也许这件事随时随地都会发生。 一次我驾车在巴西内陆的一条陡峭的山路上行驶时,我第一次看到了绿色的香蕉。 我那辆老式吉普车经过两个多小时的山路已不堪重负。水箱开始漏水,可这里离最近的维修站也有十英里远。由于引擎过热,我不得不在附近的一个村子停了下来,这里只有几间民房和一家小杂货店。村民们好奇地围过来,看到有三股水流透过水箱套上的水洞流出来。“这很容易修,” 一个男人说完,叫过一个小男孩,让他去取几个绿香蕉。他用手拍着我的肩膀,向我保证一切都会很快地好起来。 “绿香蕉,”他说着笑了,其它人也笑起来。 我们边说着打趣的话,我不禁开始对绿香蕉发生了兴趣。询问只会显示我的无知,于是我开始欣赏这美丽的地方:一座座高山环抱着这个小村子,就 Maybe this happens anytime, anywhere. The first time I drove down a steep mountain road inland of Brazil, I first saw green bananas. My old jeep was overwhelmed by more than two hours of mountain road. The water tank begins to leak, but it is also ten miles from the nearest service station. Due to the engine overheating, I had to stop in a nearby village where there were only a few houses and a small grocery store. The villagers curiously came round and saw three streams of water flowing out of the water hole in the tank. “It’s easy to fix,” a man said, calling a boy and asking him to take a few green bananas. He patted my shoulder and assured me that everything would get better soon. “Green banana,” he laughed, others laughed. As we said jokingly, I could not help but start to have an interest in green banana. The inquiry will only show my ignorance, so I began to appreciate this beautiful place: a mountain surrounded by this small village, it