But when she's a-spittin' like a wildcat,a man's got no call to live with her."

VOA: special.2009.11.14

On the stair leading up into the disinfectant-smelling twilight of a rooming house, she saw an old man huddled, shaking with grief she couldn't hear.

登上梯子，在一间散发着,消毒水气味的昏暗公寓里，她看到了一个老人缩成一团，以一种他无法感受的哀伤颤抖着。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It's fun. - What's the problem?- She doesn't like that, man. - You're pretty.- Don't touch me.

VOA: standard.other