Audiobook Dictation: “Laura went down stairs, knocked at/the…”

Laura went down stairs, knocked at/the study door, and entered, scarcely waiting for the response.

蘿拉下了樓，敲了敲書房的門，幾乎沒等回應就走了進去。

Senator Dilworthy was alone--with an open Bible in his hand, upside down.

迪爾沃西參議員獨自一人，手裡拿著一本打開的《聖經》——拿倒了。

Laura smiled, and said, forgetting her acquired correctness of speech,

蘿拉笑了笑，忘了自己後來學會的規範措辭，說道：

"It is only me."

「是我啦。」

"Ah, come in, sit down," and the Senator closed the book and laid it down.

「啊，進來，坐吧，」參議員合上書，把它放下。

"I wanted to see you.

「我正想見你。

Time to report progress from the committee of the whole," and the Senator beamed with his own congressional wit.

該全體委員會匯報進展了，」參議員說著，為自己這句國會式的俏皮話喜形於色。

"In the committee of the whole things are working very well.

「在全體委員會裡，一切進展得很順利。

We have made ever so much progress in a week.

一個星期裡我們取得了好大進展。

I believe that you and I together could run this government beautifully, uncle."

我相信您和我聯手，一定能把這個政府管理得漂漂亮亮的，叔叔。」