老外最想聊的100个英语口语话题（100)：幸福晚年

　　Happiness in Old Age 幸福晚年

　　dialogue 1

　　S: Louis, facy meeting you here.

　　路易斯,真高兴在这儿碰见你!

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

　　你好,苏珊.什么风把你吹来了?

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

　　我父亲在附近工作,我和他约好了一起吃午饭.

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

　　我记得你和我说过你父亲去年就退休了.

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

　　是啊,退了.但是他后来又在附近找了一份新工作.

　　L: was he worried about making ends meet?

　　他是担心钱不够花吗?

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

　　不是,他退休金还可以,就是想活动活动.

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

　　哦,明白了.那你父亲和你们一起住吗?

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

　　没有,他喜欢一个人住.

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

　　我明白,他是觉得自己身体还可以,可以独立生活.

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

　　你父母怎么样?我好久没见他们了.

　　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.

　　他们很好,还在工作但是马上就退休了.我们小区里新开了个养老院设施很齐备,他们考虑过几年就搬去那儿住.

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

　　是吗?没听说啊,不过好像挺方便的.

　　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,他们不想成为我们的负担.

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

　　恩,住那里也不错,他们有一定的自由,又有专业人士在身边,以防万一.

　　dialogue 2

　　L Hi, Susan Warm today. isn't it?

　　嗨，苏珊.今天天气很暖和，是吧?

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

　　是啊。你帮我拿—下报纸好吗?

　　L Yes. of course. What are you reading?

　　好啊。你在看什么呢?

　　S: An article entitled "Sunset Love'

　　一篇题为“黄昏恋”的文章。

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　　L: Interesting. What's it about? '

　　挺有j敏思的，是关于什么的?

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

　　关于一位老教授和一个年轻女士之间的爱情故事.

　　L DottIey get married in the end?

　　他们最后结婚了吗?

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

　　结了.虽然遇到了重重困难，但是他们最后还是幸福地生活在了一起.

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

　　如果你父亲再婚，你同意吗?

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

　　事实上，我们鼓励他再次谈恋爱，看见他总是一个人，我们心里也很难受。

　　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.

　　不论子女们有多体贴，照顾得有多周到，我们的爱永远无法取代一个老伴的位置.

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

　　是啊，但是我父亲思想很保守，他认为再婚时不起我妈.

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

　　哦，这样啊.因为道德观念的束缚，在中国，许多老年人 都认为再婚不太正常.

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

　　所以很多像我父亲一样的老年人都决定不再结婚了.

　　L: I see.

　　明白了