英国卫报：残酷的斗羊世界(3)

The Algerian government's toleration of sheep fighting is a tacit acknowledgement that outlets¹ for male aggression² are needed.

阿尔及利亚政府对斗羊的容忍是默认了男性攻击性的出口是需要的。

"Letting these guys have their fun reduces violence in other contexts," said Youcef Krache, a photographer from Algiers who has spent years documenting sheep fights.

来自阿尔及尔的摄影师Youcef Krache说：“让这些家伙找点乐子，可以减少其他情况下的暴力”，他花了多年时间记录斗羊。

"Authorities prefer they get swept up in spectacles rather than politics."

“当局更希望他们被卷进群众中而不是政治斗争。”

For Fatma Oussedik, an Algerian sociologist³ and professor at the University of Algiers, authorities' permissiveness towards sheep fights signals a quiet crisis besetting⁴ both masculinity and politics.

阿尔及利亚社会学家、阿尔及尔大学教授法特玛-欧塞迪克（Fatma Oussedik）认为，当局对斗羊的纵容预示着一场困扰男性和政治的悄然危机。

"Algerian authorities have tried several methods to manage Algerian men, most recently corrupting⁵ them with oil rent.

“阿尔及利亚当局已经尝试了几种方法来管理阿尔及利亚男人，最近是用石油租金贿赂他们。

With oil prices down, there is less money and they’re more likely to have to use repressive force.

随着油价下跌，钱少了，他们更有可能不得不使用镇压力量。

Young men who have been humiliated⁶ will have to rebuild their battered⁷ masculinity.

被羞辱过的年轻男子将不得不重建他们被打击的阳刚之气。

Violence is the only form of expression they have left."

暴力是他们唯一的表达方式”。

In nearly five years of living in Algiers, I had never been to El Harrach, and only knew the neighbourhood by its outlaw⁸ reputation.

在阿尔及尔生活的近五年时间里，我从来没有去过埃尔-哈拉赫，只是因为那里有“歹徒”的名声，所以我才知道这个地方。

I had come here to meet a whisky importer who owned more than a dozen prize-fighting sheep.

我来这里是为了见一个威士忌进口商，他拥有一打以上的斗牛羊。

The man, who Krache had told me about, was famed for his colourful way of challenging other sheep trainers to a fight: "My sheep will pluck the feathers off yours like a chicken!"

Krache告诉我这个人以其挑战其他驯羊人的多彩方式而闻名：“我的羊会像鸡一样拔掉你的羽毛！”

he would announce to rivals on Facebook.

他将在Facebook上向对手宣布。

Krache told me how to find him: "Take the metro⁹ to the end of the line, El Harrach, go to the stables and ask for Banyar."

克拉奇告诉我如何找到他，“坐地铁到终点站艾尔-哈拉赫，去马厩，找班亚尔”。

As I left the metro, I felt the warm and familiar bustle¹⁰ of holiday shopping, but set in a barren post-industrial landscape.

当我离开地铁时，我感受到了节日购物的温暖和熟悉的喧嚣，但却镶嵌在一片荒芜的后工业化景观中。

Amid potholed roads and crumbling¹¹ colonial buildings, shoppers at makeshift outdoor markets were preparing for Eid.

在坑坑洼洼的道路和摇摇欲坠的殖民时期建筑中，临时户外市场的购物者正在为开斋节做准备。

Tables set up in the streets displayed rows of gleaming knives, and sharpener carts plied¹² their trade amid shuttered factories and ageing apartment buildings.

街道上的桌子上摆放着一排排闪闪发光的刀具，磨刀车在关闭的工厂和老化的公寓楼中进行交易。

I crossed a bridge over a dried-up riverbed through which trickled¹³ streams of chemical runoff.

我穿过一座桥，桥上是一条干涸的河床，河床上流淌着化学品的径流。

Beneath an overpass¹⁴, piles of hay began to appear here and there amid the city detritus¹⁵.

在一座立交桥下，城市垃圾中开始出现成堆的干草，在这里和那里。

As I turned a corner, a regal-looking ram¹⁶ swung into sight.

当我转过一个拐角时，一只长相威严的公羊进入我的视线。

He was standing¹⁷ by a concrete wall near the overpass and had a bright red mane and a thick, muscular neck.

它站在立交桥附近的水泥墙边，长着鲜红的鬃毛和粗壮的脖子。

His head was level with my ribs¹⁸.

他的头与我的肋骨平齐。

He chewed thoughtfully under the watchful¹⁹ gaze of his trainer, oblivious²⁰ as another man lowered his baby boy to swat at the beast's broad back.

它在训导员的注视下若有所思地咀嚼着，当另一个人放下他的小男孩去拍打这头野兽的宽阔背部时，它却视而不见。

I approached and said, "Huwa chab. Ma ismu?" ("He's beautiful. What's his name?")

