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Smile. Here we go.
笑一笑 我要拍了
He took a good look at what he had accomplished,
他好好看了一眼 他的作品
got rip-roaring drunk for 10 days,
然后喝了10天酒 喝得烂醉如泥
thought seriously about setting it on fire,
郑重考虑了一番 是不是要一把火把房子烧了
then finally put the house up for sale.
最后，决定把房子挂牌出售
I'm prepared to offer you this much.
我准备出这个价
He had a number of interested buyers,
有很多人对他的房子感兴趣
but he always found a reason not to sell it to them.
但他总是能找到不卖的理由
No.
不行
Either the bids were too low,
或者是因为出价太低
or if they met his asking price,
或者，即使出价达到了他的要求
he felt it was worth a lot more.
他又觉得应该值更多钱
It's a lot of money, but I'll take it.
这可是一大笔钱 不过我买下了
$50,000.
5万美元
- That's more than my asking price. - That's right.
- 比我的要价高 - 没错
It's a great deal more.
这种买卖上哪儿找去
He told the man that offered him $5,000 over his price
他告诉这个多出了5千美元的人
that no one in his right mind would do that
说没有哪个脑子正常的人会这么做
and he wouldn't have a lunatic living in his house.
还说他不会让一个疯子住在他的房子里
He worked out his frustration with life on the creek every morning.
他每天早上都在小河上消磨时光
And in the evenings, to temper the sting of loneliness,
晚上 能稍微抚平他孤独的刺痛的
there was Martha Shaw.
则是玛莎·肖
