全新版大学英语综合教程1课文对照翻译 BY12020212 司机耸一耸肩。“老埃德人都死了。没什么私事不私事了。念吧，”他催促说。 21
The letter was written in pencil. It began with the greeting \reminded me of myself. I've been meaning to write for some time, but I've always postponed it. It then went on to say that he often thought about the good times they had had together when they both lived in the same neighborhood. It had references to things that probably meant something to the driver, such as the time Tim Shea broke the window, the Halloween that we tied Old Mr. Parker's gate, and when Mrs. Culver used to keep us after school.
信是用铅笔写的。称呼写着“老朋友”，而开头第一句话让我想到自己。“早就想写信了，可就是一拖再拖。” 信里接着写道，他常常回想从前两人住在一个街坊时的快乐时光。信里提到些事，可能对司机很重要，比如“那次蒂姆·谢打破窗子，那年万圣节前夕，我们把老帕克先生的大门拴了起来，还有卡尔弗太太老是在放学后把咱俩留下训斥的那阵子”。 22
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“你们俩准是在一起度过了不少时光，”我对他说。 23
\it says there,\he answered, \all we had to spend in those days was time.\He shook his head: \
“就跟信里写的那样，”他回答说，“我俩在那个时候能花的只有时间。”他摇头叹道：“时间啊。” 24
I thought the next paragraph of the letter was a little sad: I began the letter with \
because that's what we've become over the years ─ old friends. And there aren't many of us left.
信里接下来的那段我觉得有点凄凉：“信的开头我写着?老朋友?，因为这么多年来，我们这对老朋友渐渐都老了。我们这些人当中留下的也不多了。” 25
\know,\I said to him, \it says here that there aren't many of us left, that's absolutely right. Every time I go to a class reunion, for example, there are fewer and fewer still around.\
“你要知道，”我对他说，“信里说我们这些人当中留下的不多了，说得一点不错。比如说，每次我去参加老同学聚会，来的人总是越来越少。” 26
\goes by,\
“时间不饶人啊，”司机说。 27
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“你们俩以前在一起工作吗？”我问他。 28
\but we hung out on the same corner when we were single. And then, when we were married, we used to go to each other's house every now