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Linda has always been the apple to her father's eye.

琳达一直是她父亲眼中的苹果

She was a beautiful 14-year-old girl with blonde, curly hair and big blue eyes.

她是一个漂亮的14岁女孩，有着金色的卷发和蓝色的大眼睛

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She had many friends for she was one of the most popular girls in school.

她有很多朋友，因为她是学校最受欢迎的女孩之一

Her greatest pleasure was fashion.

她最大的乐趣是时尚

She was always dressed in the newest, fanciest, most expensive clothing around.

她总是穿着最新，最昂贵，最昂贵的衣服

Just this week her father bought her a ridiculously expensive green Italian leather jacket, which she wore always, everywhere.

就在这个星期，她的父亲给她买了一件荒谬的绿色意大利皮夹克，她在任何地方都经常穿

Her second greatest pleasure were horses.

她的第二大快乐是马

Just last month her father bought her a ridiculously expensive, imported German dressage horse, which she bragged about to anyone who would listen.

就在上个月，她的父亲给她买了头价格昂贵的进口德国盛装舞步赛马，她向任何愿意听的人吹牛

Just yesterday, Linda was out riding said horse, galloping across acres and acres of farmland.

就在昨天，琳达（Linda）骑马说，骑着马驰，在一片英亩的农田上

No one was going to stop her. She didn't care if her horse was trampling down crops and straw ; her daddy was always going to get her out of trouble. He always had.

没有人会阻止她。她不在乎她的马是否在践踏庄稼和稻草;她的父亲总是要摆脱困境。他一直都有

When her horse bolted and she fell to the ground, she didn't cry out in anger or pain, though she did hurt herself.

当她的马狂奔而倒在地上时，她没有因为愤怒或痛苦而大哭，尽管她确实伤了自己。她感到惊讶

She was hit by surprise.

她感到惊讶

Never had something so unpleasant happened to her and she wondered when someone would arrive to comfort her.

从来没有发生过如此不愉快的事，她想知道何时有人会来安慰她

Surely someone must have seen her fall.

当然一定有人见过她跌倒

Everybody always looked at her!

大家总是看着她

But not today.

但不是今天

No one saw her vanish into those tall crops on the field.

没有人看到她消失在田野上那些高大的作物上

She called out, but nobody answered.

她喊了出来，但是没人接

She realized with horror she couldn't get up for she wasn't able to move her legs, even an inch.

她惊恐地意识到自己无法站起来，因为她无法移动双腿，甚至一英寸也无法动弹

She lay there for what seemed like hours between tall, green crops.

她躺在那儿，似乎在高高的青苗之间待了几个小时

And when she heard the sound of farming machines approaching, she grew to hate that damn, grass green leather jacket.

当她听到农业机械的声音接近时，她开始讨厌那该死的草绿色皮夹克

翻译：英语学习阁

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