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I loved that house.
我喜欢那栋屋。　　
It smelled like firewood.
有木柴的香味。　　
Don't...
不要。　　
Don't stop, darling.
不要停。　　
"It was one of the happiest times of my life."
那是我这辈子最快乐的时光。
We didn't have a stick of furniture.
屋子里没有家私。　　
We would have picnics in the living room.
我们会在厅里野餐。　　
We ate when we felt like it.
什么时候想食饭就食饭。　　
Stayed up all night when we wanted.
想要的话就彻夜不眠。　　
We vowed never to fall into routine, to go to bed or wake up at the same time.
我们发誓不要正常作息，不要准时睡觉起床。　　
We lived on that mattress.
我们成天窝在那张床垫上。　　
Our neighbor, a Mrs. Van Dam, was a physical therapist.
邻居范太太是物理治疗师。　　
We lived four blocks from a public pool.
只要走四条街就是公共游泳池。　
You know, you might've got a few more years out of it...
你本来可以再跳几年舞。
but you chose to do something so special and unique...
但你选择做独一无二的事。
that there was only a short window of time you could do it.
而且只能在很短的时间内做。　　
So even if nothing ever happened...
就算你没出车祸。　
well, you'd still be right here where you are now.
还是会像现在一样。
I just don't like getting old.
我只是不喜欢变老。　　
They put too much chlorine in here.
他们放了太多的氯水。

妙语佳句
1.firewood
柴火；木柴
I saw the man dragging a bundle of firewood after him.
我看见那男人身后拖着一捆柴。
2.stay up
不睡觉，熬夜；通宵
I will make this computer work even if I have to stay up all night .
我即使整晚不睡觉也一定要让这台计算机工作起来。
3.routine
n. [计] 程序；日常工作；例行公事
adj. 日常的；例行的
Beware of falling into the routine of coming home, turning on the TV or computer and zoning out from each other.
要小心陷入到这样的常规里，每天回到家，打开电视或者电脑，然后各自做各自的事情。
4.mattress
床垫；褥子；空气垫
My parents never put their money under a mattress, but I do know some people of that generation who did.
我的父母从不把他们的钱放在床垫下，但我知道那一代人中确实有一些是这样做的。
5.chlorine
[化学] 氯（17号化学元素）；氯气；液氯
These substances are sometimes combined with other chemicals, such as chlorine.
这些物质有时可与其他化学品化合，例如氯。
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翻译
1.我们发誓不要正常作息，不要准时睡觉起床。　
2.你选择做独一无二的事。
上期答案
1.Our deepest condolences.
2.We buried her beside her beloved Mr. Weathers.