
I am reading a novel at the moment,a story set in Britain and India in the 19th century.It was written by an Indian author who now lives in Denmark,but neither in the language of Hindi nor Danish.Although the paperback edition I’m holding was published in New Delhi,India,four years ago,I(an American)purchased it recently from a second-hand bookshop in Tokyo,Japan.
That’s quite a history already.But there’s more.
The novel is a tale of various mysteries,all expertly put into a well-structured story by a very,skillful author.Yet my particular copy presents even more mysteries than the tale.
One summer morning in the year of my paperback’s publication—on July 15,2012—someone else was reading it while eating breakfast in a restaurant in Mumbai,India.
I know this because I found a receipt(收据)of coffee and bread inside.I also know that this person was not the owner of the paperback immediately before me.
In fact,the owner before me was not Indian at all,but Japanese.
I know this because in the book there are handwritten notes in Japanese—translations of English words which the reader was unfamiliar.Japanese being a language of characters,not letter,it is not easy to determine if the note writer was a man or a woman.But the care taken to write the translations neatly in the limited spaces available on each page bespeaks a woman’s hand.
So let us agree that it is a woman.What can we say of her? Well educated,obviously,and probably a university student,who would keep a dictionary at hand while reading a novel.
But why did she suddenly stop reading? The last translation in my paperback appears on Page 83,less than a third of the way through the novel.Did she give up because the book was proving too difficult? Or was there some other reason?
Many a novel presents mysteries,all of which are solved by the end of the tale.The mysteries presented by my little paperback,however,remain mysteries,all expertly put into a well-structured story,not by a skillful writer,but this time by the numberless vagaries(变幻莫测)of life itself.
我现在正在读一本小说,故事发生在19世纪的英国和印度。这本小说是一位现居丹麦的印度作家写的,但既不是印地语,也不是丹麦语。虽然我持有的平装本四年前在印度新德里出版,但我(一名美国人)最近从日本东京的一家二手书店买了它。
这已经是一段历史了。但还有更多。
这部小说是一个关于各种谜团的故事,所有这些都是由一位技艺高超的作家熟练地改编成一个结构良好的故事。然而,我的这本书呈现的谜团甚至比故事还要多。
2012年7月15日,我的平装本出版那年的一个夏天的早晨,有人在印度孟买的一家餐厅吃早餐时正在读这本书。
我知道这一点是因为我发现了一张收据(收据)里面有咖啡和面包。我也知道这个人并不是我之前那本平装书的主人。
事实上,在我之前的主人根本不是印度人,而是日本人。
我之所以知道这一点,是因为书中有日文的手写笔记——读者不熟悉的英文单词的翻译。日文是一种文字语言,而不是字母语言,很难确定写笔记的人是男人还是女人。但在每页有限的空间里把翻译写得工整,这让女人很惊讶。
所以,让我们同意这是一个女人。我们能对她说什么呢?显然,他受过良好的教育,可能是一名大学生,在读小说时会随身携带词典。
但她为什么突然不读书了?我平装本的最后一个译本出现在第83页,还不到小说的三分之一。她是不是因为这本书太难了而放弃了?还是有其他原因?
许多小说都呈现了谜团,所有这些谜团在故事结束时都被解开了。然而,我的小平装本所呈现的谜团仍然是谜团,所有的谜团都被熟练地写进了一个结构良好的故事中,不是由一个熟练的作家写的,而是由无数的变幻莫测写的(变幻莫测)属于
句子成分分析:
It was written [by an Indian author (who now lives in Denmark)], || but neither in the language (of Hindi) nor Danish.
