經典美文英漢互譯：夢寐以求的禮物

1、經典美文英漢互譯：夢寐以求的禮物Christmas Eve, 1994. I was a sailor in the U.S. Navy, on a one-day leave in San Francisco. I had won ' 300 at poker that ordinarily would have burned a hole in my pocket, but I couldn't shake an overwhelming sadness.1944年圣誕夜。當時我是美國海軍士兵，到舊金山休假一天。在 那以前，我玩撲克游戲，贏了 300 元。通常，錢燒口袋滑，

2、一有就不 留?？晌耶敃r極為憂愁煩悶，怎么也無法擺脫那種惡劣的心境。Scuttlebutt had it we'd be pulling out before the New Year for the South Pacific. I'd just received word that another friend had been killed in Europe. And here I was, an 18-year-old alone in a strange city. Nothing seemed to make any kind of sense.What was I

3、 going to be fighting for, anyway傳聞部隊在新年前要開赴南太平洋，而且剛剛聽說又有一位朋友 在歐洲陣亡。我年僅 18，如今在一個陌生的城市里，單身無靠。干什 么都沒有意思。我究竟為什么打仗來著I spent most of the day in a mental fog, wandering aimlessly through crowds of laughing, happy people. Then, late in the afternoon, my vision suddenly focused, and for the first time a sce

4、ne registered.我精神迷惘，在歡笑的人群中毫無目的地逛蕩，消磨了差不多一 整天。后來，在黃昏的時候，視線突然集中，第一次有一個情景引起 了我的注意。There in a department-store window were two electric trains chugging through a miniature, snow-covered town. In front of the window was a skinny boy around nine years old, his nose pressed against the glass. He just stoo

5、d there, fixed on those trains.在一家百貨商店的櫥窗里，有兩列電動火車正在一座白雪覆蓋的 微型城市里嘎嚓嘎嚓地行駛。在櫥窗前，一個約莫 9 歲光景的瘦小男 孩，鼻子緊貼玻璃，一動不動地站在那里，目不轉睛地注視著那兩列 火車。Suddenly the boy was me nine short years before, and the store was Macy's in New York City, my home town. I could see, could feel the same longing, the same desperate ho

6、ping. I could hear the sigh of resignation - the frail attempt to hide the disappointment that Dad could not afford those trains. And I saw the reluctant turning away and then the one last look.那男孩忽地成了短短的 9 年前的我，那商店成了我的家鄉(xiāng)紐約市 的梅西商店。我看得見，也感覺得到那同樣的渴望和急切的期待。我 聽得見那無可奈何的嘆息爸爸買不起那種火車只好這么強憋住失 望的心情。那戀戀不舍地轉身走開

7、，最后又看上一眼，恍如就在眼前。Not this time l I don't know what came over me, but I grabbed the boy by the arm, scaring him half to death.不能再這樣了 ! 我至今弄不明白是中的什么邪，反正我一把抓住男 孩的胳臂，把他嚇得半死。My name is George, I told him.“我叫喬治，”我告訴他。Jeffrey Hollis Jr., he managed to reply.“我叫小杰弗里霍利斯，”他好不容易答了一聲。Well, Jeff Hollis Jr., I

8、 said in my best grown-up voice,we are going to get us those trains. '“這樣吧，小杰弗，霍利斯，”我盡量說得像大人，“咱們去把 那火車買下來?！盚is eyes grew wide, and he let me lead him into the store.I knew it was crazy, but I didn't care. Suddenly I wanted to be nine again and have a kid's dream come true. The salesclerk

9、 looked at us suspiciously, a scruffy black boy and a black sailor in ill-fitting dress blues.他睜大了眼睛，隨我進了商店。我知道這真荒唐，可我不管我忽 然想再回到 9 歲，實現(xiàn)孩時的夢想。售貨員心懷疑慮望著我們：一個 是衣衫檻樓的黑孩子，一個是黑人水兵，穿著一套不合身的海軍制服。Those trains in the window, I blurted before he couldspeak. The whole setup. How much is it“櫥窗里那套火車，”不等售貨員說話我就脫口而

10、出?！耙?。 多少錢？”His snorting response was interrupted by the arrival of a much older man wearing a warm Christmas smile. One hundred and sixty-five dollars and sixty-three cents, the elder man replied, delivery included.他剛露出一副不屑搭理的模樣，過來一位年紀大得多的人，滿臉 喜氣洋洋的過節(jié)神情?！?165元 6角3分，”他回答，“包送到家。We'll take it, I said. Ri