《绝望的主妇》精讲371

Nothing is forever and the time comes when we all must say goodbye to the world we knew.

没有什么事情是永恒的。总会有跟我们熟悉的世界说再见的一天的。

Goodbye to everything we had taken for granted.

跟我们一直拥有的东西说再见。

Goodbye to those we thought would never abandon us.

跟一直陪伴着我们的人说再见。

And when these changes finally do occur,

当这一时刻真的来临的时候，

when the familiar has departed and the unfamiliar¹ has taken its place,

身边的朋友相继离去，新面孔陆续出现，

all any of us can really do is to say hello and welcome.

我们就只能说一声你好，道一句欢迎。

1 unfamiliar   

adj.陌生的，不熟悉的

参考例句：

• I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
• The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。