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1--I see that former President Bush is at a conference.
 
2--Yes. He's telling jokes about his eight years as president.
 
1--Yes, those eight years were a lot of fun for everyone.
 
2--Only 4,000 American soldiers were killed overseas.
 
1--Not to mention 40,000 wounded soldiers.
 
2--But Bush visited some of them in the hospital once.
 
1--That's nice that he found the time to make a visit.
 
2--He spoke to them and made them feel better.
 
1--Did he speak to every family that lost a soldier?
 
2--No, he didn't have time to do that.
 
1--Well, he's got plenty of time now!
 
2--No, he's too busy writing a book about how hard it was to be president.
 
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注解：
 
1.conference會(huì)議
2.overseas海外的   
3.president總統(tǒng)
 
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譯文：
 
1--我在一個(gè)會(huì)議上看到了前總統(tǒng)布什。
2--是的。他在講他八年總統(tǒng)生涯的笑話。
1--是的，那八年對(duì)每個(gè)人來(lái)說(shuō)都很有趣。
2--只有4000名美國(guó)士兵戰(zhàn)死海外。
1--更別提4000名受傷的士兵了。
2--但布什曾經(jīng)去醫(yī)院看過(guò)他們當(dāng)中的一些人。
1--他找到了探望的時(shí)間，這很好。
2--他和他們講話，使他們感覺(jué)好些。
1--他和每一個(gè)失去家人的士兵都講話了嗎？
2--沒(méi)有，他沒(méi)有時(shí)間那么做。
1--好吧，他現(xiàn)在有大把的時(shí)間了。
2--沒(méi)有，他忙于寫(xiě)一本關(guān)于做總統(tǒng)是多么艱難的書(shū)。