饮食笑话：3、 Peanuts 花生仁

3. Peanuts

An old man' family could no longer afford to take care of him. So they decided that a nursing for the aged would be appropriate. Surely he rejected it , but was convinced1 soon.

On his first day at home, he spent most of his time laying in bed reflecting on life, feeling lonely. A while later, an orderly2 stopped by to see him. "How are you doing today?" She said, "First day I see". The old man nodded. In no time the two began talking up a storm. As the conversation began to drag on, the orderly noticed a plate full of peanuts sitting on top of the table next to the bed, and helped herself to a handful. As the chat continued, the orderly kept eating more helpings of the peanuts.

She looked at her watch and noticed that nearly 2 hours had passed and said, "My goodness, the time has gone by quickly. I have to tend to other people here too." "That's okay." Said the old man, "I feel so much better being able to talk to someone." Looking into the plate the orderly said, "I feel awful! I ate almost all of your peanuts! " The old man responded, "That's okay. Ever since I got these false teeth, all I could do was to suck3 the chocolate off them anyhow."

Notes:

1. convince 说服

2. orderly 钟点工，勤务兵

3. suck 吸，吮

花生仁

有个老头的家人由于没时间整天陪他，决定请钟点陪护来陪伴他。老人当然表示反对，但很快又被说服了。

当他第一天独自在家时，他大部分时间都躺在床上回想过去，感觉很是孤独。过了一会儿，一个钟点陪护上门来照看他了。“今天过得怎样？”她对老头说，“看来你是第一次一人在家啊。”老头点头称是。没多久，这两个人就打开了话匣子。当两人聊得热火朝天时，钟点陪护注意到靠近床的桌子上放着一个装满花生仁的碟子，于是毫不客气就抓了一把吃起来。当两人继续谈话时，这个钟点陪护不停地抓着碟子里的花生仁放进嘴里。

钟点陪护看看表，发现不知不觉已经过去近两个小时了，说：“天哪，时间过得太快了，我得去照看这附近的其他人了。”“好吧”，老头说，“能和人聊聊我感觉好多了。”钟点陪护看看碟子，说道：“不好意思！我几乎把你的花生仁给吃光了！”老头答道：“没事！自从装了假牙，我能做的也就是把花生仁上的巧克力给舔干净！”

Useful link:

在美国，老人请钟点陪护的陪护费用一般由保险公司支付，没钱买保险的穷人由联邦政府医疗保险支付，有些可申请所在州的州政府医疗保险支付。