Agnes :Keep your voice down, Melinda. Didn't you see Helena is taking a nap? 小声点儿，麦琳达。你没看到海伦娜在睡午觉吗?
Melinda : Allan was converted to Islam. 亚伦改信回教了。
Agnes : Come on, Melinda. I'm working against the clock.This paper is due tomorrow. No time for your jokes. 得了吧，麦琳达。我在赶工呢。这篇报告明天要缴。我没时间听你说笑。
Melinda : It's true. Allan was converted to Islam because of Jijila. 是真的。亚伦为了吉吉拉改变信回教。
Agnes : Allan is a devout Christian. Everybody knows that. 亚伦是个虔诚的基督徒。大家都知道。
Melinda : But Jijila and her family are devout Muslims. 但是吉吉拉和她的家人都是虔诚的回教徒。
Agnes : So? What does that have to do with Allan? 那又怎样?这和亚伦有什么关系?
Melinda : Don't you understand? Allan is in love with Jijila. He wants to marry her. 你还不明白吗?亚伦爱上吉吉拉了。他想娶她。
Agnes : Go on. 说下去。
Melinda : Jijila insisted that Allan should give up his religious beliefs, so Allan chose love and gave up his God. 吉吉拉坚持亚伦放弃他的宗教信仰，所以亚伦就舍弃了他的上帝而选择爱情。
Agnes : He does love Jijila very much, eh? It'll break Helena's heart when she hears this. 他真的很爱吉吉拉，是吗?海伦娜知道了，一定会心碎的。
Melinda : Why? Was she involved? 为什么?她跟这件事有牵连吗?
Agnes : No. She is a Buddhist. She was in love with Allan.Well, you know, she left Allan because he would neither convert to Buddhism nor accept her having her own religious beliefs. 没有。她是个佛教徒。以前她爱上过亚伦。你知道的，后来她离开了亚伦，因为亚伦既不肯改信佛教，又不接受她拥有自己的宗教信仰。
Melinda : Maybe Allan would like to marry Helena as his second wife. He is a Muslim now. 也许亚伦愿意娶海伦为妾。他已经是回教徒了。
