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[J-181] Had Better, Had Best 较好，最好
A: Julia is 23. She is about to marry a man of fifty. B: What a pity! She had better wed two of five-and-twenty. A: Why? To enjoy strength of youth rather than length of years? B: Yes, sexuality goes not with senility. Pleasure stays with prime years. A: If that is the right consideration, then Julia had best marry a billionaire of double fifty. B: Why? That only makes an instant wife of plenty. A: No, it'll soon make a constant widow of pleasure. And she'll still have strength of youth and length of years to enjoy plenty of sexuality before her anility.
[译注]
A: 朱莉雅二十三岁。她即将嫁给一个五十岁的人。 B: 多么遗慽啊！她嫁两个二十五岁的会比较好。 A: 为什么？要享受年轻的的力度而非岁月的长度吗？ B: 是的，性能力不配老年，乐趣只跟青春岁月。 A: 如果那是正确的考虑，那么朱莉雅最好嫁一个有两倍五十岁的亿万富翁。 B: 为什么？那只会实时制造一个富饶的妻子。 A: 不，那会很快制造一个忠贞的、快乐的寡妇，而她将仍然有年轻的力度和岁月的长度去享受她年老以前的许多性能力。
注：1. instant (实时的)，constant (永恒的、忠贞的)。忠贞的寡妇不会再嫁，但快乐的寡妇可跟男人暗通款曲。 2. senility (男人老迈)，anility (女人衰老)，plenty (富饶)，plenty of (许多)， sexuality (性能力)。
[复习填充]
A: Julia is 23. She is a_____ to marry a man of fifty. B: What a p____! She had better w___ two of five-and-twenty. A: Why? To enjoy s______ of youth rather than l_____ of years? B: Yes, sex_____ goes not with se_____. Pleasure stays with p_____ years. A: If that is the right con_______, then Julia had best marry a b________ of double fifty. B: Why? That only makes an in_____ wife of plenty. A: No, it'll soon make a con_____ widow of pleasure.
And she'll still have strength of youth
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