You see, my young wife, after a tragic battle with cancer, had died just a few months earlier.

要知道，当时我年轻的妻子，在经历了与癌症的痛苦的争斗后，几个月前刚刚离开人世。

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Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member.

拥有年轻家庭的 X 世代，比如我和我的妻子，仍然发现相比于为每个家庭成员配一部手机，有个座机还是挺方便的。

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My immediate thought was that his wife would probably be furious that he had brought home a young female hitchhiker, unannounced.

我立刻就想到她的妻子可能会很愤怒，因为没有事先说好就载一名年轻的女性回家。

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