Lesson 3 Rope《绳》by Katherine Anne Porter(3)

黄源深English Book7 第3课 Lesson Three Rope的部分译文

What was that for? Well, he thought it might do to hang clothes on, or something. Naturally she asked him if he thought they were going to run a laundry? They already had a fifty-foot line hanging right before his eyes? Why, hadn't he noticed it, really? It was a blot on the landscape to her.

啊呀，没有，他没带来。主啊，现在他只得回去了。可不是，哪怕是要他的命，他也会回去的。不过，他以为其他的东西他都办来了。她提醒这只因为他自己不喝咖啡。他要是喝咖啡的话，很快就会记起来的。假定说他们的烟卷抽完了，那会怎么样呢？接着她看到了绳。那有什么用？哦，他想，绳可以用来晾衣服，或是用在别的什么上。她顺理成章地问他，他是不是以为他们要开洗衣铺？他们不是已经明明有一条五十英尺长的绳挂在他的眼前了吗？嘿，难道他真的没看到吗？对她来说，这条绳破坏了风景。