英语小达人 156 Sharing everything

 　　Sharing everything

　　分享所有

　　A young man saw an elderly¹ couple sitting down to lunch at McDonald's. He noticed that they had ordered one meal, and an extra drink cup. As he watched, the gentleman carefully divided the hamburger in half, then counted out the fries, one for him, one for her, until each had half of them. Then he poured half of the soft drink into the extra cup and set that in front of his wife. The old man then began to eat, and his wife sat watching, with her hands folded in her lap².

　　一个年轻人看见一对年迈的夫妇在麦当劳里吃午餐。他注意到那对夫妇只点了单人餐，还要了一个空杯子。年轻人看见丈夫认真地把汉堡分成两半，把薯条一根一根数出来同样放成两堆，一份给自己，一份放在妻子面前。之后丈夫把饮料一半倒进空杯子里，同样放到妻子面前。这时丈夫开始吃了，而妻子却把手交叉摊在膝盖上，在一旁看着。

　　The young man decided³ to ask if they would allow him to purchase another meal for them so that they didn't have to split⁴ theirs.

　　年轻人决定上前问一问，看看那对夫妇是否允许他为他们再买一份，这样他们就不用分成两半了。

　　The old gentleman said, "Oh no. We've been married 50 years, and everything has always been and will always be shared, 50/50."

　　老先生说道：“哦，不用了。我们已经结婚50年了，所有的东西我们都会一起分享，对半儿分。”

　　The young man then asked the wife if she was going to eat, and she replied, "It's his turn with the teeth."

　　然后年轻人问妻子是不是她要开始吃了，她回答说：“这回他先用假牙。”

1 elderly   

adj.年老的；年龄相当大的

参考例句：

• He is getting elderly.他逐渐变老了。
• The elderly man is quite energetic.这位上了年纪的老人仍精力充沛。

2 lap   

n.(坐立时)大腿的前部，膝部；(跑道的)一圈

参考例句：

• She is still going strong on the last lap.她在跑最后一圈时仍然劲头很足。
• She was sitting with her hands on her lap.她坐着，把手放到膝上。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 split   

n.劈开，裂片，裂口；adj.分散的；v.分离，分开，劈开

参考例句：

• Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了？
• The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。