她多大了

陈宋伊

[英语原文]

A woman was ill， so she went to see the doctor. He was a new doctor and didnt know her. So he asked， "How old are you？"

"Well，" she answered， "Let me think." She thought for a minute and then said， "Oh， I remember now， doctor！ When I married I was eighteen years old， and my husband was thirty. Now my husband is sixty， I know. And that is twice thirty. So Im twice eighteen. That is thirty-six， isnt it？"

[汉语翻译]

一个妇女病了，所以她去看医生。他是个新医生，不认识她。他问：“你多大了？”

“嗯，”她回答，“让我想想。”她想了一会儿，然后说，“哦，我现在想起来了，医生。我结婚的时候十八岁，我丈夫三十岁。现在我丈夫六十岁了，我知道，这是三十的两倍。所以我的年纪是十八的两倍。那是三十六岁，不是吗？”

[口诵心惟]

“for a minute”是一個短语，“a minute”不能理解成“一分钟”，而是指“一会儿”“片刻”。

读完文章后，请你告诉我，这个妇女到底多大年纪了？

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