老外最想聊的100個英語口語話題（100)：幸福晚年

　　Happiness in Old Age 幸福晚年

　　dialogue 1

　　S: Louis, facy meeting you here.

　　路易斯,真高興在這兒碰見你!

　　L: hi! Susan. What brings you this way?

　　你好,蘇珊.什么風(fēng)把你吹來了?

　　S: my father works nearby, and I am gonna meet him for lunch.

　　我父親在附近工作,我和他約好了一起吃午飯.

　　L: but I remember you told me your father retired last year.

　　我記得你和我說過你父親去年就退休了.

　　S: yes, he did, but he has found a new job in a nearby office.

　　是啊,退了.但是他后來又在附近找了一份新工作.

　　L: was he worried about making ends meet?

　　他是擔(dān)心錢不夠花嗎?

　　S: not really, he has a decent pension but he wants to keep physically and mentally active.

　　不是,他退休金還可以,就是想活動活動.

　　L: oh, I see. Does your father live with you?

　　哦,明白了.那你父親和你們一起住嗎?

　　S: no, my father prefers to live on his own.

　　沒有,他喜歡一個人住.

　　L: I can understand if he wants to be independent while he still can.

　　我明白,他是覺得自己身體還可以,可以獨立生活.

　　S: how are your parents? I haven't seen them for a long time.

　　你父母怎么樣?我好久沒見他們了.

　　L: they're fine. Still working but we're looking ahead. There is a new fully-equipped retirement home in our neighborhood. They've been thinking about moving there when they couldn't live on their own.

　　他們很好,還在工作但是馬上就退休了.我們小區(qū)里新開了個養(yǎng)老院設(shè)施很齊備,他們考慮過幾年就搬去那兒住.

　　S: oh, really? I have no idea about that but it sounds very convenient.

　　是嗎?沒聽說啊,不過好像挺方便的.

　　L: my parents prefer to be independent, you know, and they don't want to be a burden.

　　我父母想自己住,他們不想成為我們的負(fù)擔(dān).

　　S: oh, I see. That sounds great if they can keep some independence but still haveprofessionals nearby just in case.

　　恩,住那里也不錯,他們有一定的自由,又有專業(yè)人士在身邊,以防萬一.

　　dialogue 2

　　L Hi, Susan Warm today. isn't it?

　　嗨，蘇珊.今天天氣很暖和，是吧?

　　S: You said it. Could you hold this newspaper for me?

　　是啊。你幫我拿—下報紙好嗎?

　　L Yes. of course. What are you reading?

　　好啊。你在看什么呢?

　　S: An article entitled "Sunset Love'

　　一篇題為“黃昏戀”的文章。

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　　L: Interesting. What's it about? '

　　挺有j敏思的，是關(guān)于什么的?

　　S: About a love story between an old professor and a young Iady.

　　關(guān)于一位老教授和一個年輕女士之間的愛情故事.

　　L DottIey get married in the end?

　　他們最后結(jié)婚了嗎?

　　S: Yes. Despite all the obstacles, they Iive happily together.

　　結(jié)了.雖然遇到了重重困難，但是他們最后還是幸福地生活在了一起.

　　L What would you say if your father wants to remarry?

　　如果你父親再婚，你同意嗎?

　　S: Actually, we have encouraged him to start dating agrun. It' s sad to see him aIone.

　　事實上，我們鼓勵他再次談戀愛，看見他總是一個人，我們心里也很難受。

　　L: I guess you're right. No mattcr how caring and attentive we are, our love can nevcr take the place of a special partner.

　　不論子女們有多體貼，照顧得有多周到，我們的愛永遠(yuǎn)無法取代一個老伴的位置.

　　S: That's rigbt, but my father holds the traditional bclief that remarriage is disrespectful to my mother.

　　是啊，但是我父親思想很保守，他認(rèn)為再婚時不起我媽.

　　L: Oh, I see. Due to tbc sense of morality, many seniors in China tend to believevc remarriage among older people is abnormal.

　　哦，這樣啊.因為道德觀念的束縛，在中國，許多老年人 都認(rèn)為再婚不太正常.

　　S: That's why many scniors like my father decidc to stay alone.

　　所以很多像我父親一樣的老年人都決定不再結(jié)婚了.

　　L: I see.

　　明白了