Lesson 11 Talk About It

 

第十一课 主题讨论

October 24

10月24日

The Elderly Man

困惑的老人

Sam and Mary were walking back to their apartment after a long day of classes.

珊和玛丽上完一整天的课之后，正走回她们的公寓。

Usually the park they walked through was quiet, but not today.

她们穿过的公园通常很安静，但今天不是。

Today they heard someone shouting, which worried them.

他们听到有人喊叫，让她们很担心。

困惑的老人

 

The shouting got louder, and they saw an elderly man ahead of them.

 

叫声越来越大，然后她们看到前面有位老人家，

He seemed to be shouting at someone near him, but no one was there.

他好像在对身边的一个人大叫，但是他身边并没有人。

"What's going on?" Sam asked.

"发生了什么事？"珊问道。

"I don't know," said Mary.

"我不知道，"玛丽说，

"Maybe we should get closer."

"或许我们应该靠近点。"

The man was walking very slowly, so it was easy for Sam and Mary to get closer.

那个人走得非常慢，所以珊和玛丽很容易就走近他。

After following him for a minute, the girls thought he was just wandering around.

跟着他走了一会之后，这两个女孩子认为他只是四处游荡。

He would start and stop for no reason.

他会无缘无故地走走停停，

He walked one way and then the other.

他朝一个方向走，然后又朝另一个方向走。

He was wearing some house slippers, not outside shoes.

他穿着室内的拖鞋，而不是外出的鞋子。

Then another man came by.

然后一个男人走过来，

He saw the elderly man and began to talk to him.

他看到那个老人就跟他说话。

Sam and Mary couldn't hear what he was saying.

珊和玛丽听不到他说什么。

The young man touched the elderly man's shoulder.

这个年轻人伸手去碰老人的肩膀，

Then the old man began shouting at him very loudly and tried to hit the young man.

老人开始大声地对他喊叫，还试图打那个年轻人。

The young man stepped back and quickly walked the other way.

那年轻人后退几步，然后快速地往另一个方向走去。

The elderly man kept on wandering.

那老人继续徘徊。

"Do you think he's dangerous?" Mary asked.

"你认为他很危险吗？"玛丽问道。

"I think he's confused," answered Sam.

"我认为他很困惑，"珊回答道，

"What do you think we should do?"

"你认为我们应该怎么做？"