It was a time of quiet and of waiting. The air was cold and tender. A light wind blew up from the southwest so that the farmers were mildly hopeful of a good rain before long; but fog and rain do not go together.
这是一个安静,叫人等待的季节。空气凉凉的,柔柔的。从西南方向吹来一阵轻风,农民们隐隐地感到不久会有一场及时雨,但雨和雾是不 一起来的。
Across the river, on Henry Allen's foothill ranch there was little work to be done, for the hay was cut and stored and the orchards were plowed up to receive the rain deeply when it should come. The cattle on the higher slopes were becoming shaggy and rough-coated.
河对岸亨利•埃伦家位于丘陵上的农场里已经没什么活计了:干草都收割过并存放了起来,果园业已深翻过,好等到有雨的时候浇个透底墒。高处山坡上的牛变得毛皮杂乱粗糙。
Elisa Allen, working in her flower garden, looked down across the yard and saw Henry, her husband, talking to two men in business suits. The three of them stood by the tractor shed, each man with one foot on the side of the little Fordson. They smoked cigarettes and studied the machine as they talked.
伊利莎•埃伦正在花园里干活儿,穿过院子朝远处望时,她看见丈夫亨利正在与两个身着工作服的人交谈。三个人都站在拖拉机棚边上,一只脚蹬在那辆小型福特牌拖拉机的一侧。说话的时候,他们边抽着烟,边打量拖拉机。
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