欧亨利短篇小说《TheLastLeaf》(《最后一片常青藤叶》(4)

“A man？”said Sue,with a jew’s-harp twang(单簧口琴) in her voice.“Is a man worth——but ,no,doctor;there is nothing of her kind ”
“男人？”苏像吹口琴似的哼了一声，(…有猫腻)“男人就值得……不，没有， 医生。根本不可能”
“Well, it is the weakness, then ,”said the doctor .“I,will do all that science ,so far as it may filter(滤过)through my efforts, can accomplish.But, whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral(葬礼) procession l subtract 50 percent . form the curative power of medicines.If yuo will get to ask one question about the new winter styles in cloak sleeves l will promise you a one -in-five chance for her ,instead of one in ten ”
“这么说，那就是身体太虚弱了。”医生说，“我会尽我所能，科学的治疗方法我都会试试，如果病人每天想的是葬礼要用多少辆马车，治疗的效果只能减半了。如果你能提起她对冬季大衣袖子的新款式的兴趣，提一个问题，我敢保证，她的希望就能提高到五分之一。”(语言幽默。。)
After the doctor had gone Sue went into the workroom and cried a Japanese napkin to a pulp(果肉) . Then she swaggered into Johnsy’s room with her drawing board,whistling ragtime.(鸣汽笛)
Johnsy lay, scarelr making a ripple(波纹)under the badclothes, with her face toward the window.Sue stopped whistling,thinking she was asleep.