她多大了

陳宋伊

[英語原文]

A woman was ill， so she went to see the doctor. He was a new doctor and didnt know her. So he asked， "How old are you？"

"Well，" she answered， "Let me think." She thought for a minute and then said， "Oh， I remember now， doctor！ When I married I was eighteen years old， and my husband was thirty. Now my husband is sixty， I know. And that is twice thirty. So Im twice eighteen. That is thirty-six， isnt it？"

[漢語翻譯]

一個婦女病了，所以她去看醫生。他是個新醫生，不認識她。他問：“你多大了？”

“嗯，”她回答，“讓我想想。”她想了一會兒，然后說，“哦，我現在想起來了，醫生。我結婚的時候十八歲，我丈夫三十歲。現在我丈夫六十歲了，我知道，這是三十的兩倍。所以我的年紀是十八的兩倍。那是三十六歲，不是嗎？”

[口誦心惟]

“for a minute”是一個短語，“a minute”不能理解成“一分鐘”，而是指“一會兒”“片刻”。

讀完文章后，請你告訴我，這個婦女到底多大年紀了？

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