灌水：童稚趣語-關於婚姻

山水安妮

WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?   適婚的年齡

"Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then."
23歲是最好的年齡因為到那時你已經把那人認識了一輩子了
Camille, age 10

"No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married."
就沒有合適的年齡。 隻有傻瓜才會結婚
Freddie, age 6
 
HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED? 怎樣知道兩人是夫妻？

"Married people usually look happy to talk to other people." 
結了婚的人通常跟別人說話時開心
Eddie, age 6

"You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids."
你就得猜了，看他們是不是都罵同樣的小孩
Derrick, age 8
 
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?  爸爸媽媽的共同點

"Both don't want no more kids."
他們都不再像要小孩了
Lori, age 8
 
WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE? 多數人約會的時候做什麽？

"Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough." 
約會是為了玩樂的，人們應該利用這個時候互相了解。即使是男孩子如果你聽的時間長了也會說些有用的。
Lynnette, age 8

"On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date."
第一次約會時，他們隻是互相說謊話，通常說的有興趣了他們就約會第二次
Martin, age 10
 
WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR? 如果第一次約會的砸鍋了你怎麽辦？
 
"I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns."
我就跑回家去裝死。 第二天我會給全部的報紙都打電話，保證他們在死訊裏都寫我的消息
Craig, age 9
 
WHEN IS IT OK TO KISS SOMEONE? 什麽時候可以親一個人？

"When they're rich."
當他們有錢時。
Pam, age 7

"The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that." 
法律說你必須18 歲， 所以我才不會犯法呢。
Curt, age 7

"The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do."
規矩是這樣的：如果你親一個人，那就應該跟她結婚並和她生小孩。 這樣做才是對的
Howard, age 8
 
IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED? 是單身好還是結婚好？

"I don't know which is better, but I'll tell you one thing. I'm never going to have sex with my wife. I don't want to be all grossed out."
我不知道哪一樣好， 不過我告訴你一件事。我永遠也不會跟我太太有性事，我才不想那麽惡心呢。
Theodore, age 8

"It's better for girls to be single, but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them."
女孩子單身比較好， 不過男孩子不好。男孩子需要有人替他們收拾幹淨
Anita, age 9

"Single is better, for the simple reason that I wouldn't want to change no diapers. Of course, if I did get married, I'd just phone my mother and have her come over for some coffee and diaper-changing."
單身比較好，簡單的原因是我才不想換尿布。當然， 如果我結婚了，那我就給我媽打電話讓她來喝咖啡和換尿布。
Kirsten, age 10
 
HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?  怎樣婚姻才可以成功呢？

"If you want to last with your man, you should wear a lot of sexy clothes, especially underwear that is red and maybe has a few diamonds on it." 
如果你想跟你男人持久，你就應該穿好多性感的衣服， 特別是那種紅顏色的或許上麵有幾個鑽石的內褲。
Lori, age 8

"Tell your wife that she looks pretty even if she looks like a truck."
告訴你的太太看上去很漂亮即使她看上去像卡車。
Ricky, age 10