The black couple already had eight children,  一对黑人夫妇已有八个小孩，

and Lula May was pregnant with her ninth.  而鲁拉·梅又怀了第九个小孩,

Finally she convinced her husband to get a vasectomy. 最后她说服了她先生去做男性绝育手术。

On the morning of the operation,  手术的早晨，

she was surprised to see her husband putting on a tuxedo and getting into a limousine for the short ride to the hospital. 她惊讶地看见她老公穿着礼服，乘坐一辆礼车到不远的医院去。

"Say, honey, what's all this about?" asked Lula May. "亲爱的，这是怎么一回事啊?鲁拉·梅问道。"

"Baby, if you gonna be important, you gotta look important. "宝贝，如果你想当名大人物的话，就要让人一看就知道你很重要!"