Collateral Damage

时间：2013-12-19 06:52:02

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Collateral¹ Damage

U. A. Fanthorpe

The minor² diplomat³ who brings terms for a ceasefire

Enters through a side-door, in the small hours,

Wearing a belted raincoat.

The children have become bold. At the first siren

They cried, and ran for their mothers.

Now they are worldly-wise,

They clamour（叫喊） to watch dogfights（混战） above the house,

They prefer under-the-kitchen-table to the shelter,

They play fighting games

Of reading the paper by bomblight,

Pretending to be the enemy. These children

Are no longer safe.

They have learned rash and contrary for ever. Come soon,

O minor diplomat in the belted raincoat, come

To capitulate. For the children have ack-ack nerves,

And a landmine⁴ has fallen next door.

Under the reservoir, under the wind-figured water,

Are the walls, the church, the houses,

The small human things,

That in drought rise up gaunt and dripping,

And it was once Mardale, both is and is not Mardale,

But is still there,

Like the diplomat, and the crazy fearless children

who progress through their proper stages, and the churchbells

With their nightly riddles,

And the diplomat, and the children still running

Away from shelter, into the path of the bomb.

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1 collateral
adj.平行的；旁系的；n.担保品
参考例句：
Many people use personal assets as collateral for small business loans.很多人把个人财产用作小额商业贷款的抵押品。 Most people here cannot borrow from banks because they lack collateral.由于拿不出东西作为抵押，这里大部分人无法从银行贷款。

2 minor
adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修
参考例句：
The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。 I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

3 diplomat
n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人
参考例句：
The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。 He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

4 landmine
n.地雷
参考例句：
A landmine is a kind of weapon used in war.地雷是一种运用于战争的武器。 The treaty bans the use,production and trade of landmine.那条约禁止使用生产和交易雷。