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Lesson 5 We could make thousands of locks a day
我們一天能做上千把鎖
A few months ago,I could jog with-out any problem.
幾個月前，我慢跑根本不在話下。
How long ago?A few months or a few years?
多久以前，幾個月前還是幾年以前？
When I was in college.I used to be on the track team.
我上大學時，是田徑隊的，
I could run a mile in five minutes.Oh,come on.I bet you couldn't.
五分鐘能跑一英里.噢，算了吧，我敢打賭你不行。
Oh,yes,I could.When I was in college.I could swim ten miles.
噢，不，我當然行，上大學時我游泳能游十英里呢。
Steven,what happened to you?
克蒂文， 你現在怎么樣？
Well,in those days I could stay up all night,but now I can't.
嗯，那時候我能熬通宵，但是現在不行了。
Come on.By the end of the month.you'll be in great shape again.You,ready?
來，我們跑一會吧。到這個月月底，你身體就又能很棒了，走吧？
Give me another imnute.Were you an athlete?
再待會兒。你以前是運動員嗎？
Yeah.I used to play football.Football!where?
是的，我以前打橄欖球.打橄欖球，在哪兒？
At University of Ohio.I could throw a footbal pretty well back then.
在俄亥俄大學，那時我投球投得很好。
How far?Maybe forty yards,I could kick the ball fifty yards,
大約四十碼。我可以踢五十碼。
Yeah,but I hurt my shoulder and I can't play football anyone.
嗯，但后來我的肩膀受傷了，現在已經不能再玩橄欖球了。
You can still play.You look great.
你還可以繼續打，你看起來挺棒的。
No,I broke my shoulder three times.I can't throw the ball anymore.
不行啦。我的肩受了三次傷。再也不能投球了，
I don't like to talk about it.
我也不愿意談這些。
How's the story on Stamford's economy coming?
那個報道斯坦福德經濟的新聞進行的怎樣了？
Fine.Jim stuart is interviewing someretired people for me today.
很好。吉姆。斯圖爾特今天要幫我采訪一些退休老人呢。
Some of them worked in the factories here.
其中有些人當年在斯坦福德的工廠里干過活。
Sounds interesting.Come on.
聽起來挺有趣。好啦。我們跑一會吧。
What could Yale & Towne produce at the factory in Stamford?
耶魯湯尼公司當年在斯坦福德的工廠里能生產什么？
Yale & Towne could,uh,produce locks,hardware,door closers and pumps.
耶魯湯尼工廠當年，嗯，生產鎖，小五金。閉門器和水泵。
How many locks could you make in a day?
你們一天能生產多少把鎖？
We could make thousands of locks a day in,uh,Yale & Towne.
那時候在耶魯湯尼工廠，我們一天可以生產千把鎖。
And what did you do for entertainment?
你們那時有什么娛樂嗎？
How much did things cost?
要花多少錢？
Well,I think...we could go to a movie for about a dime.
啊，我想想......那時花一角錢就可以看一場電影，
And Staturday they used to have all these,
星期六常放的電影，
you know,The Goddess and Pearl White.Right.Marx Brothers and all these different groups
你知道,是《女神》和《珍珠白》是的.還放《馬克思兄弟的故事》和其他一些類似的電影.
that you could really enjoy yourself.
能看看這些電影大家已經很滿足了。
Well,there wasn't too much to do.but we used to go down and watch the circus unload.
是啊，那時的確沒什么可做的，但是我們過去還經常到市中心去看馬戲團卸車。
And this is an end of lesson 5.
第五課已經結束了。
