1. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was there, but he paid no attention to her and the night noises of the hospital — the banging of an oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff exchanging greetings, the cries and moans and breathing 每次护士进来,海军陆战队队员都坐在那儿。可对于护士的进出、医院晚上的各种响动 , 氧气瓶的撞击声、值夜班的医生护士打招呼时的笑声、其他病人的哭喊、呻吟和呼吸声,他都视若不见、充耳不闻。
2. Nights are long in hospitals, but all through the night the young Marine sat there in the dimly-lit ward, holding the old man's hand and offering words of hope and strength. 医院里长夜漫漫,但是年轻的海军陆战队队员整夜都坐在灯光昏暗的病房里,握着老人的手,说着充满希望与力量的话。