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Mister Mindon
Millicenthttp://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201206/201206091126304064311.mp3Mister Mindon returned home for lunch. His wife Millicent was not at home. The servants did not know where she was. Mister Mindon sat alone at the table in the garden. He ate a small piece of meat and drank some mineral water. Mister Mindon always ate simple meals, because he had problems with his stomach. Why then did he keep a cook among his servants? Because his wife Millicent liked to invite her friends to big dinners and serve them rare and expensive food and wine.
Mister Mindon did not enjoy his wife's parties. Millicent complained that he did not know how to enjoy life. She did a lot of things that he did not like.
Millicent wasted Mister Mindon's money and was unpleasant to him. But he never got angry with his wife.
After eating, Mister Mindon took a walk through his house. He did not stay long in the living room. It reminded him of all the hours he had spent there at his wife's parties. The sight of the formal dining room made him feel even more uncomfortable. He remembered the long dinners where he had to talk to his wife's friends for hours. They never seemed very interested in what he was saying.米顿先生回到家准备吃午饭，不过他的妻子米利森特没有在家。仆人也不知道女主人到哪里去了。米顿先生一个人坐在花园里的桌子上。他吃了一些肉并且喝了一些水。米顿先生总是吃一些简单的食物，因为他有胃病。可是为什么他的仆人中总有一个是厨师呢？因为他的妻子喜欢邀请朋友来家里举行盛大的晚宴，并且用稀有珍贵的食物和酒来招待他们。
米顿先生并不喜欢她妻子的晚宴。米利森特埋怨他不知道如何享受生活，她做了很多他并不喜欢的事情。
米利森特小姐浪费了米顿先生的钱还不讨人高兴，但是他从没有对他的妻子发过火。
午餐后，米顿先生在家里散步。他不会在卧室呆很长的时间，因为这会让他想起他几乎把所有的时间都花在了妻子的晚宴上了。正式晚宴举办的房间的情景让他感觉有些不舒服。他仍然记得在那长时间的晚宴上他有时不得不和妻子的朋友交谈几个小时。他们看上去对他所说的一点兴趣也没有了。
——译文来自: wsh狗狗wsh
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