“The Last Night of the World” is a tender, simple story. The first line alone is universally intriguing: “What would you do if you knew this was the last night of the world?”
《世界的最后一晚》是个温柔、简单的故事。文章的第一句话就引人入胜：“如果这是世界的最后一晚，你会做些什么？”
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"Do you know, I won't miss anything but you and the girls. I never liked cities or autos or factories or my work or anything except you three. I won't miss a thing except my family and perhaps the change in the weather and a glass of cool water when the weather's hot, or the luxury of sleeping. Just little things, really."
“知道吗？除了你和两个女儿，我其实没什么好留恋的了。我从来不曾真正喜欢这座城市，或是汽车、工厂，我也不喜欢我的工作，或者任何你们三个以外的事。如果真要说有什么舍不得的，恐怕只有四季的轮换、热天里一杯冰得透透凉凉的水、还有饱饱地睡一觉。都是些微不足道的小事，真的。”
They sat and read the papers and talked and listened to some radio music and then sat together by the fireplace looking at the charcoal embers as the clock struck ten-thirty and eleven and eleven-thirty. They thought of all the other people in the world who had spent their evening, each in their own special way.
他们坐着读报纸、聊天、听广播里的音乐，一起坐在炉火旁边，看着火炉里木炭发出的微光。时钟走过了10点半，11点，11点半。他们想象着，世界上其他的人将如何度过这最后一晚，以自己特殊的方式。
