Paper Airplane Lands in a Shirt Cuff at Home - 適合中級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Keira stood in a clear patch of the living room with her arm raised.

Irving sat on the sofa within reach, his book resting on the arm.

His knees pointed away from the path, and the space between stayed open.

The rug felt warm through her socks, and a slow clock ticked near the shelf.

A square of glare from the window lay across the wood by the hallway.

She sent the narrow-nosed plane forward along the open path above the rug.

It dipped early and tapped the floor near a wall socket and stopped.

Cool wood met her fingertips when she bent to lift the nose.

She pressed the wings wider with her thumbs; the paper felt smooth and cool.

The second throw began higher and floated longer, with a soft hush of paper.

Its landing spot farther from the sofa verified the change in the wide wings.

She noticed a tiny raised line near the left wing, a quiet tipoff to a turn.

On the next try, the plane curved left and slid low beside Irving’s elbow.

The nose slipped into his loose shirt cuff and stayed there like a cloth pocket.

The fabric gave a small hold on the nose, and her fingers met a light pull.

The cuff brushed her knuckles with a dry scrape as she lifted the nose.

A faint ridge now marked the wing, so she set it down and reached for new paper.

She drew a fresh sheet close; her thumbs pressed and creased.

Keira 站在客廳一塊清出的空地，手臂舉著紙飛機。

Irving 坐在沙發上，在她伸手可及的地方，書放在扶手上。

他的膝蓋朝著飛行路徑外側，兩人之間的空間保持開闊。

地毯透過她的襪子帶來一點溫熱，架上的時鐘緩緩滴答。

窗邊一塊反光落在木地板上，剛好在走道旁。

她把窄尖的飛機沿著地毯上方的空線丟出去。

它很早就往下沉，碰了一下地板，在牆上的插座旁停住。

她彎下身去拿機頭時，冰涼的木頭碰到她的指尖。

她用拇指把機翼壓得更寬；紙面摸起來光滑又涼。

第二次投擲起點更高、飄得更久，紙面發出輕輕的沙沙聲。

降落點離沙發更遠，證實了寬機翼帶來的改變。

她注意到左翼邊緣有一道微微凸起的小線，像是一個轉向的徵兆。

下一次，她的飛機向左彎，低低地從 Irving 的手肘旁滑過。

機頭鑽進他寬鬆的襯衫袖口，像進到一個布做的小口袋裡停住。

布料在機頭上抓住一點點，她的手指感到一股輕微的拉力。

她抬起機頭時，袖口擦過她的指節，發出乾乾的刮擦聲。

機翼上留下了一道淡淡的稜線，所以她把飛機放下，拿起新紙。

她把新紙拉近；拇指按壓，又壓出一道新摺痕。