Happiness in Old Age 幸福晚年

dialogue 1
 
S: Louis, facy meeting you here.
 路易斯,真高兴在这儿碰见你!
 
L: hi! Susan. What brings you this way?
 你好,苏珊.什么风把你吹来了?
 
S: my father works nearby, and I am gonna meet him for lunch.
 我父亲在附近工作,我和他约好了一起吃午饭.
 
L: but I remember you told me your father retired last year.
 我记得你和我说过你父亲去年就退休了.
 
S: yes, he did, but he has found a new job in a nearby office.
 是啊,退了.但是他后来又在附近找了一份新工作.
 
L: was he worried about making ends meet?
 他是担心钱不够花吗?
 
S: not really, he has a decent pension but he wants to keep physically and mentally active.
 不是,他退休金还可以,就是想活动活动.
 
L: oh, I see. Does your father live with you?
 哦,明白了.那你父亲和你们一起住吗?
 
S: no, my father prefers to live on his own.
 没有,他喜欢一个人住.
 
L: I can understand if he wants to be independent while he still can.
 我明白,他是觉得自己身体还可以,可以独立生活.
 
S: how are your parents? I haven't seen them for a long time.
 你父母怎么样?我好久没见他们了.
 
L: they're fine. Still working but we're looking ahead. There is a new fully-equipped retirement home in our neighborhood. They've been thinking about moving there when they couldn't live on their own.
 他们很好,还在工作但是马上就退休了.我们小区里新开了个养老院设施很齐备,他们考虑过几年就搬去那儿住.
 
S: oh, really? I have no idea about that but it sounds very convenient.
 是吗?没听说啊,不过好像挺方便的.
 
L: my parents prefer to be independent, you know, and they don't want to be a burden.
 我父母想自己住,他们不想成为我们的负担.
 
S: oh, I see. That sounds great if they can keep some independence but still haveprofessionals nearby just in case.
恩,住那里也不错,他们有一定的自由,又有专业人士在身边,以防万一.

dialogue 2
 
L Hi, Susan Warm today. isn't it?
 嗨，苏珊．今天天气很暖和，是吧？
 
S: You said it. Could you hold this newspaper for me?
 是啊。你帮我拿—下报纸好吗？
 
L Yes. of course. What are you reading?
 好啊。你在看什么呢？
 
S: An article entitled "Sunset Love'
一篇题为“黄昏恋”的文章。
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 L: Interesting. What's it about? '
 挺有j敏思的，是关于什么的?
 
S: About a love story between an old professor and a young Iady.
 关于一位老教授和一个年轻女士之间的爱情故事．
 
L DottIey get married in the end?
 他们最后结婚了吗？
 
S: Yes. Despite all the obstacles, they Iive happily together．
 结了．虽然遇到了重重困难，但是他们最后还是幸福地生活在了一起．
 
L What would you say if your father wants to remarry?
 如果你父亲再婚，你同意吗？
 
S: Actually, we have encouraged him to start dating agrun. It' s sad to see him aIone.
 事实上，我们鼓励他再次谈恋爱，看见他总是一个人，我们心里也很难受。
 
L: I guess you're right. No mattcr how caring and attentive we are, our love can nevcr take the place of a special partner.
 不论子女们有多体贴，照顾得有多周到，我们的爱永远无法取代一个老伴的位置．
 
S: That's rigbt, but my father holds the traditional bclief that remarriage is disrespectful to my mother.
 是啊，但是我父亲思想很保守，他认为再婚时不起我妈．
 
L: Oh, I see． Due to tbc sense of morality, many seniors in China tend to believevc remarriage among older people is abnormal.
 哦，这样啊．因为道德观念的束缚，在中国，许多老年人 都认为再婚不太正常．
 
S: That's why many scniors like my father decidc to stay alone.
 所以很多像我父亲一样的老年人都决定不再结婚了．
 
L: I see.
 明白了