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Soldier's Heart
士兵心理癥
Louis Simpson
路易斯•辛普森
It begins in France in June of 1944.
這一切開始于1944年6月的法國。
Men are lying face down on the earth.
士兵們面朝下趴在地上，
The air is filled with sounds, shrieks that came out of the sky and terminate with an explosion.
空氣里充滿了各種聲音，炸彈劃破天空發出尖響，以震耳欲聾的爆炸聲結尾。
This may be a matter of seconds.
這可能只是瞬間發生的事情。
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.
如果這些聲音持續下去，你就會看到士兵們用戰鍬挖地，把自己隱藏到里面，像動物一樣從視線中消失。
Or the men are walking up a road in two parallel lines.
要么士兵們成兩路縱隊沿著公路前進。
They are heavily burdened, carrying rifles, machine guns, and mortars.
他們負荷很重，扛著步槍、機槍和迫擊炮。
If the shrieking from the sky begins, they will turn quickly out of the road and lie face down.
如果空中的呼嘯聲再次響起，他們就會迅速離開公路，臥倒在地上。
Or they have spread out and are walking in an open field.
要么他們分散開，在一大片開闊的地上前進。
An embankment runs across it—the railroad.
一道路堤從中穿過——是一條鐵路。
There is a brief purring sound, then a rhythmic drumming.
這時傳來了一陣短促而低沉的聲響，緊接著就是一陣有節奏的撞擊聲。
If you should happen to be with these men, it would sound as though the air were being torn.
如果你恰好和這些人在一起，聽起來就像天空正在被撕裂。
One of them falls.
一個人倒下去，
The others run forward and crouch in the shelter of the embankment.
其他人繼續往前沖去，蹲在路堤旁，以它作為掩護。
