Senior Class

　　During the doctor‘s periodic visit to my elderly mother, I told him that Mother would be celebrating her 98th birthday in few days. Delighted by the news, he bent down and gave her a kiss for the occasion. He then announced that he, too, would be celebrating a birthday in few days and asked for a kiss in return.

　　When he left, my mother shook her head in disgust. “Can you imagine, ” she said. “Seventy dollars and I had to kiss him too!”

　翻譯

　年長(zhǎng)者階層

　　醫(yī)生按期來(lái)探視我的老母。我告訴他母親不幾天就要慶祝她98歲的生日了。醫(yī)生聽(tīng)了也很高興，為此，他彎下腰來(lái)親了她一下。然后他說(shuō)不幾天他也要慶祝自己的生日，并要求她還他一個(gè)吻。

　　醫(yī)生走后，我母親厭惡地?fù)u搖頭。“你能想象嗎，”她說(shuō)，“付了他70元，我還得親他!”