The British-built Rangoon was, of course, the Victorian colonizer’s response to what Lewis called the “unsubstantial glories of Mandalay.” As he put it, “These massive columns now rise with shabby dignity from the tangle of scavenging dogs and sprawling, ragged bodies at their base.”
当然，英国人修建的仰光正是维多利亚时代殖民者对路易斯所谓“曼德勒的虚无荣耀”的回应。正如他所说:“从食腐野狗和遍地尸体凌乱的混沌中，这些巨大的圆柱与残破的尊严一并升腾了起来。