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Why, that's almost as good a chance as we have in New York when we ride on the street cars or walk past a new building.
噢，那简直和我们在纽约坐电车或者走过一座新楼房的把握一样大。
Try to take some broth now, and let Sudie go back to her drawing, so she can sell the editor man with it,
喝点汤吧，让苏娣去画她的画，好把它卖给编辑先生，
and buy port wine for her sick child, and pork chops for her greedy self."
换了钱来给她的病孩子买点红葡萄酒，再给她自己买点猪排解解馋。”
"You needn't get any more wine," said Johnsy, keeping her eyes fixed out the window.
“你不用买酒了，”琼西的眼睛直盯着窗外说道，
"There goes another. No, I don't want any broth. That leaves just four.
“又落了一片。不，我不想喝汤。只剩下四片了。
I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark. Then I'll go, too."
我想在天黑以前等着看那最后一片叶子掉下去。然后我也要去了。”
"Johnsy, dear," said Sue, bending over her,
“琼西，亲爱的，”苏俯着身子对她说，
"will you promise me to keep your eyes closed, and not look out the window until I am done working?
“你答应我闭上眼睛，不要瞧窗外，等我画完，行吗？
I must hand those drawings in by to-morrow.
明天我非得交出这些插图。
I need the light, or I would draw the shade down."
我需要光线，否则我就拉下窗帘了。”
"Couldn't you draw in the other room?" asked Johnsy, coldly.
“你不能到那间屋子里去画吗？”琼西冷冷地问道。
"I'd rather be here by you," said Sue.
“我愿意呆在你跟前，”苏说，
"Beside, I don't want you to keep looking at those silly ivy leaves."
“再说，我也不想让你老看着那些讨厌的长春藤叶子。”
"Tell me as soon as you have finished," said Johnsy, closing her eyes, and lying white and still as fallen statue,
“你一画完就叫我，”琼西说着，便闭上了眼睛。她脸色苍白，一动不动地躺在床上，就像是座横倒在地上的雕像。
"because I want to see the last one fall. I'm tired of waiting. I'm tired of thinking.
“因为我想看那最后一片叶子掉下来，我等得不耐烦了，也想得不耐烦了。
I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go sailing down, down, just like one of those poor, tired leaves."
我想摆脱一切，飘下去，飘下去，像一片可怜的疲倦了的叶子那样。”
"Try to sleep," said Sue. "I must call Behrman up to be my model for the old hermit miner.
“你睡一会吧，”苏说道，“我得下楼把贝尔门叫上来，给我当那个隐居的老矿工的模特儿。
I'll not be gone a minute. Don't try to move 'til I come back."
我一会儿就回来的。不要动，等我回来。”
