外国佬

The cement bridge passed by, and the muddy waters of the irrigation ditch from the days when the gringos diverted the river to bring it to the plantations.

火车驶过水泥桥和浑浊的灌溉渠，那是当年外国佬开凿，用来引水灌溉种植园的。

I remembered the private cities of the gringos in Aracataca and Sevilla, on the other side of the railroad tracks, surrounded, like enormous electrified chicken yards, by metal fences that on cool summer dawns were black with charred swallows.

我记得铁路对面外国佬居住的幽僻的城市，像巨大的电气化养鸡场一样用金属篱笆围着，每到夏天日落的时候，篱笆上就落满黑色的燕子。

Gringos!

外国佬！

That has not stopped gleeful critics from depicting the failure as a symptom of bigger defects, notably Mr Obama's overweening self-belief, and the naive trust they say he invests in unreliable foreigners, be they the bureaucrats of the IOC or the nuclear-arming ayatollahs of Iran.

然而这一论调却无法堵住那些幸灾乐祸的批评人士的嘴，他们指出，申奥失败只不过是奥巴马总统身上更大缺点造成的一个小问题而已。批评人士口中的&更大缺点&包括总统的自以为是以及过于相信一些&靠不住的外国佬&----比如国际奥委会的官员以及领导着正在研发核武器的伊朗的阿亚图拉（对伊斯兰教什叶派宗教领袖的尊称）。

And if officials on the take are not parroting the opinions of these companies, what can we suppose the money they receive is for?

如果受贿的官员不鹦鹉学舌般地复述这些公司的看法，那他们所接受的钱又能用于什么目的呢？

Love them, and love you too, Pitcher.

爱他们，也爱你，投手。