走遍美國
The Community Center(社區中心) ACT I
1 . He lives alone他一個人生活
2 . part of the building for younger people.另一部分給年輕人用。
3 . have been postponed indefinitely.被迫無限期延緩。"
4 . and for the furniture needed,和購買必需家俱，
5 . He'll do anything to avoid getting down to math lessons,他老是設法想逃避數學，
6 . whom I think you've met once or twice before.我想你以前見過他一兩次面。
7 . Thanks. Nice to meet you ... again.謝謝。很高興又……見到你。
8 . Nice to meet you, Mr. Baker.很高興見到你， Baker先生。
9 . Do you want something cold to drink?想喝點什麼冰涼的東西嗎？
10 . for the repainting of the interior of the building用來重新粉刷內部
11 . You graduated from engineering school.你是從工學院畢業的。
12 . But you had to be good at math.但是你數學一定很好。
13 . and depends on places like a community center主要靠社區中心這樣的地方
14 . before getting to the tough stuff--math.在對付難纏的東西 數學 之前。
15 . Ah! I'll read it to you.啊！ 我來讀給你聽聽。
16 . Stay ... stay.再待一會兒……再一會兒。
17 . Really. I didn't like math.真的。我不喜歡數學。
18 . It's too noisy for some older people like Nat.它對於像Nat這樣的老人來說太吵了。
19 . The old library building on Chestnut Street,Chestnut街老圖書館，
20 . I was. But not in high school.說的對。但高中時不好。
21 . We'll talk about it out there.我們到外頭談。
22 . She's coming over this morning to help me with my math.她今天早晨要過來幫我補習數學。
23 . In town. At the hardware store.在鎮上。在五金行裡。
24 . I'd like you to meet my friend Nat Baker.我來向你們介紹我的朋友Nat Baker。
25 . You think I can just skip it now and get to it at college?你想我現在略過數學， 等到上了大學再學， 可以嗎？
26 . Hi, Mr. Baker. We met before.嗨， Baker先生， 我們以前見過面。
27 . Did you read the story in the paper, Malcolm?你看到報紙上的新聞了嗎 ，Malcolm？
28 . I thought that was Nat Baker who rang the front doorbell.我還以為是Nat Baker 按大門門鈴呢。
29 . But there's the old community center on Elm Street.但是在Elm街有一個舊的社區中心。
30 . as well as the younger people of Riverdale.和年輕人服務。
31 . to serve the senior citizens為Riverdale的老年人
32 . It is. Come on out to the patio.的確如此。請到院子裡來吧。
33 . Come on! You'll hear about it.來吧， 來聽聽。
34 . I see what you mean.我明白你的意思。
35 . Then there's hope for Robbie.看來Robbie 還有希望。
36 . I never realized that.我從來沒有意識到這點。
37 . No problem, Grandpa.沒有關係爺爺。
38 . I know you want to get to it.我知道你想要開始啦。
39 . I can't wait.我迫不及待。
40 . I remember now. Right. Hi.我現在想起來了。對了。嗨。
41 . Is it that serious a problem, Grandpa?這個問題有那麼重要嗎，爺爺？
42 . Is something the matter, Grandpa?怎麼了，爺爺？
43 . The editorial in this paper has my friend Nat Baker real upset.這張報紙上的社論著實令我的朋友Nat Baker不高興。
44 . I wasn't good at it, and I didn't like studying it.我不精於此道， 也不愛去學它。
45 . He doesn't have any family with him.他沒有家人和他在一起。
46 . Sit down, Robbie. Let's get to work.坐下來 ，Robbie， 讓我們開始做功課吧。
47 . Ping-Pong tables, soda machines, and lots of music.乒乓球， 汽水販賣機， 熱鬧的音樂。
48 . I told you. He'll use any excuse to avoid math.我說嘛 ，他就是要找各種藉口來逃避數學。
49 . Then, in college, I became good at it.然後， 在大學， 我變得很精於數學。
50 . It's hard for some older people to take all that noise.一些老年人沒辦法忍受那些噪音。