老四
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这回,由老五取代老四出马了。
This time the fifth brother took the fourth brother 's place .
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奴里亚西大姐(WayanNuriyasih)和老四赖爷一样,是巴厘治疗师。
Wayan Nuriyasih is , like Ketut Liyer , a Balinese healer .
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艾美:马奇家四个姑娘中的老四。喜欢绘画。
Amy : The fourth of the four girls , who likes painting .
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老四赖爷如此诉说自己的人生故事:
Here is Ketut Liyer 's life story pretty much as he tells it :
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老四一到法庭,就被丢进滚热的油锅里炸。
As soon as the fourth brother went to the court , he was thrown into the boiling oil .
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刘德华的父亲是一名消防员,他们家属于中产阶层,一共有7个孩子,刘德华排行老四。
His father was a fireman , and Lau was the fourth child in a middle-class family of seven children .
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这些名字只是老大、老二、老三、老四的意思,意味出生顺序。
Translated , these names mean simply First , Second , Third and Fourth , and they connote birth order .
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不过他接下来说的是:“老四赖爷是名医。”“对!就是他!”
But he says instead , " Ketut Liyer is famous healer . " " Yes ! That 's him ! "
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老四赖爷给这家人四十分钟的全心关怀,收费二十五美分。
Ketut Liyer has given this family about forty minutes of his undivided attention , for the fee of about twenty-five cents .
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老四还是个小不点儿,在母亲身边遥遥晃晃转悠着,慢吞吞地拔起杂草,当礼物送给母亲。
The forth child is very little , strolling around his mother , slowly plucks the grass and gives his mother as a gift .
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我认出门口的招牌和上回一样,写着:“老四赖爷——画家”。这是巴厘岛典型的传统家庭宅院。
I recognize the sign outside his door , same as last time , saying : " Ketut Liyer - painter . " It 's a typical , traditional Balinese family compound .
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只要看看几乎每个巴厘人民的四个名字老大、老老老四提醒每个人自己在家中的出生时间和所属位置即可知晓。
Just look at the four names of almost every Balinese Citizen-First , second , third , fourth-reminding them all of when they were born in the family , and where they be-long .
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因此这天下午我决定开始寻找我的药师,于是问我的新朋友马里奥是否碰巧知道一个叫老四赖爷的人。
So this afternoon I decide to start my search for my medicine man by asking my new friend Mario if by any chance he knows a man by the name of ketut liyer .
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我又一次陷于两头都够不上的中间境遇,作为6个孩子中的老四,很多事情对于我来说不是因为年龄太小,就是太大而不合适。
Once again , I was caught in the middle of circumstances . The fourth born of six children , it was not uncommon that I was either too young or too old for something .
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当庆祝的心情稍微平静下来时,为了确定起见,于是我问大姐:“大老四和小老四怎么办?这对她们是不是也是好消息?”
When there was a lull in the celebration I asked Wayan , just to be sure : " What about Big Ketut and Little Ketut ? Is this good news for them , too ? "
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只要看看几乎每个巴厘人民的四个名字——老大、老二、老三、老四——提醒每个人自己在家中的出生时间和所属位置即可知晓。
Just look at the four names of almost every Balinese citizen - First , Second , Third , Fourth - reminding them all of when they were born in the family , and where they be-long .
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我等他说出类似这样的话:“啊,是的!老四赖爷!上礼拜过世的老药师——德高望重的老药师过世了,真遗憾啊……”
I wait for him to say something like , " Ah , yes ! Ketut Liyer ! Old medicine man who died just last week - so sad when venerable old medicine man passes away ... "
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因此抵达巴厘岛当天下午,我突然坐在摩托车后座,抓着“意式印尼”新朋友马里奥,他载我穿越梯田,朝老四赖爷家而去。
So this is how it comes to pass that - the very afternoon I have arrived in Bali - I 'm suddenly on the back of a motorbike , clutching my new friend Mario the Italian-Indonesian , who is speeding me through the rice terraces toward Ketut Liyer 's home .