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1、DesireUndertheElmsAPlayinThreePartsbyEugeneO'Neill(1888-1953)Revised Second Edition, as published by Boni & Liveright, 1925PARTISCENEONEExterioroftheFarmhouse.Itissunsetofadayatthebeginningofsummerintheyear1850.Thereisnowindandeverythingisstill.Theskyabovetheroofi
2、ssuffusedwithdeepcolors,thegreenoftheelmsglows,butthehouseisinshadow,seemingpaleandwashedoutbycontrast.AdooropensandEbenCabotcomestotheendoftheporchandstandslookingdowntheroadtotheright.Hehasalargebellinhishandandthisheswingsmechanically,awakeningadeafeningclangor
3、.Thenheputshishandsonhishipsandstaresupatthesky.Hesighswithapuzzledaweandblurtsoutwithhaltingappreciation.EBEN--God!Purty!(Hiseyesfallandhestaresabouthimfrowningly.Heistwenty-five,tallandsinewy.Hisfaceiswell-formed,good-looking,butitsexpressionisresentfulanddefens
4、ive.Hisdefiant,darkeyesremindoneofawildanimal'sincaptivity.Eachdayisacageinwhichhefindshimselftrappedbutinwardlyunsubdued.Thereisafiercerepressedvitalityabouthim.Hehasblackhair,mustache,athincurlytraceofbeard.Heisdressedinroughfarmclothes.Hespitsonthegroundwithint
5、ensedisgust,turnsandgoesbackintothehouse.SimeonandPetercomeinfromtheirworkinthefields.Theyaretallmen,mucholderthantheirhalf-brother[Simeonisthirty-nineandPeterthirty-seven],builtonasquarer,simplermodel,fleshierinbody,morebovineandhomelierinface,shrewderandmoreprac
6、tical.Theirshouldersstoopabitfromyearsoffarmwork.Theyclumpheavilyalongintheirclumsythick-soledbootscakedwithearth.Theirclothes,theirfaces,hands,barearmsandthroatsareearth-stained.Theysmellofearth.Theystandtogetherforamomentinfrontofthehouseand,asifwiththeoneimpuls
7、e,staredumblyupatthesky,leaningontheirhoes.Theirfaceshaveacompressed,unresignedexpression.Astheylookupward,thissoftens.)SIMEON--(grudgingly)Purty.PETER--Ay-eh.SIMEON--(suddenly)Eighteenyearsago.PETER--What?SIMEON--Jenn.Mywoman.Shedied.PETER--I'dfergot.SIMEON--Irec
8、'lect--nowan'agin.Makesitlonesome.She'dhairlong'sahoss'tail--an'yallerlikegold!PETER--Waal--she'sgone.(thiswithindifferentfinality--thenafterapause)They
