Audiobook Dictation: “Misfortune seemed to settle like an…”

Misfortune seemed to settle like an evil bird on the roof of the log house, and to flap its wings there, warning human beings away.

厄運彷彿一隻不祥之鳥落在那座木屋的屋頂上，在那裡撲打著翅膀，警告人們遠離。

The Russians had such bad luck that people were afraid of them and liked to put them out of mind.

那兩個俄國人運氣壞透了，人們都怕他們，寧願不去想他們。

One afternoon Antonia and her father came over to our house to get buttermilk, and lingered, as they usually did, until the sun was low.

一天下午，安東妮亞和她父親到我們家來取酪乳，像往常一樣一直待到太陽西沉。

Just as they were leaving, Russian Peter drove up.

他們正要離開時，俄國人彼得駕著車來了。

Pavel was very bad, he said, and wanted to talk to Mr. Shimerda and his daughter; he had come to fetch them.

他說帕維爾病得很重，想跟希默爾達先生和他女兒談談；他是來接他們的。

My plan must have seemed very foolish to her, but she was often large-minded about humoring the desires of other people.

我的計畫在她看來一定很傻，但她向來寬宏大量，樂於成全別人的心願。

She asked Peter to wait a moment, and when she came back from the kitchen she brought a bag of sandwiches and doughnuts for us.

她請彼得稍等片刻，從廚房回來時給我們帶來了一袋三明治和甜甜圈。

Mr. Shimerda and Peter were on the front seat; Antonia and I sat in the straw behind and ate our lunch as we bumped along.

希默爾達先生和彼得坐在前座；安東妮亞和我坐在後面的乾草上，一路顛簸著吃我們的午飯。

After the sun sank, a cold wind sprang up and moaned over the prairie.

太陽落山後，一陣冷風颳起，在草原上嗚咽。