她只停顿了一小会儿让自己恢复平静，然后讲述了她无比痛苦的经历。用英语怎么说？

她只停顿了一小会儿让自己恢复平静，然后讲述了她无比痛苦的经历。

Stopping only briefly to regain her composure, she described her agonising ordeal.

stopping

v. 停止( stop的现在分词 )，中断，逗留，（使）停止工作；

例句
Due to a security alert, this train will not be stopping at Oxford Circus.
由于安全戒备的原因，该次列车在“牛津街口广场”站将不停留。

only

adj. 唯一的，仅有的，最好的，最适当的；adv. 只，仅仅，结果却，不料；conj. 但是，可是，要不是；

例句
Outsiders who wed islanders are given only three years' right of abode at first.
岛外的人和岛民结婚之初只能获得三年的居住权。

briefly

adv. 短暂地，简单地，简略地，略略；

例句
We shall first look briefly at the historical antecedents of this theory.
我们首先应大致看一下该理论在历史上的前身。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

regain

vt. 复得，重回，回收，恢复（失物、失地、健康等）；n. 收复，取回；

例句
I'll have to take stock, go carefully and regain my buoyancy.
我将不得不审时度势，小心行事，同时保持乐观。

her

pron. (she的宾格)她，(she的所有格)她的，她，指某个国家，（一艘）船；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

composure

n. 镇静，沉着，头脑镇定或沉着的状态；

例句
Nothing could ruffle the perfect composure with which she casually greets members of staff.
什么都不能扰乱她随意地和员工打招呼时流露出的那种镇定自若。

she

pron. 她，它；

例句
Her lover walked out on her after she had aborted their child.
她的情人在她打掉胎儿后甩了她。

described

adj. 被看到的，被发现的；v. 描写( describe的过去式和过去分词 )，叙述，画出（图形等），形容；

例句
The President described the killings as an abominable crime...
总统称这些血案为令人发指的罪行。

agonising

adj. 使人极度痛苦的；

例句
Stopping only briefly to regain her composure, she described her agonising ordeal.
她只停顿了一小会儿让自己恢复平静，然后讲述了她无比痛苦的经历。

ordeal

n. 严峻的考验，苦难的经验，折磨，神判法；

例句
I do not think any of us spared a thought for the ordeal of her crew.
我不认为我们中间有任何一个人同情过这艘船的船员所遭受的磨难。