第1秒钟目瞪口呆
第2秒钟呆若木鸡
第3秒钟将信将疑
第4秒钟确信无疑
第5秒钟隔岸观火
第6秒钟幸灾乐祸
第7秒钟口称复仇
第8秒钟崇拜歹徒
第9秒钟感叹信仰
第10秒钟猛然记起
我的胞妹
就住在纽约
急拨电话
要国际长途
未通
扑向电脑
上网
发伊妹儿
敲字
手指发抖
“妹子,妹子
你还活着吗?
老哥快要急死了!”

 

 

9.11 Psy­chol­o­gy Report

 

stunned 1st second
frozen 2nd second
doubt­ful 3rd second
no mis­take 4th second
indif­fer­ent 5th second
gloat over oth­ers’ mis­for­tune 6th second
shout­ing revenge 7th second
wor­ship­ping the scoundrels 8th second
sigh­ing about faith 9th second
sud­den­ly remem­ber 10th second
my own sister
lives in New York
dial the phone
inter­na­tion­al long distance
busy
lunge to the computer
e‑mail
beat­ing the keyboard
fin­gers trembling
“Sis­ter, sister
are you still alive?
your old broth­er is dying from worry!”

 

Trans­lat­ed by Wang Ping and Alex Lemon

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