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1、Unit6TextATheGreenBanana1.Althoughitmighthavehappenedanywhere,myencounterwiththegreenbananastartedonasteepmountainroadinthecentralareaofBrazil.Myancientjeepwasstrainingupthroughbeautifulcountrysidewhentheradiatorbegantoleak,andIwastenmilesfromthenearestmechanic.T
2、heover-heatedengineforcedmetostopatthenextvillage,whichconsistedofasmallstoreandafewhousesthatwearescatteredhereandthere.Peoplecameovertolook.Theycouldseethreefinestreamsofhotwaterspoutingfromholesinthejacketoftheradiator."That'seasytofix,?amansaid.Hesentaboyrunn
3、ingforsomegreenbananas.Hepattedmeontheshoulder,assuringmethateverythingwouldworkout."Greenbananas,"hesmiled.Everyoneagreed.尽管这种事情在任何地方都可能发生,但我与青香蕉的邂逅却源自于巴西腹地一条险峻的山路上。我那老式吉普车正吃力地穿过景色优美的乡村,这时,水箱突然漏水了,而离我最近的汽车修理站也还要十英里。发动机过热迫使我在临近的村庄停了下来。村里有一个小商店和分布在四处的几座房子。有村民围过来看,
4、三股细细的热水柱从水箱外壳上的小孔喷出来。“这容易解决,”一个人说到。他让一个小男孩跑去拿些青香蕉来。这个人还拍了拍我的肩膀,安慰我问题会解决的。“青香蕉。”他笑了,其余的人都这么说着。2.WechatteredcasuallywhileallthetimeIwaswonderingwhattheycouldpossiblydotomyradiatorwiththeirgreenbananas.Ididnotaskthem,though,asthatwouldshowmyignorance,soItalkedaboutt
5、hebeautyofthelandthatlaybeforeoureyes.Hugerockformations,likeSugarLoafinRio,roseupallaroundus."Doyouseethattallonerightoverthere?"askedtheman,pointingtoaparticularlytall,slenderpinnacleofdarkrock."Thatrockmarksthecenteroftheworld."我和他们闲聊起来,心里却一直在想他们用这青香蕉怎么能修补好水箱。
6、毫无疑问,提问会暴露我的无知,因此我开始赞叹眼前美丽的乡村景色。耸立在我们周围巨大的岩石群,很像里约热内卢著名的糖面包山。“看见那边那块高高的岩石了吗?”那人指着一块特别高而且细长的黑色石柱问我,“那块岩石标志着世界的中心。”3.Ilookedtoseeifhewasteasingme,buthisfacewasserious.He,inturn,inspectedmecarefully,asiftomakesureIgraspedthesignificanceofhisstatement.Theoccasioncall
7、edforsomeshowofrecognitiononmypart."Thecenteroftheworld?"Irepeated,tryingtoshowinterestifnotcompleteacceptance.Henodded."Theabsolutecenter.Everyonearoundhereknowsit."我看着他,想知道他是否在和我开玩笑,但他却表情严肃,反过来认真地审视着我,似乎想确定我是否领会了他那句话的深刻含义。这种情况要求我必须表现出认同。他点头说:“绝对是中心。这儿的人都知道。”4.A
8、tthatmomenttheboyreturnedwithanarmfulofgreenbananas.Themancutoneinhalfandpressedthecutendagainsttheradiatorjacket.Thebananameltedintoaglueagainstthehotmetal,st