1.But I was out of luck. The car went through the hedge like a knife through butter, and immediately began to fall.

然而我非常不走运。汽车穿过篱墙，一如餐刀切黄油般利，然后马上向下跌落。

2.Hard to imagine her legs once strong, the bones hard and parting water, clean sharp strokes, not bent and wrinkled like a baby, not drowning under the sticky yellow light.

很难想像她曾经强健。坚韧骨，劈波分浪，动作利，没有像婴那样蜷曲皱缩，也没有淹滞在黏浊黄光灯下。

3.The car went through the hedge like a knife through butter，and immediately began to fall. I jumped out and was caught by the branch of a tree，while the car disappeared into a river fifteen metres below.

在荒原上飞机转眼就会看到我。我尽快驶向另一个峡谷，然后奔树林而去。猛然间，从岔路上一辆汽车窜到我面前。停车已来不及了。唯一可能是驶离道路，冲入篱墙，希望能撞在后面什么软东西上。然而我非常不走运。汽车穿过篱墙，一如餐刀切黄油般利，然后马上向下跌落。我跳了出来，被挂在一个树枝上，而汽车消失在下面十五米河中。