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The dinner went off well. They all liked the food and the mother was not as shy as Claire expected. She told about her journey, and about a television programme she'd once seen, showing how bird's nest soup was collected.
晚飯進(jìn)行得很順利。客人們對菜肴很滿意，母親也不像克萊爾想的那樣靦腆。她對客人們談了她的旅途情況，還談了她看過的一個(gè)有關(guān)做燕窩湯的燕窩是如何采集的電視節(jié)目
After dinner Claire gave her guests enormous brandies, because she felt relieved that nothing disastrous had been uttered.
飯后克萊爾給客人端上了大量的白蘭地，因?yàn)轱堥g沒有人捅什么大婁子，她心里的一塊 石頭落地了。
The fulfilled guests sat back, sniffed, drank their coffee, laughed, tipped their cigarette ash on the floor, having missed the ashtray by a hair's breadth, gossiped, and refilled their glasses. They smiled at the various new ornaments but did not comment, except to say that the tapestry was nice.
酒足飯飽的客人們靠在椅子背上，鼻子吸了吸氣，喝著咖啡，大聲笑著，朝煙灰 缸抖煙灰時(shí)就差一點(diǎn)沒有抖上，結(jié)果讓煙灰都落到了地板上；他們漫無邊際的閑聊著，把酒杯又重新斟滿。他們沖屋里新添的各飾品笑了笑，但是沒有評論，只說那條掛毯不錯(cuò)。
"Claire likes it," the mother said it timidly, drawing them into another silence. The evening was punctuated by brief but crushing silences.
“克萊爾喜歡它，”母親小心翼翼地說。于是又出現(xiàn)了冷場。飯后的交談就這樣時(shí)不時(shí) 被這種短暫但令人尷尬的冷場打斷。
