英语小达人 245 Fifty-Fifty

 　　Fifty-Fifty

　　一半一半

　　A young man noticed an elderly¹ couple sitting down to lunch at a fast-food restaurant. They had ordered just one meal.

　　一个年轻人注意到一对老夫妇坐在一家快餐店里吃饭。他们只点了一份套餐。

　　Then the older gentleman carefully divided the hamburger in half, counted out the fries until each had half of them.

　　然后老先生仔细地把汉堡一分为二，接着清点薯条，一人一半。

　　The old man then began to eat, and his wife sat watching, with her hands folded in her lap².

　　老先生开始吃他那一份。老太太坐在那儿看着他吃，双手十指交叉放在大腿上。

　　The lad walked up to them and asked if they would let him buy another meal for them so that they didn't have to split³ theirs.

　　年轻人走上前去问是否需要帮他们再买一份套餐，这样他们就不用分吃一份了。

　　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：“不用了，我们结婚50年了，所有的东西我们都是一半一半分享，过去是，将来也是。”

　　The young man asked the wife if she was going to eat, to which she replied, "Not yet. It's his turn to use our teeth."

　　年轻人又问老太太要不要吃，她答：“我还不吃呢，现在该他用我们的牙齿。”

　　重点讲解：

　　1. count out

　　数（钱）；

　　eg. Mr. Rohmbauer counted out the money and put it in an envelope.

　　罗姆保先生把钱数好放在了一个信封里。

　　eg. There are so many stars in the sky that none can count out.

　　天空中这么多的星星，没有人能数得清。

　　2. so that

　　（用于引出原因）为了；以便；

　　eg. We made a strategic⁴ withdrawal⁵, so that we could build up our forces for a renewed⁶ attack.

　　我们作了一次战略性退却，以便我们能积蓄力量再次进攻。

　　eg. Double over the map so that we can read it more easily.

　　把地图对折起来，这样看起来更容易。

　　3. It is one's turn to do sth.

　　轮到某人做某事了；

　　eg. Tonight it's my turn to cook.

　　今晚该我做饭了。

　　eg. It is now his turn to set me up to a nice dinner.

　　现在轮到他请我吃一顿丰盛的晚餐了。

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 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。

4 strategic   

adj.战略（上）的，战略上重要的

参考例句：

• The army moved for strategic reasons.军队作了战略转移。
• The bridge is of strategic importance to us.这座桥对我们至关重要。

5 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

6 renewed   

adj. 更新的，重建的，复兴的，重申的 动词renew的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• They regrouped their forces and renewed the attack. 他们重新聚集兵力，再次发动进攻。
• The army renewed its assault on the capital. 军队重新发动对首都的攻击。