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 爱到永远

翻译 应中革

P.2
                                            

The miles rolled by and the time stretched as she finally faced the fact that she was hopelessly lost and nearly out of gas. As the needle met evenly with the empty mark on the gas gauge, she knew she had come too far to return to the main highway. She had to find someway to get some gas. She felt a feeling akin to desperation until she saw the small weather beaten sign stating that Peri lay ahead in four miles. Saying a silent prayer that the gas would hold, she sped up.

开车跑了很长时间，很长路程之后，她才发现自己完全迷路了，而且汽油快用完了。当汽油仪表上的指针就要指到0线时，她意识到走得太远了，已经不能返回干线公路了，不得不找人送汽油过来。她正感到绝望时，看到了一块风雨剥蚀的路牌，上面标明裴郦镇就在前面4公里处。她默默地祈祷一声‘保佑汽油够用’，便加速前进。
 
There was only a cluster of buildings, enough to really even proclaim Peri a town, actually more of a village. She passed a closed grocery store first with weeds growing the parking lot. It did not look encouraging but she still hung onto a little hope but when, building after building she passed proved to be boarded up, she was near panic. She made it as far as the one gas station that was as abandoned as the rest of the buildings and the car coughed, sputtered and then the engine died and moved by momentum of speed attained before, it rolled a few more feet and then came to a complete stop. She was stranded but she refused to give into any of the panic rushing at her.

前面只有一排楼房，但也足以说明到了裴郦镇，实际是只是个大村庄。她首先看到的是一家关门的杂货店，旁边停车地方长満杂草。这家杂货店虽然算不上是鼓舞，却也在她心中升起一丝希望。但是，当她绕过一幢又一幢楼房后，发现路堵死了。她真的开始恐慌。她好不容易转了出来，还找到一个被遗弃的加油站以及另一些大楼。此时汽车马达声音嘶哑，发出噼噼啪啪的爆裂声，汽车发动机终于停止转了。汽车惯性运动还往前滚了一段路后，彻底抛锚了。她陷入了困境，但是，她竭力镇静自己摆脱惊慌。

She turned off the ignition key and glanced around her for any way to identify exactly where she was. She retrieved her cell phone from her purse and punched in the number on her auto club card. The phone seemed silent for a moment but then she heard a faint ring. Someone answered and she was relieved to be talking to another human being. She explained what had happened, where she was and what she needed. She waited expectantly for good news but it was not with coming. The operator informed her that there was no one who could help her for at least a hundred miles and it would be several hours before someone would be there. She glanced at her watch, seeing with dismay that it was past three in the afternoon and if the dispatcher was correct about the time length, she would be alone after dark.

她关了点火开关，环顾一下四周，察看了自己所在的地方。她从小提包里取出手机，键入汽车俱乐部名片上的电话号码。开始手机没有声音，过一会她才听到一个很微弱的声音。有人接电话了，她正在与对方谈话，感到宽慰许多。她说了发生的事，所在地点和所需要的东西，期待着好消息。对方回话却令人
失望。接电话的人说，没人会来援助，因为至少有一百英里路程，而且即使有人将会到那个地方也得要在好几个小时以后。她看了看手表，吃了一惊。已经过了下午3点。这个调度员若没说错的话，天黑下来时，她还只能是一个人在这里。

The thought chilled her.

想到这里，她打了个寒战。

Noticing that her signal was weak, she once again ask the dispatcher to send someone as soon as possible and then pushed the “end” button. With the air conditioning off in the car, it soon began to grow uncomfortably hot. She turned the ignition key on and used the power window button to open both front side windows to relief the stuffiness. Out of gas was one thing but a dead battery could only complicate the situation. She had to conserve what she had.
手机信号很弱，她赶紧再次拨打那位调度，要求尽快派人，然后按下“结束”。汽车空调停了后，她感到热得难受，就打开点开关，按电动键打开两扇前窗以缓减闷热。汽油用完之后，如果蓄电池也耗尽的话，情况将更加糟糕。她得保留好这点电。