An old couple¹ went into a restaurant and ordered² something to eat: one Coca Cola³ and one portion⁴ of French⁵ fries. The old man sat⁶ down and the woman, his wife⁷, sat opposite⁸ him, and he began to divide⁹ the Coca Cola into two glasses, half for him and half for his wife.

有一对老夫妇到速食店去，叫了一罐可乐和一份薯条。然后他们面对面坐下来，那位老先生先把可乐分成两杯，一杯给他自己，另一杯给他太太。

He divided¹⁰ all the French fries half-and-half. He gave¹¹ half to his wife and kept half for himself¹². Then he began to eat and drink,and the woman just drank but didn't eat.

接着他又将薯条分成两份，一份给他太太、一份给自己。然后他开始吃薯条、喝可乐，但是他的太太只是喝可乐，不吃薯条。

There was¹³ a young man who was standing¹⁴ next to the table and wondering¹⁵ why the old man had¹⁶ divided everything in half, and he thought¹⁷ that maybe they didn't have any money. He said¹⁸ to the old couple, "Okay¹⁹, I can buy you one more portion; you don't have to share²⁰ like that."

一个年轻人刚好站在旁边，看到老先生把每样食物都分成两半，觉得很奇怪，他想或许他们没有钱，便跟老夫妇说：‘我可以再买一份给你们，你们就不用这样分了。’

So the old man explained²¹, "No, no, no, we have been married²² for forty years and we always share everything. Whatever²³ we have, we share half and half. Don't worry, but thank you, anyhow²⁵."

老先生解释说：‘不、不！我们结婚四十年了，一直都是分享每件事物，什么东西都是一个人分一半。不用担心我们，不过还是谢谢你的好意。’

But then after a while²⁶, he saw²⁷ that the woman wasn't eating eat, and only the man ate²⁴, and he asked, "Why aren't you eating?" And the wife said, "Today it's his turn to use the teeth."

过了一会儿，他看只有老先生吃着薯条，老太太没吃，便问老太太：‘你为什么都不吃呢？’老太太说：‘今天轮到他用牙齿。’