美文欣赏-Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon

06 Crouching¹ Tiger, Hidden Dragon

(Jiaolong and Lo Xiaohu, who is recognized as the bandit² Dark Cloud, has a passionate³ love affair. And they once lived happily and freely in the desert for awhile.)

Lo: One night, when I was little, I saw a thousand stars fall out of the sky. Where they all go? I wondered. Then I thought, maybe if I ride to the end of the desert to find them. I’m an orphan⁴. I was always doing things alone. So I rode out one morning and I’ve been riding all over the desert ever since. And after riding all over the desert I’m now a 1)bandit.

Jiaolong: And since he could not find the stars, he robs young girls of their combs.

Lo: Out here simple survival⁵ is the main occupation. So first thing you join others, form a group. The group is your shelter and your strength. I’m not a real bandit. It’s just easier that way to fill my stomach.

Jiaolong: So in your heart you’re still a child searching for where the stars fell.

Lo: A grown man gazing at the sky and thinking a bright star has fallen at his side.

(Mubai and Xiulian are sitting together in a pavilion.)

Mubai: Xiulian, the things we can touch have no 2)permanence. It is all an 3)illusion⁶. The Master would say, “A man’s 4)primary need is to let go. Only then can he possess what is truly real.”

Xiulian: Yes, I am sure many things are an illusion. Yet some are hopelessly real. Like my hand. Wasn’t that real?

Mubai: Rough and 5)calloused. The hand of a Shuang Dao master. How I’ve longed to touch it and never dared! XiuLian, we are 6)beset with 7)peril, and it is not weapons. The real danger resides⁷ in the human heart. I tried to leave the Jianghu world for you and look what trouble that had brought us.

Xiulian: The feelings one 8)represses just strengthen.

Mubai: You are right, but what do I do then? What I would like is us... together as we are here. It gives me a sense of 9)infinite peace.

06 卧虎藏龙

（娇龙与罗小虎在大漠中无忧无虑地生活了一段时间。）

罗：小的时候，有一天夜里，我看见天上落下千万颗星星。我想，它们都落到哪里去了？后来我想，也许我该骑马到沙漠的尽头去找寻它们。我是个孤儿。我做什么事都是一个人。所以一天早晨我骑上马，从那以后，我就一直在大漠中奔驰。骑马走过整个大漠后，现在我变成了强盗。

娇龙：他找不到星星，就抢小女孩的梳子。

罗：在大漠中，活下来是大事。首先要把大家联合起来，组成团队。团队成了你的家、你的力量。我不是真正的强盗。那只是更容易找吃的罢了。

娇龙：所以你的心其实还是个小男孩儿，在寻找那些流星。

罗：我是一个男人了，凝望着天空，想着已经找到了一颗最亮的星星。

（慕白和秀莲一起坐在凉亭里。）

慕白：秀莲，我们能触摸的东西没有永远。一切都是幻觉。师父说：“放开虚求，你才拥有实在。”

秀莲：是的，是有许多事情是虚幻的，但是有些却是无奈的真实。比如我的手，难道不是真实的吗？

慕白：双刀大侠的手，又粗又硬。我是那么渴望能触摸它，却从也没敢。秀莲，我们身旁卧虎藏龙，刀剑里藏凶，真正的凶机却藏在人心里。我想为你而离开江湖，可是瞧，却带给我们什么样的麻烦。

秀莲：压抑只会让感情更强烈。

慕白：说得对，但我能怎么办呢？我希望我们……就这样一块儿坐着，我反而能感觉到一种极大的平静。

1 crouching   

v.屈膝，蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• a hulking figure crouching in the darkness 黑暗中蹲伏着的一个庞大身影
• A young man was crouching by the table, busily searching for something. 一个年轻人正蹲在桌边翻看什么。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

2 bandit   

n.土匪，盗匪，歹徒

参考例句：

• The police frustrated the bandit's attempt to rob the bank.警方挫败了匪徒抢劫银行的企图。
• Her eyes were walled up by the bandit.她的眼睛被那个匪徒蒙住了。

3 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

4 orphan   

n.孤儿；adj.无父母的

参考例句：

• He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.他把一个孤儿养大，并且把自己的医术传给了他。
• The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters.这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大。

5 survival   

n.留住生命，生存，残存，幸存者

参考例句：

• The doctor told my wife I had a fifty-fifty chance of survival.医生告诉我的妻子，说我活下去的可能性只有50%。
• The old man was a survival of a past age.这位老人是上一代的遗老。

6 illusion   

n.幻想，错误的观念，错觉，幻觉，假象

参考例句：

• The sun appears to go round the Earth,but it's an illusion.太阳看起来好像绕着地球转，但这只是个错觉。
• They were under the illusion that the company was doing well.他们误以为该公司生意很好。

7 resides   

居住( reside的第三人称单数 )； 定居； 驻扎； 属于

参考例句：

• The power to change the law resides in Parliament. 修改法律的权力属于国会。
• Real power resides in the workshop. 真正的权利存在于工作坊。