当你擦火柴点雪茄时，我发现你就是芝加哥警方通缉的人。

When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face of the man wanted in Chicago.

youdao

我一次又一次地擦火柴，擦不亮再摸索出一根新的，这样汽油的蒸汽顺着斜坡悄无声息地蔓延到汽油罐周围。

While I struck it on the box, again and again, and then fumbled for a better match, gasoline vapors were flowing invisibly back down the slope toward where I'd left the can.

youdao

最后，我变得粗心大意，不再麻烦地每次都盖好汽油罐的盖子了，自然，也会因为一根火柴擦不亮而不耐烦。

Eventually, I got careless with the gas can, not bothering to recap it between killings, and there came then, naturally, a match that refused to be lit.

youdao