忽然，车子先是发出嘎嚓声，然后又是劈啪声，终于发动机彻底歇工了。

Suddenly, the car started chugging and sputtering until finally the engine quit altogether.

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尽管她在祷告，发动机正常的“嘎嚓——嘎嚓”声还是逐渐变成了一长串可怕、刺耳的噪音，车盖下开始冒出股股黑烟。

Despite her prayer, the engine's normal chug-chug dissolved into a series of terrible, raspy noises. Puffs of black smoke began streaming from under the hood.

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