Now and then all along the way we heard songs, some wafted to our ears from the brothels along the banks and the others from boats on the river.

• 沿路听见断续的歌声；有人沿河的妓楼飘来的，有从河上船里度来的。我们明知那些歌声，只是因袭的言词，从生涩的歌喉里机械的发出来的；