叫声
v. 尖叫,大笑

 
curse [kə:s]

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n. 诅咒,咒骂,祸端
vt. 咒骂,诅咒,使

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jar [dʒɑ:]

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n. 不和谐,刺耳声,震动,震惊,广口瓶
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