英美短篇小说 张静佳 Lavender1030120l74 Could we try it? The man called"Listen"through the curtain The woman came out from the bar. " Four reales."( Spanish coins.雷阿尔) We want two anis del tor Do you want it with water? " I dont know," the girl said." Is it good with water?"(显得心不在焉) "It's all right You want them with water " asked the woman Yes. with water It tastes like licorice, "the girl said and put the glass down " That's the way with everything"(将酒的甜苦交错的味道类比到万事万物中) Yes, "said the girl. " Everything tastes of licorice. Especially all the things you've waited so long for, like absinthe. licorice)=liquorice. Substance produced form the root of a plant, used in medicine and sweets. (H4) labsinthel bitter green alcoholic liqueur originally distilled from wine mixed with worm wood. (Xi) 女主人公却将“期盼许久的事物”与艾酒相提并论,表现了姑娘的低落心情,也许是期待已久的怀孕 却最终落得两人不愉快争吵的下场,也许是其他的事情引发了这样的心境。 Oh. cut it out You started it, "the girl said. "I was being amused I was having a fine time "Well, let' s try and have a fine time "All right. I was trying I said the mountains looked like hite elephants Wasn't that bright?"(第二次谈到 white elephants,这里姑娘明确说对于群山的白象比喻,但实则并不愿意放开话题。) That was bright I wanted to try this new drink. That's all we do, isn't it--look at things and try new drinks "I The girl looked across at the hills "They re lovely hills, "she said. "They don't really look like white elephants Ijust meant the coloring of their skin through the trees (第三次提到 white elephants,姑娘自己否定了这一比喻的相像性,而只强调了群山透过树木时的颜色 是白色的。这也说明她的比喻其实是有意提出,用以暗示自己腹中胎儿的意思。) " Should we have another drink?"(有意扯开话题) All right The warm wind blew the bead curtain against the table The beer's nice and cool. "the man said " It's lovely" the girl said.(ⅱ指代不明,是否只是在说啤酒不错,还是另有暗喻?) "It's really an awfully simple operation, Jig "the man said. "It's not really an operation at all"(此处看似话锋急转唐突,但其实前面用来隐射这一话题的“白象似的群山”的对话,到此时才真正 直截了当地切入正题。) The girl looked at the ground the table legs rested or I know you wouldnt mind it, Jig It's really not anything. It's just to let the air in The girl did not say anything英美短篇小说 张静佳 Lavender 10300120174 2 "Could we try it?" The man called "Listen" through the curtain. The woman came out from the bar. "Four reales."(Spanish coins. 雷阿尔) "We want two Anis del Toro." "With water? " "Do you want it with water?" "I don't know," the girl said. "Is it good with water?"（显得心不在焉） "It's all right." "You want them with water?" asked the woman. "Yes, with water." "It tastes like licorice," the girl said and put the glass down. "That's the way with everything."（将酒的甜苦交错的味道类比到万事万物中） "Yes," said the girl. "Everything tastes of licorice. Especially all the things you've waited so long for, like absinthe." [licorice] = liquorice. Substance produced form the root of a plant, used in medicine and sweets.(甘草) [absinthe] bitter green alcoholic liqueur originally distilled from wine mixed with wormwood.（艾酒） 女主人公却将“期盼许久的事物”与艾酒相提并论，表现了姑娘的低落心情，也许是期待已久的怀孕 却最终落得两人不愉快争吵的下场，也许是其他的事情引发了这样的心境。 "Oh, cut it out." "You started it," the girl said. "I was being amused. I was having a fine time." "Well, let's try and have a fine time." "All right. I was trying. I said the mountains looked like white elephants. Wasn't that bright?"（第二次谈到 white elephants，这里姑娘明确说对于群山的白象比喻，但实则并不愿意放开话题。） "That was bright." "I wanted to try this new drink. That's all we do, isn't it--look at things and try new drinks?" "I guess so." The girl looked across at the hills. "They're lovely hills," she said. "They don't really look like white elephants. I just meant the coloring of their skin through the trees." （第三次提到 white elephants，姑娘自己否定了这一比喻的相像性，而只强调了群山透过树木时的颜色 是白色的。这也说明她的比喻其实是有意提出，用以暗示自己腹中胎儿的意思。） "Should we have another drink?"（有意扯开话题） "All right." The warm wind blew the bead curtain against the table. "The beer's nice and cool," the man said. "It's lovely," the girl said.（it 指代不明，是否只是在说啤酒不错，还是另有暗喻？） "It's really an awfully simple operation, Jig," the man said. "It's not really an operation at all."（此处看似话锋急转唐突，但其实前面用来隐射这一话题的“白象似的群山”的对话，到此时才真正 直截了当地切入正题。） The girl looked at the ground the table legs rested on. "I know you wouldn't mind it, Jig. It's really not anything. It's just to let the air in." The girl did not say anything