As the Elegant Demeanor Was 風采依舊

Chaucer was over seventy , but he was not convinced of his age. At a time he boasted: “My physical strength is as strong as that I was young.”

喬叟年過六旬，仍不服老。一次，他對人夸耀說：“我和年輕時力氣一樣大。”

The opposite person asked: “ What do you rely on? ” Chaucer said : “ There is a big stone roller in my compound. I couldn’t heave it when I was young, neither can I now.”

對方問：“何以見得？”喬叟說：“我家大院里有個碌碡，年輕時我舉不起來，現在我還是舉不起來。”

1.convince

a.convince sb. to do sth 勸說某人做某事

He convinced me to go with him.==He persuaded me to go with him.

b.convince sb. of sth.使某人相信

He convinced me of his truthfulness to me.

他使我相信他對我是忠心耿耿的。

c.convince sb that + 句子-----使某人確信

He convinced me that he was right

他使我確信他是對的。

2.stone roller

碌碡：石制的圓柱形農具，總體類似圓柱體，中間略大，兩端略小，宜于繞著一個中心旋轉。用來軋谷物、碾平場地等。

3.neither can I now

這里用到了倒裝語序。表示說我現在也不行。

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