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For the merest instant, then I saw her. I really did see her, for the first and only time in all the years we had both lived in the same town.
她說(shuō)這些話的那一瞬間，我算看清了她。雖然我們多年來(lái)同住在一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上，這還是第一次，也是唯一的一次，我真正地看清她的本來(lái)面目。
Her defiant face, momentarily, became unguarded and unmasked, and in her eyes there was a terrifying hope.
此時(shí)此刻，她那揭下面具和保護(hù)罩的臉上露出的是一副堅(jiān)強(qiáng)不屈、敢于挑戰(zhàn)一切的神色，她的眼神里也透出一種強(qiáng)烈得令人害怕的渴望。
Gee, Piquette -- I burst out awkwardly, that's swell. That's really wonderful. Congratulations-good luck-I hope you'll be happy-
嗬，皮格特--我突然笨口拙腮地說(shuō)，那太棒了，真是好極了。祝賀你--好運(yùn)--祝愿你們生活幸福—
As l mouthed the conventional phrases, I could only guess how great her need must have been, that she had been forced to seek the very things she so bitterly rejected.
我從口中擠出這些套語(yǔ)的時(shí)候，心里就在想：她對(duì)她那么不屑一顧的東西卻又要去竭力地追求，可見(jiàn)她心里的渴望是多么地強(qiáng)烈。
When I was eighteen, I left Manawaka and went away to college. At the end of my first year, I came back home for the summer.
十八歲時(shí)，我離開(kāi)馬納瓦卡鎮(zhèn)去外地上大學(xué)。大學(xué)第一學(xué)年結(jié)束的時(shí)候，我回家里過(guò)暑假。
I spent the first few days in talking non-stop with my mother, as we exchanged all the news that somehow had not found its way into letters-what had happened in my life and what had happened here in Manawaka while I was away.
剛回來(lái)的那幾天，我一直不停地同我母親談家常，談?wù)撝恍╇p方在書(shū)信中都沒(méi)有談及的事情--我在大學(xué)里的生活情況以及我上學(xué)期間馬納瓦卡鎮(zhèn)上發(fā)生的一些事兒。
My mother searched her memory for events that concerned people I knew.
我母親盡量從記憶中搜出一些有關(guān)我所熟識(shí)的人的情況對(duì)我講。
Did I ever write you about Piquette Tonnerre, Vanessa? she asked one morning.
凡乃莎，我在信中對(duì)你講過(guò)皮格特?坦納瑞的情況了嗎?有一天早上，她這樣問(wèn)我。
No, I don't think so, I replied. Last I heard of her, she was going to marry some guy in the city. Is she still there?
沒(méi)有，我想是沒(méi)有，我回答說(shuō)。我所知道的有關(guān)她的最新消息，是她即將同城里的某個(gè)小伙子結(jié)婚。她還在城里嗎?
My mother looked Hiroshima , and it was a moment before she spoke, as though she did not know how to express what she had to tell and wished she did not need to try.
我母親臉上露出不安的神色，好半天沒(méi)吭聲，好像有什么話不好講而又不大愿意講出來(lái)的樣子。
