02. 广岛——日本“最有活力”的城市.pdf

Hiroshima -- the "Liveliest” City in Japan 广岛—— 日本“最有活力” 的城市 (节选) Jacques Danvoir 雅各•丹瓦   “Hiroshima! Everybody off!” That must be what “广岛到了! 大家请下车!”  当世界上最快的高速列 the man in the Japanese stationmaster's uniform shouted, as 车减速驶进广岛车站并渐渐停稳时，那位身着日 the fastest train in the world slipped to a stop in Hiroshima 本火车站站长制服的男人口中喊出的一定是这样 Station. I did not understand what he was saying. First of 的话。我其实并没有听懂他在说些什么，一是因 all, because he was shouting in Japanese. And secondly, 为他是用日语喊的，其次，则是因为我当时心情 because I had a lump in my throat and a lot of sad thoughts 沉重，喉咙哽噎，忧思万缕，几乎顾不上去管那 on my mind that had little to do with anything a Nippon 日本铁路官员说些什么。踏上这块土地，呼吸着 railways official might say. The very act of stepping on 广岛的空气，对我来说这行动本身已是一套令人 this soil, in breathing this air of Hiroshima, was for me a 激动的经历，其意义远远超过我以往所进行的任 far greater adventure than any trip or any reportorial 何一次旅行或采访活动。难道我不就是在犯罪现 assignment I'd previously taken. Was I not at the scene of 场吗? the crime? 这儿的日本人看来倒没有我这样的忧伤情绪。从 The Japanese crowd did not appear to have the same 车站外的人行道上看去，这儿的一切似乎都与日 preoccupations that I had. From the sidewalk outside the 本其他城市没什么两样。身着和嘏的小姑娘和上 station, things seemed much the same as in other Japanese 了年纪的太太与西装打扮的少年和妇女摩肩接 cities. Little girls and elderly ladies i