Lesson 3 Rope《绳》by Katherine Anne Porter(8)

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

supper. It was too damned bad. She had planned to have steak for supper. No ice, meat wouldn't keep. He wanted to know why she couldn't finish breaking the eggs in a bowl and set them in a cool place.

得了，不管怎么样，有一件事情她知道得挺清楚：早饭没有鸡蛋吃了。他们现在就得把蛋炒好，当晚饭吃。糟透了。她原来晚饭打算吃牛排。没有冰，肉摆不久、他倒想要知道她干吗不能把蛋一股脑儿打在一个碗里，放在阴凉的地方。 Cool place! if he could find one for her, she'd be glad to set them there. Well, then, it seemed to him they might very well cook the meat at the same time they cooked the eggs and then warm up the meat for tomorrow. The idea simply choked her. Warmed-over meat, when they might as well have had it fresh. Second best and scraps and makeshifts, even to the meat! He