25 Vocation职业-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《新月集The Crescent Moon》

The Crescent Moon Vocation When the gong^{} sounds ten in the morning and I walk to school by our lane. Everyday I meet the hawker②} crying,"Bangles{③}, crystal bangles!" There is nothing to hurry him on, there is no road he must take, no place he must go to, no time when he must come home I wish I were a hawker, spending my day in the road, crying, "Bangles. crystal bangles!" When at four in the afternoon I come back from the school I can see through the gate of that house the gardener digging the ground He does what he likes with his spade, he soils④} his clothes with dust. nobody takes him to task if he gets baked in the sun or gets wet I wish I were a gardener digging away at the garden with nobody to stop me from digging. Just as it gets dark in the evening and my mother sends me to bed I can see through my open window the watchman{} walking up and down The lane is dark and lonely and the street-lamp stands like a giant with one red eye in its head .074: 新月集 职业 ① gongIaonln. 响棍(钟、 早晨十点钟时,我沿着我们的街巷到学校里去 表中的鸣钟弹策) 每天在这个时候,我都遇见那个小贩,他叫道:“锣 ② hawker [ho:ka]n.(尤指 子,透明的子!” 沿街叫卖的)小败 ③ bangle [baengll n. 手锣, 他不受事务的催促,他随意地走过这条街那条街 譬, 他没有一定的地方要去,他又没有一定的时间要回家。 我愿意我是一个小贩,在街上过日子,叫着:“子 透明的子!” 下午四点钟时,我从学校里回家 从一家门口,我看见一个园丁在那里掘地。 ④ soil [soillv:弄脏,弄污 他用他的锄子,要怎么掘,便怎么掘,他被尘土污 (尤指表面) 了衣裳,他或去晒太阳或是身上湿了,都没有人去骂他。 我愿意我是一个园丁,在花园里掘地,谁也不来阻 止我。 天色刚黑时,母亲送我上床 watchman I'wotfmanl n 从开着的窗口,我能看见更夫在街上走来走去。 更夫 街上叉黑又冷清,路灯立在那里,像一个头上生着 一只红眼睛的巨人。 .075· The Crescent Moon The watchman swings his lantern and walks with his shadow at his side and never once goes to bed in his life I wish I were a watchman walking the streets all night. chasing the shadows with my lantern. .076. 新月集 更夫摇着他的提灯,走来走去,他的影子也随在他 身旁走着,他一生没有上床去过。 我愿意我是一个更夫,整夜在街上走,提了灯去追 逐影子。 .077·