8.As she ground the sifter steadily above the bread board, she sang, to herself at first, something without particular tune or words, repetitive, mournful and plaintive, austere, as she ground a faint, steady snowing of flour onto the bread board.
当她把筛子稳稳地放在面包板上时,她先是自言自语地唱着歌,没有特别的曲调或歌词,重复、悲伤、哀伤、朴素,同时她在面包板上磨出一层微弱、稳定的面粉雪。机翻