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Everywhere I walked I could feel history and imagined myself at a different time and place. 不管走到哪里，我都可以领略到历史的苍桑，就仿佛置身于不同的历史时空。 I loved the villages, the islands, the forests and mountains and valleys that I visited. 我爱那美丽的小山村，我爱那明珠般的岛屿，我爱那浩瀚的沙漠，我爱那茂密的森林，我爱那层峦叠障的山川，我爱那幽谧的峡谷。 However, the most beautiful aspects of my travels were the wonderful friends that I made all over the world. 然而，最让我留连忘返的是在世界各地结识的热情洋溢的朋友们。 They shared their stories along with food and drink. We san together and danced together and told our stories in return. 他们与我们分享美酒付佳肴，还讲述自己的经历见闻。我们一同载歌载舞，彼此分享奇闻趣事。 Some faces remain in my memories forever, for they were especially memorable for their sensitivity and generous gifts of the spirit. 他们特别值得怀念，是因为他们有锐利的眼光和相互间精神上慷慨的馈赠。 I could feel…: experience Story: an account of past events of how sth has developed. Sensitivity: can see sth through with a sharp eye; the ability to understand other people’s feelings. Proverbs in Latin American Talk/拉美人谈话中的谚语 Proverbs are the popular sayings that brighten so much Latin American talk, the boiled-down wisdom that you are as apt to hear form professors as from peasants, from beggars as from elegantes.谚语使用非常广泛，为拉美人的谈话增色不少。它们是智慧的结晶，俯拾皆是。从学负五车的文人到田间耕作的农夫，从凡夫走足到典雅的贵妇人，都乐于使用谚语。 Brief and colourful, they are often than not carry a sting. 谚语言简意赅，丰富多彩，其中又不乏讽刺之意。 When a neighbor’s dismally unattractive daughter announced her engagement, Imelda remarked, “You know what they say, Senora: ‘There’s no pot so ugly it can’t find a lid,’”.当邻家相貌平平的女孩向在家宣布了她的婚期，伊美尔达说：“你知道他们说，塞诺拉说，‘真是丑女不愁嫁呀！’”。 And when her son-in-low blustered about how he was going to get even wit the boss who had docked his pay, Imelda fixed him with a cold eye and said, “Little fish does not eat big fish.”当伊美尔达的女婿抱怨老板苛扣他的工资，想要为此讨个说法时，她冷冷地说：“胳膊总是拧不不过大腿啊！” One afternoon I heard Imelda and her daughter arguing in ht kitchen.一天下午，我听到伊美尔达和她女儿在橱房发生争执。 Her daughter had quarreled with her husband’s parents, and Imelda was insisting that she apologize to them.因为女儿和公婆发