This is a story from many years ago, while I was in a labor camp as
a prisoner. The camp was located at the border of China and Russia.
The Chinese used to call it the Great Northern Wilderness. I was
assigned to grow rice in a paddy by a lake far from the village center
with several government Cadres who lost their power during the struggle
of the culture revolution.
One day, a wild goose appeared in the sky, and made several circles
around the paddy field. Finally, it descended and began to eat the rice
seedlings. He never thought, that there were several pairs of eager eyes
staring intently at him, anxiously swallowing him whole into the stomach.
One of my coworkers, Lao Wang, retired from the army. That night, he
stayed late to make a trap clamp. When it was done, we put it in the
paddy field. Every day, we all went around the paddy field several times
to assess if the wild goose had been trapped. We dreamed at night of
tasting a wild goose meat. For people who had no taste of any meat all
year round and who had little fat stored in the stomach, the meat of wild
goose was a strong attraction! However, every time, we only saw an empty
clamp. It seemed the wild goose would never come again. Gradually, we
forgot the goose.
After several months had passed, we walked around the paddy field one
afternoon and heard a sound like a child crying. We followed the sound
and found a wild goose on the clamp, his leg gripped and bleeding. Our
happiness could not be imagined. While we were going to the clamp to get
the goose off, we heard a yelling in the sky. Sounds of grief, sounds of
anxiousness, a wild goose circled over our heads. It charged towards us
one moment and then charged into the sky again. We noticed food around
the wounded goose, and we knew exactly what had happened. The male wild
goose had been trapped for several days, and the female wild goose had
been feeding him every day. Compassion rising in hearts, we all were
caught in one affection that was complicated and difficult to express by
words. After a short, but fierce debate, we all agreed to release the
goose.
It seems amusing, in this age, and in time without any sympathy between
human beings, several people being pressed on cruelly by the society
down into the bottom, treated like wandering dogs of the street, without
receiving any sympathy from the people, had given mercy to one wild goose
wounded. I believe, lying on the bed that night, with a hunger to the
abdomen, everyone would feel remorse about what they had done in the day.
However, if this story appears again, we may do the same thing. This
weakness we inherited might be just the incorrigible weakness of our
human nature.
第一段，The at camp was located at the border of China and Russia.,the 和 camp中间多敲了一个at
The Chinese used to call it the Great Northern Wilderness. ,那个it是指那段中俄边境地带，可否把句式改一下，可能会误解成camp
I was assigned to grow rice in a paddy by a lake far from the village center with several government Cadres who lost their power during the struggle of the culture revolution.
是说阁下和几个落马的干部一起被分配到了村郊的稻田里干活。这个英语的句子，稍微有那么一丁点儿扭，是不是句子太长的缘故? 文革斗争，是不是可以换个表达，不用struggle of the culture revolution
谢谢格丘山分享这个好作品。作者: 山豆凡 时间: 2011-3-16 21:46 那个大雁，很勇敢，像老鹰。你怎么知道那是只雄大雁呢，单个一只一只的时候，我就分辨不出来他们的性别。
He never thought, that there were several pairs of eager eyes staring intently at him, anxiously swallowing him whole into the stomach. 这个句子建议稍做修改，主要是后半部分，囫囵吞进肚子里的那句。
那个时候，不是可以用枪打鸟吗? 飞禽用夹子捉，不好抓。用网来套也行，就是木棍儿支个线拉的大网，人看见鸟钻进去了，就拉木棍。
Originally posted by xyy at 2011-3-18 10:48 PM:
我想這只大雁跟人沒有階級矛盾，所以能觸動人心的柔弱面。此時想起了嚴鳳英，她人都死了，還要對她開膛破肚！這就是山弟說的那個時代。
经历是一笔厚重的财富，我非常羡慕你们，不为经历中的痛苦，而为经历带来的丰富和领悟。
我愿意去读和听很多人生的经历，然而，很多叙述的经历会经过心理折射和再度诠释，而和最初始的样子不太相同，就像，镜头里的图画，和镜头外的那些，都是真的，却真得不一样。作者: thesunlover 时间: 2012-3-7 19:57 这年头，“感动”一词已经被用滥糟蹋了，但格兄这篇，还非此二字无以表达阅读后的感受。作者: 程宝林 时间: 2012-3-7 20:10 具有电影镜头般的真实感和强烈的情感冲击力。作者: thesunlover 时间: 2012-3-9 09:05 写作特点：语言朴实，与内容对应。作者: fanghuzhai 时间: 2012-3-9 23:32 One of my coworkers, Lao Wang, retired from the army.
应该改成：
One of my coworkers, Lao Wang, was an army veteran.
