Several people stood in line ahead of me, including one woman who had matted, wet salt-and-pepper hair, with rainwater droplets bizarrely hanging from her earlobes like a poor excuse for earrings.

• “几个人在我之前排在队伍的前面，包括一个有着纠结，湿哒哒，混着盐和胡椒面的头发，雨滴奇怪地垂在她的耳垂就像是一个蹩脚的耳饰。我试着不去盯着看，但那些小小水珠像是对我催了眠。