Hank lived in a small town, but then he got¹ a job in a big city and moved there with his wife² and his two children.

汉克住在一个小镇上，但他在大城市中找了一份工作，于是她与妻子和两个孩子搬到了城里。

On the first Saturday in their new home, Hank took³ his new red car out of garage⁴ and was washing⁵ it when a neighbor⁶ came⁷ by. When he saw⁸ Hank's new car, the neighbor stopped and looked at it for a minute. Then Hank turned and saw him.

在搬到新居的第一个周末，汉克把他红色的新车从车库里开出来冲洗，这时有位邻居路过。看到汉克的新车，这位邻居驻足仔细看了一会儿。汉克转身时看见了他。

The neighbor said⁹, "That’s a nice car. Is it yours?”

邻居说:“真是辆漂亮的轿车。是你的?”

“Sometimes ,” Hank answered.

“有时候是的。”汉克回答道。

The neighbor was surprised¹⁰. “Sometimes?" he said, "What do you mean?"

邻居感到很费解:“有时候是你的?这是什么意思?”

"Well ,”answered Hank slowly¹¹ , "when there’s a party in town, it belongs¹² to my  daughter, Jane. When there's a football game somewhere¹³ , it belongs to my son , Joe. When I've washed it，and it looks really nice and clean , it belongs to my wife. And when it needs gas, it’s mine.”

“是这样的，”汉克慢慢地说道:“当镇上有聚会的时候，它属于我女儿简;当哪个地方有足球赛的时候，它属于我的儿子乔;当车子洗好以后，看起来又漂亮又干净，这时候它属于我妻子;当车子需要加油的时候，它就是我的了。”