“谢谢，先生，”乔伊斯仍然像刚才那样细声细气、礼貌周到地说。

Thank you, Sir, 'returned Joyce, with the same quiet civility.

这位兵士是个好人，他摇着我的胳膊，细声细气向我说：‘回答吧。’

The gendarme, who is a good fellow, nudges my elbow, and says to me in a low voice, 'Come, answer!

和我一样的妈妈们，那些当年赌咒发誓说绝对不会依赖男人的女人们，现在竟然允许自己的女儿细声细气地唱“这就是爱情”或者坚持要穿得像白雪公主一样，而且还溺爱地对着她们微笑。

My fellow mothers, women who once swore they would never be dependent on a man, smiled indulgently at daughters who warbled "So This is Love" or insisted on being addressed as Snow White.