中英文短文

亦书

At that age, I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor or arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details, but basically the ad said, "Every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life." I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate, I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per day, estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number, I poked my head into the front of the car, tapped my grandmother on the shoulder, and proudly proclaimed," At two minutes per puff, you've taken nine years off your life! "

在那样的年纪,我会找任何借口做些估算或者小算术.我会计算油耗或者杂货花销这类鸡毛蒜皮的小事.我听过一个有关吸烟的广告.我记不得细节了,但是广告大意是说,每吸一口香烟会减少几分钟的寿命,大概是两分钟.无论如何,我决定为祖母算算.我估算祖母每天要吸几支香烟,每支香烟要吸几口等等,然后心满意足地得出了一个合理的数字.接着,我把头伸到车前,拍了拍祖母的肩膀,骄傲地宣称,"每天吸两分钟的烟,你就少活九年!"