船夫

The strange silence, broken only by the measured dip of the oar and the soft plashing of the water against your cleaving prow, and the occasional hoarse cries of the gondoliers as you pass another of these black, funeral barges; the few and feeble lamps, giving you momentary glimpses of balconies and finely carven arches; the sudden intensification of the silence and the darkness as you abruptly leave the Grand Canal and slip along one of the narrower waterways, always with tall houses on both sides of you, and above you a clear sky of stars, stars reflected tremblingly on the black waters----thousands of tourists must have tried to describe all this, but the magic and the mystery and the beauty of it defy human speech.

此情此景，若非失忆，你怎能忘记。四周静得出奇，只听见船桨嘎吱嘎吱的轻吟，溅起的水花在船头轻唱；不时有黑色船只经过，又闻船夫沙哑的寒暄声。岸上的路灯依稀可见，寥寥无几，却也能让你匆匆瞥见建筑的阳台，和那精雕细刻的拱门。小船从大运河突然飘向窄水道，夜色更深，周围更静。左右高楼时现，仰望夜空，繁星点点，清晰可见，倒映在暗淡水面的星星，随波起舞。不知多少文人墨客皆欲描绘此景，但却苦于辞藻有限，世俗的语言无法将它的迷幻之美一一描绘。

The gig was already lowered, and in it were four oarsmen and a coxswain

小艇已经放到水上，艇里有四个船夫和一个舵手。

The waves dash their heads against the dark unseen, and the Boatman is out crossing the wild sea.

波浪把它们的头猛撞在无法目睹的黑暗上，船夫正在横渡波涛汹涌的大海。

The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck

船夫在船上歌唱着他自己的歌。水手们则在轮船甲板上歌唱着

As his voice ended, the ferryman came to fetch them.

当他叫声刚完，那对面的船夫就摇着船过来了。

He became a ferryman and stayed at the river's side for many years, learning its quiet lessons.

他成为一个渡船夫，在河边度过许多年，领悟河流安静的启示。

The ferryman is preternaturally sensitive to words and music, and appears as a kind of mystical apparition out of the darkness.

的渡船夫是preternaturally敏感词和音乐，似乎是一种神秘的幻影走出黑暗。

One night a young ferryman scoffed at their fears and rowed across.

一天晚上，一个年轻的渡船夫嘲笑他们的胆怯，把船划到对岸。

But the Korean humorist said to the ferryman who too had just stepped out, You wouldn't charge your brother, would you?

可是这位幽默大师对刚下船的船夫说：你不会向自己的兄弟要船钱，是吗？

On landing him on the other side, the ferryman asked for his money.

船夫将他摆渡到对岸后，向他要船钱。

I didn't watch TV last night, because it .

昨晚我没有看电视，因为电视机坏了。

Since this year, in a lot of villages of Beijing, TV of elevator liquid crystal was removed.

今年以来，在北京的很多小区里，电梯液晶电视被撤了下来。