It's easy enough for the reader to guess where the relationship between Alvo and Lula is headed, even if Ms. Prose's vivacious prose initially makes the road there fairly scenic.

读者不难猜到阿尔瓦诺和卢拉的情感道路将通向何方，即使普罗斯女士起初用活泼的散文风格将这条道路描绘的景色迷人。

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They tell her that they know her cousin George back home and the handsome one, who calls himself Alvo, asks Lula to do him a favor: hide a gun for them until they return to pick it up.

他们告诉她，她的堂兄乔治回家了。一个自称阿尔瓦诺的帅小伙让卢拉帮他个忙，帮他们藏一把枪直到他们回来取。

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After months sending out resumes with no response, Alvo started driving a cab to make ends meet.

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The natural starting place for an Alvo Aalto tour is the Helsinki house where the architect lived and worked for much of his career.

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