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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