愛會伴隨你的一生（雙語故事）

　　One fine day, an old couple around the age of 70, walks into a lawyer's office. Apparently, they are there to file a divorce. Lawyer was very puzzled, after having a chat with them, he got their story.

　　This couple had been quarreling all their 40 over years of marriage nothing ever seems to go right.

　　They hang on because of their children, afraid that it might affect their up-bringing. Now, all their children have already grown up, have their own family, there's nothing else the old couple have to worry about, all they wanted is to lead their own life free from all these years of unhappiness from their marriage, so both agree on a divorce.

　　Lawyer was having a hard time trying to get the papers done, because he felt that after 40 years of marriage at the age of 70, he couldn't understand why the old couple would still wants a divorce.

　　While they were signing the papers, the wife told the husband. “I really love you, but I really can't carry on anymore, I'm sorry.”

　　“It's OK, I understand.” said the husband. Looking at this, the lawyer suggested a dinner together, just three of them, wife thought, why not, since they are still going be friends.

　　At the dining table, there was a silence of awkwardness（尷尬，笨拙）。

　　The first dish was roasted chicken, immediately, the old man took the drumstick（雞腿） for the old lady. “Take this, it's your favorite.”

　　Looking at this, the lawyer thought maybe there's still a chance, but the wife was frowning when she answer. “This is always the problem, you always think so highly of yourself, never thought about how I feel, don't you know that I hate drumsticks”

　　Little did she know that, over the years, the husband have been trying all ways to please her, little did she know that drumsticks was the husband's favorite.

　　Little did he know that she never thought he understand her at all, little did he know that she hates drumsticks even though all he wants is the best for her.

　　That night, both of them couldn't sleep, toss and turn（輾轉反側）， toss and turn. After hours, the old man couldn't take it anymore, he knows that he still loves her, and he can't carry on life without her, he wants her back, he wants to tell her, he is sorry, he wanted to tell her, “I love you.”

　　He picks up the phone, started dialing her number. Ringing never stops. He never stop dialing.

　　On the other side, she was sad, she couldn't understand how come after all these years, he still doesn't understand her at all, she loves him a lot, but she just can't take it any- more. Phone's ringing, she refuses to answer knowing that it's him. “What's the point of talking now that it's over. I have asked for it and now. I want to keep it this way, if not I will lose face. ”She thought. Phone still ringing. She has decided to pull out the cord.

　　Little did she remember, he had heart problems.

　　The next day, she received news that he had passed away. She rushed down to his apartment, saw his body, lying on the couch still holding on to the phone. He had a heart attack when he was still trying to get thru her phone line.

　　As sad as she could be. She will have to clear his belongings. When she was looking thru the drawers, she saw this insurance policy, dated from the day they got married, beneficiary（受益人） is her. Together in that file there's this note.

　　“To my dearest wife, by the time you are reading this, I'm sure I'm no longer around, I bought this policy for you, though the amount is only $100k, I hope it will be able to help me continue my promise that I have made when we got married, I might not be around anymore, I want this amount of money to continue taking care of you, just like the way I will if I could have live longer. I want you to know I will always be around, by your side. I love you.”

　　Tears flowed like river.

　　【必克英語參考譯文】

　　一個晴朗的一天， 70歲左右，一對老夫婦走進一家律師事務所。顯然，他們在那里提起離婚。律師很是不解，跟他們交談了之后，他得到了自己的故事。

　　這夫妻倆一直吵到40年的婚姻似乎從來都沒有去的權利。

　　他們因為自己的孩子，恐怕這會影響他們上帶來。現(xiàn)在，他們的孩子都已經(jīng)成長起來，有自己的家庭，有是什么其他的老夫婦擔心，他們想的是到導致自己的生活自由，從所有這些年的不快，從他們的婚姻，所以雙方同意對離婚。

　　律師試圖拿到試卷有一個困難時期，因為他覺得，在70歲結婚40年后，他不明白為什么這對老夫婦仍然堅持要離婚。

　　當他們簽署文件時，妻子告訴丈夫。 “我真的很喜歡你，但我實在無法忍受下去了，對不起?！?/p>

　　“這是確定的，我明白。 ”丈夫說。尋找在此，律師建議他們共進晚餐，只是他們?nèi)齻€，妻子想，為什么不呢，因為他們?nèi)匀缓芸炀统蔀榕笥选?/p>

　　在餐桌上，有一個尷尬的沉默（尷尬，笨拙）的。

　　第一道菜是烤雞，立即，老頭夾了一個雞腿（雞腿）為老太太。 “嘗嘗這個，這是你最喜歡的。 ”

　　見到這種情景，律師心想也許仍有機會，但妻子皺著眉頭時，她回答。 “這始終是這個問題，你一直是這么認為的高度評價自己，從來沒有想過我的感受，難道你不知道我討厭吃雞腿嗎？ ”

　　可是她知道，多年來，丈夫已嘗試所有方法來取悅她，她一點也不知道，雞腿是丈夫的喜愛。

　　他一點也不知道，她從來沒有想過他完全不了解她，他一點也不知道，即使她討厭吃雞腿，他想要的是對她最好的。

　　那天晚上，他們都可以不睡覺，折騰并打開輾轉反側，輾轉反側。幾個小時后，老頭可能不下去了，他知道，他仍然愛她，他不能進行沒有她的生活，他要她回來，他要親口告訴她，他很抱歉，他想她說：“我愛你。 ”

　　于是，他拿起電話，開始撥打她的電話號碼。從來沒有停止振鈴。他從來沒有停止撥號。

　　在另一邊，她很傷心，她不明白怎么來的，畢竟這些年來，他還是不明白她的所有，她喜歡他的人很多，但她只是不能采取任何更多。手機的鈴聲，她拒絕回答知道，這是他的。 “現(xiàn)在談論它的點是什么，我問它，現(xiàn)在，我要保持這種方式，如果不是我會很沒面子。 ”她想。電話還在響著。她已決定將線拉出。

　　沒想到，她還記得，他有心臟問題。

　　第二天，她收到消息，他已經(jīng)去世。她徑直向他的公寓里，看到了他的身體，躺在沙發(fā)上，仍然拿著電話。他有心臟病發(fā)作，當時他還在試圖接通她的電話線。

　　由于傷心，因為她可以。她將不得不清理他的遺物。她認真細致地翻著抽屜時，她看到了這個保險政策，他們結婚之日起，受益人（受益人）日是她的。連同在該文件中有此說明。

　　“我最親愛的妻子，你正在閱讀這篇文章的時候，我敢肯定，我不再身邊，我為你買了這份保險，雖然金額只有10萬美元，我希望這將是能夠幫助我繼續(xù)我的諾言，我們結婚時，我做了，我可能會不繞了，我要這筆錢，只是喜歡的方式，我會，如果我能有活更長的時間，我想你知道我繼續(xù)照顧你，總是會圍繞在你身邊，我愛你。”

　　眼淚像河流流入。

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