2. It never occurred to me whether I had been
dawdling time away during the past years, or maybe I have lost interest in such questions.

我从没有想过这几年我有没有浪费的渡过,或许这种问题,对我已经再也提不起兴趣。
3. I was
dawdling about the stage entrance, hoping vaguely for a casual brush with one of the butterflies, when an open truck pulls up to the sidewalk.

我正在舞台入口处闲荡,希冀同某个女演员不期而遇,这时一部敞开的卡车在人行道上停住了。