1·This really gorgeous Lamauge gravy boat.
非常漂亮的船形卤肉盘。
2·I had found the gravy boat from my mother's China service.
我竟然找到了妈妈那套瓷器中的这只船形肉卤盘。
3·She was very quiet, just sitting, gazing at the gravy boat.
她十分平静，就那样坐着，凝视着这件珍品。
4·Then I reached under my pillow and took out the gravy boat.
这当儿，我把手伸到枕头下面，拿出了那只是船形肉卤盘。
5·But that little gravy boat is much more than an heirloom to me.
但对我而言，这只小小的船形肉卤盘绝不只是一件传家之宝。
6·The salt and pepper shakers and the gravy boat had to be within easy reach.
盐瓶、胡椒瓶和船形调味盘得放在容易够着的地方。
7·While Dad carved the lamb, Mother went into the kitchen and returned with the gravy boat.
趁爸爸在切羊肉，妈妈走进厨房拿出那只船形肉卤盘。
8·I said to myself right then that nothing would ever happen to that gravy boat as long as I lived.
就在那时我对自己说，只要我活着，我决不会再让这只盘子出事。
9·When we were seated, one of the guests noticed the beat-up gravy boat I'd placed among the newer, better dinnerware.
大伙儿就座后，其中一位客人注意到了这只残破的船形肉卤盘----我已把它放在了满桌新颖而别致的餐具当中。
10·But beyond the events of the flood, the gravy boat is a treasure that connects me to the people and the places of my past.
但是除了那场洪水的经历之外，这只船形肉卤盘还是一件将我同我过去的亲人和住处紧密相联的珍奇之物。