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Passing Through Albuquerque

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by John Balaban

At dusk， by the irrigation ditch gurgling past backyards near the highway，locusts¹ raise a maze² of calls in cottonwoods.

A Spanish girl in a white party dress strolls the levee by the muddy water where her small sister plunks in stones.

Beyond a low adobe³ wall and a wrecked⁴ car men are pitching horseshoes in a dusty lot. Someone shouts as he clangs in a ringer.

Big winds buffet⁵ in ahead of a storm，rocking the immense trees and whipping up clouds of dust， wild leaves， and cottonwool.

In the moment when the locusts pause and the girl presses her up-fluttering dress to her bony knees you can hear a banjo， guitar， and fiddle⁶

playing "The Mississippi Sawyer" inside a shack⁷. Moments like that， you can love this country.

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1 locusts
n.蝗虫( locust的名词复数 )；贪吃的人；破坏者；槐树
参考例句：
a swarm of locusts 一大群蝗虫 In no time the locusts came down and started eating everything. 很快蝗虫就飞落下来开始吃东西，什么都吃。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 maze
n.迷宫，八阵图，混乱，迷惑
参考例句：
He found his way through the complex maze of corridors.他穿过了迷宮一样的走廊。 She was lost in the maze for several hours.一连几小时，她的头脑处于一片糊涂状态。

3 adobe
n.泥砖，土坯，美国Adobe公司
参考例句：
They live in an adobe house.他们住在一间土坯屋里。 Adobe bricks must drived dried completely before are used.土坯砖块使用前一定要完全干燥。

4 wrecked
adj.失事的，遇难的
参考例句：
the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸 the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞

5 buffet
n.自助餐；饮食柜台；餐台
参考例句：
Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？ Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？

6 fiddle
n.小提琴；vi.拉提琴；不停拨弄，乱动
参考例句：
She plays the fiddle well.她小提琴拉得好。 Don't fiddle with the typewriter.不要摆弄那架打字机了。

7 shack
adj.简陋的小屋，窝棚
参考例句：
He had to sit down five times before he reached his shack.在走到他的茅棚以前，他不得不坐在地上歇了五次。 The boys made a shack out of the old boards in the backyard.男孩们在后院用旧木板盖起一间小木屋。