Susan catches the bus into town at ten-thirty a.m. 苏珊抓住巴士进城，在十点半时

She sits on the back seat. 她坐在后座上。

She looks at the man in front's head and thinks 她看着眼前这个人的头，认为

how his fat wrinkled neck is like a large carrot sticking out 他发皱的脖子是怎么样的一个大萝卜伸出

from the collar of his shirt. 从他的衬衫领子。

She adds up the numbers on her bus ticket to see if they make twenty-one, 她加起来的数字在她的汽车票，看看他们做21 ，

but they don't. Maybe she shouldn't bother going to school at all, then. 但他们没有。也许她不应该打扰上学的话，那么。

Her friends will be in the yard with their arms folded on their chests, 她的朋友们会在院子里与他们的胳膊交叉放在胸前，

shielding their breasts to try and make them look bigger, 保护自己的乳房，试图让自己看起来更大，

whilst the boys will be too busy playing football to notice. 而男生也会忙得踢足球的通知。

The bus is waiting on the High Street when suddenly it begins to rain 总线等待高街时，突然它开始下雨

torrentially and it sounds like someone has emptied torrentially ，它听起来就像有人走光

about a million packets of dried peas on top of the roof of the bus. 约一百万包在巴士车顶的顶干豌豆。

"What if it just keeps raining," she thinks to herself, “如果它只是不断下雨， ”她认为对自己，

"and it was just like being in an aquarium except it was all the shoppers “它简直就像在水族馆里被除了它是所有的购物者

and office-workers that were floating passed the window instead of fish?" 那漂浮通过窗口，而不是鱼办公室工作人员？ “

She's still thinking about this when the bus goes passed Caroline Lee's house 她还在想着这个当总线变为通过卡罗琳李的家

where there was a party last week. 那里是上周的一方。

There were some German exchange students there who were very mature; 有一些德国交换学生还有谁是非常成熟;

they all ended up jumping out of the bedroom window. 他们都结束了跳出卧室的窗口。

One of them tried to get her to kiss him on the stairs, so she kicked him. 其中一人试图让她吻他在楼梯上，让她踢了他一脚。

Later she was sick because she drunk too much cider. 后来她生病了，因为她喝太多汽水。

Caroline was drunk as well; 卡罗琳喝为好;

she was pretending she was married to a tall boy in glasses, 她假装她嫁给了一个高大的男孩，眼镜，

and she had to wear a polo-neck for three days afterwards 她不得不穿马球领三天后

to cover up the love-bite on her neck. 为了掩饰她的脖子上的爱咬。

By now the bus is going passed the market. 现在的公交车即将通过的市场。

Outside is a man who spends all day forcing felt-tip pens into people's hands 外面是一个人谁花了一整天逼着毡尖笔到人们的手中

and then trying to make them pay for them. 然后试图让他们付出代价。

She used to work in the pet shop, 她用在宠物店工作，

but she got sacked for talking to boys when she was supposed to be working. 但她被解雇了说话的男生时，她应该是工作。

She wasn't too bothered though, she hated the smell of the rabbits anyway. 她没有太在意，虽然，她讨厌兔子的味道呢。

"Maybe this bus won't stop," she thinks, “也许这车也不会停， ”她认为，

"and I'll stay on it until I'm old enough to go into pubs on my own. “我会留在这，直到我老得足以进入酒吧我自己。

Or it could drive me to a town where people with black hair drink 或者它也可以开车带我到一个小镇里的人，黑头发的饮料

Special Brew and I can make lots 特酿，我可以赚很多

of money by charging fat old men five pounds a time to look up my skirt. 通过充电脂肪老男人5磅时间来查找我的裙子的钱。

Oh, they'll be queuing up to take me out to dinner... 哦，他们会排队带我出去吃晚饭......

" I suppose you think she's just a silly girl with stupid ideas, “我想，你认为她只是一个傻女孩傻的想法，

but I remember her in those days. 但我记得她在那些日子里。

They talk about people with a fire within and all that stuff, 他们谈论的人有内火和所有的东西，

well, she had that alright. 好了，她说没事。

It's just that no-one dared to jump into her fire; 只是，没有人敢跳入她的火;

they would have been consumed. Instead, 他们将被消耗掉。相反，

they put her in a corner and let her heat up the room, 他们把她放在一个角落里，让她热起来的房间，

warming their hands and backsides in front of her, 在她面前变暖他们的手和屁股，

and then slagging her off around town. 然后排渣她关在镇附近。

No-one ever really got inside Susan, and, 没有人真正得到了苏珊里面，而且，

and, she always ended up getting off the bus at the terminus 并且，她总是最后下车的终点站

and then walking home. 然后步行回家。