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文本4 Sadie And Maud 沙娣和茉德 Gwendolyn Brooks 格温多琳·布鲁克斯 Maud went to college. Sadie stayed at home. Sadie scraped life with a fine-tooth comb. She didnt leave a tangle in. Her comb found every strand. Sadie was one of the livingest chits In all the land. Sadie bore two babies Under her maiden name. Maud and Ma and Papa Nearly died of shame. When Sadie said her last so-long Her girls struck out from home. (Sadie had left as heritage Her fine-tooth comb.) Maud, who went to college. Is a thin brown mouse. She is living all alone In this old house. 茉德上大学， 沙娣留在家。 沙娣用细齿梳 把生活来梳扒。 梳理得多光滑， 不留一个疙瘩。 沙娣是这一带的 最活泼的小毛丫。 她生了两个孩子， 全都没有爸。 这可羞死了 茉德和爹妈。 当沙娣说完临终的话, 她的女儿也离开了家。 (沙娣留下的遗产就是那细齿梳一把。) 上过大学的茉德 现在又黑又干巴。 她孤零零住在 又老又旧的家。 【作者简介】 格温多琳·布鲁克斯，当代杰出的黑人女作家，1917年生于芝加哥威尔逊学院，1950年获普利策诗歌奖，在美国文坛享有较高的赞誉。 Kitchenette Building Grendolyn Brooks We are things of dry hours and the involuntary plan.Grayed in, and gray. Dream make a giddy sound, not strong Like rent, feeding a wife, satisfying a man. But could a dream send up through onion fumes Its white and violet, fight with fried potatoes And yesterdays garbage ripening in the hall, Flutter, of sing an aria down these rooms Even if we were willing to let it in, Had time to warm it, keep it very clean, Anticipate a message, let it begin? We wonder. But not well! not for a minute! Since Number Five is out of the bath room now, We think of lukewarm water, hope to get into it. 廉价公寓 格温多琳·布鲁克斯 我们是一批物品，属于枯燥钟点和非自愿的计划，被变成灰色，灰溜溜，梦发出晕眩的弱声，比不上房钱，养活老婆，满足男人欲望响亮。 可是，难道梦能够穿过洋葱的臭气 发出纯白和紫色?难道梦斗得过油炸土豆 以及昨天留在门厅里腐烂发酵的垃圾? 难道梦能够在这些房间里飘扬，引吭高唱? 这都做得到吗? 即便我们愿意放梦进来。 有足够时间温暖着它，使它非常干净， 等待着一个信息，让梦开始活动吗? 我们正在沉思。但是不好了!一分钟也不能想下去了! 现在五号房客刚从浴室里出来， 我们惦记着温水，希望快进去呢。 Near The Old Peoples Home Howard Nemerov The people on the avenue at noon, Sharing the sparrows and the wintry sun, The turned-off fountain with its basin drained And cement benches etched with checkerboards, Are old and poor, most everyone of them Wearing some decora