In fact, he was staring at a balding spot on his father's head,

事实上他正凝视着父亲头上一块秃顶的地方
which he suddenly wanted to stroke.

他突然间想摸摸那块秃顶的地方
While thus fascinated by the pitiable clean space hedged round by

当他正对那块被周围的头发包围着的秃顶着迷的时候
neglected tufts of wool,

那人转过脸
the man turned a hard, belligerentface to him.

怒气冲冲地对着他
[And then assumes that Cholly has come at the behest of a woman

假设乔利受的是一个和他睡过觉
that he's slept with to squeeze money out of him.]

只想从他身上牟利的女人指示
So, in this scene, we once again see that humane touching impulse.

在这一幕中我们又一次看到想要表示亲近的触摸冲动
He wants to touch his father's head, touch the sign of his father's mortality,

他想摸父亲的头那是父亲接近死亡的征兆
the fact that his father is growing older.

是父亲在衰老的事实
He sees in his father's body his own face, hands, voice,

他在父亲身上看到他自己的脸手听到他的声音
and we can feel that with him.

我们能与他一起感受这些