36 交通燈的顏色
Ms Green was 80, but she had a small car. And shealways drove to the shop on Saturday, and boughther food, including rice, flour, her favourite cookiesand butter, etc. She did not drive fast because of herage, but she drove well and never hit anything.Sometimes her grandchildren said to her: "Pleasedon't drive your car, grandmother. We can take youto the shops."
格林太太八十歲了,但她有一輛小轎車(chē),且每逢星期六她總是開(kāi)著這輛車(chē)去購(gòu)買(mǎi)食品,包括大米,面粉,她最?lèi)?ài)的餅干以及黃油等。因?yàn)槟昙o(jì)大了,格林太太車(chē)子開(kāi)得太快,不過(guò)她開(kāi)車(chē)技術(shù)很好,從未撞到過(guò)什么東西。有時(shí)她的孫子孫女對(duì)她說(shuō):“奶奶,您別開(kāi)車(chē)了,我們可以送您去商店。”
But the very independent old lady always said: "No,I like driving. I've driven for 50 years and I'mnot going to stop now."
但這位非常獨(dú)立的老太太總是說(shuō):“不,我喜歡開(kāi)車(chē)。我已經(jīng)開(kāi)了50年了,現(xiàn)在我還不想撒手。”
Last Saturday after having her tank filled with 7 liters of petrol at a gas station, she drove tothe Green Grocery for some pineapples and grapes. She braked the car at the crossroadbecause the lights turned red, and then it could not start again. The lights were green, thenyellow, then red, then green again. But her car just could not start.
上星期六,她在加油站加了7公升的汽油后,就開(kāi)車(chē)去水果店買(mǎi)菠蘿和葡萄。她看見(jiàn)交通燈是紅色就在路口剎住了車(chē),后來(lái)車(chē)子熄火了。交通燈由綠色轉(zhuǎn)為黃色,然后轉(zhuǎn)為紅色,又轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)榫G色,可她的車(chē)子還是發(fā)動(dòng)不起來(lái)。
"What am I going to do now?" She said.
“現(xiàn)在我該怎么辦呢?”
But then a policeman came to her, and she was amused by his words: "Good morning, don'tyou like any of our colors today?"
這時(shí)一位警察走過(guò)來(lái),老太太被他的話(huà)逗樂(lè)了:“早上好,今天交通燈的顏色沒(méi)有一樣您喜歡的嗎?”