When I pick blackberries on the path under Kingston Ridge they pick with me, their tanned, sinewy arms oblivious to scratches, their laughing mouths purple with juice.
当我在金士顿山脊下的幽径边摘黑莓的时候,她们也和我一起摘,她们那黧黑的健壮手臂不怎么注意被路边的植物划了些痕迹,她们笑的时候可以看出嘴巴被黑莓汁染紫色了。
The other children mocked her, laughing behind their hands.
其他孩子学她的样子,用手捂着嘴笑。
The British are supposed to be famous for laughing at themselves, but even their sense of humour has a limit, as the British retailer Gerald Ratner found out to his cost.
英国人本应以自嘲著称,但就连他们的幽默感也有限度,英国零售商杰拉尔德·拉特纳在付出一定的代价之后才明白了这一点。
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