Reading - Broken "Blue and White Porcelain"

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在景德鎮旅遊時，最吸引人眼球的，恐怕就是那些華麗的景德鎮瓷器了。

到了景德鎮，不買個 瓷器回去，就好像沒有到過景德鎮。

我也不免落了這個俗套。

• Travelling in Jingdezhen, afraid most eye-catching thing is gorgeous porcelain

• If you go and don’t buy porcelain, like haven’t been

• Can’t avoid falling into cliché

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在一家瓷器店，我終於看中了一隻青花瓷瓶。

那色澤、那釉體、那粉彩，無不巧奪天工，令人嘆為觀止。

• In porcelain shop, finally found blue and white porcelain vase I liked

• Colour, glaze, pastel colours so skilfully done that they are breathtaking

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我買下這隻價格不菲的青花瓷瓶，就像買下了整個景德鎮。

一路上，我雙手摟著這隻青花瓷瓶，就像摟抱著個寶貝，格外小心，在心裡還一遍遍描繪著將這隻青花瓷瓶放在家裡什麼地方。

我懷抱著這隻青花瓷瓶，心中綻放出別樣的溫暖和甜蜜。

• Bought expensive vase as if I had bought entire Jingdezhen

• On the way held with both hands, as if hugging baby, extremely careful, picturing in mind where to place at home

• Holding in arms, different kind of warmth & sweetness blossomed in my heart

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到家了。

遠遠地，我就看到了那束溫暖的燈光，那裡是我生命中最放心最安妥的地方。

我一手摟抱著青花瓷瓶，一手拿鑰匙去開門。

• Home

• From afar see warm light, most reassuring & safest place in life

• Held vase in one hand, key in other as went to open door

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我將門一拉，只聽到一聲清脆的聲音：「嘩啦——」 隨後，是一片寂靜。

我低頭一看，布袋裡 包裝的青花瓷已軟了下去，用手一抖，只聽得見布袋裡「嘩啦、嘩啦」瓷器碎片的聲音。

• As soon as pulled door open, crisp sound, wala, then silence

• Looked down, porcelain packed in cloth bag softed, shook bag with hand, only hear sound of wala wala, porcelain shattering

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我千辛萬苦，一路顛簸，眼看就要跨進家了，就在拉開門的一剎那，卻在門邊撞到了懷裡的青花瓷。

頃刻間，這華麗的青花瓷瓶就化為烏有了。

隨著青花瓷破碎的，有我心裡的那個夢想，還有那個想對人炫耀的話題。

一切的一切，都隨著那聲「嘩啦——」過去了，不著一絲痕迹。

• After went through all the trouble, all the bumps and bruises, almost home

• Just as opened door hit porcelain in arms against door frame

• In an instant, magnificent vase reduced to nothing

• Along with porcelain, dream in heart, topic wanted to brag about to others

• Everything passed with the sound of wala, without a trace

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望著一桌的青花瓷碎片，我心裡充滿了沮喪和失落。

妻子看到我一副喪魂落魄的樣子，在一旁抿嘴竊笑。

• Looking at table full of broken pieces, felt sense of depression & loss

• Wife saw in despondent state & smirked

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第二天，妻子下班回到家，故作神秘狀，喊我到她身邊來，說要給我看一樣寶貝。

我還沒有從青花瓷打碎的陰影中走出，悶悶不樂地走了過來。

只見妻子像變魔術似的從包里拿出一隻青花瓷瓶，往桌上重重地一放，說道：「你的青花瓷又回來了。」

• Next day, wife came home from work acting mysteriously, called me over, wanted to show something precious

• Not yet come out of shadow of broken blue & white porcelain, walked over sullenly

• Pulled vase out of bag like magician, place heavily on table, ‘Your blue and white porcelain is back.’

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我眼前一亮，驚喜地問道：「你是從哪裡買到的？」

妻子淡淡一笑道：「很簡單，家門口小店裡就有賣的。」

• Eyes lit up, asked in surprise ‘Where did you buy it?’

• Smiled faintly ‘It's very simple. They're sold at the small shop at the front door.’

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真的，這隻青花瓷與那隻毫無兩樣，放在家裡一樣古樸、典雅。

我千辛萬苦買回家，成了一堆碎片；妻子卻易如反掌，就將這仿真青花瓷給買回家了，而且簡單、實用。

• Really no different, looks equally quaint & elegant in home

• Difficulty bringing home, became pile of fragments

• Wife easily brought home, simple & practical

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人生中，我們總是在苦苦地追尋和嚮往著某種華麗的景緻，以為別人擁有的是一片大森林，自己只有幾棵狗尾巴草。

於是，千方百計，也想擁有那樣的景緻。

殊不知，最美的景色就在自己身邊。

我們錯過的常常是唾手可得的實物，得到的卻是一種破碎的「青花瓷」。

• In life always desperately searching & yearning for some kind of magnificent scenery, what others have is a large forest, we only have a few foxtail grasses

• By all means also want to have that kind of scenery

• Unexpectedly most beautiful scenery right around you

• Miss physical object within easy reach, get broken blue and white porcelain