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[27]Ithadbeenthreehoursearlier。Inhisboredom,Shimamurastaredathislefthandastheferbentahishaohaveavitalaememoryofthewomanhewasgoihemorehetriedtocallupaclearpictureofher,themorehismemoryfailedhim,thefarthershefadedaway,leavinghimnothingtodhold。Iofthisuyonlytheonehand,andinparticularthefer,evennowseemeddampfromhertouch,seemedtobepullinghimbaafar。Takera,hebroughtthehandtohisfaquicklydrewalihemisted-overomaedupbeforehim。Healmostcalledoutinhisastohehadbeendreaming,aohimselfhesawthatitwasoioninthewindowofthegirlopposite。Outsideitwasgrowingdark,ashadbeehetrain,transfthewindowintoamirror。Themirrorhadbeencloudedoverwithsteamuhatlineacrossit。

[28]Theoselfwasstraiful,but,feigningatraveler’swearinessandputtinghisfacetothewindowasiftolookattheseryoutside,heclearedthesteamfromtherestoftheglass。

[29]Thegirlleaivelyforward,lookingdownatthemanbeforeher。Shimamuracouldseefromthewayherstrengthwasgatheredinhershouldersthatthesuggestionoffierhereyeswasbutasignofadidhertoblink。Themanlaywithhisheadpillowedatthewindowasothathisfeetwereofag,besidethegirl。Itwasathird-classcoach。ThepairwerelyoppositeShimamurabutratheroforward,andtheman’sheadshowedinthewindowmirroronlyasfarastheear。

[30]Sihegirlwasthusdiagonallyoppositehim,Shimamuracouldaswellhavelookeddirectlyather。WhehemthetraihingcaboutherbeautyhadstartledShimamura,ailyloweredhiseyeshehadseentheman’sashegatthegirl’s。Somehowitseemedwrongtolain。

[31]Themahemirrestedthefeeliyagavehimtobeabletoresthiseyesonthegirl’sbreast。Hisveryweakainsoftbalandharmowofigures。Oneendofhisscarfservedasapillow,ahereightoverhismouthlikeamask,restedonhisowafelllooseorslippeddownoverhisnose,andalmostbeforehehadtimetosignalhisahegirlgentlyrearraheprocesseatedoveraomatically,sooftenthatShimamura,watgthem,almostfoundhimselfgrowi。Oallythebottomoftheoverwhi’sfeetouldslipopenandfalltothefloor,andthegirlwouldquicklypullitbacktogether。Itletelynatural,asifthetwoofthem,quiteiospattogooherahedistanuratherewashepaiofsomethingtrulysadg。Ratheritwasasifhewerewatgatableauinadream—andthatwasnodoubtthewemirror。

[32]Ihemirrortheeveninglandscapemovedby,themirroraedfigureslikemotionpicturessuperimposedohefiguresandthebadwereued,ahefigures,traandihebaiheriedtogetherintoasortofsymboliotofthisworld。Particularlywhenalightoutiaiheterofthegirl’sfaceShimamurafelthischestriseattheinexpressiblebeautyofit。

[33]Themountainskystillcarriedtracesofeveningred。Individualshapeswereclearfariahemonotonousmountainlainguishedformileaftermile,seemedallthemoreundistinguishedflostitslasttracesofcolor。Therewasnothinginittocatchtheeye,aoflowalonginwide,uhatwasofcoursebecausethegirl’sfacewasfloatioffbytheface,theeveninglaeadilybyarounditsoutliooseemedtrawasitreallytra?Shimamurahadtheillusionthattheeveninglauallypassihefadtheflowdidnotstoptolethimbesureit>

[34]Thelightirainarticularlystrong,aionwaswouldhavebeeninamirror。Siherewasnoglare,Shimamuracametetthatitwasamirrorhewaslookingat。Thegirl’sfaceseemedtobeoutintheflowoftheeveningmountains。

[35]Itwasthenthatalightshohereflethemirrorwasnhtoblotoutthelightoutside,norwasthelightstroodimtherefle。Thelightmovedacrosstheface,thoughnottolightitup。Itwasadistant,coldlight。Asitsentitssmallraythroughthepupilofthegirl’seye,astheeyeaweresuperimposedoheeyebecameaweirdlybeautifulbitofphosphorestheseaofeveningmountains。

[36]TherewasnowayforYokotoknowthatshewasbei。HerattentionwastratedonthesideveowardShimamura,shewouldprobablynothaveseeion,andsheaidothemanlookingoutthewindow。

[37]Itdidnotourathatitertostareatthegirlsolohattoowasnodoubtbecausehewastakenbytheuherworldlypowerofhismirrorintheeveninglandscape。

[38]Whehegirlcalledouttothestationmaster,hermanneragaiiness,Shimamuraperhapssawherfirstofallasratherlikeacharacteroutofanold,romantictale。

[39]Theasdarkbythetimetheycametothesignalstop。Theirrorfadedwiththefadinglandscape。Yoko’sfacewasstillthere,butforallthewarmthofherministrations,Shimamurahadfouraess。Hedidhewindowasitclain。

[40]Hewasstartled,then,whenahalf-hourlaterYokoaoffthetraiationashe。Helookedaroundasthoughhewereabouttobedrawnihing,butthecoldairoformmadehimsuddenlyashamedofhisrudehetrain。Hecrossedthetrafroivewithoutlookingba。

[41]Theman,gtoYoko’sshoulder,wasabouttotothetratheplatformoppositewhenfromthissideastatioraisedahandtostopthem。

[42]Alhttraihedarkoblockthemfromsight。

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Notes

1。YasunariKawabata(川端康成):Heaorywriterawhosespare,lyrical,subtly-shadedproseworkswonhimtheNobelPrizeiureihefirstJapaoreceivetheaward。Hisworkshaveenjoyedbroadiionalappealaill>

HisurewasentitledJapaifulandMyself。ZenBuddhismwasakeyfotofthespeeuchwasdevotedtopraersandthegeiBuddhism,andhowitdifferedfromothertypesofBuddhism。

Kaarentlyittedsui1972bygassianumberofcloseassoghiswidow,sideredhisdeathtohavebeeal。

2。Snowtry:Itisafull-leheJapahorYasunariKawabata。TheablishedKawabataasoneofJapahorsaantclassic。ItisastarktaleofaloveaffairbetweenaTokyodilettanteandaprovitakesplatheremotehtownofYuzawa。Ashismostpotentsymbolofthis“ter-Westerheruralgeisha,KomakoembodiesKationoftraditioybytakierninfluendsubvertingittotraditionalJapanesefnoteacheravailable,shehoethetraditiorumentbyuntraditiomusidradiobroadcasts。Herlover,Shimamura,entsthat,“thepublishilemanwouldbehappyifheknewhehadarealgeisha—notjustanordinaryamateur—pragfromhisscoreswayoffhereiains。”

&ionsfordis。

1)WhatistherelatioweenShimamuraandYoko?

2)WhatistherelatioweenYokoaionmaster?

3)WhatferfromtheversationaboutYokoaher?

4)Whichpartofthedesaboutthegirl’sreflethewindowimpressesyouthemost?

5)WhatyouseeaboutthepersonalityofShimamurafromthedes?

6)Whatisthebasicatmosphereofthentoopeningpart?

7)Whatdoyouthihtoveythroughthispartofthestory?

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