桑德拉_希斯内罗丝《十一岁》.docx

桑德拉希斯内罗丝《^一岁》 桑德拉？希斯内罗丝(SandraCisneros),1954年生,当代美国着名女作家,诗人，墨西 ,30岁时凭借《芒果街上的小屋》(eHouseOnMangoJs加 e 一书成名.另着有短篇 故 下面这个短篇选自桑德拉的短篇故事集《喊女溪及其他》 ，作品延续了《芒果街 上的 》风格,以女性作家特有的敏感笔触，述说了小女孩成长过程中淡淡的忧伤?作品风 格 ，亲切易懂，极具感染力，让读者有一种”言已尽而意无穷”之感. tbdWhattheydon tunderstandabouthdays关于生日，他们不明白也永远不会 andwhattheynevertellyouisthatwhenyou 告诉你的是，当你 岁时，你也是十 tbd eleven,you realsoten,andnine,andeight岁i;九岁，八岁,七岁，六岁,五岁，四岁, seven,andsix,andfive,andfour,andthreean三岁,两岁和一岁.岁生日那天，你 twoandone.Andwhenyouwakeuponyour醒来,盼望有^一岁的感觉,但是没有. eleventhbirthdayyouexpecttofeeleleven,butyoi你睁开眼睛，一切恰如昨天，只是它确 don t.Youopenyoureyesandeverything 是今天us你完全感觉不至U自己 ^一岁 likeyesterday,onlyit Stoday.Andyouc了n你觉得e自己还是十岁.而你 形 elevenatalLYoufeellikeyou restillten.A式上处在让你 ^一岁的那一年. are--undern eaththeyearthatmakesyoueleve n., Likesomedaysyoumightsaysometh ing stupid,andthat Sthepartofyouthat Sstillten. Ormaybesomedaysyoumight needtosito n yourmama slapbecauseyou rescared,and that Sthepartofyouthat Sfive.Andmaybeone daywhenyou reallgrownupmaybeyouw needtocrylikeyou rethree,andthat Sokay. That swhatItellMamawhenshe Ssadand n eedstocry.MaybesheSfeeli ngthree. 譬如，某天你可能说一些蠢话，那 是只有十岁的你.又或者某天你觉得 害怕,想要坐在妈妈的膝头，那是五岁 的你.又或者在你完全长大后的某一 天,也许你会哭得像三岁时那样，那也 没关系.妈妈难过得想哭的时候我就 是这么和她说的.也许她那时觉得只 有三岁. Becausethewayyougrowoldiskindoflike因为我们长大的方式就像洋葱 anonion orlikethe likemylittlewoode n ringsinsideatreetrunkor像树干里面的年轮，像我那些一个套 dollsthatfit onein sidethe 哥事小清 裔集屋新 other,eachyearinsidethenextOlle.That Show bein geleTe ny earsoldis. Youdon tfeeleleven.Notrightaway.lt takesafewdays,weekseve n,sometimeseve n mon thsbeforeyousayEleve nwhe ntheyaskyou. Andyoudon tfeelsmarteleven.notuntilyou re almosttwelve.That Sthewayitis. Onlytoday1wishldidn thaveonly eleve ny earsrattli ngin sidemelikepe nn iesi na tinBand— Aidbox.Today1wishlWaSo ne hun dreda ndtwo in steadofeleve nbecauseifl WaSonehundredandtwol dhaveknownwhat tosaywhe nMrs.Priceputtheredsweatero n mydesk.1would Veknownhowtotellherit WaSh tmineinsteadofjustsittingtherewith thatlook onmy facea