1、It was true.The chairs were as worn out as I felt after a day of chasing after the boys.I'd just offered to host a dinner for some members of our new church.Brian's right,I thought.I can't seat guests on these old things.It was either pitch them or get the worst of them re-caned.That was when I remembered the number in my kitchen drawer.
1.这是事实.椅子的磨损程度得就好比我追着孩子们跑一天那么累.我刚刚答应邀请我们新教堂的一些成员来家里吃饭.布莱恩是对的,我想.我不能让客人们坐在那样旧的椅子上.要么扔了,要么把其中最烂的重新编织一下.那时侯我才记得我厨房抽屉里的号码.
2、Mr.Poplin was waiting for us in back,sitting in a chair at the front of his building,his eyes looking straight ahead.Behind him,shrouded in darkness,I saw spools of twine and chairs in various states of repair.
2.坡普林先生正等着我们回去,他坐在楼前的一张椅子上,目光直视前方.在他身后,夜色深沉,我看见椅子上缠绕着大团的线,显然经过了不同程度的修补.