英文短篇故事（纽约）291 It's Not the Express Elevator

（单词翻译）

 　　Nora walked from her tenth¹-floor apartment² to the elevator³ bank. The building had⁴ six elevators⁵. She pushed⁶ the Down elevator button⁷. She waited. The bell rang and a red light lit up. She casually⁸ walked over to the farthest⁹ elevator. But the door was¹⁰ already¹¹ closing. She had to stick¹² her arm into the gap¹³. The door reopened. She got¹⁴ into the elevator. Since¹⁵ when does the door close so quickly, she wondered¹⁶. An old woman was in the elevator. She quickly pushed the Close Door button. Nora realized¹⁷ what had happened. The old woman was in a hurry. She had pushed the Close Door button on the tenth floor. That's why the door had closed¹⁸ so quickly. Nora was annoyed¹⁹. She pushed the button for floor seven. Just before the door opened, Nora pushed all the buttons²⁰ for floors six through two. Nora got out at the seventh²¹ floor.