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1、BrokebackMountainAnnieProulxEnnisDelMarwakesbeforefive,windrockingthetrailer,hissinginaroundthealuminumdoorandwindowframes.Theshirtshangingonanailshudderslightlyinthedraft.Hegetsup,scratchingthegreywedgeofbellyandpubichair,shufflestothegasburner,poursl
2、eftovercoffeeinachippedenamelpan;theflameswathesitinblue.Heturnsonthetapandurinatesinthesink,pullsonhisshirtandjeans,hiswornboots,stampingtheheelsagainstthefloortogetthemfullon.Thewindboomsdownthecurvedlengthofthetrailerandunderitsroaringpassagehecanhe
3、arthescratchingoffinegravelandsand.Itcouldbebadonthehighwaywiththehorsetrailer.Hehastobepackedandawayfromtheplacethatmorning.Againtheranchisonthemarketandthey'veshippedoutthelastofthehorses,paideverybodyoffthedaybefore,theownersaying,"Giveemtothereales
4、tateshark,I'moutahere,"droppingthekeysinEnnis'shand.Hemighthavetostaywithhismarrieddaughteruntilhepicksupanotherjob,yetheissuffusedwithasenseofpleasurebecauseJackTwistwasinhisdream.Thestalecoffeeisboilingupbuthecatchesitbeforeitgoesovertheside,poursiti
5、ntoastainedcupandblowsontheblackliquid,letsapanelofthedreamslideforward.Ifhedoesnotforcehisattentiononit,itmightstoketheday,rewarmthatold,coldtimeonthemountainwhentheyownedtheworldandnothingseemedwrong.Thewindstrikesthetrailerlikealoadofdirtcomingoffad
6、umptruck,eases,dies,leavesatemporarysilence.Theywereraisedonsmall,poorranchesinoppositecornersofthestate,JackTwistinLightningFlatupontheMontanaborder,EnnisdelMarfromaroundSage,neartheUtahline,bothhighschooldropoutcountryboyswithnoprospects,broughtuptoh
7、ardworkandprivation,bothrough-mannered,rough-spoken,inuredtothestoiclife.Ennis,rearedbyhisolderbrotherandsisteraftertheirparentsdroveofftheonlycurveonDeadHorseRoadleavingthemtwenty-fourdollarsincashandatwo-mortgageranch,appliedatagefourteenforahardship
8、licensethatlethimmakethehour-longtripfromtheranchtothehighschool.Thepickupwasold,noheater,onewindshieldwiperandbadtires;whenthetransmissionwenttherewasnomoneytofixit.Hehadwantedtobeasophomore,feltthewordcarriedakindofdistinction,butthet