“I’m Scarlet Taylor, and you’re……”(我是Scarlet Taylor,你是……)房东太太努力思索着,却一无所获。
“Jingzhi.”(婧芝)婧芝微笑着说,“and my surname’s Chen.”(还有我姓陈。)
“Oh, right, Jingzhi.”老太太微笑着点点头。
“Thank you for picking me up here. It’s very kind of you.”(谢谢你来这里接我。你真是太好了。)
“You’re welcome.”(不用客气。)老太太略显得意,“Such a wonderful journey to get a such perfect tenant. No deal is better than this.Get in the car, let’s move.(如此美好的旅行来找到一个如此完美的租客。没有比这更好的买卖了。上车,我们出发。)
老太太的幽默风趣让婧芝感到意外,两人相视一笑。
“So you are single, isn’t it?”(这么说你是单身,对吗?)老太太好奇地问。
“Yes, but I hope my Mr Right is on the way.”(是的,但是我希望我的真命天子就要到来。)
“It’s vital that you choose the right person, with whom you’d like to spend the rest of your life. See, you live a wonderful life, a meaningful life, that is to say. Trust me. From my own experience, it’s definitely the truth. I met my husband when I was in your age and we got married. This summer, we celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of our wedding. You know, it’s called the“Pearl Wedding”.”(找到对的人,也就是那个你想要共度余生的人,真的非常重要。看,你活得精彩,也就是活得有意义。相信我。依我个人的经历来说,那就是真相。我在你这么大的时候遇到我的丈夫,我们结婚了。这个夏天,我们庆祝结婚三十周年纪念日。你知道的,那叫“珍珠婚”。)
老太太抬起右手,轻轻碰碰右耳垂上那颗明亮的珍珠,嘴角微微上扬。
“He gave me this pair of pearl earrings. I like it,very. But I prefer the thirty years we spent together.”(他送给我这副珍珠耳环。我喜欢它,非常。但是我更喜欢我们一起度过的三十年时光。)