005 尼洛最爱的地方

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There was only one thing that made Patrasche uneasy

有一件事让帕特拉修感到不安。

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It was this:

就是这一件：

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Nello often left Patrasche alone in the street

尼诺经常把帕特拉修独自留在街上。

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Antwerp, as all the world knows, is full of old churches

众所周知，安特卫普到处都是古老的教堂。

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Nello loved to visit them

尼诺喜欢去参观它们。

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Antwerp's churches are jammed in everywhere, in almost every alley and street

安特卫普的教堂挤满了各个角落，几乎每条小巷和街道上都有。

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Its churches are quiet, grand, old places of the past

那里的教堂是安静、宏伟、古老的过往之地。

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They are dark, ancient, and beautiful

它们幽暗、古老而美丽。

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Many of the churches contain the art of Antwerp's most beloved citizen: the great painter Peter Paul Rubens

许多教堂都收藏着安特卫普最受爱戴的公民——伟大画家彼得·保罗·鲁本斯的艺术作品。

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Rubens was born in Flanders in 1577 and grew up in Antwerp

鲁本斯于 1577 年出生在佛兰德斯，并在安特卫普长大。

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By the age of twenty-one, he was already an excellent painter

到了二十一岁，他已经是一位出色的画家了。

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Rubens left Antwerp and, like other great painters of the time, he went to Italy

鲁本斯离开安特卫普，像当时其他伟大画家一样，去了意大利。

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In Italy, he worked as a court painter and painted altars of churches in Rome

在意大利，他担任宫廷画家，并为罗马的教堂绘制祭坛画。

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His works are famous for their color, their light, and their feeling of energy

他的作品以色彩、光线和充满活力的感觉而闻名。

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In 1608, Rubens returned to Antwerp, where he continued to paint for many years

1608年，鲁本斯回到安特卫普，在那里继续作画多年。

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His paintings have religious themes and decorate its many ancient churches

他的画作以宗教为主题，装饰着安特卫普许多古老的教堂。

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In one of Antwerp's churches lies Rubens' tomb

在安特卫普的一座教堂里，安放着鲁本斯的墓。

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Without Rubens, what is Antwerp?

没有鲁本斯，安特卫普算什么？

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Merely a dirty, bustling market city

不过是一座肮脏、喧闹的商业城市罢了。

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But because Rubens lived and worked there, Antwerp is sacred

但因为鲁本斯曾在那里生活和工作，安特卫普是神圣的。

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Both worshippers of God and lovers of art honor its soil

朝拜上帝的人和热爱艺术的人都敬仰这片土地。

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Some afternoons, after Nello and Patrasche finished delivering the milk, Nello would stop outside a church

有些下午，尼诺和帕特拉修送完牛奶后，尼诺会在一座教堂外停下。

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He would tell Patrasche to wait outside while he went in

他会让帕特拉修在外面等着，自己进去。

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Most often, he visited Antwerp's great cathedral

大多数时候，他去的是安特卫普那座宏伟的大教堂。

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Once or twice, Patrasche tried to follow

有一两次，帕特拉修想跟着进去。

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He stepped through the cathedral's large gate, pulling his milk-cart behind, but a guard always sent him back

他拉着送奶车，踏进大教堂的大门，但总会被守卫赶回来。

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He waited on the street stones outside the iron gate and watched the people go by

他就在铁栅栏外的石板路上等着，看着来来往往的行人。

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" What does Nello do inside?" wondered Patrasche

“尼诺在里面做什么呢？”帕特拉修心里想。

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" Sometimes he is inside for more than one hour!"

“有时候他一进去就是一个多小时！”

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Patrasche worried whenever Nello disappeared inside a church or went into the cathedral

每当尼诺消失在教堂里，或者走进大教堂时，帕特拉修都很担心。

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Patrasche wasn't bothered just because Nello visited churches

帕特拉修烦恼，并不仅仅是因为尼诺去教堂。

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Patrasche knew it was normal for people to go to church

帕特拉修知道，人们去教堂是很平常的事。

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After all, the farmers in their village went to the small gray church opposite the red windmill

毕竟，他们村里的农民也会去那座红色风车对面的灰色小教堂。

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Patrasche was worried because Nello always looked pale, when he came out

帕特拉修担心，是因为尼诺出来时，脸色总是很苍白。

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Nello was usually a talkative boy

尼诺平时是个话多的孩子。

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But whenever he visited the cathedral, he would stay silent for hours after

但每次去过大教堂后，他都会沉默好几个小时。

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If Nello visited the cathedral, when they returned home he never wanted to play

如果尼诺去了大教堂，回到家后他就再也不想玩耍了。

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Instead, he would sit and gaze at the evening skies

而是会坐着，凝望着傍晚的天空。

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Patrasche thought the little boy should not be so serious

帕特拉修觉得，这个小男孩不该这么心事重重。

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But Nello kept visiting the cathedral and the churches

可尼诺还是不断去大教堂和别的教堂。

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Patrasche could do nothing except wait in the street

帕特拉修什么也做不了，只能在街上等着。

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He stretched himself out on the stones, yawned, and sighed

他伸直身子趴在石板上，打着哈欠，叹着气。

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When Nello came out of the cathedral, he always hugged Patrasche and kissed his forehead

尼诺从大教堂出来时，总会拥抱帕特拉修，亲吻他的额头。

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In a soft voice, he would murmur," If I could only see them, Patrasche!"

他会用轻柔的声音低语：“要是我能看到它们就好了，帕特拉修！”

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" See what?" wondered Patrasche

“看到什么？”帕特拉修心想。