雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第24章:他們奪走了她的笑容(10)
The new year of 2013 was a happy one when I was discharged from hospital in early January finally to live with my family again.
The Pakistan High Commission had rented two serviced apartments for us in a building in a modern square in the centre of Birmingham.
那名巴基斯坦高級專員在伯明翰市中心一個很現代的廣場的一棟大樓裏，爲我們租下兩套酒店式公寓。The apartments were on the tenth floor, which was higher than any of us had ever been before.
公寓在十層，比我們以前住過的任何地方都要高。
I teased my mother, as after the earthquake when we were in a three-storey building she said she would never again live in an apartment block.
我和母親打趣，因爲在那次地震之後，當我們搬進那幢三層樓高的建築時，她就說她再也不要住進公寓大樓了。My father told me that when they arrived she had been so scared that she had said, 'I will die in this lift!'
父親跟我說，當他們抵達這裏時，母親陷入極度恐慌，並說：“我會死在這部電梯裏面！”We were so happy to be a family again.
我們很高興全家團聚。My brother Khushal was as annoying as always.
弟弟胡沙爾和以前一樣煩人。The boys were bored cooped up waiting for me to recover, away from school and their friends, though Atal was excited by everything new.
兩個男孩子因爲被迫遠離了他們的學校與朋友，成天被關在狹小空間裏等待姐姐身體康復而覺得百無聊賴。阿塔爾還好，爲眼前嶄新的一切而興奮。I quickly realised I could treat them how I liked and I wouldn't get told off.
我很快就注意到，我可以用任何我想要的方式對待弟弟們，沒有人會因此而斥責我。It was a cold winter, and as I watched the snow falling outside through the big glass windows I wished I could run around and chase the snowflakes like we used to back home.
那年的冬天很冷，當我從巨大的玻璃窗看見窗外的白雪從天空飄落時，多麼希望能在雪中拔足奔跑，追逐雪花，就像我們還在老家的時候一樣。Sometimes we went for walks to build up my strength though I tired easily.
有時候，我們會出去散步，藉此鍛鍊我的體力，但我總是很快就感覺疲累。In the square was a fountain and a Costa coffee bar with glass walls through which you could see men and women chatting and mixing in a way that would be unthinkable in Swat.
廣場裏有座噴泉和一家Costa咖啡廳，透過玻璃牆面望進去，可以看見男男女女在聊天。而他們不分性別羣聚的方式，是住在斯瓦特的人所無法想象的。The apartment was just off Broad Street, a famous road of shops, night clubs and stripbars.
公寓坐落在一條熱鬧的道路旁，路邊商店和俱樂部林立，叫作寬街。We went to the shops though I still did not like shopping.
我們會去逛那些商店，不過我還是不喜歡購物。
