雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第10章:太妃糖 網球與斯瓦特佛像(1)

10 Toffees, Tennis Balls and the Buddhas of Swat

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10 太妃糖、網球與斯瓦特佛像

FIRST THE TALIBAN took our music, then our Buddhas, then our history.

塔利班先是奪走了我們的音樂，然後是我們的佛像，然後是我們的歷史。

One of our favourite things was going on school trips.

學生們最喜歡的事情之一是郊遊。

We were lucky to live in a paradise like Swat with so many beautiful places to visit – waterfalls, lakes, the ski resort, the wali’s palace, the Buddha statues, the tomb of Akhund of Swat.

我們很幸運，住在斯瓦特這樣一個世外桃源，有很多美麗的地方值得造訪——瀑布、湖泊、滑雪勝地、瓦利的宮殿、大佛雕像、斯瓦特的聖賢阿昆德的陵墓等。

All these places told our special story.

所有這些景物，都在講述着斯瓦特不同凡響的歷史風貌。

We would talk about the trips for weeks beforehand, then, when the day finally came, we dressed up in our best clothes and piled into buses along with pots of chicken and rice for a picnic.

每次郊遊以前的好幾個星期，我們就開始興奮地談論。終於盼來了那一天，我們會穿上最漂亮的衣服，帶上爲野餐準備的燉雞、米飯，成羣結隊擠上巴士。

Some of us had cameras and took photographs.

有些同學帶着相機，拍下沿途的景緻。

At the end of the day my father would make us all take turns standing on a rock and tell stories about what we had seen.

在美好的一天即將結束時，父親就會讓我們輪流站在一塊大石上，告訴大家這一天的所見所聞。