I'd been walking around like what the Buddhists call a hungry ghost: always focused on the bitethat was yet to come, not the one in my mouth.
我就像佛教徒所说的“饿鬼”一样四处游荡:总是专注于即将到来的一咬,而不是嘴里的那一口。
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I didn't remember what I told him that night, but I did remember watching him smear butter onthat toast and eat every bite!
我不记得那天晚上跟他说了什么,但确实记得看着他在吐司上涂抹黄油,而且每一口都吃得津津有味!
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Everything that happens next during the procedure must be related to this story—an injection becomes the bite of an insect; the heat on the skin becomes the sensation of the sun and a machine that rings becomes a police car passing nearby.