老外最想聊的100個英語口語話題（100)：幸福晚年

1、.Happiness in Old Age 幸福晚年dialogue 1S: Louis, facy meeting you here.路易斯,真快樂在這兒碰見你!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 retir

2、ed 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)憂錢不夠花嗎?S: not really, he has a decent pension but he wants to keep physically and mentally acti

3、ve.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(dú)立生活.S: how are your parents? I haven't

4、 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

5、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,不過好似挺方便的.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 the

6、y 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 2L 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

7、什么呢？S: An article entitled "Sunset Love' 一篇題為“黃昏戀的文章。.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 happ

8、ily 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?假如你父親再婚，你同意嗎？S: Actually, we have encouraged him to start dating agrun. It' s sad to see him aIone.事實(shí)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

9、, our love can nevcr take the place of a special partner.不管子女們有多體貼，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 abnorma