They are, in effect, a magnifying mirror of their elders----like a shaving mirror in which our eyes seem to bulge, our pores to be extinct volcanoes, and our eyebrows thickets of thistles.

• 事实上，他们是他们长辈的一面放大镜----一面剃须镜，我们在镜子里面看到自己的眼睛突了出来，毛孔像一个个熄灭的火山口，眉毛像一丛丛乱草。