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1.("I don't know what in hell（到底） you're talkin' about," she replied. "You nuts（你神经病吗） or somethin'? If you mean where my old man, and me, and all(and此外) them live, you better shut up, by Jesus, you hear?")

Q&A: Think by yourself:

Q：Why does P feel so crazy?

A：Because it's her sore point. V is asking the question about her family and ancestors which she is ashamed of lack self-identity. A person of inferior status is always sensitive and easy to get hurt.

　　I was startled and my feelings were hurt, but I had a kind of dogged （顽固的）perseverance. I ignored her rebuff(冷漠/果断的拒绝).
　　"You know something, Piquette? There's loons here, on this lake. You can see their nests just up the shore there, behind those logs. At night, you can hear them even from the cottage, but it's better to listen from the beach. My dad says we should listen and try to remember how they sound, because in a few years when more cottages are built at Diamond Lake and more people come in, the loons will go away."
　　Piquette was picking up stones and snail shells and then dropping them again.
　　2.("Who gives a good goddamn?") she said.
　　It became increasingly obvious that, as an Indian, Piquette was a dead loss（无用的人）. That evening I went out by myself, scrambling（艰难的穿过） through the bushes that overhung the steep path, my feet slipping（踩在） on the fallen spruce needles that covered the ground. When I reached the shore, I walked along the firm damp sand to the small pier（小防堤） that my father had built, and sat down there. I heard someone else crashing through（walking through hastily） the undergrowth and the bracken(fern蕨), and for a moment I thought Piquette had changed her mind, but it turned out to be my father. He sat beside me on the pier and we waited, without speaking.
　　3.(At night the lake was like black glass with a streak of amber（琥珀） which was the path of the moon（moonlight）. All around, the spruce（云杉） trees grew tall and close-set（紧密的）, branches blackly sharp against the sky, which was lightened by a cold flickering（闪烁） of stars.) Then the loons began their calling. They rose like phantom（幽灵般的） birds from the nests on the shore, and flew out onto the dark still surface of the water.

◆New Words：

【dogged】：determined, not giving up easily顽固的，坚持的

1.    It’s dogged that does it. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。

2.    Maybe he’s less talented, but he won by sheer dogged perseverance.

【rebuff】：an impolite refusal or a friendly offer, request/suggestion

I thoroughly eat my heart out by his rebuff.

【dead loss】：a person or thing of no help/use to anyone

This pen is a dead loss, it doesn’t write properly now.

【scramble】：

1. to move quickly with difficulty, using your hands to climb：

They want to scramble up a steep hillside.

2.    to push/fight/compete with others to get sth.:

They scramble for power and wealth in the company.

They scramble for a living in Peking. 

【close-set】：set closely紧密的

Close-set house

【phantom】：

1.    a ghost鬼，幽灵It’s said that this castle is haunted by a phantom.

2.    illusion/imagination 幻想 Final Fantasy 最终幻想里面出现的各种幽灵

3.    神出鬼没的 The phantom boy is coming again!

◆Paraphrase:

1.    当我向皮革特问起有关森林的故事时，她表现出极大的不快和反感，这说明她和她种族居住的地方并不像我想象的那样充满传说和乐趣，相反，生活极为艰辛。

2.    “谁有心思去管？”=who cares？goddamned 讨厌的，该死的

3.    这个句子用了明喻和暗喻的手法，作者先把湖面比喻成一块黑色的玻璃，like black glass（明喻）；接着又写到a streak of amber，用琥珀来比喻水面的波纹（暗喻）。

◆参考翻译：

“我不明白你在胡说些什么，”她回答说。“你是发神经还是怎么的?假如你是想问我爹和我以及他们大家居住的地方的话，你最好闭住嘴，听到了吗?”

　　我大感愕然，心里十分难受，但我生性固执。我不去计较她那冷漠的态度。

“你知道吗，皮格特?这个湖上有一些潜水鸟。它们的窝就在那边的湖岸上，在那堆木材后边。夜晚，在别墅里就可以听见它们的叫声，但在这儿的沙滩上要听得更清楚一些。我爸爸要我们好好听听并记住它们的呜叫声，因为过几年之后，当湖边建起更多的别墅，来这儿的人也多起来的时候，潜水鸟便会飞离钻石湖了。”

　　皮格特正在从地上拾起一些石子和蜗牛壳，然后又丢到地上。

　　“谁有心思去管那些?”她说。

要想通过皮格特来了解印第安人的情况看来是不可能了，这一点已经越来越清楚了。那天晚上，我独自一人出去，沿着陡峭的山路攀爬而行，一边走一边要用手扒开那些伸到路中间的灌木枝，而脚踏在铺着一层云杉针叶的地面上也是一滑一滑的。到了湖边后，我穿过坚实的湿沙滩，走到我父亲筑起的那道小防波堤上坐了下来。我听到有人穿过灌木丛和羊齿蕨丛风风火火地一路行来，当下我还以为是皮格特回心转意了，没想到来的竟是我父亲。他挨着我在防波堤上坐下，我们俩都没说话，静静地在那等候着。

夜间的湖面看起来像一块黑色玻璃，只有一线水面因映照着月光才呈现出琥珀色，湖的周围到处密密丛丛地生长着高大的云杉树，在寒光闪烁的星空映衬下，云杉树的枝桠呈现出清晰的黑色剪影。过了一会儿，潜水鸟开始呜叫。它们像幽灵般地从岸边的窝巢中腾起，飞往平静幽暗的湖面上。