我走过去，说：“他真漂亮，他叫什么名字？”

The trainer scowled²¹ and replied: "Ebola."

训练员皱了皱眉头，回答说。“埃博拉。”

"Where is the guy named Banyar who has 13 champions?" I asked.

“那个叫班亚尔，有13个冠军羊的人在哪里？” 我问道。

"He sold all his sheep and bought a Mercedes. He's never coming back," the trainer replied.

“他卖掉了他所有的羊，买了一辆奔驰。他再也不会回来了。”培训师回答。

1 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

3 sociologist   

n.研究社会学的人，社会学家

参考例句：

• His mother was a sociologist,researching socialism.他的母亲是个社会学家，研究社会主义。
• Max Weber is a great and outstanding sociologist.马克斯·韦伯是一位伟大的、杰出的社会学家。

4 besetting   

adj.不断攻击的v.困扰( beset的现在分词 )；不断围攻；镶；嵌

参考例句：

• Laziness is my besetting sin. 懒惰是我积重难返的恶习。 来自辞典例句
• His besetting sin is laziness. 他所易犯的毛病就是懒惰。 来自辞典例句

5 corrupting   

（使）败坏( corrupt的现在分词 )； （使）腐化； 引起（计算机文件等的）错误； 破坏

参考例句：

• It would be corrupting discipline to leave him unpunished. 不惩治他会败坏风纪。
• It would be corrupting military discipline to leave him unpunished. 不惩治他会败坏军纪。

6 humiliated   

感到羞愧的

参考例句：

• Parents are humiliated if their children behave badly when guests are present. 子女在客人面前举止失当，父母也失体面。
• He was ashamed and bitterly humiliated. 他感到羞耻，丢尽了面子。

7 battered   

adj.磨损的；v.连续猛击；磨损

参考例句：

• He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
• The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。

8 outlaw   

n.歹徒，亡命之徒；vt.宣布…为不合法

参考例句：

• The outlaw hid out in the hills for several months.逃犯在山里隐藏了几个月。
• The outlaw has been caught.歹徒已被抓住了。

9 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

10 bustle   

v.喧扰地忙乱，匆忙，奔忙；n.忙碌；喧闹

参考例句：

• The bustle and din gradually faded to silence as night advanced.随着夜越来越深，喧闹声逐渐沉寂。
• There is a lot of hustle and bustle in the railway station.火车站里非常拥挤。

11 crumbling   

adj.摇摇欲坠的

参考例句：

• an old house with crumbling plaster and a leaking roof 一所灰泥剥落、屋顶漏水的老房子
• The boat was tied up alongside a crumbling limestone jetty. 这条船停泊在一个摇摇欲坠的石灰岩码头边。

12 plied   

v.使用（工具）( ply的过去式和过去分词 )；经常供应（食物、饮料）；固定往来；经营生意

参考例句：

• They plied me with questions about my visit to England. 他们不断地询问我的英国之行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They plied us with tea and cakes. 他们一个劲儿地让我们喝茶、吃糕饼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 trickled   

v.滴( trickle的过去式和过去分词 )；淌；使)慢慢走；缓慢移动

参考例句：

• Blood trickled down his face. 血从他脸上一滴滴流下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The tears trickled down her cheeks. 热泪一滴滴从她脸颊上滚下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 overpass   

n.天桥，立交桥

参考例句：

• I walked through an overpass over the road.我步行穿过那条公路上面的立交桥。
• We should take the overpass when crossing the road.我们过马路应走天桥。

15 detritus   

n.碎石

参考例句：

• Detritus usually consists of gravel, sand and clay.岩屑通常是由砂砾，沙和粘土组成的。
• A channel is no sooner cut than it chokes in its own detritus.一个河道刚被切割了不久，很快又被它自己的碎屑物质所充塞。

16 ram   

(random access memory)随机存取存储器

参考例句：

• 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。

17 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

18 ribs   

n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 )；（船或屋顶等的）肋拱；肋骨状的东西；（织物的）凸条花纹

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。

19 watchful   

adj.注意的，警惕的

参考例句：

• The children played under the watchful eye of their father.孩子们在父亲的小心照看下玩耍。
• It is important that health organizations remain watchful.卫生组织保持警惕是极为重要的。

20 oblivious   

adj.易忘的，遗忘的，忘却的，健忘的

参考例句：

• Mother has become quite oblivious after the illness.这次病后，妈妈变得特别健忘。
• He was quite oblivious of the danger.他完全没有察觉到危险。

21 scowled   

怒视，生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He scowled his displeasure. 他满脸嗔色。
• The teacher scowled at his noisy class. 老师对他那喧闹的课堂板着脸。