雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第10章:太妃糖 網球與斯瓦特佛像(6)
It was as though everyone was in a trance.
彷彿所有人都被催眠了一樣。
My father said people had been seduced by Fazlullah.
父親說人民都受到了法茲魯拉的蠱惑。
Some joined his men, thinking they would have better lives.
一部分人加入他的麾下，認爲這樣他們的生活會過得更好些。
My father tried to counter their propaganda but it was hard.
父親一直在試圖抵制他們的思想宣傳，但這真的不容易。
‘I have no militants and no FM radio,’ he joked.
我可沒有武裝部隊和廣播電臺。他開玩笑地說。
He even dared to enter the Radio Mullah’s own village one day to speak at a school.
有一天，他甚至鼓起勇氣進入法茲魯拉所在的村落，在一所學校發表演說。
He crossed the river in one of the metal boxes suspended from a pulley that we use as makeshift bridges.
他利用一隻由滑輪吊起的金屬箱充當橋樑渡河。
On the way he saw smoke so high it touched the clouds, the blackest smoke he’d ever seen.
路途上，他看見黑煙漫天，真衝雲霄，父親說那是他這輩子見過最黑的煙霧。
At first he thought it might be a brick factory, but as he approached he saw bearded figures in turbans burning TVs and computers.
一開始，他以爲那煙霧來自一家磚瓦工廠。但當他靠近，才發現是許多蓄着鬍鬚、頭戴包巾的人正在焚燬電視和計算機。
