老外想聊的100個英語口語話題（100)：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
