After a while, there were stretches where red gullies dropped off on either side of the road, and behind them there were patches of field buttoned together with 666 posts.

过了一会，有几段路,红色的排水沟在道路两旁延伸，后面是一块块的田地,一共有666根插在上面。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The moon says to him:] 'Oh, I've been scanning pond and hole And waterway hereabout For the body of one with a sunken soul Who has put his life-light out.

月亮对他说],哦，我一直在审视着池塘和地洞,还有在附近的排水沟,因为一个人的灵魂已沦陷,熄灭了他的生命之光。

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