英文短篇故事（纽约）146 Till Death Do Us Part

 　　"We don't have anything in common!" she yelled at her husband. He said, "Of course we do. You like to yell at me, and I like it when you stop yelling at me. We were made for each other." She said, "No, we weren't. We don't like the same food. I like my Chinese food. You like your American food. I like to dig into crab¹ and lobster² with my hands. You don't like to get your hands dirty. We don't like the same movies. We don't like the same music. You're a night person. You like to sleep till noon. I'm a day person. You're tall and skinny and really bony. I'm short and fat. We are so different. How is it that we're still together after all these years?" He said, "That's easy. We DO have another thing in common. We're both too old to find someone new."

1 crab   

n.螃蟹，偏航，脾气乖戾的人，酸苹果；vi.捕蟹，偏航，发牢骚；vt.使偏航，发脾气

参考例句：

• I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
• The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了，就象螃蟹的壳似的。

2 lobster   

n.龙虾，龙虾肉

参考例句：

• The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
• I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾，但它不适宜于我的健康。