读者文摘:照料爸爸生活的电脑程序(8)

A year later, Arlyn finally deleted the Care.coach service from the tablet—

一年后，艾林终于将Care.coach服务从电脑上删除——

it felt like a kind of second burial.

感觉像是第二次埋葬。

She still sighs, "Pony¹!" when the voice of her old friend gives her directions as she drives around Minneapolis, reincarnated² in Google Maps.

当她在明尼阿波里斯市驾车兜风时，那和小马一样的声音给她指路，她叹息道：“小马!”

After saying his prayer for Jim,

在为吉姆祈祷之后，

Rochin logged in to the Care.coach dashboard to make his rounds.

罗莎登录到Care.coach，四处查看。

He ducked into living rooms, kitchens, and hospital rooms around the United States—

他进入美国各地的客厅、厨房和医院的病房，

seeing if all was well, seeing if anybody needed to talk.

看看是否一切顺利，是否有人需要交谈。

1 pony   

adj.小型的；n.小马

参考例句：

• His father gave him a pony as a Christmas present.他父亲给了他一匹小马驹作为圣诞礼物。
• They made him pony up the money he owed.他们逼他还债。

2 reincarnated   

v.赋予新形体，使转世化身( reincarnate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They believe humans are reincarnated in animal form. 他们相信人死后转生为动物。
• She was reincarnated as a snake. 她化身为一条蛇。 来自辞典例句