Between these sickly shrubs grew a scanty supply of garlic , tomatoes , and eschalots ; while , lone and solitary , like a forgotten sentinel , a tall pine raised its melancholy head in one of the corners of this unattractive spot , and displayed its flexible stem and fan - shaped summit dried and cracked by the fierce heat of the sub - tropical sun 在这些病态的矮树之间，还长着一些大蒜，蕃茄和大葱，另外还有一棵高大的松树，孤零零地，象一个被遗忘了的哨兵，伸着它那忧郁的头，盘曲的丫枝和枝头扇形的簇叶，周身被催人衰老的西北风这是天罚吹得枯干裂。
