世纪文学经典:《百年孤独》第8章Part 7

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Until that moment, ever since his return. Colonel Aureli-ano Buendía had not given himself the opportunity to see him with his heart. He was startled to see how much he had aged, how his hands shook, and the rather punctilious conformity with which he awaited death, and then he felt a great disgust with himself, which he mingled with the beginnings of pity.	自从回来直到现在，奥雷连诺上校都不让自己同情地望这个将军一眼。现在，他惊异地看见将军衰老的样儿、颤抖的双手以及等待死亡的顺从态度，他就对自己感到深刻的鄙视。但他把这种鄙视跟刚刚出现的怜悯混到了一起。
"You know better than I," he said, "that all courts--martial are farces and that you're really paying for the crimes of other people, because this time we're going to win the war at any price. Wouldn't you have done the same in my place?"	“你比我更清楚，”他说，“任何军事法庭都是鬼把戏，实际上，你是替别人的罪恶受到惩罚。这一次，我们决定不惜任何代价赢得战争。难道你处在我的地位不这么千吗？”
General , got up to clean his thick horn-rimmed glasses on his shirttail. "Probably," he said. "But what worries me is not your shooting me, because after all, for people like us it's a natural death." He laid his glasses on the bed and took off his watch and chain. "What worries me," he went on, "is that out of so much hatred for the military, out of fighting them so much and thinking about them so much, you've ended up as bad as they are. And no ideal in life is worth that much baseness." He took off his wedding ring and the medal of the Virgin of Help and put them alongside his glasses- and watch.	蒙卡达将军站起来，用衬衣下摆擦了擦很厚的玳瑁眼镜。“大概如此，”他说，“可我痛心的不是你打算枪毙我，国为归根到底，对于我们这样的人来说，这是一种自然死亡。”他把眼镜放在床上，取下手表和表链。“使我伤心的是，”他继续说，“你那么憎恨军阀，不断跟他们战斗，经常咒骂他们，结果你象他们一样坏。世界上任何理想都是不能为这种卑劣行为辩护的。”他摘下订婚戒指和救命女神像，把它们跟眼镜和手表放在一起。
"At this rate," he concluded, "you'll not only be the most despotic and bloody dictator in our history, but you'll shoot my dear friend úrsula in an attempt to pacify your conscience."	“如果这样继续下去，”他最后说，“你不但会成为我国历史上最专横暴戾的独裁者，而且会枪杀我敬爱的乌苏娜，那样你才安心。”
Colonel Aureli-ano Buendía stood there impassively. General then gave him the glasses, medal, watch, and ring and he changed his tone.	奥雷连诺上校无动于衷地站在那儿。于是，蒙卡达将军把眼镜、女神像、手表和戒指交给他，用另一种声调说：
"But I didn't send for you to scold you," he said. "I wanted to ask you the favor of sending these things to my wife."	“但我叫你来，不是为了骂你，我想请你把这些东西交给我的妻子。”
Colonel Aureli-ano Buendía put them in his pockets.	奥雷连诺上校把东西都放进自己的衣兜。
"Is she still in Manaure?"	“她还在马诺尔吗？”
"She's still in Manaure," General Moncada confirmed, "in the same house behind the church where you sent the letter."	“还在马诺尔，”蒙卡达将军回答。“就在教堂后面那座房子里，你前次送信去的那个地方。”
"I'll be glad to, José Raquel," Colonel Aureli-ano Buendía said.	“我很高兴效劳，霍塞·拉凯尔，”奥雷连诺上校说。
When he went out into the blue air of the mist his face grew damp as on some other dawn in the past and only then did he realize that -he had ordered the sen-tence to be carried out in the courtyard and not at the cemetery wall. The firing squad, drawn up opposite the door, paid him the honors of a head of state.	当他走进街上浅蓝色的雾蔼里时，他的面孔一下子就湿润了，正象过去的那天黎明一样；这时，他才明白自己为什么下令在兵营院子里、而不在墓地墙边执行判决。站在房门对面的行刑队向他致敬，犹如对待国家元首似的。
"They can bring him out now," he ordered.	“现在，你们可以把他押出来了，”他下了命令。

