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The sun was only a quarter of the way up the sky when she saw her first man die. Drums were beating as some of the women danced for the khal. Drogo watched without expression, but his eyes followed their movements, and from time to time he would toss down a bronze medallion for the women to fight over.
目睹當天第一個人喪命時，太陽才剛在天頂移動了四分之一。當時鼓聲隆隆，女人們正為卡奧跳舞助興。卓戈雖面無表情，視線卻始終跟隨她們的律動，不時還從腰帶上解下一個青銅獎章拋過去，讓她們為之爭得你死我活。
The warriors were watching too. One of them finally stepped into the circle, grabbed a dancer by the arm, pushed her down to the ground, and mounted her right there, as a stallion mounts a mare. Illyrio had told her that might happen. “The Dothraki mate like the animals in their herds. There is no privacy in a khalasar, and they do not understand sin or shame as we do.”
其他戰士也在旁觀賞。后來其中一個終于走進舞者的圓圈，伸手攫住一位舞者的臂膀，把她按倒在地，當場就像公馬和母馬交配似地做了起來。伊利里歐先前就提醒過她："多斯拉克人交配的方式和他們養的牲畜沒兩樣。卡拉薩里毫無隱私可言，他們對罪惡和恥辱的觀念也與我們完全不同。"
Dany looked away from the coupling, frightened when she realized what was happening, but a second warrior stepped forward, and a third, and soon there was no way to avert her eyes. Then two men seized the same woman. She heard a shout, saw a shove, and in the blink of an eye the arakhs were out, long razor-sharp blades, half sword and half scythe. A dance of death began as the warriors circled and slashed, leaping toward each other, whirling the blades around their heads, shrieking insults at each clash. No one made a move to interfere.
丹妮明白了眼前發生的事后，突然害怕起來，忙將視線從交合中的兩人身上轉開，但緊接著另一個戰士也走上前，然后又是一個，很快她連想不看也沒辦法了。只見兩名男子抓住了同一個女人，她聽見一聲大叫，其中一人推了對方一把，眨眼功夫，兩把亞拉克彎刀便已出鞘。這是一種半劍半鐮刀的武器，刀刃很長、利如剃刀。兩名戰士隨即展開一陣死亡劍舞，繞著圈子，相互殺伐，撲跳往來，刀鋒流轉，喊罵不絕。沒有人出手干預。
背景介紹：
《權力的游戲》是一部中世紀史詩奇幻題材的電視連續劇。該劇以美國作家喬治·R·R·馬丁的奇幻巨作《冰與火之歌》七部曲為基礎改編創作，由大衛·貝尼奧夫和丹尼爾·威斯編劇、HBO電視網推出。喬治·雷蒙德·理查德·馬丁是歐美奇幻小說大師。馬丁的作品主要以人物為關注點，描寫細膩豐富，突破了幻想文學界固有的創作模式，多次引領閱讀潮流。由于馬丁的輝煌成就，他被譽為美國的托爾金和新世紀的海明威。從1989年開始，馬丁淡出文學界，轉而投身演藝界發展，1996年他才重返文壇而開始奇幻文學的創作，處女作便是《權力的游戲》，即為《冰與火之歌》的首部曲。《權力的游戲》甫出便拿下了British Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻獎和星云獎年度最佳幻想作品提名，在非官方的不記名奇幻作品投票中，《冰與火之歌》儼然已經可以和《魔戒》平起平坐，作者網站的訪問量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.羅琳等不相上下，其受歡迎的程度可見一斑。喬治馬丁被時代雜志評選為2011年影響世界的一百人之一。
