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【高级英语第一册课文翻译】高级英语第一册课文
高级英语第一册课文
The Middle Eastern bazaar takes you back hundreds __ even thousands __ of
years. The one I am thinking of particularly is entered by a - arched gateway of
aged brick and stone. You pass from the heat and glare of a big, open square into
a cool, dark which extends as far as the eye can see, losing itself in the shadowy
distance. Little donkeys with bells thread their way among the of people entering
and leaving the bazaar. The roadway is about twelve feet wide, but it is narrowed
every few yards by little where goods of every kind are sold. The of the stall-holder;
crying their wares, of donkey-boys and porters clearing a way for themselves by
shouting vigorously, and of would-be purchasers arguing and is continuous and
makes you .
Then as you penetrate deeper into the bazaar, the noise of the entrance fades
away, and you e to the cloth-market. The earthen floor, beaten hard by countless
feet, deadens the sound of footsteps, and the mud-brick walls and roof have hardly
any sounds to . The shop-keepers speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers,
by the atmosphere, follow .
One of the of the Eastern bazaar is that shopkeepers dealing in the same kind
of goods do not scatter themselves over the bazaar, in order to avoid petition, but
collect in the same area, so that purchasers can know where to find them, and so
that they can form a closelyagainst or . In the cloth-market, for instance, all the
sellers of material for clothes, curtains, chair covers and so on line the roadway on
both sides, each open-fronted shop having a trestle for display and shelves for
storage. Bargaining is the order of the cay, and veiled women move at a pace from
shop to shop, selecting, pricing and doing a little bargaining before they narrow
down their choice and begin the really serious business of beating the price down.
It is a point of honour with the customer not to let the shopkeeper guess what
it is she really likes and wants until the last moment. If he does guess correctly, he
will price the item high, and yield little in the bargaining. The seller, on the other
hand, makes a point of protesting that the price he is charging is all profit, and that
he is sacrificing this because of his personal regard for the customer. Bargaining
can go on the whole day, or even several days, with the customer ing and going .
One of the most and impressive parts of the bazaar is the copper-smiths' market.
As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to on your ear. It
grows louder and more distinct, until you round a corner and see aof dancing
flashes, as the copper catches the light of lamps and. In each shop sit the
apprentices – boys and youths, some of them incredibly young – hammering away
at copper vessels of all shapes and sizes, while the shop-owner instructs, and
sometimes takes a hand with a hammer himself. In the background, a tiny
apprentice blows a bi-, charcoal fir e with a huge leather worked by a string
attached to his big toe __ the red of the live coals glowing, bright and then dimming
to the strokes of the bellows.
Here you can find beautiful pots and bowls engrave with delicate and
traditional designs, or the simple, everyday kitchenware used in this country,
pleasing in form, but undecorated and strictly functional. Elsewhere there is the
carpet-market, with its profusion of rich colours, varied textures and regional
designs __ some bold and simple, others unbelievably detailed and yet harmonious.
Then there is the spice-market, with its and smells; and the food-market, where
you can buy everything you need for the most dinner, or sit in a tiny restaurant
with porters and apprentices and eat your humble bread and cheese. The dye-
market, the pottery-market and the carpenters' market lie elsewhere in theof
vaulted streets which this bazaar. Every here and there, a doorway gives a glimpse
of a sunlit courtyard, perhaps before a or a , where camels lie chewing their hay,
while the great bales of merchandise they have carried hundreds of miles across
the desert lie beside them. Perhaps the most unforgettable thing in the bazaar,
apart from its general atmosphere, is the place where they make oil. It is a vast,
cavern of a room, some thirty feet high and sixty feet square, and so thick with the
dust of centuries that the mudbrick walls and vaulted roof are only dimly visible. In
this cavern are three massive stone wheels, each with a huge pole through its
centre as an axle. The pole is attached at the one end to an upright post, around
which it can revolve, and at the other to a blind-folded
camel, which walks constantly in a circle, providing the motive power to turn
the stone wheel. This revolves in a circular stone channel, into which an attendant
feeds linseed. The stone wheel crushes it to a ,
which is then pressed to the oil .The camels are the largest and finest I have
ever seen, and in condition – , massive and stately.
The pressing of the linseed pulp to extract the oil is done by a vast apparatus
of beams and ropes and which towers to the vaulted ceiling and the camels and
their stone wheels. The machine is operated by one man, who shovels the linseed
pulp into a stone vat, climbs up to a dizzy height to fasten ropes, and then throws
his weight on to a great beam made out of a tree trunk to set the ropes and pulleys
in motion. Ancient girders and , ropes tighten and then a of oil oozes down a stone
into a used petrol can. Quickly the trickle es a flood of glistening linseed oil as the
beam sinks earthwards, and protesting, its creaks blending with the and of the
grinding-wheels and the occasional and sighs of the camels.
(from Advanced Comprehension and Appreciation pieces, 1962 )
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