陳宋伊

[英語(yǔ)原文]

A woman was ill， so she went to see the doctor. He was a new doctor and didnt know her. So he asked， "How old are you？"

"Well，" she answered， "Let me think." She thought for a minute and then said， "Oh， I remember now， doctor！ When I married I was eighteen years old， and my husband was thirty. Now my husband is sixty， I know. And that is twice thirty. So Im twice eighteen. That is thirty-six， isnt it？"

[漢語(yǔ)翻譯]

一個(gè)婦女病了，所以她去看醫(yī)生。他是個(gè)新醫(yī)生，不認(rèn)識(shí)她。他問：“你多大了？”

“嗯，”她回答，“讓我想想?！彼肓艘粫?huì)兒，然后說(shuō)，“哦，我現(xiàn)在想起來(lái)了，醫(yī)生。我結(jié)婚的時(shí)候十八歲，我丈夫三十歲。現(xiàn)在我丈夫六十歲了，我知道，這是三十的兩倍。所以我的年紀(jì)是十八的兩倍。那是三十六歲，不是嗎？”

[口誦心惟]

“for a minute”是一個(gè)短語(yǔ)，“a minute”不能理解成“一分鐘”，而是指“一會(huì)兒”“片刻”。

讀完文章后，請(qǐng)你告訴我，這個(gè)婦女到底多大年紀(jì)了？

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