A：Come back. You haven't paid yet.

請回來。你還沒有付錢呢?

B：May, just let him go.

阿美，讓他走吧。

A：But he took some newspaper away without paying.

但是他沒有付錢就把報紙拿走了。

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，他只是瀏覽一下報紙的大標(biāo)題，等一下就會把報紙還回來的。

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)爭時期他曾經(jīng)是個英雄，這里的人都尊敬他。

A：I see. Does he live by himself?

知道了，他一個人住嗎?

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

是的，他沒有孩子，他的妻子也在戰(zhàn)爭時期去世了。

A：He must be lonely?

他一定很孤獨了?

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

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