2-- If they are just like us, they are not middle-aged.
1-- Of course they are.
2-- Middle-aged means in the middle, Ethel, middle of life. People don't live to a hundred and fifty.
1-- Oh, we are the part on the edge of middle. That's all.
2-- Oh, you know, we are not middle-aged. You're old, and I'm aging.
1-- Oh, fool! You're nearly seventy and I'm in the low sixties. Would you like to spend the rest of the afternoon squabbling about this?
2-- I can if you like.
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注解:
1.middle-aged中年的
2.edge邊緣
3.squabbling爭(zhēng)論
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譯文:
1-- 他們是一對(duì)幸福的中年夫妻,就像我們一樣。
2-- 要是像我們一樣,他們就不是中年人了。
1-- 當(dāng)然是。
2-- 中年意味著在中間,埃塞爾,一生的中間時(shí)段??墒钦l(shuí)也活不到150歲。
1-- 哦,我們是在中年的邊緣,如此而已。
2-- 你知道,我們不是中年人了,你老了,我也不年輕。
1-- 哦,傻瓜,你快70了,我也是60多。你打算就這一點(diǎn)和我爭(zhēng)論到天黑嗎?
2-- 行啊,只要你愿意。