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1、TheMiddleEasternBazaarTheMiddleEasternbazaartakesyoubackhundreds---eventhousands---ofyears.TheoneIamthinkingofparticularlyisenteredbyaGothic-archedgatewayofagedbrickandstone.Youpassfromtheheatandglareofabig,opensquareintoacool,darkcavernwhichextendsasfa
2、rastheeyecansee,losingitselfintheshadowydistance.Littledonkeyswithharmoniouslytinklingbellsthreadtheirwayamongthethrongsofpeopleenteringandleavingthebazaar.Theroadwayisabouttwelvefeetwide,butitisnarrowedeveryfewyardsbylittlestallswheregoodsofeveryconcei
3、vablekindaresold.Thedinofthestall-holder;cryingtheirwares,ofdonkey-boysandportersclearingawayforthemselvesbyshoutingvigorously,andofwould-bepurchasersarguingandbargainingiscontinuousandmakesyoudizzy.中東的集市仿佛把你帶回到了幾百年、甚至幾千年前的時代。此時此刻顯現(xiàn)在我腦海中的這個中東集市，其入口處是一座古
4、老的磚石結(jié)構(gòu)的哥特式拱門。你首先要穿過一個赤日耀眼、灼熱逼人的大型露天廣場，然后走進一個涼爽、幽暗的洞穴。這市場一直向前延伸，一眼望不到盡頭，消失在遠處的陰影里。趕集的人們絡(luò)繹不絕地進出市場，一些掛著鈴鐺的小毛驢穿行于這熙熙攘攘的人群中，邊走邊發(fā)出和諧悅耳的叮當叮當?shù)捻懧?。市場的路面約有十二英尺寬，但每隔幾碼遠就會因為設(shè)在路邊的小貨攤的擠占而變窄；那兒出售的貨物各種各樣，應(yīng)有盡有。你一走進市場，就可以聽到攤販們的叫賣聲，趕毛驢的小伙計和腳夫們大著嗓門叫人讓道的吆喝聲，還有那些想買東西的人們與攤主討價還
5、價的爭吵聲。各種各樣的噪聲此伏彼起，不絕于耳，簡直叫人頭暈。Thenasyoupenetratedeeperintothebazaar,thenoiseoftheentrancefadesaway,andyoucometothemutedcloth-market.Theearthenfloor,beatenhardbycountlessfeet,deadensthesoundoffootsteps,andthevaultedmud-brickwallsandroofhavehardlyanysound
6、stoecho.Theshop-keepersspeakinslow,measuredtones,andthebuyers,overwhelmedbythesepulchralatmosphere,followsuit.隨后，當往市場深處走去時，人口處的喧鬧聲漸漸消失，眼前便是清靜的布市了。這里的泥土地面，被無數(shù)雙腳板踩踏得硬邦邦的，人走在上面幾乎聽不到腳步聲了，而拱形的泥磚屋頂和墻壁也難得產(chǎn)生什么回音效果。布店的店主們一個個都是輕聲輕氣、慢條斯理的樣子；買布的顧客們在這種沉悶壓抑的氣氛感染下，自然而
7、然地也學(xué)著店主們的榜樣，變得低聲細語起來。OneofthepeculiaritiesoftheEasternbazaaristhatshopkeepersdealinginthesamekindofgoodsdonotscatterthemselvesoverthebazaar,inordertoavoidcompetition,butcollectinthesamearea,sothatpurchaserscanknowwheretofindthem,andsothattheycanformaclo
8、selyknitguildagainstinjusticeorpersecution.Inthecloth-market,forinstance,allthesellersofmaterialforclothes,curtains,chaircoversandsoonlinetheroadwayonbothsides,eachopen-frontedshophavingatrestletrestletablefordisplayandshelvesfor
