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Chapter 10 The House on Mango Street 4
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  Once when we were living on Loomis, a nun1 from my school passed by and saw me playing out front. The Laundromat downstairs had been boarded up because it had been robbed2 two days before and the owner had painted on the wood YES WE'RE OPEN so as not lose business.

  Where do you live? She asked. 
  There, I said pointing up to the third floor. 
  You live there?

  There. I had to look to where she pointed3 –—— the third floor, the paint peeling, wooden bars Papa had nailed4 on the windows so we wouldn't fall out. You live there? The way she said it made me feel like nothing. There. I lived there. I nodded.

  I knew then I had to have to house. A real house. One I could point to .but this isn't it. The house on Mango Street isn't it. For the time being, Mama says. Temporary, says Papa. But I know how those things go.

            

  我们住在Loomis时,有一回学校的嬷嬷经过那里,看到我在房前玩。楼下的自助洗衣店被用木板封了起来,因为两天前刚被洗劫过。为了不走掉生意,主人在木头上涂抹了几个字:“是的,我们在营业。”

  “你住哪里呀?”她问。 
  那里。我说,指了指三楼。 
  你住在那里?

  那里。我不得不朝他指的地方看去——三层楼上,那里墙皮斑驳,窗上横着几根木条,是爸爸钉上去的,那样我们就不会掉出来。你住在那里?她说话的样子让我觉得自己什么都不是。那里,我住在那里。我点头。

  于是,我明白,我得有一所房子。一所真正的大屋。一所可以指给别人看的房子。可这里不是。芒果街上的小屋不是。目前就这样,妈妈说。这是暂时的,爸爸说。可恶知道事情是怎样的。


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1 nun THhxK     
n.修女,尼姑
参考例句:
  • I can't believe that the famous singer has become a nun.我无法相信那个著名的歌星已做了修女。
  • She shaved her head and became a nun.她削发为尼。
2 robbed eec50577cdb274096c8f01f2a2905214     
v.抢夺( rob的过去式和过去分词 );抢劫;掠夺;使丧失
参考例句:
  • Would you be able to identify the man who robbed you? 你能够认出那个抢你东西的人吗? 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They stood looking on while the man was robbed. 正当那个人被抢劫时,他们却站在那儿袖手旁观。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
4 nailed 4b1a59b97edf0aaf433f26e7e74c2118     
v.钉住( nail的过去式和过去分词 );抓住;证明…不属实;揭露
参考例句:
  • I can't get this lid off—It'seems to be nailed down. 我打不开这个盖子,好像是被钉住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The letter was nailed to the wall with an arrow. 一支箭把信钉在了墙上。 来自《简明英汉词典》


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