句子语法结构详解:
(written 为 write 的过去分词。)
* written 为谓语,采用一般过去时和被动语态。
* who 为关系代词,引导定语从句。
* lives 为谓语,采用一般现在时。动词采用第三人称单数形式。
* but 为并列连词,表转折。
* 句中含有 neither...nor... 并列结构,意为“……和……都不”;“既不……也不……”。
* was 为助动词。the 为定冠词。an 为不定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
neither...nor... | 1) ...和...都不 2) 既不...也不...; 既没...也没... |
Vocabulary:
write [rait] | vt. | 1) 写 2) 写,编写,谱写(文章,歌曲等) 3) 写信给(某人) |
Indian ['indiәn] | a. | 1) 印度的 2) 印度人的 |
author ['ɔ:θә] | n. | 1) 作者,作家 2) (尤指计划或思想的)倡议者,创始者,发起人 |
now [nau] | ad. | 现在, 目前 |
live [liv] | vi. | 1) 居住, 住 2) 活,活着,生存 |
Denmark ['denmɑ:k] | n. | 丹麦 |
but [bʌt] | conj. | 1) 但是 2) 而, 却 |
language ['læŋgwidʒ] | n. | 1) 语言,语种 2) 措词,语言风格 |
Hindi ['hindi:] | n. | 印地语(印度官方语言之一,尤通用于印度北部) |
Danish ['deiniʃ] | n. | 1) 丹麦语 2) 丹麦人 |
句子成分分析:
But there's more.The novel is a tale (of various mysteries), [all expertly put into awellstructured story
[by a very, skillful author]].
句子语法结构详解:
(there's = there is)
* there 引导 there be ... 句型, 表示“有”的意思。
* 第1个 is 为系动词作谓语,采用一般现在时。
* 第2个 is 为系动词作谓语,采用一般现在时。
* expertly put 为过去分词,采用独立结构,all 为其逻辑主语。
* all 为不定代词。the 为定冠词。a 为不定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
put...into... | 把...放进... |
Vocabulary:
but [bʌt] | conj. | 1) 但是 2) 而, 却 |
more [mɔ:] | n. | 更多 |
novel ['nɔvl] | n. | (长篇)小说 |
tale [teil] | n. | 1) (尤指充满惊险的)故事 2) (精彩但不一定完全真实的)讲述,叙述 |
various ['vєәriәs] | a. | 1) 各种不同的,各种各样的 2) 具有多种特征的,多姿多彩的 |
mystery ['mistәri] | n. | 1) 神秘的事物,不可理解之事,奥秘 2) 神秘的人(或物),陌生而有趣的人(或物) |
all [ɔ:l] | pron | 全部, 全数, 一切 |
story ['stɔ:ri] | n. | 1) (虚构的)故事,小说等 2) (真实情况或对往事的)口述,叙述、新闻报道 3) [美](=storey)楼层 |
very ['veri] | a. | 1) 正是的,恰是的 2) 最 3) (用于加强所修饰名词的语气) |
skillful ['skilful] | a. | 1) 技术好的,功夫深的,熟练的 2) 制作精良的,处理巧妙的 |
author ['ɔ:θә] | n. | 1) 作者,作家 2) (尤指计划或思想的)倡议者,创始者,发起人 |
句子成分分析:
But why did she suddenly stop reading?The last translation (in my paperback) appears [on Page 83], [less than] a third (of the way (through the novel)).
句子语法结构详解:
* why 为疑问副词,引导特殊疑问句。
* stop 为谓语,采用一般过去时。
* reading 为动名词,作宾语。
* appears 为谓语,采用一般现在时。动词采用第三人称单数形式。
* she 为人称代词主格。my 为形容词型物主代词。did 为助动词。the 为定冠词。a 为不定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
stop doing sth | 停止做某事 |
less than | 少于, 不到 |
Vocabulary:
but [bʌt] | conj. | 1) 但是 2) 而, 却 |
suddenly | ad. | 突然, 忽然, 猛地,骤然 |
read [ri:d] | vi. | 1) 读, 阅读 2) 朗读 |
last [lɑ:st] | a. | 1) 最后的, 末尾的 2) 最近的,刚过去的, 上一个的 |
translation [træns'leiʃәn] | n. | 1) 翻译,译 2) 译文,译本,译作 |
paperback ['peipәbæk] | n. | 平装书,简装书 |
appear [ә'piә] | vi. | 1) 出现,呈现,显现 2) 似乎,看来 |
page [peidʒ] | n. | 1) (书刊或纸张的)页,面,张,版 2) (计算机的)页面,版面 |
third [θә:d] | num | 第三 |
way [wei] | n. | 1) 方法,方式,途径 2) 路, 道路,路线 |
through [θru:] | prep. | 1) 借助,凭借,通过,经由 2) 从某物的一端到另一端, 穿透, 通过 |
novel ['nɔvl] | n. | (长篇)小说 |
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