The Looking-Glass
by
安东·契诃夫 Anton Chekhov
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▌内容简介
契诃夫被称为“现代短篇小说之父”（“father of the modern short story”），他的作品特点是以人物为核心。
In “The Looking-Glass,” a woman feverishly attempts to seek help for her husband, sick with typhus, but is met with a surprise. This particular story nods to the author’s day job as a physician.
在《窥镜》中，一个女人疯狂地为她患了
斑疹伤寒的丈夫寻求帮助，最终收获了一个大“惊喜”。这部作品刚好与契诃夫医生的职业相呼应。
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Then she saw against the grey background how her husband every spring was in straits for money to pay the interest for the mortgage to the bank. He could not sleep, she could not sleep, and both racked their brains till their heads ached, thinking how to avoid being visited by the clerk of the Court.
在灰色的背景下，她看到丈夫每年春天为贷款利息而捉襟见肘。他夜不能寐，她也一样，他们为此绞尽脑汁，想得脑袋生疼，生怕法庭找上门来。
She saw her children: the everlasting apprehension of colds, scarlet fever, diphtheria, bad marks at school, separation. Out of a brood of five or six one was sure to die.
她看到了她的孩子们，总是生活在无尽的恐惧中：他们害怕感冒、
猩红热、白喉，害怕成绩差，害怕被分开。一个人若离开了五六人的小群体，那将必死无疑。