当乔希准备告辞的时候，他说的话让我很震惊，他说我点亮了他那一天的生活。

Then, he astonished me by remarking, as he was preparing to leave, that I had brightened his day.

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他告诉他的老板准备离开建筑业的打算，他说他想和他的妻子过一种更休闲的生活，享受天伦之乐。

He told his employer contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life.

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“他已经准备好教我做这门生意了”亚伯拉罕回忆说，“但有一个要求—— 一个重要的要求——他想要确保乔治会有稳定的生活。

“He was ready to teachme the business, ” Mr. Abraham recalled, “but there was a ‘but’ — andthis was a big ‘but’ — he wanted to make sure that George would besecure.”

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So, suppose you fall in love with somebody and you decide you want to marry them and then somebody was asked to ask you why and you'd say something like, " "Well, I'm ready to get married this stage of my life; " I really love the person; " the person is smart and attractive; I want to have kids" whatever.

假设你爱上了某人,想要与对方一同步入婚姻的殿堂,要是有人问你为什么想要与对方共度余生,你大概会说，“现在我已准备好要开始婚姻生活了;,或“我真心的爱着他;,或“他聪明有魅力;,“我想要小孩了“，等等。

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