Jimmie, an 80-year-old gentleman, retired
to Florida after his wife of 58 years had passed
away. He was quite alone in the world and
longed for companionship again.
One day, as he was walking through a public
park, he spied what he considered to be a very
pretty, silver-haired lady sitting alone on a park
bench. Getting his nerve up, he approached the
lady and asked graciously, "Pardon me, ma'am,
but may I sit here with you?"
The silver-haired Marcie looked up to see a
distinguished-looking, white-haired gentleman
and replied, "Why certainly," and moved over
gently to give him room to sit down.
For the next two hours, the two sat and talked
about everything. They discovered that they came
from the same part of the country, liked the same
big band music, voted for the same presidential
candidates, had had long, happy marriages, had
lost their spouses during the previous year, and
in general agreed about almost everything.
Finally, the old gentleman cleared his throat
and asked sheepishly, "Ma'am, may I ask you two
questions?"
With great interest and anticipation, Marcie
replied, "Why certainly!"
The old gentleman removed a handkerchief
from his coat pocket and spread it out on the ground
before her. He very gingerly got down on one knee
and looked her softly in the eyes. "Marcie, I know
we've only known each other for a couple of hours,
but we have so much in common. I feel I've known
you all my life. Will you marry me and be my wife?"
Marcie grabbed at Jimmie's hands and said,
"Why, yes, I will marry you! You have made me so
very happy!" She reached over and kissed him gently
on the cheek. Then Marcie said, "You said you had
two questions to ask me. What is the second one?"
Jimmie scratched his neck and said, "Will you
help me get up?"
Key words：
pass away 過世
long for 渴望
companionship （n.）伴侶關係
spy （v.）發現
silver-haired （adj.）銀髮的
Getting his nerve up 他提起勇氣
distinguished-looking 相貌堂堂
room （n.）空間、空位
candidate （n.）候選人
spouse （n.）配偶
throat （n.）喉嚨
sheepishly （adv.）難為情地；靦腆地
anticipation （n.）期盼
handkerchief （n.）手帕
gingerly （adv.）非常小心地、極為謹慎地
scratch （v.）抓
以色列、巴勒斯坦：
http://chenhen2013.pixnet.net/blog/post/462697781
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成寒英語教材：
http://chenhen2013.pixnet.net/blog/post/288240074
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唸〈成寒英語教材〉，托福、多益 TOEIC 考高分成績榜 ＆ 他們的學習歷程：
http://chenhen2013.pixnet.net/blog/post/275932070
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