It had never before occurred to him that the body of a woman of fifty, blown up to monstrous dimensions by childbearing, then hardened, roughened by work till it was coarse in the grain like an over-ripe turnip, could be beautiful.
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- 他以前从来没有想到,一个五十岁妇女的身体由于养儿育女而膨胀到异乎寻常的肥大,后来又由于辛劳过度而粗糙起来,像个熟透了的萝卜,居然还可能是美丽的。