《窺鏡》
by 安東·契訶夫
Anton Chekhov
▌閱讀時長：8分鐘
▌內容簡介
契訶夫被稱為“現代短篇小說之父”（“father of the modern short story”），他的作品特點是以人物為核心。
In “The Looking-Glass,” a woman feverishly attempts to seek help for her husband, sick with typhus, but is met with a surprise. This particular story nods to the author’s day job as a physician.
在《窺鏡》中，壹個女人瘋狂地為她患了斑疹傷寒的丈夫尋求幫助，最終收獲了壹個大“驚喜”。這部作品剛好與契訶夫醫生的職業相呼應。
▌精彩選段
Then she saw against the grey background how her husband every spring was in straits for money to pay the interest for the mortgage to the bank. He could not sleep, she could not sleep, and both racked their brains till their heads ached, thinking how to avoid being visited by the clerk of the Court.
在灰色的背景下，她看到丈夫每年春天為貸款利息而捉襟見肘。他夜不能寐，她也壹樣，他們為此絞盡腦汁，想得腦袋生疼，生怕法庭找上門來。
She saw her children: the everlasting apprehension of colds, scarlet fever, diphtheria, bad marks at school, separation. Out of a brood of five or six one was sure to die.
她看到了她的孩子們，總是生活在無盡的恐懼中：他們害怕感冒、猩紅熱、白喉，害怕成績差，害怕被分開。壹個人若離開了五六人的小群體，那將必死無疑。