1·"If they would only purr for 'yes', and mew for' no ', or any rule of that sort," she had said, "so that one could keep up a conversation!"
“要是它们只在‘是’的时候发出呼噜声，而在‘否’时候发出喵叫声，或有任何类似的规则，”她曾经说道，“那人与猫至少可以继续交谈！”
2·The significance of a remark in the listener's mind is often like a strange cat, which enters the room without making a sound. You don't notice its presence until it gives a "mew."
一句话的意义，在听者心里，常像一只陌生的猫到屋里来，声息全无，过一会儿“喵”一叫，你才发觉它的存在。