几个星期前,我带着妈妈去探访住在老入院的姑妈。我问妈妈: “朱莉亚姑妈多大了?”妈妈答道:“八十九岁了。”我心想:“哇,真是够老的。”当然,“年老”是个相对的说法。记得五岁时,我发现哥哥有十岁了。我当时想:“哇,他比我大一倍呢。”我当时还想他是 A few weeks ago, I took my mother to visit the aunt living in the old hospital. I asked my mother, “How old is Aunt Julia?” My mother replied: “I was eighty-nine.” I thought to myself, “Wow, it’s old enough.” Of course, “old age” is a relative statement. I remember when I was five years old, my brother was ten years old. I thought, “Wow, he is twice as big as I was.” I thought he was