is expected to occupy certain conventional roles at this moment,

在那时女人是应该扮演特定的传统角色的
and we see her in one at the very beginning of the novel.

我们在小说一开头就读到了她
She has just come back from a Tupperware party where the hostess

她刚才一个特百惠派对回来派对主人
put too much kirsch in the punch,

在潘趣酒里放了太多樱桃白兰地
so she's a little drunk.

所以她有点醉
So you get this image of her as this stereotypical

所以从这里你能看到一个典型的
'50s housewife going to Tupperware parties.

去特百惠派对的50年代家庭主妇的形像
And then she makes salad, she does the shopping,

接着她做了沙拉去购物
she picks herbs from the garden, she makes lasagna,

到院子里采草药做卤汁面条
she mixes drinks so that they'll be ready when Mucho comes home,

她混合饮料好在穆车回来之前准备好
when her husband comes home: very typical.

她丈夫回来之前非常典型
So, this is the moment in which she discovers

就在那时她发现