gussie

gussie

1. "Three days," Gussie said.

"三天，"格西答道。

2. "You weren't looking for a little old lady," said Gussie.

"你根本就没在找一个小老太婆，"格西说。

3. "I'll stay another week if you'll promise me one thing," Gussie said.

"如果你答应我一件事，我就再住一星期，"格西说。

4. "Aren't they pretty?" Gussie said, a new energy in her voice.

"它们很漂亮，不是吗？"格西说道，声音充满了新的活力。

5. "Gussie, I want to get married," he told her. "Will you marry me?"

"格西，我想结婚，"他告诉她。"你愿意嫁给我吗？"

6. "Gussie, I love you," Clyde said.

"格西，我爱你，"克莱德说。

7. "Oh, I was just talking to Gussie."

"没事，我刚才跟格西说话来着。"

8. Gussie and Clyde told each other they would never get married again. He was 84, she was 81, and they were too old for such shenanigans.

他们俩都表白再也不结婚了。当时，克莱德84岁，格西81岁。两人均认为年事已高，已不宜再做这种荒唐事。

9. And yet Gussie startled herself when she replied, "I love you too.

但格西却说了声"我也爱你"，她说出这句话时，连她自己也吓了一跳。

10. Clyde and Gussie had agreed that he would be buried beside my mother, and Gussie eventually would lie next to her late husband, Bill.

克莱德和格西一致同意，百年之后，克莱德将葬在我母亲的旁边，而格西将长眠在她前夫比尔的一侧。

11. Clyde pulled over, and Gussie hopped out and plunged into the cotton.

克莱德把车驶到路边，格西跳下车，一头钻进棉田。

12. On November 1, just a week after my dad had arrived in California, Clyde and Gussie got married.

十一月一日，就是父亲到达加利福尼亚一星期以后，他和格西结了婚。

13. The crisis passed, but the next morning Clyde's condition was still grave. Gussie sat there exhausted, trying to put on a bright face.

危机过去了。但第二天早晨，他的病情仍然严重。格西坐在那儿，精疲力竭，还要装出一副欢快的笑脸。

14. They collected her hag and headed for the car. Gussie had deliberately packed for only four days-an excuse for a short visit.

取了行李后，他们朝汽车走去。格西打算在斯珀只作短停留。为了有借口，她故意只带了够四天用的行李。

15. During his second hospitalization, Clyde told the doctor over and over, "I'm worried about Gussie.

在他第二次住院期间，克莱德反复对医生说："我担心的是格西。

16. The night before she was supposed to leave, Gussie and Clyde settled down in his side-by-side reclining chairs.

在格西要离开斯珀的前一天晚上，他们俩并排坐在躺椅里。

17. On my father's first day without Gussie, I called to see how he was doing.

在父亲没有格西相伴的第一天，我给父亲打电话想知道他过得怎样。

18. It lets you ensure that cousin Julie gets Aunt Gussie's Blue Willow china or that your three children inherit the proceeds of your estate equally.

它也能让您确保表妹朱莉得到姑姑格西的蓝柳瓷器，或者让你的三个子女能够平等地继承你的遗产收益。

19. When Gussie called home to tell her children, they were stunned. They'd never known their mother to outstay her packing before.

当格西打电话回家告诉孩子们她要多住一星期时，他们都大吃一惊。因为以前从未听说过他们的母亲在外地逗留会超过行李允许的时间。

20. As they drove toward Spur, Clyde kept Gussie laughing with his stories of youthful pranks and Texas goat drives.

当汽车朝斯珀行驶时，克莱德给格西讲述他年轻时搞过的恶作剧，以及有关得克萨斯州劣质车行道的故事，使格西一路上笑个不停。

21. I began to realize that Gussie was offering her own last true measure of devotion.

我开始意识到格西的确在实践"鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已"。

22. I knew it was because of Gussie.

我知道这都是因为有了格西。。

23. It was almost two years before Gussie came back to Spur.

格西回到斯珀差不多是两年以后的事了。

24. Gussie's extra week in Spur passed all to quickly.

格西在斯珀多住的一星期又很快过去了。

25. Gussie drove her husband to the hospital, 35 miles away.

格西开车35英里，将丈夫送到医院。

26. The next day Clyde took Gussie sightseeing. "Stop!" Gussie called. "I want to pick some cotton."

第二天，克莱德带格西观光。"停车，"格西喊道，"我要下车摘棉花。"

27. The forgotten beauty of West Texas caught Gussie off guard.And something else did too: laughter.

许多年不曾见到的得克萨斯州西部的美景使格西陶醉，还有一样，就是笑声。

28. When Clyde woke up, he complained of a terrible pain in his stomach. Once again he was rushed into surgery. Once again Gussie and I spent long hours waiting.

醒来后，克莱德说他胃痛得厉害。他再一次被送入手术室。格西和我又等候了许久许久。