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.

厄运仿佛一只不祥之鸟落在那座木屋的屋顶上，在那里扑打着翅膀，警告人们远离。

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

那两个俄国人运气坏透了，人们都怕他们，宁愿不去想他们。

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，安东妮亚和她父亲到我们家来取酪乳，像往常一样一直待到太阳西沉。

Just as they were leaving, Russian Peter drove up.

他们正要离开时，俄国人彼得驾着车来了。

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

他说帕维尔病得很重，想跟希默尔达先生和他女儿谈谈；他是来接他们的。

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

我的计划在她看来一定很傻，但她向来宽宏大量，乐于成全别人的心愿。

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.

她请彼得稍等片刻，从厨房回来时给我们带来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.

希默尔达先生和彼得坐在前座；安东妮亚和我坐在后面的干草上，一路颠簸着吃我们的午饭。

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

太阳落山后，一阵冷风刮起，在草原上呜咽。