工地上的芦苇已被伐薪的农民砍过一遍，稀拉拉地只剩下一些新生苗。一把火燎过，地下只留下利如刀矛箭簇的根茬。当时，同学们大都赤着脚。一踩上了芦苇茬，脚掌立即鲜血直流。尤为糟糕的是，鄱阳湖滨是闻名于世的血吸虫疫区。毛泽东的“送瘟神”一诗就生动地描绘出这一带瘟疫盛行，“华陀无奈小虫何”和患病后“万户萧疏鬼唱歌”的严重后果。 Asmentionedbeforetherewerethousandsofwaterpitsinthemoor.Millionsofnail-likesnailsweregrowingandmultiplyingthere.Thesnailsbreedthedeadlyepidemicmediasecondgenerationoflarva.Thesepestsintrudetohumanbodyeitherthroughhairporesorthroughcutsonskin.Assoonastheircomingtheylurkintohumanliversandspleenstosuckthebloodinsidewithpatients’symptomsofhighfeverleanfigureandpot-bellies.AtthattimetheonlywaytothemwasgoingtothelowerworldbecameasingingghostaspoetizedbyChairmanMao.ThepenetratingportrayvisualizedthewillfulpersecutionbyplagueinlowandmiddlereachofYangtzeRiver.Howeverthesameasthosehistoricillusionssuchas“GreatLeaping””SatellitesLaunching”Itwasalsoregrettablet
有不少来自下干越诸乡。他们的父兄中，多有血吸虫患者。深知其中的利害。不断地给我们发出警告和蹿掇。我们这些胆小怕事的学生，哪有违命犯上的勇气？只好硬着头皮，知不可为而为之。因此，每天上工，都有如游阴曹地府，闯地雷阵般两股战战，背脊发冷。此次，鄱阳湖一转，同班同学中有几人中招，不得不自认晦气，中途辍学。 Besidetheplagure’sthreatthestrengthofcultivationworkwasalsobeyondourimagination.Thereedsdeeplyrootedthemselvesintoearthforyears.Therootsnetworkwassodenseandthickthatthehoesimmediatelyreboundedbackafterourdiggingwhichalwaysresultedtoaninvalidworkafterlongtime’sstruggling.Occasionallymighthoedigalittlebitdepthtotherootsbutstillhardlyplowedtheearthover.Moreoversincethereed’seasyandfastgrowingnaturewejustplowedacleanlandyesterdayanditwascoveredbyreedshootstoday.Thereforeourcultivatingprogresswasveryslow……. 除了瘟疫的威胁外，开荒的劳动强度之大也是难以想象的。地下遍布千百年积聚的芦根，密密扎扎，盘根错节。一镢头刨下去，草根把锄头都弹了起来。往往锄上几下，也不奏效
工地上的芦苇已被伐薪的农民砍过一遍，稀拉拉地只剩下一些新生苗。一把火燎过，地下只留下利如刀矛箭簇的根茬。当时，同学们大都赤着脚。一踩上了芦苇茬，脚掌立即鲜血直流。尤为糟糕的是，鄱阳湖滨是闻名于世的血吸虫疫区。毛泽东的“送瘟神”一诗就生动地描绘出这一带瘟疫盛行，“华陀无奈小虫何”和患病后“万户萧疏鬼唱歌”的严重后果。
Asmentionedbeforetherewerethousandsofwaterpitsinthemoor.Millionsofnail-likesnailsweregrowingandmultiplyingthere.Thesnailsbreedthedeadlyepidemicmediasecondgenerationoflarva.Thesepestsintrudetohumanbodyeitherthroughhairporesorthroughcutsonskin.Assoonastheircomingtheylurkintohumanliversandspleenstosuckthebloodinsidewithpatients’symptomsofhighfeverleanfigureandpot-bellies.AtthattimetheonlywaytothemwasgoingtothelowerworldbecameasingingghostaspoetizedbyChairmanMao.ThepenetratingportrayvisualizedthewillfulpersecutionbyplagueinlowandmiddlereachofYangtzeRiver.Howeverthesameasthosehistoricillusionssuchas“GreatLeaping””SatellitesLaunching”Itwasalsoregrettablet
有不少来自下干越诸乡。他们的父兄中，多有血吸虫患者。深知其中的利害。不断地给我们发出警告和蹿掇。我们这些胆小怕事的学生，哪有违命犯上的勇气？只好硬着头皮，知不可为而为之。因此，每天上工，都有如游阴曹地府，闯地雷阵般两股战战，背脊发冷。此次，鄱阳湖一转，同班同学中有几人中招，不得不自认晦气，中途辍学。
Besidetheplagure’sthreatthestrengthofcultivationworkwasalsobeyondourimagination.Thereedsdeeplyrootedthemselvesintoearthforyears.Therootsnetworkwassodenseandthickthatthehoesimmediatelyreboundedbackafterourdiggingwhichalwaysresultedtoaninvalidworkafterlongtime’sstruggling.Occasionallymighthoedigalittlebitdepthtotherootsbutstillhardlyplowedtheearthover.Moreoversincethereed’seasyandfastgrowingnaturewejustplowedacleanlandyesterdayanditwascoveredbyreedshootstoday.Thereforeourcultivatingprogresswasveryslow…….
除了瘟疫的威胁外，开荒的劳动强度之大也是难以想象的。地下遍布千百年积聚的芦根，密密扎扎，盘根错节。一镢头刨下去，草根把锄头都弹了起来。往往锄上几下，也不奏效