It was rather cold that day, five below zero. We paid a yearly visit to my uncle. My uncle lived in the temperate zone. To get to his house, we needed to pass a zigzag path and crossed several zebra crossings. We parked our car in my uncle’s yard. My uncle had his youthful spirit at 65. He was fat and slow. and yet people liked him. But he hadn’t married as yet. My uncle showed great zeal to welcome us. We noticed something wrong with his leg. He explained he was going to hospital for an X-ray. He wasn’t the kind of person to yield to illness. After supper, we sat together, chatting. My uncle said a lot, such as yeast must be used in producing wine; a cow would yield several gallons of milk each day; one should eat some vegetables contained zinc and Fe; the trees in his garden would gave a high yield of fruit this year. His zealous but long speech made us yawn. Usually at this time. my uncle would yell at us to be careful. This time, my little son said, “Granduncle, can you write down what you said and I can xerox it.” Hearing this, all of us including my uncle break into laughter.

　　那天天氣很冷，零下五度。我們?nèi)ッ磕暌欢鹊陌菰L我舅舅。我舅舅住在氣候溫和的地區(qū)。 要抵達他家，我們需要通過一條之字型的小路并且穿過數(shù)條斑馬線。我們在舅舅的院子里停好車。舅舅65歲了，精神上依然年輕。他又胖又動作緩慢，可是人們都很喜歡他。但他到目前為止一直沒有結(jié)婚。舅舅滿懷熱情地歡迎我們到來。我們注意到他的腿似有不便。他解釋說他正準備到醫(yī)院做x光檢查。他不是那種向疾病屈服的人。晚飯后，我們坐到一塊兒閑聊。舅舅的話很多，諸如釀酒一定要放酵母;一頭奶牛每天能產(chǎn)幾加侖的奶;每個人需要吃一些含有鋅和鐵的蔬菜;他花園里的果樹今年會有高產(chǎn)量。他那熱情但冗長的演講讓我們打哈欠。通常這個時候舅舅就會叫喊讓我們注意聽。這次我的小兒子說道：“舅公，你可不可以把你要說的寫下來，這樣我就可以復印了�！甭牭竭@里，我們所有的人，包括舅舅都忍不住大笑起來。