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是美 CBS 60 Minutes (六十分 ) 主持人Andy Rooney 40以上的女人的看法 :
As I grow in age, I value women over 40 most of all.
著年增，我越越珍惜40以上的女人。
Here are just a few reasons. why:
以下是些原因，什呢？
A woman over 40 will never wake you in the middle of the night and ask, ”What are you thinking?”
40以上的女人不在半夜把你吵醒，然後你：你在想什？
She doesn’t care what you think.
她才不在乎你在想什。
If a woman over 40 doesn’t want to watch the game, she doesn’t sit around you whining about it.
40以上的女人如果不想看球，她不坐在你旁抱怨抱怨西。
She does something she wants to do, and it’s usually more interesting.
她去做她想做的、且上更有趣的事情。
Women over 40 are dignified.
40以上的女人重自持
They seldom have a screaming match with you at the operaor or in the middle of an expensive restaurant.
不在歌院或高餐跟你大呼小叫。
Of course, you deserve it, they won’t hesitate to shoot you if they think they can get away with it.
然，如果你罪有得，她也可能神不知鬼不地一把你了。
Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved.
熟女不吝於美，不管是不是至名。
They know what it’s like to be unappreciated.
因她身被忽略的滋味
Women get psychic as they age.
女人越老越通。
You never have to confess your sins to a woman over 40.
你永不需要向40以上的女人悔。
Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over 40 is far sexier than her younger counterpart.
只要能而不，40以上的女人比年美眉性感。
Older women are forth right and honest.
熟女直接又。
They’ll tell you right off if you are a jerk if you are acting like one.
如果你是蠢蛋，她上叫你蛋。
You don’t ever have to wonder where you stand with her.
你完全不需要筋揣摩她的心意。
Yes, we praise women over 40 for a multitude of reasons.
40 以上的女人有很多。
Unfortunately, it’s not reciprocal.
不幸地，不互惠。
For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed, hot woman over 40, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 20-year old waitress.
相於每一性感、迷人的40以上的女人，就有一凸肚的熟男，厚皮地跟小他20的美眉情。
Ladies, I apologize. For all those men who say, ”Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free ? here’s an update for you. Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage. Why ? Because women realize it’s not worth buying an entire pig just to get a little sausage!”
女士，容我在句公道：「那些只想喝免的牛奶而不母牛回家的男人在是太搞不清楚了！今天有80%的女人不婚。什呢？因她於不需要了一根香回整！」
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