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高级英语II-2〔中英〕

Marrakech马拉喀什见闻

GeorgeOrwell乔治，奥威尔

1Asthecorpsewentpasttheflieslefttherestauranttableinacloud

andrushedafterit,buttheycamebackafewminuteslater.

一具尸体抬过，成群的苍蝇从饭馆的餐桌上嗡嗡而起追逐过去，但几分钟过后又飞了

回来。

2Thelittlecrowdofmourners--allmenandboys,nowomen--threadedtheir

wayacrossthemarketplacebetweenthepilesofpomegranatesandthetaxis

andthecamels,wallingashortchantoverandoveragain.Whatreallyappeals

tothefliesisthatthecorpseshereareneverputintocoffins,theyaremerely

wrappedinapieceofragandcarriedonaroughwoodenbierontheshoulders

offourfriends.Whenthefriendsgettotheburying-groundtheyhackanoblong

holeafootortwodeep,dumpthebodyinitandflingoveritalittleofthe

dried-up,lumpyearth,whichislikebrokenbrick.Nogravestone,noname,no

identifyingmarkofanykind.Theburying-groundismerelyahugewasteof

hummockyearth,likeaderelictbuilding-lot.Afteramonthortwonoonecan

evenbecertainwherehisownrelativesareburied.

一支人数不多的送葬队伍——其中老少尽皆男性，没有一个女的——沿着集贸市场，

从一堆堆石榴摊子以与出租汽车和骆驼中间挤道而行，一边走着一边悲痛地重复着一

支短促的哀歌。苍蝇之所以群起追逐是因为在这个地方死人的尸首从不装进棺木，只

是用一块破布裹着放在一个草草做成的木头架子上，有四个朋友抬着送葬。朋友们到

了安葬场后，便在地上挖出一个一二英尺深的长方形坑，将尸首往坑里一倒。再扔一

些像碎砖头一样的干土块。不立墓碑，不留，什么识别标志都没有。坟场只不过是一

片土丘林立的荒野，恰似一片已废弃不用的建筑场地。一两个月过后，就谁也说不准

自己的亲人葬于何处了。

3Whenyouwalkthroughatownlikethis--twohundredthousandinhabitants

ofwhomatleasttwentythousandownliterallynothingexcepttheragsthey

standupin--whenyouseehowthepeoplelive,andstillmorehoweasilythey

die,itisalwaysdifficulttobelievethatyouarewalkingamonghumanbeings.

Allcolonialempiresareinrealityfoundeduponthisfact.Thepeoplehave

brownfaces--besides,therearesomanyofthem!Aretheyreallythe