Chapter 1 First Sight——7

Eventually we made it to Charlie's.

最终我们到了查理斯的家。

He still lived in the small,two-bedroom house that he'd bought with my mother in the early days of their marriage.

他任然住在一个小的两个卧室的房子里，这间房子是在结婚前早些时候和我妈妈一起买的

Those were the only kind of days their marriage had — the early ones.

这是他们结婚留下的仅剩的东西了

他们的婚姻也只持续了那些日子——较早的那些。

There, parked on the street in front of the house that never changed, was my new — well, new to me — truck.

在这里，停在房子前面的大街上没有变得是，我的新的好的车子

It was a faded red color,with big, rounded fenders and a bulbous cab.

用红色的装饰着，有着巨大的圆形的挡泥板，还有一个灯泡状的驾驶室。

To my intense surprise, Iloved it. I didn't know if it would run, but I could see myself in it.
让我特别吃惊的是，我喜欢它。我不知道它是不是可以开，但是我能看见我自己在里面的样子了。

Plus, it was one of those solid iron affairs that never gets damaged —the kind you see at the scene of an accident, paint unscratched,surrounded by the pieces of the foreign car it had destroyed.

顺便加上的是，只是这辆车铁皮从来没有受伤过，你好像能看见事故现场的场景一般，看到未被损坏的地方，围绕着这辆车的碎片原谅了这辆车在事故中的损坏

它是那种永远也撞不坏坚硬的铁家伙——就是那种你在事故现场看到的车，漆都没蹭掉半块，周围全是它毁坏的外国汽车的碎片。

"Wow, Dad, I love it! Thanks!" Now my horrific day tomorrow would be just that much less dreadful.

哇，爸爸，我喜欢它，谢谢， 现在我的悲伤天明天就会变得更少了。

现在我恐怖的明天将不会那么吓人了。

I wouldn't be faced with the choice of either walking two miles in the rain to school or accepting a ride in the Chief's cruiser.

我也不会面对一个两难的选择了，就是要不就走两英里冒雨去上学，或者坐查理兹的巡逻车去。

"I'm glad you like it," Charlie said gruffly, embarrassed again.

你喜欢它我也很开心，查理兹说着，又尴尬了。

gruffly 生硬的