Until that moment, ever since his return. Colonel Aureli-ano Buendía had not given himself the opportunity to see him with his heart. He was startled to see how much he had aged, how his hands shook, and the rather punctilious conformity with which he awaited death, and then he felt a great disgust with himself, which he mingled with the beginnings of pity.
"You know better than I," he said, "that all courts--martial are farces and that you're really paying for the crimes of other people, because this time we're going to win the war at any price. Wouldn't you have done the same in my place?"
General , got up to clean his thick horn-rimmed glasses on his shirttail. "Probably," he said. "But what worries me is not your shooting me, because after all, for people like us it's a natural death." He laid his glasses on the bed and took off his watch and chain. "What worries me," he went on, "is that out of so much hatred for the military, out of fighting them so much and thinking about them so much, you've ended up as bad as they are. And no ideal in life is worth that much baseness." He took off his wedding ring and the medal of the Virgin of Help and put them alongside his glasses- and watch.
"At this rate," he concluded, "you'll not only be the most despotic and bloody dictator in our history, but you'll shoot my dear friend úrsula in an attempt to pacify your conscience."
Colonel Aureli-ano Buendía stood there impassively. General then gave him the glasses, medal, watch, and ring and he changed his tone.
"But I didn't send for you to scold you," he said. "I wanted to ask you the favor of sending these things to my wife."
Colonel Aureli-ano Buendía put them in his pockets.
"Is she still in Manaure?"
"She's still in Manaure," General Moncada confirmed, "in the same house behind the church where you sent the letter."
"I'll be glad to, José Raquel," Colonel Aureli-ano Buendía said.
When he went out into the blue air of the mist his face grew damp as on some other dawn in the past and only then did he realize that -he had ordered the sen-tence to be carried out in the courtyard and not at the cemetery wall. The firing squad, drawn up opposite the door, paid him the honors of a head of state.
"They can bring him out now," he ordered.

自从回来直到现在，奥雷连诺上校都不让自己同情地望这个将军一眼。现在，他惊异地看见将军衰老的样儿、颤抖的双手以及等待死亡的顺从态度，他就对自己感到深刻的鄙视。但他把这种鄙视跟刚刚出现的怜悯混到了一起。
“你比我更清楚，”他说，“任何军事法庭都是鬼把戏，实际上，你是替别人的罪恶受到惩罚。这一次，我们决定不惜任何代价赢得战争。难道你处在我的地位不这么千吗？”
蒙卡达将军站起来，用衬衣下摆擦了擦很厚的玳瑁眼镜。“大概如此，”他说，“可我痛心的不是你打算枪毙我，国为归根到底，对于我们这样的人来说，这是一种自然死亡。”他把眼镜放在床上，取下手表和表链。“使我伤心的是，”他继续说，“你那么憎恨军阀，不断跟他们战斗，经常咒骂他们，结果你象他们一样坏。世界上任何理想都是不能为这种卑劣行为辩护的。”他摘下订婚戒指和救命女神像，把它们跟眼镜和手表放在一起。
“如果这样继续下去，”他最后说，“你不但会成为我国历史上最专横暴戾的独裁者，而且会枪杀我敬爱的乌苏娜，那样你才安心。”
奥雷连诺上校无动于衷地站在那儿。于是，蒙卡达将军把眼镜、女神像、手表和戒指交给他，用另一种声调说：
“但我叫你来，不是为了骂你，我想请你把这些东西交给我的妻子。”
奥雷连诺上校把东西都放进自己的衣兜。
“她还在马诺尔吗？”
“还在马诺尔，”蒙卡达将军回答。“就在教堂后面那座房子里，你前次送信去的那个地方。”
“我很高兴效劳，霍塞·拉凯尔，”奥雷连诺上校说。
当他走进街上浅蓝色的雾蔼里时，他的面孔一下子就湿润了，正象过去的那天黎明一样；这时，他才明白自己为什么下令在兵营院子里、而不在墓地墙边执行判决。站在房门对面的行刑队向他致敬，犹如对待国家元首似的。
“现在，你们可以把他押出来了，”他下了命令。

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damp	[dæmp]	想一想再看 adj. 潮湿的，有湿气的，沮丧的 n. 潮湿
punctilious	[pʌŋk'tiliəs]	想一想再看 adj. 精密细心的，一丝不苟的，谨小慎微的	联想记忆 X 单词punctilious 联想记忆： punct点，尖，ilious－注意每个点－小心的读：胖ctiliouis，胖子在吃东西的时候要小心。
disgust	[dis'gʌst]	想一想再看 n. 厌恶，嫌恶 v. 令人厌恶	联想记忆 X 单词disgust 联想记忆： dis不，gust吃－使作呕
courtyard	['kɔ:tjɑ:d]	想一想再看 n. 庭院，院子
medal	['medl]	想一想再看 n. 奖章，勋章，纪念章 vi. 获得奖章	联想记忆 X 单词medal 联想记忆：源于：metal（n 金属），因为奖牌是金属做的
confirmed	[kən'fə:md]	想一想再看 adj. 习惯的，积习的，确认过的，证实的动词conf
opportunity	[.ɔpə'tju:niti]	想一想再看 n. 机会，时机
despotic	[de'spɔtik]	想一想再看 adj. 专横的，暴虐的
conscience	['kɔnʃəns]	想一想再看 n. 良心，责任心，顾忌	联想记忆 X 单词conscience 联想记忆： con全部，sci知道－全部知道自己的错误，还算是个有良心的。Con共同，science（n 科学）：科学家共同的特点是：比较有良心
pity	['piti]	想一想再看 n. 同情，怜悯，遗憾，可惜 v. 同情，怜悯