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Dress to Impress. I'm 82 and like to dress nicely whenever I go out.
新潮老太。我82歲了，每次出門都喜歡打扮的漂漂亮亮的。
One morning, I donned a new peach-hued golf shirt and navy-blue Bermudas.
一天早上，我穿上了一件新的桃紅色高爾夫球衫和深藍色百慕達式短褲。
I thought I looked pretty sharp. While standing in line at the deli counter,
我覺得我看起來很靚。在熟食店柜臺前排隊時，
an attractive young woman approached me and asked, "Do you mind if I take a picture?"
一位很有魅力的年輕女士走過來問我：“你介意我給你拍張照嗎？”
Surprised and flattered, I replied, "Of course not." As I struck a casual pose and gave her a wide smile, she took a picture of my flashy four-wheel walker.
我很驚訝和高興，我說道：“當然不介意。”我擺了個隨意的姿勢，露出燦爛的笑容，可她給我那輛華而不實的四輪助步車拍了張照片。
"I've been looking for something like this for my grandfather," she said. "Thanks very much."
她說：“我一直在為我祖父尋找類似的助步車，非常感謝。”
Midnight Snack. We had recently installed a cat door on the back door of our house, but our four kitties couldn't figure out how to use it.
午夜零食。我們最近在我們家的后門上安裝了一個貓門，但是我們的四只貓咪不知道如何使用它。
Late one night, I heard a loud crunching and wondered which of the cats was eating at that hour.
一天深夜，我聽到一聲嘎吱嘎吱的巨響，不知道這時候哪只貓在吃東西。
I got up to check, and there was a large possum by the cat bowl—he had come into the house through the cat door.
我起身去查看，發現貓碗旁邊有一只大負鼠-他通過貓門進到了家中。
When I startled him, the cats watched him leave, and by golly, they finally figured out the cat door. Thank you, Mr. Possum. Your work here is done.
在我嚇唬他時，貓咪們看著他離開了，天啊，他們終于會使用這個貓門了。謝謝你，負鼠先生。你的任務已完成。
In-Flight Playdate. On a recent flight, I sat next to a mom with a baby on her lap and a slightly older son.
飛機趣玩。在最近的一次飛行中，我坐在一位母親身邊，她的腿上放著一個嬰兒，還有一個稍微大一點的兒子。
She was having trouble holding the baby while helping her son and herself, so I offered to hold the baby.
她著抱孩子，在幫她兒子和她自己的時候有困難，所以我主動提出幫她抱孩子。
Baby and I hit it off—so much so that when Mom reached to take her back, Baby started screaming! So Mom left her with me.
我和孩子很合得來-以至于孩子母親抱回孩子時，孩子開始尖叫！所以她讓我抱著孩子。
For two hours, we played tickle and moved the tray table up and down.
我們玩了兩個小時的“撓癢癢”游戲，上下移動著小桌板。
After we landed, I handed Baby back. She looked at me with tears in her eyes, but Mom smiled.
飛機著陸后，我把孩子還給了她。孩子眼里含著淚水看著我，但媽媽笑了。
