Hills Like White Elephants原文.doc

The hills across the valley of the Ebrol（埃布罗河：流经西班牙北部，注入地中海，全长约756公里）were long and white. On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun. Close against the side of the station there was the warm shadow of the building and a curtain, made of strings（绳、线）of bamboo beads（有孔的小珠子）, hung across the open door into the bar, to keep out flies. The American and the girl with him sat at a table in the shade, outside the building. It was very hot and the express（快车）from Barcelona would come in forty minutes. It stopped at this junction（公路或铁路的连接处）for two minutes and went on to Madrid. What should we drink? the girl asked. She had taken off her hat and put it on the table. Its pretty hot, the man said. Lets drink beer. Doscervezas（西班牙语：意为来两杯啤酒）, the man said into the curtain.Big ones? a woman asked from the doorway（门口）. Yes. Two big ones. The woman brought two glasses of beer and two felt pads（杯垫）. She put the felt pads and the beer glasses on the table and looked at the man and the girl. The girl was looking off（眺望）at the line of hills. They were white in the sun and the country was brown and dry.They look like white elephants, she said. Ive never seen one, the man drank his beer. No, you wouldnt have. I might have, the man said. just because you say I wouldnt have doesnt prove anything. The girl looked at the bead curtain. Theyve painted something on it, she said. What does it say? Anis del Toro（西班牙语：茴香酒）. Its a drink. Could we try it? The man called Listen through the curtain. The woman came out from the bar. Four reales（雷阿尔：旧时西班牙和拉丁美洲国家通用的一种银币）. We want two Anis del Toro. With water? Do you want it with water? I dont know, the girl said. Is it good with water? Its all right. You want them with water? asked the woman. Yes, with water. It tastes like licorice（甘草）, the girl said and put the glass down. Thats the way with everything（样样东西都是如此）. Yes, said the girl. Everything tastes of licorice. Especi