1. Quietly Joan showed him the damp cracked walls, the rotten floorboards, and the collection of buckets, jugs and basins she used to catch rain dripping from the roof.
    琼静静地带他看了潮湿裂缝的墙壁、腐烂的地板和一堆她过去用来接房顶滴落的雨水的桶、水壶和脸盆。

2. And when the M.P. was at last led to Joan Reid´s rooms up the broken stairs, he was already followed by a large crowd of dwellers who added the shortcomings of their own homes to the list.
    当议员最后沿着破旧的楼梯被带到了琼·里德的房间时，一大群住户已经跟在了他的后面，他们把自己房子的缺点也都列了出来。

3. Since Peter Reid had developed T.B. and gone to hospital, Joan had always been so shy and so difficult to talk to.
    自从彼得·里德患结核病住院以来，琼总是这样羞于见人，难以交谈。

4. Joan Reid felt self-conscious and awkward waiting on the dusty pavement outside the house whose two top rooms were her home.
    琼·里德站在楼前到处是尘土的人行道上等着，感到又难为情，又不自在。楼上顶层的两间房是她的家。

5. Joan ran along the road.
    琼沿着路跑着。

6. "That´s all right then." Joan turned away. "Not don´t forget, will you?"
    “那好吧。”琼走开了。“千万不要忘了，好吗？”

7. "Landlords!" cried Joan.
    “房东！”琼喊道。

8. Only Joan stood on the pavement, staring after the children racing in the wake of the departing car.
    只有琼站在人行道上，目视着孩子们跑着追赶离开的车子。