双语畅销书《我是马拉拉》第15章:离开河谷(10)
Then I asked the teacher if I could read some more poetry.
I read a poem about working hard to achieve your heart's desires.
我朗诵了一首诗，主题是“加倍努力，以达成你心中的愿望”。'A diamond must be cut many times before it yields even a tiny jewel,' I said.
“一颗钻石要经过无数次的切割和打磨，才能成为一小颗宝石。”我说。
After that I spoke of my namesake, Malalai of Maiwand, who had strength and power equal to hundreds and thousands of brave men because her few lines of poetry changed everything so the British were defeated.
紧接着，我提到了跟我同名的“迈万德的马拉莱”，她的能力和勇气抵得过成百上千英勇的男人。她用寥寥几行诗句，改变了战局，导致英国最终战败。People in the audience seemed surprised and I wondered whether they thought I was showing off or whether they were asking themselves why I wasn't wearing a veil.
听众席里，人们的脸上写满惊讶。我在想：他们是觉得我过度卖弄呢，还是不明白为什么我的脸上没戴面纱？It was nice being with my cousins but I missed my books.
我很喜欢和表姐妹们相处，但我还是忘不了我的书本。I kept thinking of my school bag at home with copies of Oliver Twist and Romeo and Juliet waiting to be read and the Ugly Betty DVDs on the shelf.
我不停地想起家里书包里的《雾都孤儿》和《罗密欧与朱丽叶》，以及书架上的《丑女贝蒂》DVD。But now we were living our own drama.
但现在，我们正在上演自己的人生戏码。We had been so happy, then something very bad had come into our lives and we were now waiting for our happy ending.
我们曾经生活得那么快乐，可是不幸入侵了我们的生活，而现在，我们在等待快乐的结局。When I complained about my books my brothers whined about their chickens.
每次当我念叨我那些书时，我的弟弟们就会嘀咕起他们的鸡。We'd heard on the radio that the army had started the battle for Mingora.
我们从收音机上播放的消息得知，军队已经开始在明戈拉作战。They had parachuted in soldiers and there had been hand-to-hand fighting in the streets.
他们空降了不少士兵，街上到处可见双方在搏斗。The Taliban were using hotels and government buildings as bunkers.
塔利班把旅馆和政府建筑物当作碉堡使用。After four days the military took three squares including Green Chowk, where the Taliban used to display the beheaded bodies of their victims.
经过四天的奋战，军方拿下了三座广场，其中包括塔利班经常用来展示被他们斩首的被害者尸体的绿色广场。Then they captured the airport and in a week they had taken back the city.
接着军方占领了机场。一个星期之内，他们夺回了这座城市。
