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Diogenes and Alexander1Lying on the bare earth, shoeless,?bearded, half-naked, he looked like a beggar or a?lunatic.He was one, but not the other. He had opened his eyes with the sun?at dawn,?scratched,done his business?like a dog at the roadside, washed at the public?fountain, begged a piece of breakfast bread and a few olives,?eaten them?squatting on the ground,?and?washed them?down?with a few?handfuls of?water?scooped from the?spring.?(Long ago he had owned a rough wooden cup, but he threw it away when he saw a boy drinking out of his hollowed hands.)Having no work to go to and no family to?provide for, he was free. As the market place?filled?up with?shoppers and?merchants and slaves and foreigners, he had?strolled through it for an hour or two.Everybody knew him, or knew of him. They would throw sharp questions at him and get sharper answers.?Sometimes they threw bits of food, and got?scant?thanks; sometimes a?mischievous?pebble, and got?a shower of?stones and?abuse.?They were not quite sure whether he was mad or not.?He knew they were mad, each in a different way;?they?amused him. Now he was back at his home.他躺在光秃秃的地上，赤着脚，满脸胡须，半裸着身子，看起来像个乞丐或是疯子。他的确是一个乞丐，但不是疯子。他在日出时睁开眼睛，挠挠痒，像狗一样地在路边方便，在公共喷泉里洗把脸，然后讨一块早餐面包和几颗橄榄，蹲在地上吃了，又用手捧几捧泉水将食物送进肚子里。（很久以前他曾拥有一个粗糙的木杯子，但当他看到用手心捧水喝之后，他就把杯子扔掉了。）没有工作做，也没有家要养，他很自由。当集市上挤满了购物者、商人、奴隶和外国人的时候，他已经在那儿闲逛了一两个小时了。每个人都认识他，或者听说过他。他们会向他提一些尖锐的问题，并得到更尖锐的回答。有时，他们会向他扔点食物，但很少得到感谢；有时，有人会恶作剧地向他扔一块鹅卵石，但却被回以无数的石头和谩骂。他们说不准他是否疯了。但他知道他们都是疯子，各有各的疯法。这些人让他觉得很可笑。现在他回到了自己的家里。beard?[b?rd]n. 胡须；颌毛vt. 公然反对；抓…的胡须vi. 充当掩护；充当男随员bearded?[bi?did] ?adj. 有芒的；有胡子的；有须的naked?[nek?d] ?adj. 裸体的；无装饰的；无证据的；直率的lunatic?[l?n?t?k]n. 疯子；疯人adj. 疯狂的；精神错乱的；愚蠢的at down?拂晓，天一亮scratch [skr?t?]n. 擦伤；抓痕；刮擦声；乱写vt. 抓；刮；挖出；乱涂vi. 抓；搔；发刮擦声；勉强糊口；退出比赛done his business ?小便的委婉语fountain??[fauntin]n.1.泉水；喷泉；喷水池? ?2.泉源，水源，河的源头? ?3.根源，来源；起源，由来，起因；出处squat?[skwɑt]vt. 使蹲坐，使蹲下vi. 蹲，蹲下；蹲坐；蹲伏n. 蹲坐，蜷伏wash down1.?洗清；冲洗；冲下：?to wash down a car ?洗车?2.?(用汤水、啤酒等把食物等)送下；酒后饮用无醇饮料；(用开水等把药物)送服：?We washed some bread down wit