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。