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He leaped from the bed and paced the room, I've got to have a raccoon coat, he said passionately. I've got to!
他從床上一躍而起，在房間里踱來踱去。我一定要弄到一件浣熊皮大衣，他激動(dòng)地說，非弄到不可!
Petey, why? Look at it rationally. Raccoon coats are unsanitary. They shed. They smell bad. They weight too much. They're unsightly. They
皮蒂，你怎么啦?冷靜地想一想吧，浣熊皮大衣不衛(wèi)生，掉毛，味道難聞，既笨重又不好看，而且…
You don't understand, he interrupted impatiently. It's the thing to do. Don't you want to be in the swim?
你不懂，他不耐煩地打斷我的話。這就叫時(shí)髦。難道你不想趕時(shí)髦嗎?
No, I said truthfully.
不想，我坦率地回答。
Well, I do, he declared. I'd give anything for a raccoon coat. Anything!
好啦，我可想著呢!他肯定地說。只要有浣熊皮大衣，要我什么我都給，什么都行!
My brain, that precision instrument, slipped into high gear. Anything? I asked, looking at him narrowly.
我的大腦一這件精密的儀器一即刻運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)起來。我仔細(xì)地打量著他，問道：什么都行?
Anything, he affirmed in ringing tones.
什么都行!他斬釘截鐵地說。
I stroked my chin thoughtfully. It so happened that I knew where to set my hands on a raccoon coat.
我若有所思地?fù)嶂掳汀：脴O了，我知道哪兒能弄到浣熊皮大衣。
My father had had one in his undergraduate days; it lay now in a trunk in the attic back home.
我父親在大學(xué)讀書時(shí)就穿過一件，現(xiàn)在還放在家里頂樓的箱子里。
It also happened that Petey had something I wanted. He didn't have it exactly, but at least he had first rights on it. I refer to his girl, Polly Espy.
恰好皮蒂也有我需要的東西。盡管他還沒有弄到手，但至少他有優(yōu)先權(quán)。我說的是他的女朋友波利·埃斯皮。
I had long coveted Polly Espy. Let me emphasize that my desire for this young woman was not emotional in nature.
我早已鐘情于波利埃斯皮了。我要特別說明的是，我想得到這妙齡少女并不是由于感情的驅(qū)使。
She was, to be sure, a girl who excited the emotions but I was not one to let my heart rule my head. I wanted Polly for a shrewdly calculated, entirely cerebral reason.
她確實(shí)是個(gè)易于使人動(dòng)情的姑娘。可我不是那種讓感情統(tǒng)治理智的人，我想得到波利是經(jīng)過了慎重考慮的，完全是出于理智上的原因。
I was a freshman in law school. In a few years I would be out in practice. I was well aware of the importance of the right kind of wife in furthering a lawyer's career.
我是法學(xué)院一年級(jí)的學(xué)生，過不了幾年就要掛牌當(dāng)律師了。我很清楚，一個(gè)合適的妻子對(duì)一個(gè)律師的前途來說是非常重要的。
The successful lawyers I had observed were, almost without exception, married to beautiful, gracious, intelligent women.
我發(fā)現(xiàn)大凡有成就的律師幾乎都是和美麗、文雅、聰明的女子結(jié)婚的。波利只差一條就完全符合這些條件了。她漂亮。
With one omission, Polly fitted these specifications perfectly.
盡管她的身材還沒有掛在墻上的美女照片那么苗條，但我相信時(shí)間會(huì)彌補(bǔ)這個(gè)不足。
