英文原文

I brushed by him and said sharply, "You wouldn't understand."
He followed me a few steps. "I'm just the one who should, Karen," he said. "You and I have a lot in common."
It was the school elections that made me think of Carlos again. They were held the last of October. Reed Harrington was voted president and Carlos vice-president. "How come?" I kept asking myself. "How come this shrimp who's only been in town for a little over a month gets to be so popular?"
So on that perfect October morning, I stopped Carlos and said, point blank, "It doesn't seem to bother you—being short, I mean."
He looked up at me. "Of course I mind being short. I get a stiff neck every day from looking up at people like you."
"I might have known I couldn't get a sensible answer from you." I started up the steps.
"Hey, don't go away. Please."
I stopped.
Carlos was through kidding.

参考译文

我擦身而过，尖刻地说，“你不会明白的x7#-YY2sm,bl6MxN0WU。”
他跟我走了几步，“我恰好就是那个理解你的人，Karen,”他说，“我们有很多相似之处tt]!(J#b79W@Q7y。”
十月底的学校选举让我再次想到了Carlos，Reed Harrington当选了主席，Carlos是副主席z]Y%Lggq6Ja。“怎么会？”我不停地问自己FZTa+c7Z+TQrk。“这个进城才一个多月的小家伙怎么变得这么受欢迎？”
那个十月的早晨，我拦住Carlos，开门见山地说，“看来你一点儿也不烦恼---我是说，这么矮Y*4+G%W5hP;*5ZQ*V[1x。”
他抬头看我，“当然在意，每天僵着脖子仰望你们这样的高人KrY!z6%RuQY#_k]E9FRw。”
“我早知道听不到什么正经话的，”我打算走开B5IoX[cFn-,C。
“哎，别走啊，拜托~q7(Jr9,Q@E|f1lnI3。”
我停下来b)@]%Cn24CPU7l*K。
Carlos于是正经起来vyHFcw~[_.W4;ND7lcP。