Blackberry Jam (3)

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　　BlackberryJam is a moving story about moors，home cooking and separation. The story centres on a female character，Maggie，and her coming to terms with a failed marriage. The author reveals this gradually to the reader by way of hints. The opening scene of a disarrayed kitchen，the reference to‘dark days’and the moors and eventually the chance meeting with her estranged husband，let the reader become gradually aware of the background to the events of the story.

　　《黑莓醬的故事》是一個以曠野、家常菜和分離爲內容的感人故事。

　　這個故事以一名女性人物-瑪吉爲主人公，主要講述了她曏其失敗婚姻妥協的經歷。作者以暗示的方式慢慢地將這一脈絡曏讀者揭示出來。以淩亂廚房的場景來開篇，後又提及“暗無天日的日子”和高沼地，到最後描寫她偶然與離她而去的丈夫相遇，這一切使讀者對這個故事中的事件背景漸漸清晰起來。

　　The story has a strong sense of hope. It seems that the couple will try to start again. This sense of hope is reinforced by the reference to the‘outlook’for the weather，which is used to open and close the story.

　　這個故事中彌散著一種強烈的希望感。這對夫婦似乎想試著重新開始。故事以天氣來開篇，又以天氣來結尾，而天氣的“前景”更是加強了這種希望感。