原句时态不对。
或者：
LaoWang， one of my coworkers and an army veteran, made a trap...
That night, he
stayed late to make a trap clamp. When it was done, we put it in the
paddy field. Every day, we all went around the paddy field several times
to assess 用see就可以了。 if the wild goose had been trapped. We dreamed at night of
tasting a wild goose meat 删掉 meat. For people who had no taste of any meat all
year round and who had little fat stored in the stomach 肚子里没有油水 翻译太直。, the meat of wild
goose was a strong attraction! 用 temptation. However, every time, we only saw an empty
clamp. It seemed the wild goose would never come again. Gradually, we
forgot the goose.
After several months had passed, 用 later 就可以了。 we walked around the paddy field one
afternoon and heard a sound like a child crying. We followed the sound
and found a wild goose on the clamp, his leg gripped and bleeding. Our
happiness could not be imagined. While we were going to the clamp to get
the goose off, we heard a yelling in the sky. Sounds of grief, sounds of
anxiousness, a wild goose circled over our heads.此句开头的两个词组跟句子主语没有关系。 It charged towards us
one moment and then charged into the sky again. We noticed food around
the wounded goose, and we knew exactly what had happened. The male wild
goose had been trapped for several days, and the female wild goose had
been feeding him every day. Compassion rising in hearts, we all were
caught in one affection that was complicated and difficult to express by
words. After a short, but fierce debate, we all agreed to release the
goose.
It seems amusing, in this age, and in time without any sympathy between
human beings, several people being pressed on cruelly by the society
down into the bottom, treated like wandering dogs of the street, without
receiving any sympathy from the people, had given mercy to one wild goose
wounded. 此句基本结构应该是it seemed amusing that .......
I believe, lying on the bed that night, with a hunger to the
abdomen, everyone would feel remorse about what they had done in the day.
如果你是现在believe， 那从句里的语气应该是推测的：everyone must have felt...
However, if this story 不是story， 而是类似的事，appears again, we may do the same thing. 此句应该用虚拟语气。（Should such a thing happen against, we would have done the same.) This
weakness we inherited might be just the incorrigible weakness of our
human nature. 为什么说是弱点？作者: 格丘山 时间: 2012-3-10 07:43 谢谢方先生的改动， 所提的都很到位， 下面是新版本
This is a story from many years ago, while I was in a labor
camp as a prisoner. The camp was located at the border of China
and Russia. The Chinese used to call it the Great Northern
Wilderness. I was assigned to grow rice in a paddy by a lake far
from the village center with several government Cadres who lost
their power during the struggle of the culture revolution.
One day, a wild goose appeared in the sky, and made several
circles around the paddy field. Finally, it descended and began
to eat the rice seedlings. He never thought, that there were
several pairs of eager eyes staring intently at him, anxiously
swallowing him whole into the stomach. One of my coworkers, Lao
Wang, was an army veteran. That night, he stayed late to make
a trap clamp. When it was done, we put it in the paddy field.
Every day, we all went around the paddy field several times to
see if the wild goose had been trapped. We dreamed at night of
tasting a wild goose. For people who had no taste of any meat
all year round and who had little fat stored in the stomach,
the meat of wild goose was a strong temptation! However, every
time, we only saw an empty clamp. It seemed the wild goose
would never come again. Gradually, we forgot the goose.
After several months had passed, we walked around the paddy
field one afternoon and heard a sound like a child crying. We
followed the sound and found a wild goose on the clamp, his
leg gripped and bleeding. Our happiness could not be imagined.
While we were going to the clamp to get the goose off, we heard
a yelling in the sky, sounds of grief, sounds of anxiousness.
A wild goose circled over our heads. It charged towards us one
moment and then charged into the sky again. We noticed food
around the wounded goose, and we knew exactly what had happened.
The male wild goose had been trapped for several days, and the
female wild goose had been feeding him every day. Compassion
rising in hearts, we all were caught in one affection that was
complicated and difficult to express by words. After a short,
but fierce debate, we all agreed to release the goose.
it seemed amusing all this happened at a age and a time
without any sympathy between human beings, several people being
pressed on cruelly by the society down into the bottom, treated
like wandering dogs of the street, without receiving any
sympathy from the people, had given mercy to one wild goose
wounded. I believe, lying on the bed that night, with a hunger
to the abdomen, everyone would feel remorse about what they had
done in the day.
However, if the same thing would appear again, we might do the
same thing. This weakness we inherited might be just the
incorrigible weakness of our human nature.作者: 格丘山 时间: 2012-3-10 07:47 这个故事也很有趣(：)
