"I was afraid to watch it, " she said. "I was listening to Lisa Ono with the volume up to the highest on the stereo that used to be here in the corner."

“我不敢看，”她说。“我当时在听小野丽莎的歌，把那个过去常放在这个角落里的立体声音响的音量开到最大。”

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Sitting in the corner listening, watching everybody, taking notes.

坐在角落里倾听，看着每个人，做笔记。

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This person sitting in the corner complaining bitterly about nobody ever listening to her or to him is actually an allegorist telling us that that's the way speech is.

这个人坐在角落，痛苦地抱怨着总没有人听他说话，这实际就像是一个寓言家告诉我们，话语就是这样无力。

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Sheherezad told me she came for tea the other day, and this unfortunate little thing sat without saying a word, just listening, like a frog in the corner.

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And in a corner, to the right: the waiting man, the listening man.

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