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I always like to watch her, but I have to be careful. I'm afraid she'd get angry and move away if she catches me at it, and then I won't have anyone, because she's my only real friend, even if she doesn't know it. I'm all alone in New York City and I guess I'm kind of shy and don't make friends easily. The fellows in the bank are all right but they have their own lives to lead, and besides, I can't ask anyone to come up to a furnished room; so they go their way and I go mine.
我总喜欢注视着她，但我必须小心翼翼,惟恐她发觉后会生气走开。那样的话,我就再也没有伴了，因为她是我唯一真正的朋友，尽管她并不知道。在纽约，我孑然一身，而且我想我有点腼腆，不容易交朋友。银行里那班伙计都挺不错，但他们各有各的生活天地。再说，我也没法邀请什么人上我那带家具出租的房间里去。所以一下班我就和他们各奔东西了。
The city is getting me. It's too big and noisy --- too many people for a fellow who's all by himself. I can't seem to get used to it. I'm used to the quiet of a small New Hampshirefarm but there isn't any future on a New Hampshire farm any more: so after I was discharged from the Navy, I applied for this position in the bank and I got it. I suppose it's a goodbreak but I'm kind of lonesome.
这座城市使我心烦。它太大，太嘈杂——对一个孤独的人来说人也太多了。我似乎适应不了它。我对新罕布什尔州小农场的宁静倒很适应，但在新罕布什尔农场再也不会有什么前途了。于是从海军退役后，我便申请了银行里的这个职位并得到了它。我想这是个好机会，但我有点孤单寂寞。
