Fortunately she knew at once what to do. "It must be sewn on, " she said, just a little patronisingly.
幸好她一下子就想到该怎么办。“得用针线缝上才行。”她说,带点保护人的口气。she had taught me to work with my needle , and spin worsted , which is the chief trade of that city.
她曾经教我做针线活,打毛活,这是那城市的大宗生意。She takes a piece of needlework from her basket, and begins to stitch AT it.
她从针线篮子里拿出针线,开始缝纫。It was a wonderful piece of needlework, with patterns of gold thread around the letter, but the material was now worn thin with age.
这是一件精细的针线活儿,金线滚边,不过由于年代久远,布料已被磨得很薄了。Catherine took up her work directly, saying, in a dejected voice, that "her head did not run upon Bath -- much. "
凯瑟琳立刻拿起针线,用颓丧的语气说道:“我脑子里并没尽想着巴思呀。”She raised a troubled brow from her needlework to ask: "Has Janey told you? "
她停下针线活,抬起忧虑的额头问道:“詹尼告诉你了吗?”What could have put it in my head, but the glistening of a tear as it dropped on her work?
我脑袋里怎么会有那个念头的?明明一颗亮晶晶的泪珠滴在了她的针线活儿上。And I see Mother, sewing there, as she did when I was a little boy.
我看到了正在做针线活的妈妈,她的一举一动,仍然是我小时候的样子。And when I went home to Texas a few weeks later, I had my usual bit of mending, a pair of pants with a torn belt loop, in my suitcase.
几周后,当我回到德克萨斯州的老家,在我的手提箱里,就有我的一些零碎的手工针线,一条皮带环破损了的裤子。