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At dusk on the Friday of Labor Day weekend, 1973, ten miles short of Indianapolis, the old Chevy in which my girlfriend and I had driven from the East Coast to the West and nearly back again finally gave out. Weary and almost out of money, we limped into a gas station off the highway. The owner-mechanic's diagnosis came in five minutes: our drive shaft was shot; we needed a new one.
1973年勞工節(jié)前夕的那個(gè)周末的星期五，我和女朋友開著一輛舊雪佛蘭從東海岸到西海岸，眼看就要返回東海岸到家了,誰知傍晚在離印第安納波利斯還有10英里時(shí)那車最終出故障了。我們疲憊不堪，錢也差不多用光了,我們艱難緩慢地把車開到了高速公路下的一個(gè)加油站。五分鐘之后，車行老板兼機(jī)修工的診斷就出來了:我們的驅(qū)動(dòng)軸壞了：需要換一個(gè)新的。
My face fell. "How much will that cost?" I asked.
我的臉色一沉?！澳堑枚嗌馘X？”我問。
He studied us -- untidy twenty-four-year olds with a pair of anti-Nixon bumper stickers on our useless vehicle -- for a moment. "Wait here," he said. And then, to his assistant, "Eddie, I'll be back in a while."
他把我們仔細(xì)地打量了一番一一邋里邋遢的24歲的年輕人，拋錨的車子上貼著兩條反尼克松的車尾貼——一會(huì)兒。他說：“在這兒等著，”然后對(duì)助手說，“埃迪，我過一陣就回來?！?/div>
Although according to Eddie the place was due to close for the weekend in an hour, the owner was gone for three hours, until after 10:00 P.M., and when he returned, he had in his hand a drive shaft for our Chevy. A used drive shaft, found, we eventually understood, after a search of every junkyard and auto graveyard in town.
雖然據(jù)埃迪說，這地方再過一個(gè)小時(shí)就因周末要打烊了，車行老板過了3個(gè)小時(shí)直到晚上10點(diǎn)才回來?；氐郊佑驼緯r(shí)，他手上拿著一根我們雪佛蘭車用的驅(qū)動(dòng)軸，我們后來才明白，這是一根用過的驅(qū)動(dòng)軸，他搜遍了城里的每個(gè)廢舊貨棧和廢舊汽車露天堆放場(chǎng)才找到。
How much do we owe you? I asked finally. Then, quickly, I added, "We only have thirty-five dollars; we'll send you the rest."
“我們得給你多少錢？”我最后問，然后很快加了一句，“我們只有35美元了；我們會(huì)把其余的錢寄給你的?！?/div>
He furrowed his brow. "Well, let's see," he said. "It'll cost you another fifteen bucks for gas to get to New York, and you'll need a motel room tonight, and you've got to eat ? Let's say seven dollars."
他皺了皺眉頭?！斑溃铱纯窗。彼f，“你們還得再加15塊錢的油才能回到紐約，今天晚上還得找一家汽車旅館，還得吃東西——那就七塊錢吧。”
Seven dollars? That's ridiculous.
“七塊？是不是在搞笑??？”
Nope, seven dollars it is.
“沒有。就七塊?！?/div>
After I'd stopped resisting and paid him his money, he clapped a hand on my shoulder and smile a smile I'll remember years after the bitterness of the run-in with the bus driver has left me.
我不再堅(jiān)持己見，把錢付給他之后，他用手拍了一下我的肩膀，朝我微笑了一下。這個(gè)微笑，在與那個(gè)公交車司機(jī)吵架的怨恨離我而去多年以后，我還記得。
Have a good weekend, he said.
周末愉快，”他說。
| 重點(diǎn)單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| shaft | [ʃɑ:ft] |
想一想再看 n. 軸，桿狀物，矛，柄，豎井，（一道）光線 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| bitterness | ['bitənis] |
想一想再看 n. 苦味，悲痛，怨恨 |
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| shoulder | ['ʃəuldə] |
想一想再看 n. 肩膀，肩部 |
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| minutes | ['minits] |
想一想再看 n. 會(huì)議記錄，(復(fù)數(shù))分鐘 |
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| weary | ['wiəri] |
想一想再看 adj. 疲倦的，厭煩的 |
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| eventually | [i'ventjuəli] |
想一想再看 adv. 終于，最后 |
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| vehicle | ['vi:ikl] |
想一想再看 n. 車輛，交通工具，手段，工具，傳播媒介 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| ridiculous | [ri'dikjuləs] |
想一想再看 adj. 荒謬的，可笑的 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| untidy | [ʌn'taidi] |
想一想再看 adj. 不整齊的，懶散的 |
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| fell | [fel] |
想一想再看 動(dòng)詞fall的過去式 |
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