Soon after you went, I received your letter in which you told me that you were to go to the front to fight floods. I never thought you would be lying there forever.

你离开以后，我收到你的来信，信中告诉我你将去抗洪，我无法想像你会永远躺在那片土地上。

youdao

You told me my kindness would only push you to be more dependent on him, which afflicted the most pain on me, for I have become the catalyst between you two unexpectedly.

你说我对你的好只会让你更依赖他，这是我听的最心痛的话，无意间我竟成了你们之间的催化剂，我的出现让你们更加的亲密。

youdao

"Your husband told me to bring this to you, Mrs. Baroda, " he said, handing her a filmy, white scarf with which she sometimes enveloped her head and shoulders.

你丈夫让我把这个带给你，巴罗达夫人。 “他说着便递给她一条薄薄的白色披肩，这是那条她偶尔会用来包住自己头和肩膀的披肩。

youdao

When we talked of this later, he told me that there is an Africa out there in which the price you pay for being an honest citizen is that you cannot afford to put bread into the mouths of your own children.

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They told me about the hazards of the job, which included having a snake jump out at you from between the rocks.

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