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姓氏surname[英]['sɜ:neɪm] [美][ˈsɚˌnem] 中英文故事：路人（4） 他掏出钱包给我看他的驾照,指给我看他的姓氏，给我讲它的起源，讲他如何从英格兰来到现在的马里工作，讲他在寒冷、干旱的南澳大利亚的羊站干过好几年,讲他如何把死于旱灾的羊的尸体堆在河床上，像一座小山，然后把它们点着。 那晚回家以后，我从网上找到了马里的材料。 马里——阿德莱德往北1050公里，有250口人，是负鼠的聚集地，位于伯兹维尔和奥德纳答塔铁路的交汇处，四周一片空旷，地势平坦，多耐盐植物。 那天我上电车时心情沮丧，睡眠不足，筋疲力尽，但是下车之后却感觉到几周以来从未有过的轻松与活力。 He pulled out his wallet to show me his driver’s licence. Pointed to his surname and told me about its origins. And how he came from England to work in Maree. About work¬ ing for years on isolated sheep stations in the harsh, dry part of South Australia. About verbed. That night, at home, I logged on to find Maree. Maree—1050 km north of Adelaide. Population 250. Aboriginal for possum. At the junction of the irdsvHle and Oodnadatta tracks—right in the middle of nowhere. A land¬scape of level saltbush flats. I had begun my trip that day exhausted by sadness and lack of sleep but stepped out from the tram feeling lighter and more alive than I had for weeks. |
