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世纪文学经典:《百年孤独》第1章Part 5

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José Arcadio Buendía, who was the most enterprising man ever to be seen in the village, had set up the placement of the houses in such a way that from all of them one could reach the river and draw water with the same effort, and he had lined up the streets with such good sense that no house got more sun than another during the hot time of day. Within a few years Macondo was a village that was more orderly and hard working than any known until then by its three hundred inhabitants. It was a truly happy village where no one was over thirty years of age and where no one had died.霍·阿·布恩蒂亚是村里最有事业心的人,他指挥建筑的房屋,每家的主人到河边去取水都同样方便;他合理设计的街道,每座住房白天最热的时刻都能得到同样的阳光。建村之后过了几年,马孔多已经成了一个最整洁的村子,这是跟全村三百个居民过去住过的其他一切村庄都不同的。这是一个真正幸福的村子;在这村子里,谁也没有超过三十岁,也还没有死过一个人。
Since the time of its founding, José Arcadio Buendía had built traps and cages. In a short time he filled not only his own house but all of those in the village with troupials, canaries, bee eaters, and redbreasts. The concert of so many different birds became so disturbing that úrsula would plug her ears with beeswax so as not to lose her sense of reality. The first time that Melquíades' tribe arrived, selling glass balls for headaches, everyone was surprised that they had been able to find that village lost in the drowsiness of the swamp, and the gypsies confessed that they had found their way by the song of the birds.建村的时候,霍·阿·布恩蒂亚开始制作套索和鸟笼。很快,他自己和村中其他的人家都养了金驾、金丝雀、蜂虎和知更鸟。许多各式各样的鸟儿不断地嘁嘁喳喳,乌苏娜生怕自己震得发聋,只好用蜂蜡把耳朵塞上。梅尔加德斯一伙人第一次来到马孔多出售玻璃球头痛药时,村民们根本就不明白这些吉卜赛人如何能够找到这个小小的村子,因为这个村子是隐没在辽阔的沼泽地带的;吉卜赛人说,他们来到这儿是由于听到了鸟的叫声。
That spirit of social initiative disappeared in a short time, pulled away by the fever of the magnets, the astronomical calculations, the dreams of transmutation, and the urge to discover the wonders of the world. From a clean and active man, José Arcadio Buendía changed into a man lazy in appearance, careless in his dress, with a wild beard that úrsula managed to trim with great effort and a kitchen knife. There were many who considered him the victim of some strange spell. But even those most convinced of his madness left work and family to follow him when he brought out his tools to clear the land and asked the assembled group to open a way that would put Macondo in contact with the great inventions.可是,霍·阿·布恩蒂亚为社会造福的精神很快消失,他迷上了磁铁和天文探索,幻想采到金子和发现世界的奇迹。精力充沛、衣着整洁的霍·阿·布恩蒂业逐渐变成一个外表疏懒、衣冠不整的人,甚至满脸胡髭,乌苏娜费了大劲才用一把锋利的菜刀把他的胡髭剃掉。村里的许多人都认为,霍·阿·布恩蒂亚中了邪。不过,他把一个袋子搭在肩上,带着铁锹和锄头,要求别人去帮助他开辟一条道路,以便把马孔多和那些伟大发明连接起来的时候,甚至坚信他发了疯的人也扔下自己的家庭与活计,跟随他去冒险。

José Arcadio Buendía, who was the most enterprising man ever to be seen in the village, had set up the placement of the houses in such a way that from all of them one could reach the river and draw water with the same effort, and he had lined up the streets with such good sense that no house got more sun than another during the hot time of day. Within a few years Macondo was a village that was more orderly and hard working than any known until then by its three hundred inhabitants. It was a truly happy village where no one was over thirty years of age and where no one had died.
Since the time of its founding, José Arcadio Buendía had built traps and cages. In a short time he filled not only his own house but all of those in the village with troupials, canaries, bee eaters, and redbreasts. The concert of so many different birds became so disturbing that úrsula would plug her ears with beeswax so as not to lose her sense of reality. The first time that Melquíades' tribe arrived, selling glass balls for headaches, everyone was surprised that they had been able to find that village lost in the drowsiness of the swamp, and the gypsies confessed that they had found their way by the song of the birds.
That spirit of social initiative disappeared in a short time, pulled away by the fever of the magnets, the astronomical calculations, the dreams of transmutation, and the urge to discover the wonders of the world. From a clean and active man, José Arcadio Buendía changed into a man lazy in appearance, careless in his dress, with a wild beard that úrsula managed to trim with great effort and a kitchen knife. There were many who considered him the victim of some strange spell. But even those most convinced of his madness left work and family to follow him when he brought out his tools to clear the land and asked the assembled group to open a way that would put Macondo in contact with the great inventions.


霍·阿·布恩蒂亚是村里最有事业心的人,他指挥建筑的房屋,每家的主人到河边去取水都同样方便;他合理设计的街道,每座住房白天最热的时刻都能得到同样的阳光。建村之后过了几年,马孔多已经成了一个最整洁的村子,这是跟全村三百个居民过去住过的其他一切村庄都不同的。这是一个真正幸福的村子;在这村子里,谁也没有超过三十岁,也还没有死过一个人。
建村的时候,霍·阿·布恩蒂亚开始制作套索和鸟笼。很快,他自己和村中其他的人家都养了金驾、金丝雀、蜂虎和知更鸟。许多各式各样的鸟儿不断地嘁嘁喳喳,乌苏娜生怕自己震得发聋,只好用蜂蜡把耳朵塞上。梅尔加德斯一伙人第一次来到马孔多出售玻璃球头痛药时,村民们根本就不明白这些吉卜赛人如何能够找到这个小小的村子,因为这个村子是隐没在辽阔的沼泽地带的;吉卜赛人说,他们来到这儿是由于听到了鸟的叫声。
可是,霍·阿·布恩蒂亚为社会造福的精神很快消失,他迷上了磁铁和天文探索,幻想采到金子和发现世界的奇迹。精力充沛、衣着整洁的霍·阿·布恩蒂业逐渐变成一个外表疏懒、衣冠不整的人,甚至满脸胡髭,乌苏娜费了大劲才用一把锋利的菜刀把他的胡髭剃掉。村里的许多人都认为,霍·阿·布恩蒂亚中了邪。不过,他把一个袋子搭在肩上,带着铁锹和锄头,要求别人去帮助他开辟一条道路,以便把马孔多和那些伟大发明连接起来的时候,甚至坚信他发了疯的人也扔下自己的家庭与活计,跟随他去冒险。
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