来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第2集 第2集》

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  in the restaurant in Chicago.
  和他一起工作的白人侍者
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  This is what he says about them about
  在这页四分之三的
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  three quarters of
  地方有
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  the way down the page:
  他对她们的描述:
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  During my lunch hour,
  在我的午饭时间
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  which I spent on a bench in a nearby park,
  我会坐在附近公园的长椅上
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  the waitresses would come and
  女侍者们到我跟前
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  sit beside me talking at random,
  坐下随意的聊天
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  laughing, joking, smoking cigarettes.
  大笑 开玩笑 吸烟
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  I learned about their tawdry dreams,
  由此我了解到她们渺小的梦想
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  their simple hopes, their home lives,
  简单的希望 家乡的生活
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  their fear of feeling anything deeply,
  她们对于任何深奥事情的恐惧