名著采撷《芒果街上的小屋》第三章
上期答案1.D 2.D 3.B 4.D
Chapter 3 Four Skinny Trees
Their strength is secret. They send ①ferocious roots beneath the ground. They ②grow up and they ③grow down and grab the earth between their hairy toes and bite the sky with violent teeth and never quit their anger. This is how they keep. Let one forget his reason for being, they'd all droop like tulips in a glass, each with their arms around the other. Keep, keep, keep, trees say when I sleep.
他们的力量是个秘密。他们在地下展开凶猛的根系。他们向上生长也向下生长，用它们须发样的脚趾攥紧泥土，用它们猛烈的牙齿噬咬天空，怒气从不懈怠。这就是它们坚持的方式。假如有一棵忘记了它存在的理由，他们就全都会像玻璃瓶里的郁金香一样耷拉下来，手挽着手。在我睡着的时候说：坚持，坚持，坚持。
When I am too sad and too ④skinny to keep keeping, when I am a tiny thing against so many bricks, then it is I look at trees. When there is nothing left to look at on this street. Four who grew ⑤despite concrete. Four who reach and do not forget to reach. Four whose only reason is to be and be.
当我太悲伤太瘦弱无法坚持再坚持的时候，当我如此渺小却要对抗这么多砖块的时候，我就会看着树儿。当街上没有别的东西可看的时候。不畏水泥仍在生长的四棵树。从不忘记伸展的四棵树。活着是唯一的理由的四棵树。
