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concentrate-confer Too curious
過于好奇
Before the conclusion of the concert,
音樂會結束之前,
Marianne slipped to the Concession Stand for an ice cream cone.
瑪麗安溜到商攤去買 蛋卷冰激凌.
When she was there she overheard two men conferring together
在那兒,她無意中聽到 兩個男人在談話,
about their lack of confidence in arresting someone
他們要逮捕某個人, 但他們對完成此事 沒有信心
at the end of the performance.
在演出結束前.
Marianne concentrated more
瑪麗安更加集中注意力
to see if she could understand their words.
看能不能聽懂他們 所講的話.
It was none of her concern, of course,
當然這件事與她沒關系
but this type of conduct was typical for Marianne.
但瑪麗安經常會有偷聽 這種行為.
The name of the person that was conferred upon was too much for her to bear, however,
然而,瑪麗安實在難以 忍受他們在交談中提到 的那個人的名字,
and she had to confess to herself
她得向自己承認,
that this was something she really shouldn't know.
她真不該知道這件事.
As she walked back to her chair
她一邊走回座位,
she was condemning herself already for being so curious.
一邊已經在譴責自己 不該如此好奇.
Condemnation never worked with Marianne, unfortunately,
不幸的是,自我譴責對 瑪麗安來說從來就不管 用,
and she suddenly had the conception to warn the individual.
她突然動了要給那個人 報警的念頭.
She could not condone his arrest;
她無法容忍他被捕 這件事,
he was too nice of a friend and a good neighbor.
因為他是一個那么好的 朋友,而且還是位好鄰 居.
She stood again and,
她再次站起來,
planning to speak condolences for the death of the son this man had recently lost,
準備對這個人剛剛痛 失愛子表示慰問.
she stepped across the concrete stairway that separated her from the man who would soon be arrested.
她越過把她和那個不久 就會被逮捕的男人隔開 的混凝土樓梯,
This walkway was not conducive to Marianne's shoes, however,
但這種走道不利于 瑪麗安的鞋子,
and she tripped and fell.
她絆了一下,跌倒了.
She tried to grab a hand to stop her,
她試圖抓住一只手不 讓自己跌倒,
but she only succeeded in pulling a cup of coffee
結果只碰到一杯咖啡
with too much condensed milk across her new dress.
加了太多濃縮牛奶的咖 啡,把它全潑在她的 新裙子上,
And then she passed out.
然后她就失去了知覺.
when Marianne awoke she had no concept of where she was.
瑪麗安醒來時,她對自 己身在何處一點兒概念 也沒有.
Eventually she rose to see that everyone was gone
最后,她站了起來, 結果發現大家都走了
and only one kind gentleman was left to help her.
只有一個好心的先生留 下來幫她.
She frowned when she realized that her effort to help that man had failed.
意識到幫助那個男人的 努力已經落空時,她皺 起了眉頭.
He had been arrested for sure!
他肯定已經被抓住了!
