《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter VII》第31节
Michaelis and this man reached her first, but when they had torn open her shirtwaist, still damp with perspiration, they saw that her left breast was swinging loose like a flap, and there was no need to listen for the heart beneath. The mouth was wide open and ripped a little at the corners, as though she had choked a little in giving up the tremendous vitality she had stored so long. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We saw the three or four automobiles and the crowd when we were still some distance away. “Wreck!” said Tom. “That’s good. Wilson’ll have a little business at last.” He slowed down, but still without any intention of stopping, until, as we came nearer, the hushed, intent faces of the people at the garage door made him automatically put on the brakes. “We’ll take a look,” he said doubtfully, “just a look.” I became aware now of a hollow, wailing sound which issued incessantly from the garage, a sound which as we got out of the coupé and walked toward the door resolved itself into the words “Oh, my God!” uttered over and over in a gasping moan. “There’s some bad trouble here,” said Tom excitedly. He reached up on tiptoes and peered over a circle of heads into the garage, which was lit only by a yellow light in a swinging metal basket overhead. Then he made a harsh sound in his throat, and with a violent thrusting movement of his powerful arms pushed his way through.
注释摘要
米切里斯和另一个人最先跑到她身边。但等他们撕开那件还沾着汗水的衬衫时，看到她的左乳像破布片一样松垮地晃动，便没有必要再去听底下的心跳了。嘴唇大张着，嘴角撕裂了一小截，仿佛她在交出那蓄积甚久的巨大生命力时呛了一下。 我们隔着老远就看见了那三四辆汽车和人群。汤姆说的是车祸，但他用wreck这个词，首先想到的是威尔逊能因此得到一点拖车生意。残骸能兑换成钞票。这是…