英语大赢家 上册 158.Topic 2报亭轶事 Anecdotes of the Newsstand

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May: Come back. You haven't paid yet.

 

Boss: May, just let him go.

 

May: But he took some newspaper away without paying.

 

Boss: I know.

 

May: Why? You make me confused.

 

Boss: He lives nearby and he would just glance at the newspaper headlines, read the political sections and return them later.

 

May: Why does he have such a privilege?

 

Boss: He used to be a hero during the war time and everyone respect him.

 

May: I see. Does he live by himself?

 

Boss: Yes, he has no children and his wife passed away when he was in the battle.

 

May: He must be lonely?

 

Boss: I bet. But he is always busy telling the children stories.

 

May: How respectable¹!

 

 

 

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阿美：请回来。你还没有付钱呢？

 

老板：阿美，让他走吧。

 

阿美：但是他没有付钱就把报纸拿走了。

 

老板：我知道。

 

阿美：为什么？你把我弄糊涂了。

 

老板：他住在附近，他只是浏览一下报纸的大标题，等一下就会把报纸还回来的。

 

阿美：为什么他有这种特权呢？

 

老板：战争时期他曾经是个英雄，这里的人都尊敬他。

 

阿美：知道了，他一个人住吗？

 

老板：是的，他没有孩子，他的妻子也在战争时期去世了。

 

阿美：他一定很孤独了？

 

老板：我猜是的。但是他总是忙着给孩子们讲故事。

 

阿美：真是可敬！

1 respectable   

n.品格高尚的人；adj.值得尊重的，人格高尚的，不少的

参考例句：

• She seems respectable enough.她看上去挺体面的。
• His savings were just enough to pay for a respectable funeral.他的存款刚好够办一个体面的葬礼。