1. They had a high-time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes and a quart of whiskey on shares, sat with their backs against a log, boot soles and copper jeans rivets hot, swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down, drinking, smoking cigarettes, getting up every now and then to piss, firelight throwing a sparkle in the arched stream, tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, talking horses and rodeo, rough stock events, wrecks and injuries sustained, the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier with all hands and how it must have been in the last doomed minutes, dogs each had owned and known, the draft, Jack''s home ranch where his father and mother held on, Ennis''s family place folded years ago after his folks died, the older brother in Signal and a married sister in Casper.
    有了火，他们吃得很舒服，每人一罐黄豆，烤一些土豆，还分了一瓶威士忌，背靠着圆木坐着，靴子和牛仔服扔在一边，他们推杯换盏，抽着雪茄，不时地起身小解，直到天空的淡紫色渐渐退去，凉风渐渐袭来，他们动一下火上的干柴使火光飘着弧形，以便继续谈话，他们谈到马，谈到牛仔竞技，描述着动物粗野的生殖繁衍过程，船只失事、损伤等等，2个月前水下的长尾鲨所有的鳍都没有之后最后会是什么样子？以及它们各自养过的和大概知道的狗，杰克父母经营的牧场，多年前艾尼斯亲戚死后，他父母拿来经营的项目。在 Signal 的兄长和在 Casper 结婚的姐姐。

2. Thinking that he was born with a better pot to piss in, Miles always looks down upon his classmates.
    迈尔斯一直看不起他的同学，因为他总是觉得自己出身不凡。

3. piss down的意思

3. Don''t forget to sit down when you piss!
    撒尿的时候别忘了坐下！

4. Haldon stalked to the stern to piss down at the sun where it shimmered on the water, breaking apart with every puff of wind.
    哈尔顿大步走向船尾，朝着太阳的方向撒尿，太阳倒影闪闪发光随着每一阵风碎裂。