I watched the man open a pack of cigarettes with trembling hands and offer one to her, and that is the image of the night of the earthquake in my mind today -- a conservative grocer and a crying transvestite smoking together on the sidewalk.
我看到店主用颤抖的手打开 一包香烟 给了她一支。 这就是如今那个地震的夜晚 留在我的脑海中的画面-- 一名保守的杂货店主和一名哭泣的易装癖者 在人行道边一起吸烟。