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98.The Woes of Being Rich
98.有錢也心煩
"Give me a break, Tom! Are you complaining about winning the lottery?" Tom's mom asked.
"得了吧，湯姆！你在抱怨中了彩嗎？"湯姆的母親問。
"Yeah. I almost want to give back all the money.
"是的，我?guī)缀醵枷氚阉械腻X還回去了。
It gave birth to a whole new life that I don't like! Really.
它給我?guī)淼男律钗乙稽c(diǎn)兒也不喜歡！是真的。
No one is willing to give me a hand anymore because they think now I only give myself airs just because I won 50 million dollars!"
現(xiàn)在誰都不愿意幫我的忙了，因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為我中了5000萬就會(huì)擺架子！"
"Stop your whining, and give priority to your older friends.
"別哼哼唧唧的了，優(yōu)先考慮你那些老朋友吧。
The new ones only want you to give away your money to them?"
那些新朋友只想你把錢送給他們。"
"I tried. But it's like being rich has given me a bad name or something.
"我試過。可我覺得有錢好像壞了我的名聲似的。
They won't return my calls because they're angry I didn't give off any money to them!"
我給他們打電話，他們卻不給我打電話，因?yàn)槲覜]有分給他們錢，他們生氣了。"
"Oh. I see. What about your friends at work? Are they giving themselves over to greed as well?"
"原來是這樣。你那些在上班的朋友呢？他們也一樣放任自己、貪得無厭嗎？"
"Sure. I thought it would give credibility to still being a normal guy by refusing to give notice,
"那當(dāng)然。我還以為不發(fā)通知，仍然做我的普通人會(huì)讓他們信任我呢，
but they still treat me differently too.
可他們還是對(duì)我另眼相看。
Money changes everything. It gives rise to the most selfish actions of people.
金錢改變一切。它導(dǎo)致人們做出最自私的事來。
I hate it! It's like they gave me just enough rope to hang myself with!"
我最討厭這樣了！就好像他們?cè)谌挝覟樗麨槎宰髯允埽?quot;
"Well, then, why don't you give out some money to all your friends?"
"既然這樣，為什么不把你的錢分給朋友們一些呢？"
"I did that, too. They just wanted more!
"我也給了。可他們想要更多的錢！
I wish someone would just give me a line on how to get through this!"
我真希望有人告訴我如何處理好這件事!"
"Now, now. Don't give in to the pressure.
"好啦，好啦。不要屈服于壓力。
I'm sure your true friends will eventually come around. Just wait a while, you'll see."
我相信真正的朋友最后會(huì)回到你身邊的。 等一段時(shí)間你就會(huì)知道的。"
"Thanks, mom. I'll do that! But it sure is lonely being rich!"
"謝謝您，媽。我會(huì)照您的話去做！可有錢肯定會(huì)讓人孤獨(dú)！ "
