萨默斯太太挑了一双黑色的丝袜,仔细检查。
“A dollar and ninety-eight cents, she said aloud. “Well, I will buy this pair.
“一美元九十八美分,她大声说。“我要买这双。
She handed the girl a five dollar bill and waited for her change and the wrapped box with the stockings. What a very small box it was! It seemed lost in her worn, old shopping bag.
她递给售货员一张五美元的钞票,静心等待找零和装好袜子的包装盒。这盒子真小啊!它在萨默斯太太那老旧的购物袋里仿佛不见了踪影。
Mrs. Sommers then took the elevatorwhich carried her to an upper floor into the ladies’rest area. In an empty corner, she replaced her cotton stockings for the new silk ones.
萨默斯太太随后搭乘电梯来到位于稍高楼层的女士休息区。在一个没有人的角落,她脱下棉袜子,换上新买的丝袜。
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For the first time she seemed to be taking a rest from the tiring act of thought. She had let herself be controlled by some machine-like force that directed her actions and freed her of responsibility.
这似乎是她平生第一次因为厌倦了思考而停歇下来。她让自己受控于某种机械力量,这股力量让她做出这一系列举动,将她从日常责任中释放出来。
How good was the touch of the silk on her skin! She felt like lying back in the soft chair and enjoying the richness of it. She put her shoes back on and put her old stockings into her bag. Next, she went to the shoe department, sat down and waited to be fitted.
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