From there my mother contemplated the broken pots of begonias, the rotted stubble, the trunk of the jasmine plant eaten away by ants, and she recovered her breath.

• 我母亲在那里对着破了的秋海棠花盆，腐烂了的断株和被蚂蚁们吞噬着的茉莉树干凝视良久，呼吸渐渐平缓下来。