“《海上无路标》是维多利亚·萨克维尔-韦斯特的作品，她是英国现代诗人和小说家,她善于运用意识流手法来展现人物错综复杂的内心世界并抒发人生感悟。其小说《海上无路标》借用了象征、自由联想、蒙太奇等意识流手法,细腻地描述了主人公埃得蒙在生命尽头的心路历程。”

这个片段是从高级英语第三版第一册第十三课选取的，当时高英老师给我们讲的时候就好喜欢这篇课文，典型的意识流小说，其中对海岸线上两种不同的情景所类比的两种不同性格的人，那个一直守着山顶上的灯塔的古怪的意大利人，还有上校讲的信天翁：

The albatross, it appears, follows a ship only to a certain latitude and then turns back; it know show far it should go and no farther. How wise is the albatross! We might all take a lesson from him, knowing the latitude we can permit ourselves.

信天翁似乎只跟随轮船飞到一定的纬度就折回，它知道自己应该走多远，到了极限距离就决不向前多走一步。信天翁有多么明智啊!我们都应该向信天翁学习，认明自己行动所应达到的极限。

还有住在海边的渔夫和他的妻子，那个小棚屋，我会在夕阳下等你回家，吃过晚饭我们就静静地看海，一生一代一双人......这是我能想到的最好的爱情。

If we have seen a skiff sailing close in shore, I follow the fisherman as he beaches his craft in the little cove and gives a cry like a sea-bird to announce his coming. His woman meets him; they are young, and their skins of a golden-brown; she takes his catch from him. In their plaited hut there is nothing but health and love.
假如我们看见一叶扁舟靠向海岛的岸边，我的想象便随着那扁舟上的渔夫而去，看着他把船推上小海湾的沙滩，接着发出一声海鸟的叫唤，向家中人通报他的归来，他的女人马上出门迎接他。他们都很年轻，皮肤是金褐色的。她从他手中接过捕捞的鱼，他们那间茅草编成的棚屋里充满着健康和爱。

还有那些生活中的小确幸，琐碎的小事似乎更能让人感受到生活，清晨床边的我为你摘的沾着露水的鲜花，草坪上落下的桂花小星点，还有夜里盛开的杜鹃花香，今晚的风是杜鹃花香，谁的思念又落了一地呢？

Now the indolence of southern latitudes has captured me. I like to see dusky men sitting about doing nothing. I like the footfall of naked feet in the dust, silent as a oat passing. I like turning a corner from the shade of a house into the full torrid glare of an open space. I put my hand on metal railings and snatch it away, burnt. But it is seldom that I go ashore.
我喜欢看那些晒得黑黝黝的男人无所事事地闲坐着的样子，我喜欢听人们打赤脚踩踏在尘土中所发出的像猫儿一样轻的脚步声，我喜欢绕过一个屋角时从房屋的阴影中一步跨人在烈日照射下赤热耀眼的空旷场地时的感觉。我刚把手搭到金属栏杆上立刻便缩了回来，烫得要命。但我很少上岸。

电影是海角七号，里面的配乐真的都好好听。

留下来，或者我跟你走……