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1、THINGSFALLAPARTByChinuaAchebeTurningandturninginthewideninggyreThefalconcannothearthefalconer;ThingsFallApart;thecentercannothold;Mereanarchyisloosedupontheworld.—W.B.Yeats,"TheSecondComing"CHAPTERONEOkonkwowaswellknownthroughouttheninevillagesandevenbeyond.Hisfamerestedonsol
2、idpersonalachievements.AsayoungmanofeighteenhehadbroughthonortohisvillagebythrowingAmalinzetheCat.Amalinzewasthegreatwrestlerwhoforsevenyearswasunbeaten,fromUmuofiatoMbaino.HewascalledtheCatbecausehisbackwouldnevertouchtheearth.ItwasthismanthatOkonkwothrewinafightwhichtheoldm
3、enagreedwasoneofthefiercestsincethefounderoftheirtownengagedaspiritofthewildforsevendaysandsevennights.Thedrumsbeatandtheflutessangandthespectatorsheldtheirbreath.Amalinzewasawilycraftsman,butOkonkwowasasslipperyasafishinwater.Everynerveandeverymusclestoodoutontheirarms,onthe
4、irbacksandtheirthighs,andonealmostheardthemstretchingtobreakingpoint.IntheendOkonkwothrewtheCat.http://www.en8848.com.cn/『原版英语』Thatwasmanyyearsago,twentyyearsormore,andduringthistimeOkonkwo'sfamehadgrownlikeabush-fireintheharmattan.Hewastallandhuge,andhisbushyeyebrowsandwiden
5、osegavehimaveryseverelook.Hebreathedheavily,anditwassaidthat,whenheslept,hiswivesandchildrenintheirhousescouldhearhimbreathe.Whenhewalked,hisheelshardlytouchedthegroundandheseemedtowalkonsprings,asifhewasgoingtopounceonsomebody.Andhedidpounceonpeoplequiteoften.Hehadaslightsta
6、mmerandwheneverhewasangryandcouldnotgethiswordsoutquicklyenough,hewouldusehisfists.Hehadnopatiencewithunsuccessfulmen.Hehadhadnopatiencewithhisfather.Unoka,forthatwashisfather'sname,haddiedtenyearsago.Inhisdayhewaslazyandimprovidentandwasquiteincapableofthinkingabouttomorrow.
7、Ifanymoneycamehisway,anditseldomdid,heimmediatelyboughtgourdsofpalm-wine,calledroundhisneighborsandmademerry.Healwayssaidthatwheneverhesawadeadman'smouthhesawthefollyofnoteatingwhatonehadinone'slifetime.Unokawas,ofcourse,adebtor,andheowedeveryneighborsomemoney,fromafewcowries
8、toquitesubstantialamounts.Hewastallbutverythinandhadaslightstoop.Hew
