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1、 考研集训营,为考生服务，为学员引路！ 第 1 页 共 4 页2016 翻译硕士复习资料：散文翻译（9）Chicken DelightShe came, she clucked, she conquered our New York City backyardBy William GrimesFrom New York TimesOne day in the dead of winter, I looked out my back window and saw a chicken.It was jet-black with a crimson wattle, and it seemed una
2、ware that it wasin New York City. In classic barnyard fashion, it was scratching, peckingand clucking.How it came to a small backyard in Astoria, Queens, remains a matter ofconjecture. The chicken made its first appearance next door, at the homeof a multitude of cabdrivers from Bangladesh. My wife,
3、Nancy, and I figuredthey had bought the chicken and were fattening it for a feast. That hypothesisfell into doubt when the chicken hopped the fence and began pacing theperimeter of our yard with a proprietary air.Eating it was out of the question. As a restaurant critic and an animallover, I subscri
4、be to a policy of complete hypocrisy. Serve fish or fowlto me, but dont ask me to watch the killing. Once I meet it, I dont wantto eat it.Nancy and I next theorized that the chicken had escaped from a live-poultrymarket about four blocks away and was on the run. Our hearts went out tothe brave littl
5、e refugee. We had to save it.Chickens were beginning to sound like the ideal pet.The chicken took to its new surroundings easily. Its main social taskwas to integrate into the cat societya group of about five strays we feed.How would the two species deal with each other?One morning I looked out the
6、window and saw four cats lined up at 考研集训营,为考生服务，为学员引路！ 第 2 页 共 4 页theirfood bowls, and, right in the middle, eating cat food with gusto, was thechicken. Occasionally it would push a cat aside to get a better position.The cats, for their part, regarded the chicken warily. To the extent thatit was a
7、bird, it was prey. But big prey. From time to time they wouldstalk, press their bodies to the ground, swish their tails and give everysign of going for the kill. Then they would register the chickens sizeand become gripped by second thoughts. A face-saving, halfhearted lungewould follow.The two side
8、s soon achieved parity. Sometimes, Id look out back and seea cat chasing the chicken. Ten minutes later Id see the chicken chasinga cat. I like to think they reached the plane of mutual respect. Perhapsaffection.Although it was nice to know the chicken could eat anything, cat fooddidnt seem right. I
9、 called my mother.Mom drove to the local feed store in La Porte, Texas, and picked up a25-pound bag of scratch grains, a blend of milo, corn and oats. She beganshipping the grain in installments. The chicken seemed to appreciate thefeed.Our care paid off. One morning, Nancy spied an egg on the patio
10、. At thebase of the pine tree, where the chicken slept, was a nest containing fourmore eggs. They were small, somewhere between ecru and beige, but thiswas it. The blessed event.After I wrote about the chicken in the New York Times, my mail- bag wasbursting with letters offering advice on the proper
11、 care and feeding of考研集训营,为考生服务，为学员引路！ 第 3 页 共 4 页chickens. Disturbed that she did not have a name, fans wrote with suggestions.Vivian had a certain sultry appeal; Henrietta seemed cute. But Henny Penny?The media jumped in. National Public Radio quizzed me about the chickenfor one of its weekend pro
12、grams. “My producer wants to know, could youhold the telephone up to the chicken so we can hear it?” the interviewerasked. Unfortunately, I dont have a 100-foot cord on my telephone. TheAssociated Press sent a photographer to capture the chickens many moods.(She had two.)Then one morning I looked ou
13、t my kitchen window, and my heart stopped.No chickennot in my pine tree or the tree next door. Nor was she peckingand scratching in any of the nearby yards. There were no signs of violence,only a single black feather near the back door.She was definitely missing. But why?Spring was in the air. Could
14、 she be looking for love? Or perhaps she wasreacting badly to the burdens of celebrity? Or maybe she was simply lookingfor a place to lay her eggs in peace.鸡之乐趣她来了，咯咯叫，并征服了我们的纽约市的后院文/ 威廉格里姆斯摘自“纽约时报”一个严冬的日子，我从后窗往外看，见到一只鸡。它是乌黑色的，带一块 深红色的垂肉，似乎没有意识到自己在纽约市。它像在传统的谷仓前的院子里 那样抓来抓去，啄来啄去，咯咯地叫着。它是如何来到昆斯区阿斯多利亚地方
15、的一个小小的后院的呢?这一直都是个 不解之谜。这只鸡是在邻居那里初次亮相的，而那是一群孟加拉籍的出租车司 机的家。我妻子南希和我猜想是他们买来这只鸡并正在把他喂肥以便吃肉的。 不过，当它跳过篱笆开始以主人的姿态在我们的院子四周踱步时，这个猜测就 站不住脚了。吃它是不可能的。集美食家和动物爱好者于一身的我，采取的是一种彻头 彻尾的伪君子态度。给我端上鸡鸭鱼肉吧，但是别让我观看宰杀。一旦我看到， 我就不想吃了。南希和我接着怀疑它是从一个大约四栋楼远的活禽市场跑出来的，而且还考研集训营,为考生服务，为学员引路！ 第 4 页 共 4 页在继续逃命。我们的心为这个小难民而颤抖。我们必须解救它。这年头，鸡
16、正开始显得像人们理想的崇物了。这只鸡很容易就适应了新环境。它的主要社会任务就是把自己溶入他身边 的猫的世界 一群我们所养的五只左右无家可归的猫。一个早晨，我从窗户向外望去，见到四只猫在它们的食物碗前排着队，而 就在它们中间，吃得津津有味的却是那只鸡!它偶尔会把一只猫推开，以便获得 更好的位置。猫们则警惕地看着鸡。好像这是一只鸟，是猎物。不过是个大的猎物。有 时，它们偷偷接近它，身体贴向地面，嗖嗖地摆动着尾巴，现出要去杀戮的一 切迹象。然后，他们要衡量一下鸡的尺寸，于是，行动就被自己的一转念给止 住了。随之，就是一阵为省面子的、半心半意的突进动作。双方很快就达到了平局。有时，我会向后院看，看见一只猫追赶着那只鸡。 十分钟
