Exercise-1-2-围城.docVIP

围城The Besieged City 钱钟书 Part One 红海早过了，船在印度洋面上开驶着，但是太阳依然不饶人地迟落早起，侵占去大部分的夜。夜仿佛纸浸了油变成半透明体；它给太阳拥抱住了，分不出身来，也许是给太阳陶醉了，所以夕照晚霞褪后的夜色也带着酡红。到红消醉醒，船舱里的睡人也一身腻汗地醒来，洗了澡赶到甲板上吹海风，又是一天开始。这是七月下旬，合中国旧历的三伏，一年最热的时候。在中国热得更比常年利害，事后大家都说是兵戈之象，因为这就是民国二十六年(一九三七年)。 这条法国邮船白拉日隆子爵号（VicomtedeBragelonne）正向中国开来。早晨八点多钟，冲洗过的三等舱甲板湿意未干，但已坐满了人，法国人、德国流亡出来的犹太人、印度人、安南人，不用说还有中国人。海风里早含着燥热，胖人身体给炎风吹干了，上一层汗结的盐霜，仿佛刚在巴勒斯坦的死海里洗过澡。毕竟是清晨，人的兴致还没给太阳晒萎，烘懒，说话做事都很起劲。那几个新派到安南或中国租界当警察的法国人，正围了那年轻善撒娇的犹太女人在调情。俾斯麦曾说过，法国公使大使的特点，就是一句外国话不会讲；这几位警察并不懂德文，居然传情达意，引得犹太女人格格地笑，比他们的外交官强多了。这女人的漂亮丈夫，在旁顾而乐之，因为他几天来，香烟、啤酒、柠檬水沾光了不少。红海已过，不怕热极引火，所以等一会甲板上零星果皮、纸片、瓶塞之外，香烟头定又遍处皆是。法国人的思想是有名的清楚，他的文章也明白干净，但是他的做事，无不混乱、肮脏、喧哗，但看这船上的乱糟糟。这船，倚仗人的机巧，载满人的扰攘，寄满人的希望，热闹地行着，每分钟把沾污了人气的一小方水面，还给那无情、无尽、无际的大海。 The Red Sea had long since been crossed, and the ship was now on its way over the Indian Ocean; but as always the sun mercilessly rose early and set late, encroaching upon the better part of the night. The night, like paper soaked in oil, had become translucent. Locked in the embrace of the sun, the nights own form was indiscernible. Perhaps it had become intoxicated by the sun, which would explain why the night sky remained flushed long after the gradual fading of the rosy sunset. By the time the ruddiness dissipated and the night itself awoke from its stupor, the passengers in their cabins had awakened, glistening with sweat; after bathing, they hurried out on deck to catch the ocean breeze. Another day had begun. It was toward the end of July, equivalent to the san-fu period of the lunar calendar - the hottest days of the year. In China the heat was even more oppressive than usual. Later everyone agreed the unusual heat was a portent of troops and arms, for it was the twenty-sixth year of the Republic (1937). The French liner, the Vicomte de Bragelonne, was on its way to China. Some time after eight in the morning, the third-class deck, still damp from swabbing, was already filled with passengers standing and sitting about -the French, the Jewish refugees from G