1·She brags to her girls that you’re a “radical” and a real Dominican (even though on the Plátano Index you wouldn’t rank, Alma being only the third Latina you’ve ever really dated).
她向她的女友们吹嘘你是个“激进分子”，一个地地道道的多米尼加人（虽然阿尔玛在排行榜上排不上名次，可她却是曾经与你拍拖过的第三个拉丁美洲人）。
2·Which really is unfair, you try to say, since Laxmi is technically from Guyana, but Alma isn’t listening.
这不公平嘛，你会解释说，因为严格地说拉克斯梅是圭亚那人，但阿尔玛不听你那一套。
3·In 1963 when he met Jack Twist, Ennis was engaged to Alma Beers.
1963年遇到杰克时，埃尼斯已经和阿尔玛·比尔斯订了婚。
4·The second girl was born and Alma wanted to stay in town near the clinic because the child had an asthmatic wheeze.
第二个女儿出生了，阿尔玛想留在镇上离诊所近一点，因为这孩子得了哮喘。
5·"Alma," he said, "Jack and me ain't seen each other in four years."
“阿尔玛，”他说，“我和杰克四年没见了。”