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He responded sharply, leaving me temporarily confused. "No, it's not an art form. Few people can really cut hair. It is a high art form."
他的反應(yīng)很強烈，讓我一時有些糊涂。“不，理發(fā)不是一種藝術(shù)形式，很少有人真正會剪發(fā)，這是一種很高的藝術(shù)形式。”
At this he lapsed into ebullient laughter again—and so did I, my suspicions gradually receding.
他又發(fā)出了一串串的笑聲，我也笑了，我的懷疑慢慢被消除。
He began cutting my hair without once asking what I wanted, a common occurrence in my travels in the developing world. Nor did I try to direct him except to ask that he not cut it too short.
他開始給我理發(fā)，一次也沒有問我想要什么樣的發(fā)型。在發(fā)展中國家，這種事很常見。我也沒去指揮他該怎么剪，只讓他別把頭發(fā)剪得太短了。
"Why do you cut hair outdoors?" I asked. "Is it too expensive to rent a shop?"
“你為什么在室外理發(fā)呢，租個店面很貴嗎？”我問他。
He feigned huge offense. "Not at all," he said, now working the scissors across my bangs. "I have many, many clients. I have plenty of money for a shop. But why be a prisoner of walls? I prefer to be outdoors. I feel the wind and sun every day when I work. I smell the flowers of this tree." He then quoted a line from Ho Chi Minh: "There's nothing as good as freedom and independence. Nothing."
他假裝做出被冒犯了的樣子。“才不貴呢。”他說著并開始剪我的劉海。“我有很多很多的顧客，我的錢足夠買下一個店，但為什么要被禁錮在幾堵墻內(nèi)呢？我喜歡在戶外，每天工作的時候，我能感受到風和太陽，還能聞到這棵樹的花香。”然后他引用了胡志明的一句話：“沒有什么像自由和獨立一樣好。沒有。”
Since his adolescence, the barber told me, all he'd wanted to do was cut hair. It was his one true passion. Even during the war he cut hair for his platoon. "
理發(fā)師告訴我，從青少年開始，他最想做的事就是理發(fā)。這是他真正的熱情所在。就算是在戰(zhàn)爭時期，他也為他同排的戰(zhàn)友理發(fā)。
