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SeveralyearsagoIreturnedtoWashington,D.C.,andvisitedoneofmyoldneighborhoods.IhadbeenonNashStreetformorethantwentyyearsandasIwalkedalongthestreet,mymindwasfloodedbywavesofnostalgia.

几年前，我回到华盛顿重游旧居。我曾在纳什街住了二十多年，当我再次沿着这熟悉街道散步时，脑海里满是波涛汹涌思念之情。

nostalgia

[nɔ'stældʒiə,nə-]

n.乡愁；怀乡病；怀旧之情

MyOldNeighborhood

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IsawtheoldapartmentbuildingwhereIhadlivedandtheplaygroundwhereIhadplayed.AsIviewedtheseoncefamiliarsurroundings,imagesofmyselfasachildtherecametomind.However,whatIsawandwhatIrememberedwerenotthesameIsadlyrealizedthatthebestmemoriesarethoseleft

undisturbed.我看到我曾住过公寓和我曾玩耍过场院。

我看着这周围曾经那么熟悉一切，孩童时期种种又画面似展现在脑海里。不论怎样，时过境迁，一切都不一样了。.我不无沮丧地发觉那些我最为宝贵回想已经慢慢消逝了。

undisturbed

adj.镇静；平静；未被扰乱；泰然自若

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AsIremembermyoldapartmentbuilding,itwasbrightandalive.WhenIwasachild,theapartmentbuildingwasmorethanjustaplacetolivein.我记忆中公寓楼明亮而充满生机。儿时记忆里，这座公寓楼不但仅是一个住所Itwasamedievalcastle,apirate’sden,aspacestation,orwhatevermyyoungmindcouldimagine.Iwould(3)stealawaywithmyfriendsandplayinthebasement.。Thiswasalwaysexcitingbecauseitwassocoolanddark,andthereweresomanythingstheretohideamong.在我儿时丰富想象力中，它是中世纪古老城堡，是海贼巢穴，是空间站是任何我年轻脑瓜里所能搜寻到形象。

我会和搭档偷偷溜去地下室玩,每次玩得都很兴奋，因为地下室清凉又漆黑一片，而且有许多地方能够让我们捉迷藏。(1)medieval([,medi'i:vəl,,mi:-]

adj.中世纪；仿中世纪；传统；(2)den

[den]n.兽穴，窝巢；贼窝，私室；小房间(3)stealaway.趁机溜走

语篇翻译主题知识讲座第3页4§Ourfavoriteplacetoplaywasthecoalbin.

Wewouldalwaysuseitasourrocketshipbecausethecoal（1）chutecouldbeusedasanescape(2)hatchoutofthebasementinto“outerspace”.

Allofmymemorieswerenot（3）confinedtotheapartmentbuilding,however,Ihavememoriesofmanyadventuresoutsideofthebuilding,also.

Mymotherrestrictedhowfarwecouldgofromtheapartmentbuilding,butthisplacednorestrictionsonourexploringinstinct.我们最喜欢去地方是那个煤仓.我们总是将它看成火箭仓因为煤仓舱口能够用来看成由地窖去往外太空逃生口。

我全部记忆并不局限于这栋公寓也有许多关于这栋楼之外冒险。尽管我母亲把我活动范围限制在这栋楼周围，但这么并不能限制我不停探索天性。

chute

[ʃu:t]

n.斜槽；瀑布；降落伞；陡坡道

hatch

[hætʃ]

n.舱口；孵化confined

[kən'faindadj.幽禁；狭窄；有限制；在分娩中v.限制

语篇翻译主题知识讲座第4页5§TherewasasmallbranchinbackofthebuildingwheremyfriendsandIwouldplay.Weenjoyedittherebecause（1）honeysucklesgrewthere.Wewouldgotheretolieintheshadeand（2）suckthesweetsmellinghoneysuckles.Ourbiggestthrillinthebranchwasthedaythepolicecaughtan(3)alligatorthere.IdidnotseethealligatorandIwasnottherewhentheycaughtit,butjustthethoughtofanalligatorinthebranchwasexciting.公寓后面分院是我和小搭档们最愿意玩耍地方。我们喜欢那儿是因为有金银花在那里生长。我们会躺在阴凉里，尽情吸吮着金银花芳香。我们最刺激一次经历是警察在那儿抓到一只短吻鳄。我没有亲眼看到短吻鳄，抓到它时候我也没在场，但只是光想想偏室那儿有短吻鳄就以为兴奋honeysuckle

['hʌni,sʌkl]

n.[植]金银花；忍冬；忍冬属植物

suck

[sʌk]

vt.吸吮；吸收

vi.吸吮；巴结；[俚]糟糕

语篇翻译主题知识讲座第5页6§ThisishowIrememberedtheoldneighborhood;however,asIsaid,thisisnothowitwaswhenIsawit.Unlikebefore,theapartmentbuildingwasnowrundownandindisrepair.Whatwasoncemorethanaplacetolivelookedhardlyworthlivingin.Thecourtwasdirtyandbrokenup,andthewindowsinthebuildingwereallbrokenout.

这就是我记忆中老街区，不论怎样，象我说，现在已经不是我那时看到模样。与以往不一样，这栋大楼现在残旧而且破损失修看起来已经极难住人了。庭院又脏又破，房子窗户也已经坏掉了。

语篇翻译主题知识讲座第6页7§Theoncecleanwallswerecoveredwithgraffitiandotherstains.Therewerenomedievalknightsorpiratesrunningaroundtheplacenow,norspacemeninsisted,therewereafewtoughlookingadolescentswholookedmucholderthantheirages.

曾经洁净墙上满是乱七八糟涂鸦和污点。这儿再也没有中世纪骑士和海盗游荡周围。也不再有太空人。这儿现在有只是一些有着看上去与他们年纪不相符更成熟孩子门。

语篇翻译主题知识讲座第7页8§AsfortheareawhereIusedtoplay,itwashardlyrecognizable.。Thebranchwaspollutedandthehoneysuckleshaddied.

Notonlyweretheydead,buttheyhadbeentrampledtotheground.

Thebranchitselfwasfilledwitholdbicycles,brokenbottlesandgarbage—Now,insteadoffindingsomethingasromanticasanalligator,onewouldexpecttofindonlyrats.

.至于我过去玩耍地方，现在已经极难识别。那个小偏房已显破旧，而那甜蜜金银花也已经枯萎，

被踏入泥土。那个小偏房已经埋没在破自行车废瓶子和一些垃圾。现在与我们想寻找一些像找短尾鳄事件那般刺激相比，我们能想也就是找到一些小老鼠而已。

语篇翻译主题知识讲座第8页Theoncesweetsmellingareanowsmelledhorrible.Thestenchfrommyonceidyllichavenwasheartwrenching.Idonotregrethavingseenmyoldneighborhood.However,Idonotthin