来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第16集》

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  She had haunted the orchard out of preference,
  她因喜欢这果园而在此出没
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  but she could walk into the lake
  但她也会走进湖里
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  without ripple or displacement,
  而不引起一丝涟漪 一点波动
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  and sail up the air invisibly as heat.
  像热量一样御风而行 无形无迹
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  And now, lost to her kind, she would almost forget them,
  她现在迷失在同类之中 会忘了它们
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  and she would feed coarse food to her coarse flesh and be almost satisfied.
  粗糙的食物喂养粗糙的肉体 怡然自得
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  And then Ruth meditates on her transformation in that
  然后露丝开始思考她在果园里发生的转变
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  time in the orchard. If I had stayed there,
  如果我留在那里
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  I might have discovered other things.
  我可能会发现其他事情
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  For example, I was hungry enough
  比如 饿到一定程度
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  to begin to learn that hunger has its pleasures,
  我就会知道饿也有它的乐趣
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  and I was happily at ease in the dark.
  在黑暗中 我也会感到轻松愉快