她说话用的是海滨佐治亚人那种柔和而有点含糊的口音,元音是流音,子音咬得不怎么准,略略带法语腔调。
She spoke in the soft slurring voice of the coastal Georgian, liquid of vowels, kind to consonants and with the barest trace of French accent.
和来家中做客的邻居朋友用同一种腔调巧妙地笑谑着身边的琐事,大家眯起的眼睛都默契地闪着同一种狡黠;
Bantering about daily trivialities with neighbours and friends who come to visit as guests in the same tone, squinting eyes of everyone twinkles tacitly in the same slyness.
我告诉她,放松一点,用刚才午餐时说话的腔调就行了。
I told her to relax and speak in the same conversational tone shed used during our lunch.
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