He slowed his pace, stopped for a few seconds,
他放慢了腳步,停了幾秒鐘,
and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
然后匆匆趕去趕時間。
A half-minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip—
半分鐘后,小提琴手收到了第一筆小費——
a woman threw the money into his open violin case
一位女士把錢扔進了打開的小提琴盒里,
and without stopping continued to walk.
而且沒有停下腳步。
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen,
幾分鐘后,有人靠在墻上聽,
but then he looked at his watch and walked on again.
但他看了看表,又繼續往前走。
Clearly he was late for work.
很明顯他上班遲到了。