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Then Marie burst into tears, sobbing brokenly, "Oh my God, what am I going to do? The insurance! My mother's credit card! They're going to sue me!"
然后瑪麗哭了，斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地抽泣著說(shuō)：“天啊，我該怎么辦啊？保險(xiǎn)金！我媽的信用卡！他們會(huì)起訴我的！”
"Maybe it isn't that bad," I said cautiously, getting out of the car to inspect the damage.
“也許沒有那么糟糕。”我小心翼翼地說(shuō)道，同時(shí)下車檢查了車的損壞狀況。
The car had a long white scrape on the driver's side and the wing mirror had been knocked loose, dangling at a drunken angle. Walking to the other vehicle, I saw a matching blue scar on the white paint. I heard a wail of anguish behind me as Marie surveyed the damage.
車的駕駛席一側(cè)留了一道長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的白色刮痕，側(cè)面的后視鏡也被撞松了，搖搖欲墜地懸著。走近另一輛車時(shí)，我看到那車的白漆上有一道與我們租來(lái)的車顏色相近的藍(lán)色刮痕。瑪麗在我身后查看車輛的損壞狀況，我聽到了她痛苦的哭聲。
I tried to reassure her.
我盡力去安慰她。
But Marie was inconsolable. Weeping and trembling with fear, she cried out, "I've ruined our vacation! They'll sue me for all my money! My mother will never forgive me!"
但是安慰并不起作用，她怕得邊掉眼淚邊發(fā)抖。她說(shuō)：“我把咱們的假期搞砸了！他們會(huì)告我，所有的錢都得搭進(jìn)去！我媽媽永遠(yuǎn)都不會(huì)原諒我了！”
She was certain that the repercussions would be awful. I had to admit I had no reason to think differently. When she had calmed down a bit, we decided to find the owner of the car she had hit and walked over to the shop closest to the scraped car. A bell tinkled over our heads as we opened the door and a middle-aged woman came out of the back room to greet us.
她確信后果會(huì)很糟糕。不得不承認(rèn)，我也沒有理由不這么想。等她稍微平靜了一點(diǎn)，我們決定找到被剮蹭的車的車主。我們向著距離被刮汽車最近的店鋪?zhàn)呷ァ．?dāng)我們推開店門時(shí)，一只鈴鐺在我們頭頂叮町當(dāng)當(dāng)?shù)仨懥似饋?lái)。一個(gè)中年婦女從里屋走了出來(lái)迎接我們。
"Excuse me, but I was w-wondering if that wh-white car is yours, b-because I一" Marie faltered and started crying again.
“不好意思，我想……想知道，那輛白……白色的車子是您的嗎，因……因?yàn)槲摇爆旣惤Y(jié)結(jié)巴巴地說(shuō)著，并且又開始哭了起來(lái)。
The woman came forward in concern.
那個(gè)婦女關(guān)切地走了過來(lái)。
"Good heavens, are you all right, dear?"
“老天啊，親愛的，你沒事吧？”
I explained what had happened. As I finished, a man came out of the back with raised eyebrows.
我向她解釋了發(fā)生的一切。我剛說(shuō)完，一個(gè)男人揚(yáng)著眉毛從里屋走了出來(lái)。
The woman guided Marie to a seat and said, "These poor girls have just come from the airport and gotten all muddled up and scraped a car. There, dear, have a tissue."
婦人領(lǐng)著瑪麗坐下并說(shuō)道：“這兩個(gè)女孩剛從機(jī)場(chǎng)出來(lái)，迷迷糊糊地剮蹭了一輛車。給，親愛的，拿張紙巾。”
