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1、LifeofPi原文欣 上一期小编为大家奉上了电影《少年派的奇幻漂流》的影评,这部电影的原著也受到人们的追捧。本期,小编摘选了一小段原文,让我们一起来欣赏一下原文的魅力所在。 LifeofPi YANNMARTEL PARTONE TorontoandPondicherry CHAPTER5 Mynameisn’ttheendofthestoryaboutmyname.WhenyournameisBobnooneasksyou,“Howdoyouspellthat?”NotsowithPiscineMolitorPatel. Somethoughtitw
2、asP.SinghandthatIwasaSikh,andtheywonderedwhyIwasn’twearingaturban. InmyuniversitydaysIvisitedMontrealoncewithsomefriends.Itfelltometoorderpizzasonenight.Icouldn’tbeartohaveyetanotherFrenchspeakerguffawingatmyname,sowhenthemanonthephoneasked,“CanIhaveyourname?”Isaid,“IamwhoIam.”Halfanhou
3、rlatertwopizzasarrivedfor“IanHoolihan”.6 Itistruethatthosewemeetcanchangeus,sometimessoprofoundlythatwearenotthesameafterwards,evenuntoournames.WitnessSimonwhoiscalledPeter,MatthewalsoknownasLevi,NathanielwhoisalsoBartholomew,Judas,notIscariot,whotookthenameThaddeus,SimeonwhowentbyNiger
4、,SaulwhobecamePaul. MyRomansoldierstoodintheschoolyardonemorningwhenIwastwelve.Ihadjustarrived.Hesawmeandaflashofevilgeniuslituphisdullmind.Heraisedhisarm,pointedatmeandshouted,“It’sPissingPatel!” Inasecondeveryonewaslaughing.Itfellawayaswefiledintotheclass.Iwalkedinlast,wearingmycrown
5、ofthorns. Thecrueltyofchildrencomesasnewstonoone.Thewordswouldwaftacrosstheyardtomyears,unprovoked,uncalledfor:“Where’sPissing?I’vegottogo.”Or:“You’refacingthewall.AreyouPissing?”Orsomethingofthesort.Iwouldfreezeor,thecontrary,pursuemyactivity,pretendingnottohaveheard.Thesoundwoulddisap
6、pear,butthehurtwouldlinger,likethesmellofpisslongafterithasevaporated. Teachersstarteddoingittoo.Itwastheheat.Asthedayworeon,thegeographylesson,whichinthemorninghadbeenascompactasanoasis,startedtostretchoutliketheTharDesert;the6historylesson,soalivewhenthedaywasyoung,becameparchedanddus
7、ty;themathematicslesson,sopreciseatfirst,becamemuddled.Intheirafternoonfatigue,astheywipedtheirforeheadsandthebacksoftheirneckswiththeirhandkerchiefs,withoutmeaningtooffendorgetalaugh,eventeachersforgotthefreshaquaticpromiseofmynameanddistorteditinashamefulway.Bynearlyimp
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