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I would hear 'prayer is better than sleep'and just go back to sleep. I never got up to pray." She looked down at her hands on the table. There was no relief in confessions, only his smile, young, and something like wonder in his eyes.
我聽到‘唱禮比睡覺要好’，然后就又回去睡覺了。我從不起來禱告?！彼粗谧雷由系氖帧＿@樣的告解毫無任何的解脫感可言，僅僅有他年輕的微笑，以及他眼中類似于驚訝的東西。
We did Islam in school, he said. "Ah went on a trip to Mecca."He opened out his palms on the table.
“我們在學校讀過伊斯蘭教，”他說，“我也曾去過麥加?！闭f著，他把手掌在桌子上攤開來。
What!
“什么！”
"In a book."
“在書里去過?！?/div>
?
"Oh."
“哦?！?/div>
The coffee was finished. They should go now. She should go to the library before the next lecture and photocopy the previous exam paper.
咖啡喝完了。他們要離開了。莎迪雅要趕在下一節課前去圖書館，還要把以前考試的卷子復印出來。
What is your religion? she asked.
“你信什么宗教？”
Dunno, nothing I suppose.
沒有，我想沒有?！?/div>
That's terrible! That's really terrible! Her voice was too loud, concerned.
“那太可怕了，真的太可怕了！”她的聲音很大，又充滿著擔憂。
His face went red again and he tapped his spoon against the empty mug.
他的臉又變紅了，他用勺子輕輕敲著空咖啡杯。
Waive all politeness, make him dislike her. Badr had said, even before his windows got smashed, that here in the West they hate Islam. Standing up to go, she said flippantly, "Why don't you become a Muslim then?"
她必須要放棄她的禮貌，讓他不喜歡她。在巴德爾的玻璃被砸碎之前，他就曾經說過，在西方，他們仇視伊斯蘭教。她站起來，輕率地說，“你成為一個穆斯林怎么樣？”
He shrugged. Ah wouldnae mind travelling to Mecca, I was keen on that book."
他聳聳肩?！拔也唤橐馊溂勇眯?，我對那本書很感興趣?！?/div>
Her eyes filled with tears. They blurred his face when he stood up. In the West they hate Islam and he… She said, "Thanks for the coffee, "and walked away, but he followed her.
她的眼中充滿了淚水。當他站起來的時候她看不清他的臉了。在西方，他們仇視伊斯蘭教，而他……她說：“謝謝你的咖啡，”說著就要離開，他很快跟上她。
Shadiya, Shadiya, he pronounced her name wrongly, three syllables instead of two, "there's this museum about Africa. I've never been before. If you'd care to go, tomorrow…"
“莎迪雅拉，莎迪雅拉，”他叫錯了她的名字，兩個音節的名字被他說成了三個音節，“在博物館有個關于非洲的展覽。我從來沒有去過。如果你想去，明天……”
Tomorrow she need not to show up at the Museum, even though she said that she would. She should have told Bryan she was engaged to be married, mentioned it casually. What did he expect from her? Europeans had different rules, reduced, abrupt customs. If Fareed knew about this… her secret thoughts like snakes…
明天她不需要在博物館出現，即使她說她會去。她本應該告訴布萊恩她已經訂婚了，在不經意間告訴他。他從她身上還想要得到什么？歐洲人的規則不同，他們的風俗習慣是降了格的，唐突的。如果法瑞德知道這些……她的秘密想法就像蛇一樣纏繞著她。
It was strange to leave her desk lock her room and go out on a Saturday. In the hall the telephone rang. It was Fareed. If he knew where she was going now… Guilt was llke a hard-boiled egg stuck in her chest. A large cold egg.
奇怪的是周六的時候，她離開桌子，鎖上房門準備出去了。走廊上的電話響了，是法瑞德。如果法瑞德知道她現在要去哪里……她的內疚就像一顆煮透的雞蛋噎住胸口。
"Shadia, I want you to buy some of the fixtures for the bathrooms. Taps and and the towel hangers. I'm going to send you a list of money…"
“莎迪雅，我想讓你買一些衛生間的設施。水龍頭還有毛巾架。我給你發一張我想要買的東西的清單，還有錢……”
I can't, I can't.
“不行，我不行?！?/p>
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| keen | [ki:n] |
想一想再看 adj. 鋒利的，敏銳的，強烈的，精明的，熱衷的 < |
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| dislike | [dis'laik] |
想一想再看 v. 不喜歡，厭惡 |
聯想記憶 | |
| engaged | [in'geidʒd] |
想一想再看 adj. 忙碌的，使用中的，訂婚了的 |
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| spoon | [spu:n] |
想一想再看 n. 匙，調羹，匙狀物 |
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| guilt | [gilt] |
想一想再看 n. 罪行，內疚 |
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| pronounced | [prə'naunst] |
想一想再看 adj. 顯著的，斷然的，明確的 pronounce的過 |
聯想記憶 | |
| relief | [ri'li:f] |
想一想再看 n. 減輕，解除，救濟(品), 安慰，浮雕，對比 |
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| prayer | [prɛə] |
想一想再看 n. 祈禱，禱告，禱文 |
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| previous | ['pri:vjəs] |
想一想再看 adj. 在 ... 之前，先，前，以前的 |
聯想記憶 | |
| concerned | [kən'sə:nd] |
想一想再看 adj. 擔憂的，關心的 |
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