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depict-destitute Not destitute enough
不夠窮困
Lola was destitute for now,but she knew her destiny was for better things.
羅拉現在一貧如洗, 但她知道會時來運轉.
Many men still found her desirable,
許多男人依然認為她是 一位值得擁有的女人,
despite her frequent problems with depression.
雖然她經常有些消沉.
And she knew that she could descend no further than where she was now.
她知道自己不能再走下 坡路了,
Her only destination was up!
她惟一的目標就是奮 發向上!
Depleted of energy, however,
可由于精疲力竭,
she told herself that she first deserved one more bit of heroin.
她對自己說首先應 該再注射一次海洛因.
So she stood up,
她站起來,
and in one last act of desperation, went over to the derelict house
最后一次絕望地走向一 座破敗的房子,
where she knew she could get some drugs.
她知道那兒可以弄到 一些毒品.
When she arrived,she deposited herself in the first room next to the door
到那兒之后,她在門旁 的第一間房子坐下來
and began to design her argument for one last hit.
開始構思怎樣說服別人 給她注射最后一次.
When the police deployed to the house to arrest drug dealers burst through the door,
部署在房子周圍拘捕毒 品販子的警察破門而入
she was the first one they designated for arrest.
她是第一個警察指明 要逮捕的人.
In the police holding cell that afternoon
那天下午在看守所里,
her situation became even more desperate
她的情況變得更加嚴重
when her body began shaking uncontrollably.
她的身體開始無法 控制地抖動.
They moved her to a hospital to restore the nutrient depleti -on in her body.
他們把她送往醫院 讓她恢復體內缺失 了的營養.
Lying in the hospital bed,
羅拉躺在病床上
Lola listened as the nurse told her
聽護士告訴她
that she could not deprive herself of normal food any longer.
再也不能剝奪自己的 正常食物了.
Her physical descent had gone too far and her health was now critical.
她的身體狀況下降得很 厲害,健康已岌岌可危
The nurse depicted her situation to her so strongly
護士把羅拉的健康狀況 做了驚心動魄的描述
that Lola finally had the desire to beat her drug addiction and start life over.
終于使她有了戰勝毒癮 重新生活的愿望.
She knew that she had to finally derive wisdom from this experience.
她知道她得最終從這一 經歷中汲取智慧.
The next year,
第二年,
when a beautiful woman walked in to the hospital with a bunch of flowers,
當一名美貌女子手捧 一大束花走進醫院時,
the nurse didn't recognize Lola.
護士沒能認出是羅拉,
But Lola recognized her;
但是羅拉認得她.
she walked over, hugged the nurse and thanked her for saving her life.
羅拉走過去擁抱護士, 感謝她挽救了自己的生 命.
