He slowed his pace, stopped for a few seconds,
他放慢了脚步,停了几秒钟,
and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
然后匆匆赶去赶时间。
A half-minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip—
半分钟后,小提琴手收到了第一笔小费——
a woman threw the money into his open violin case
一位女士把钱扔进了打开的小提琴盒里,
and without stopping continued to walk.
而且没有停下脚步。
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen,
几分钟后,有人靠在墙上听,
but then he looked at his watch and walked on again.
但他看了看表,又继续往前走。
Clearly he was late for work.
很明显他上班迟到了。