两个儿子都比较聪明，他们尽管有时候听了不耐烦，但是至少知道父母在说什么。

Both of my sons are quite smart, although sometimes they are impatient listening to us, but at least they know what their parents are saying.

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You said, you didn't call us up when we weren't paying any dividend and now we're still paying more than we used to, why all this alarm?

过去不分红的时候,你们什么都没说,而现在我们的分红比过去还多,你们紧张什么

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And he says: Well that's better than nothing.

他说“有一样总比什么都没有好“

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