1、 【导读】芒果街上的小屋是一本优美纯净的小说，一本“诗小说”。所有的讲述都归于一个叙述中：居住在芝加哥拉美移民社区芒果街上的女孩埃斯佩朗莎。生来就有对弱者的同情心和对美的感知力，她用清澈的眼睛打量周围的世界，用美丽稚嫩的语言讲述成长、沧桑、生命的美好与不易和年轻的希望与失望，梦想有一所自己的房子，梦想在写作中追寻自我，获得自由和帮助别人的能力。The House on Mango Street(excerpt)In English my name means hope.In Spanish it means too many letters.It means sadness，and it me
2、ans waiting.It is like the number nine.A muddy color.It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving，songs like sobbing.It was my greatgrandmothers name and now it is mine.She was a horse woman too，born like me in the Chinese year of horsewhich is supposed to be bad l
3、uck if youre born femalebut I think this is a Chinese lie because the Chinese，like the Mexicans，dont like their women strong.My greatgrandmother，I would have liked to have known her，a wild horse of a woman，so wild she wouldnt marry.Until my greatgrandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her
4、 off.Just that，as if she were a fancy chandelier(枝形吊灯)Thats the way he did it.And the story goes she never forgave him.She looked out the window her whole life，the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow.I wonder if she made the best with what she got or she was sad because she couldnt be al
5、l the things she wanted to be.Esperanza.I have inherited her name，but I dont want to inherit her place by the window.At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth.But in Spanish my name is made out of a softer something，like silver，not quit
6、e as thick as sisters nameMagdalenawhich is uglier than mine.Magdalena who at least can come home and become Nenny.But I am always Esperanza.I would like to baptize myself under a new name，a name more like the real me，the one nobody see.Esperanza as Lasiandra or Maritza or Zeze the XYes，something li
7、ke Zeze the X will do.芒果街上的小屋(节选)在英语里，我的名字的意思是希望。在西班牙语里，它意味着太多的字母。它意味着哀伤，意味着等待。它就像数字九。一种泥泞的色彩。它是每个星期天早晨，爸爸刮胡子时播放的墨西哥唱片，呜咽的歌。它过去是我曾曾祖母的名字，现在是我的。她也是一个属马的女人，和我一样，生在中国的马年如果你生为女人，这会被认为是霉运可是我想，这是个中国谎言，因为，中国人和墨西哥人一样，不喜欢他们的女人强大。我的曾曾祖母，要是我见过她多好，女人中的野马，野得不想嫁人。直到我的曾曾祖父用麻袋套住她的头把她扛走。就那样扛着，好像她是一盏华贵的枝形吊灯。那就是他的办法。后
8、来，她永远没有原谅他。她用一生向窗外凝望，像许多女人那样凝望，胳膊肘支起忧伤。我想知道她是否随遇而安；是否会为做不成她想做的人而伤怀。埃斯佩朗莎。我继承了她的名字，可我不想继承她在窗边的位置。在学校里，他们说我的名字很滑稽，音节好像是铁皮做的，会碰痛嘴巴里的上颚。可是在西班牙语里，我的名字是更柔和的东西做的，像银子，没有妹妹的名字那么浑厚。她叫玛格达蕾娜，这名字没我的美。玛格达蕾娜回到家里可以叫蕾妮。可我总是埃斯佩朗莎。我想给自己起一个新名字，一个和真实的自我更像的名字，一个没有人见过的名字。埃斯佩朗莎，就像蒂牡花或者马丽茶或者某泽泽。是的，我会起一个就像某泽泽的名字。知识积累1elbow n
9、肘部2inherit v继承3syllable n音节4I wonder if she made the best with what she got or she was sad because she couldnt be all the things she wanted to be.分析：该句是一个复合句。if引导的是宾语从句，作谓语动词wonder的宾语。what引导的是宾语从句，作介词with的宾语。because引导的是原因状语从句。文化链接奇卡诺文学的诞生1848年美国与墨西哥之战后随着大量的墨西哥人迁入美国开始生活，墨西哥式的思维与美国本土传统不断发生碰撞后逐渐产生了一种新的文学形式奇卡诺文学。芒果街上的小屋的诞生，标志着奇卡诺文学史上盛开出一朵绮丽且带着诗意的花朵。