Even at the age of 75. Thelma was very vivacious¹ and full of life. Whcn her husband passed away, her children suggested that she move to a "senior living community." A gregarious‘and life-loving person. Thelma decided² to do so.

已经75岁的西尔玛依旧十分活跃，富有朝气在她丈夫过世之后，她的儿女们建议她搬去老人社区生活西尔玛是一个喜欢辛卜交、热爱生活的人，欣然接受儿女们的建议.

Shortly after moving in,Thelma became a self-appointed activities director, coordinating³ all sorts of things for the people in the community to do and quickly became very popular and made many friends.

搬进老人社区后不久，西尔玛自动请缨，成为各项活动的组织者，负责为社区居民协调各类事务，很快便赢得了社区居民的喜欢，也结交了很多新朋友.

When Thclma turned 80, her newfound friends showed their appreciation⁴ by throwing a surprise birthday party fur her. When Thelma entered the dining room for dinner that night, she was greeted by a standing⁵ ovation⁶ and one of the coordinators led her to the head table. The night was filled with laughter and entcrtainmnt. but throughout the evening ,Thelma could not take her eyes off a gentleman sitting at the other end of the table.

西尔玛80岁生11那天，她那些新交的朋友为表示对她的感谢，决定给她办一个惊喜生日派对。当西尔玛像平常一样去餐厅吃晚餐时，餐厅内所有的人都站起来欢迎她，一位组织者将她引到上座入座。整个晚宴充满欢声笑语，大家都很尽兴，但整个晚上，西尔玛的眼睛都不曾离开过坐在桌子另一端的那位老先生。

When the festivities ended, Thelma quickly rose from her seat and rushed over to the man"Pardon me," Thelma said, "Please forgive me if I made you feel uncomfortable by staring at you all night. I just couldn't help myself from looking your way. You see, you look just like my fifth husband."

宴会结束后，西尔玛马上起身，走到那位老先生面前。“对不起”，西尔玛说到，“今晚我一直盯着你看，如果这让你很不舒服的话，希望你能原谅我，但我实在没法忍住，总想要朝你所在的方向看。你知道为什么吗，因为你和我的第五任丈夫太相像了!”

"Your fifth husband!" replied the gentleman. "Forgive me for asking, but how many times have you been married?"

“第五任丈夫!”那位老先生说道，“那么请原谅我这一问，你结过几次婚呢?”

With that, a smile came across Thelma's face as she responded, "Four."

这时，西尔玛笑容满面地回答:"4次。”

They were married shortly after.

不久后他们就结婚了。