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'No，of course not．But you're a woman，and…well，it's sometimes difficult for me，as a father on my own．Christine's a young woman now，and she hasn't got a mother to discuss things with．I don't always know what to say．'
“是的，你当然不太了解。但你是一个女人，并且……唉，有时候作为一个父亲单靠我是困难的。克里斯汀现在已长大了，她有事没有母亲可以商谈。我不总是知道该怎么说。”
'No．'mary looked at him sadly．She often wondered why he didn't ask her to his house more often．She liked him and his children，and she thought he liked her．'How old is Chris-tine now？'
“是的。”玛丽悲伤地看着他。她经常想为什么他没更常请她去他家。她喜欢他及他的孩子们，并且她想他也喜欢她。“克里斯汀现在多大了？”
'Eighteem．And she wants to get married．'
“18岁，并且她打算结婚。”
'Already？She's rather young，isn't she？'
“已经想结婚啦？她还很年轻啊？”
John looked unhappy．'Well，that's what I say．But she gets so angry with me，Mary，really angry．'
约翰看上去不高兴的样子。“是呀，我也这么说。但她很生我的气，玛丽，真的很生气。”
'Who's the young man？'
“那男孩是谁？”
'He's called Simon MacDonald．He's a journalist—he works for the local newspaper．He's a nice young man，I sup-pose．But every time I speak to him，we argue．And then Christine always agrees with him，and I get angry with her，too．I don't want to，Mary，but I do．I feel I'm losing her，you see．'
“他叫西蒙·麦克唐纳。他是一个记者——他替当地报纸工作。我想，他是一个好青年。但是每次我跟他交谈，我们都争论。克里斯汀总是赞同他，于是我也生她的气。我不想如此，玛丽，但我真生气。你瞧，我感到我正在失去她。”
'What do you argue about？'
“你们争论些什么？”
'Oh，I don't know．Stupid things，really．He belongs to one of these environmental groups—Greenworld，I think—and he's always talking about it．He thinks only young people are right，and everyone over twenty-five is always wrong！'
“哦，我不知道。都是一些无聊的事情，真的。他属于那些环境组织之中的一个——我想叫绿色世界——他经常谈论它。他认为只有年青人是对的，每个过了25岁的人总是错的！”
Mary looked at John thoughtfully．
玛丽带着思考的神情望着他。
'Well，what do you want me to do，John？I'm not a moth-er and I've never been married．'
“那你想让我做什么，约翰？我不是一个母亲，也从没结过婚。”
'No，but…you could talk to Christine，perhaps？If you came to our house for Sunday lunch…？'
“是的，但是……你也许可以跟克里斯汀谈谈？如果你星期日可以来我家吃午饭……？”
