Their condition of domiciliary comradeship put her , as the woman , to such disadvantage by its enforced intercourse , that he felt it unfair to her to exercise any pressure of brandishment which he might have honestly employed had she been better able to avoid him 他们同住在一幢屋子里，不能不相互来往，这样她作为一个女人就被置于一种不利的地位。他觉得，要是他向她施加压力，步步紧逼，这对她就是不公平的，假如她能够避开他，他反倒可以诚实地采用这些手段了。
The next day , the rain had somewhat subsided , and brother hsieh s family returned home . they found that their courtyard had been covered by a layer of yellow mud , but the furniture in the living room was still there ; the mudslide had not carried it away . brother hsieh rushed into his bedroom , and to his great relief , all of master s cds , audiotapes and videotapes lay untouched on the wooden floor 隔天水势稍退，谢师兄全家回去山上的家，敞开的庭院铺满黄泥巴，客厅的家具都还在，并没有被土石流带走，谢师兄冲到卧室查看那些师父开示的cd录音带录影带等，它们完好如初地放在木质地板上，他的房间一点水都没有，棉被都是乾的土石流洪水完全避开他的卧室，丝毫都未动一下房内的任何东西！
He was a forsaken , friendless boy , he said ; nobody loved him ; when they found out what they had driven him to , perhaps they would be sorry ; he had tried to do right and get along , but they would not let him ; since nothing would do them but to be rid of him , let it be so ; and let them blame him for the consequences - why shouldn t they 他说自个儿成了无亲无友被人抛弃的孩子，没谁爱他。也许，等那些人发觉把地逼到这般田地时，他们会内疚的。他一直努力着以便不出差错，好好向上，但人们偏偏又不让他那样既然他们一心要避开他，那就悉听尊便吧就让他们为了将要发生的事来责怪他好了他们就这德性，随他们去！
