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What do you think about the kids?
对于孩子，你有什么想法吗？
What about them?
什么想法？
Not many of them, are there?
不多，是吗？
What?
什么？!
Well, I mean two?
我是说只有两个
It's more than the Chinese are allowed.
中国人只许生一胎，我们算多的了
I just thought that maybe, you know,
我只是想或许，你知道的…
it was time for the insurance baby. What?
- 是时候要个保险宝宝了 - 什么？!
In case one of them is really smart, we don't want the other one to feel stupid their whole life.
万一他们其中一个很聪明，我们可不想另一个一辈子都自卑
And if we had a third one, then we could have two happy dummies.
如果我们有了第三个宝宝，两个小蠢蛋还是会很快乐
What do you think?
你认为怎么样？
It was the toughest decision of my life.
这是我人生中最难的决定
Saying 'yes' to the future meant saying 'goodbye' to my dad. Forever.
对未来说“Yes”，就得对我老 爸说“再见”，永远的
Why don't we wait a bit?
我们为什么不再等等？
Absolutely.
的确
You're right. Yeah.
你说的对
How about now?
现在怎么样？
Or now?
或是现在？
现在？
Yeah,
好…
okay.
好的
Really?
真的吗？
Dad always wished there had been more of us.
老爸总是希望我们兄弟姐妹众多
So...
所以…
Anyway, we might try and nothing happens.
但是，我们可能努力了却毫无结果
Exactly.
是的
Really could be tonight.
很有可能是今晚
And you cannot believe the detail in which I know the route to the hospital.
我知道去医院的路线，你或许不相信
Will you excuse me for a sec?
你可以稍等我一下吗？
Just have to go downstairs.
必须先下楼

重点解析

重点讲解：
insurance
n. 保险；保险费；保险契约；赔偿金
Attentive proofreading is the only insurance against the kind of omissions described in this section.
仔细校对是避免本节提到的那种遗漏问题的惟一预防措施。
I balanced the benefits against the costs of medical insurance.
我权衡了医疗保险的好处和它的花费。
route
vt. 按某路线发送
n. 路线；航线；通道
Researchers are trying to get at the same information through an indirect route.
研究者们正试图通过一条间接途径获取同样的信息。
Trains are taking a lot of freight that used to be routed via trucks.
火车正在运送过去由卡车运送的大批货物。
tough
adj. 艰苦的，困难的；坚强的，不屈不挠的；坚韧的，牢固的；强壮的，结实的
n. 恶棍
vt. 坚持；忍受，忍耐
adv. 强硬地，顽强地
He built up a reputation as a tough businessman.
他树立起了一个坚强生意人的名声。
She doesn't seem cut out for this tough neighbourhood.
她似乎不适合这个治安很差的社区。
In industry, diamond can form a tough, non-corrosive coating for tools.
在工业中，钻石可以制成工具上的一层坚硬且耐腐蚀的涂层。

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翻译

1.这是一个非常困难的决定，但我们觉得自己做出了正确的选择。

2.他们在前往美国的途中已中途到达伦敦。

3.房屋被定为全损，保险公司按保险限额迅速赔付了我们。

上期答案
1.As always he was immaculately dressed.
2.Maternity services were to be reduced as a consequence of falling birth rates.
3.What aggravates you most about this country?