1·"Beautiful new clothes," Shobha told me, with a mirthless smile. "I didn't know the meaning of marriage."
“漂亮的新衣服，”萨布哈对我说，露出悲伤的笑容，“我不知道结婚的真正含义。”
2·I was determined that my own children should not experience anything like the mirthless childhood that I had endured.
我决心不让我自己的孩子经历我那样的悲伤的童年。