A：Come back. You haven't paid yet.

請(qǐng)回來(lái)。你還沒(méi)有付錢(qián)呢?

B：May, just let him go.

阿美，讓他走吧。

A：But he took some newspaper away without paying.

但是他沒(méi)有付錢(qián)就把報(bào)紙拿走了。

B：I know.

我知道。

A：Why? You make me confused.

為什么?你把我弄糊涂了。

B：He lives nearby and he would just glance at the newspaper headlines, read the political sections and return them later.

他住在附近，他只是瀏覽一下報(bào)紙的大標(biāo)題，等一下就會(huì)把報(bào)紙還回來(lái)的。

A：Why does he have such a privilege?

為什么他有這種特權(quán)呢?

B：He used to be a hero during the war time and everyone respect him.

戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)時(shí)期他曾經(jīng)是個(gè)英雄，這里的人都尊敬他。

A：I see. Does he live by himself?

知道了，他一個(gè)人住嗎?

B：Yes, he has no children and his wife passed away when he was in the battle.

是的，他沒(méi)有孩子，他的妻子也在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)時(shí)期去世了。

A：He must be lonely?

他一定很孤獨(dú)了?

B：I bet. But he is always busy telling the children stories.

我猜是的。但是他總是忙著給孩子們講故事。

A：How respectable!

真是可敬!

注釋:

nearby adj. 附近的

glance vi. 瞥見(jiàn)

headline n. 大標(biāo)題

political adj. 政治的

privilege n. 特權(quán)

pass away 去世

respectable adj. 值得尊敬的