A：Come back. You haven't paid yet.

请回来。你还没有付钱呢?

B：May, just let him go.

阿美，让他走吧。

A：But he took some newspaper away without paying.

但是他没有付钱就把报纸拿走了。

B：I know.

我知道。

A：Why? You make me confused.

为什么?你把我弄糊涂了。

B：He lives nearby and he would just glance at the newspaper headlines, read the political sections and return them later.

他住在附近，他只是浏览一下报纸的大标题，等一下就会把报纸还回来的。

A：Why does he have such a privilege?

为什么他有这种特权呢?

B：He used to be a hero during the war time and everyone respect him.

战争时期他曾经是个英雄，这里的人都尊敬他。

A：I see. Does he live by himself?

知道了，他一个人住吗?

B：Yes, he has no children and his wife passed away when he was in the battle.

是的，他没有孩子，他的妻子也在战争时期去世了。

A：He must be lonely?

他一定很孤独了?

B：I bet. But he is always busy telling the children stories.

我猜是的。但是他总是忙着给孩子们讲故事。

A：How respectable!

真是可敬!

注释:

nearby adj. 附近的

glance vi. 瞥见

headline n. 大标题

political adj. 政治的

privilege n. 特权

pass away 去世

respectable adj. 值得尊敬的