I did want it, Mr Gopnik, but I … well … things came up.

我确实想要它，Gopnik 先生，但是我… … 好吧… … 事情发生了。

Old man Gopnik told me this morning he's going to offer you the job!

高普尼克老头今天早上告诉我他要给你这份工作！

In the next room I could hear Mr. Gopnik's uncharacteristically raised voice on the telephone.

在隔壁房间里，我能听到戈普尼克先生在电话里异常提高的声音。

The former Mrs. Gopnik's cronies would be there.

前戈普尼克夫人的亲信会在那里。

Agnes told Old Man Gopnik that she was talking about her behind her back, spreading secrets.

艾格尼丝告诉老人戈普尼克， 她在背后谈论她，散布秘密。

" Good afternoon, Mrs. Gopnik, " the man who was seated on my side of the table replied.

“下午好，Gopnik 夫人， ”坐在我这边桌子上的那个人回答道。

And then Mrs. Gopnik turned to face me.

然后 Gopnik 夫人转身面对我。

I felt the burn of Kathryn Gopnik's scrutiny, along with the eyes of the rest of the table.

我感觉到凯瑟琳·戈普尼克 (Kathryn Gopnik) 审视的灼烧感，以及桌子上其他人的目光。

Before she could answer, Kathryn Gopnik placed her napkin on the table and turned to me.

凯瑟琳·戈普尼克 (Kathryn Gopnik) 还没来得及回答，就把餐巾放在桌子上，然后转向我。

As the waiter stepped forward and pulled out her seat, Agnes was seated opposite the Big Purple herself, Kathryn Gopnik.

当服务员上前拉出她的座位时，艾格尼丝坐在大紫本人 Kathryn Gopnik 对面。

" It turned out that even the youngest babies already knew more and learned more than we ever would have thought, " Gopnik went on.

“研究证明，即使是最年幼的婴儿也比我们想象的知道得更多，学习得更多。”

Mr. Gopnik was suffering acute pain in his legs and had been awake half the night, which had left Agnes anxious and fractious.

— Gopnik 先生腿部剧痛，半夜未眠，这让 Agnes 感到焦虑和暴躁。

I glanced at Mrs. Gopnik, whose expression was unreadable.

我瞥了一眼戈普尼克夫人，她的表情难以捉摸。

As we sat in the traffic, Garry impassive and silent in the front, Agnes called Mr. Gopnik, anxious about his health, his pain.

当我们坐在车流中时， 加里在前面面无表情，一言不发，艾格尼丝打电话给戈普尼克先生， 担心他的健康和痛苦。

In the 1970s and 80s, Gopnik and her colleagues at UC Berkeley, along with other researchers, began developing better techniques for assessing how developing minds work.

在20世纪70年代和80年代，戈普尼克与其加州大学伯克利分校的同事，以及其他研究人员，开始研发更好的评估发育中大脑工作方式的技术。

I followed Mrs. Gopnik through the tables of the Great Room and out into the hallway, my mind racing.

我跟着 Gopnik 夫人穿过 Great Room 的桌子，来到走廊，我的思绪在飞速运转。

I was about to lean over to Agnes to congratulate her when Kathryn Gopnik stood.

当凯瑟琳·戈普尼克 (Kathryn Gopnik) 站起来时，我正要俯身向艾格尼丝表示祝贺。

" Dinner is ready, Mr. Gopnik, " she said.

“晚饭准备好了，戈普尼克先生，”她说。

" The conventional wisdom about children under five was that there just wasn't very much going on there at all, " Alison Gopnik, the developmental psychologist, said.

发展心理学家艾莉森·戈普尼克表示: “传统观点认为，五岁以下儿童根本就没有太多的变化。”

To my left a blond woman—Mrs. Gopnik?

在我的左边是一位金发女郎——夫人。戈普尼克？