He regarded the new machine. "So big" he said. I felt instrusive, as reporters often do, and I began to think that a tape machine between two people who were supposedly friends was a foreign object, an artificial ear. With all the people clamoring for his time, perhaps I was trying to take too much away from these Tuesdays.

他看著新機器。 “這麼大”他說。 就像記者們經常做的那樣，我感到很打擾，我開始認為兩個本應是朋友的人之間的錄音機是一個異物，一個人造耳朵。 所有的人都在吵著要他的時間，也許我正試圖從這些星期二中抽離太多。

regard  v. 注意；注視         intrusive adj. 侵入的，闖入的；打擾的

clamor [klæmɚ] v.  持續地喊聲；大聲疾呼，吵鬧著要求[（+for）]

clam  n. 蛤，蛤蜊   v. 閉嘴不言；保持沉默