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这篇短故事是我在脸书网上看到的。
A woman awakes in the middle of the night to find her husband not in bed. She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him.
一名女子半夜醒来,发现丈夫不在床上。她穿上睡袍,下楼寻找。
She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of hot cocoa in front of him. He appears to be deep in thought, just staring at the wall. She watches as he wipes away a tear from his eye.
她发现丈夫坐在餐桌前,面前放着一杯热可可。他双眼盯着墙壁,似乎陷入沉思。她看到丈夫拭去眼中的泪水。
"What's the matter dear?" she whispers as she steps into the room. "Why are you down here at this time of night!?"
“亲爱的,发生什么事了?”她走进房间,轻声问道。“这么晚了为什么坐在这里?”
The husband looks up from his drink, "It's the 20th anniversary of the day we met."
丈夫的眼神从杯子上移开,看向妻子:“今天是我们认识20周年纪念日。”
She can't believe he has remembered. She starts to tear up.
她不敢相信丈夫仍然记得,感动得潸然泪下。
The husband continues solemnly, "Do you remember 20 years ago when we started dating? I was 18 and you were only 15."
丈夫继续严肃地说:“你还记得20年前我们刚开始约会时的情景吗?那时我18岁,你才15岁。”
Once again, the wife is touched to tears thinking that her husband is so caring and sensitive.
妻子再次感动落泪,觉得她的丈夫如此细心,如此体贴。
"Yes, I do," she replies.
“是的,当然记得。”她回答说。
The husband pauses... the words were ing easily.
丈夫停顿了一下,有些难以启齿。
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