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Soldier's Heart
士兵心理症
Louis Simpson
路易斯•辛普森
It begins in France in June of 1944.
这一切开始于1944年6月的法国。
Men are lying face down on the earth.
士兵们面朝下趴在地上，
The air is filled with sounds, shrieks that came out of the sky and terminate with an explosion.
空气里充满了各种声音，炸弹划破天空发出尖响，以震耳欲聋的爆炸声结尾。
This may be a matter of seconds.
这可能只是瞬间发生的事情。
If the sounds continue, the men will be seen scraping the surface of the earth with shovels and burying themselves in it until, like a species of animal, they vanish from sight.
如果这些声音持续下去，你就会看到士兵们用战锹挖地，把自己隐藏到里面，像动物一样从视线中消失。
Or the men are walking up a road in two parallel lines.
要么士兵们成两路纵队沿着公路前进。
They are heavily burdened, carrying rifles, machine guns, and mortars.
他们负荷很重，扛着步枪、机枪和迫击炮。
If the shrieking from the sky begins, they will turn quickly out of the road and lie face down.
如果空中的呼啸声再次响起，他们就会迅速离开公路，卧倒在地上。
Or they have spread out and are walking in an open field.
要么他们分散开，在一大片开阔的地上前进。
An embankment runs across it—the railroad.
一道路堤从中穿过——是一条铁路。
There is a brief purring sound, then a rhythmic drumming.
这时传来了一阵短促而低沉的声响，紧接着就是一阵有节奏的撞击声。
If you should happen to be with these men, it would sound as though the air were being torn.
如果你恰好和这些人在一起，听起来就像天空正在被撕裂。
One of them falls.
一个人倒下去，
The others run forward and crouch in the shelter of the embankment.
其他人继续往前冲去，蹲在路堤旁，以它作为掩护。
