万花筒 2009-01-11&01-12 活到老玩到老

If you forgive the spare bit of a philosophy, I think it was George Bernard Shaw who said “We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.”

"That was bad."

 Yeah, real nice Shaw. Try to pick up of a twelve-pound ball with an 80-year-old back. Then see how philosophical¹ you feel.

“As you get older, you still bowl. You just aren’t as good. "Take it from these ladies.

 "Chronologically challenged we are.” The Ally kats.

"What is our name?. I forgot. "

The Frisky² Kats, the Wild Kats, and the Kit³ kats,

 "Oh, no! boo”

This clearly is a group in need of some maturity⁴.

“Ah!”

That's where Elsie Giles comes in.

“I got this stiff neck from looking to see if Elsie's coming.” She is the senior member.

“Emma Siecral, are you?”

Getting more senior today,

“I don’t think Elsie is coming.”

“She probably went to get dressed.”

If only she gets here. As soon as you see her coming, everybody start singing happy birthday.

“Happy birthday to you. ”

“Many, many more Elsies. ”

“Elsie is 89-years young today. ”

“She is good for her age. ”

“She is our heart. She is hot. ”

“Everybody wants a good average, you know. I like to win. ”

 

She jumped rope into her 70s when dancing with her husband until they got quote / unquote "elderly". 

"I just have always loved to be active."

 

Now, at 89, she is the role model for these girls who obviously require some adults' supervision⁵.

 

“I told that stinker to go down. ” In a bowling⁶ league where reading glasses outnumber resin⁷ bags. .

I couldn’t hit the board side of a barn.

 "You only have to picks up two more."

" I will note. "

And bodies begin to balk⁸. A lot of ladies have arthritis⁹ really bad. Elsie doesn't want to get feel philosophical. She just wants to keep playing. We just are people who don't give up.
 

1 philosophical   

adj.哲学家的，哲学上的，达观的

参考例句：

• The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem.老师不能解答这个哲学问题。
• She is very philosophical about her bad luck.她对自己的不幸看得很开。

2 frisky   

adj.活泼的，欢闹的；n.活泼，闹着玩；adv.活泼地，闹着玩地

参考例句：

• I felt frisky,as if I might break into a dance.我感到很欢快，似乎要跳起舞来。
• His horse was feeling frisky,and he had to hold the reins tightly.马儿欢蹦乱跳，他不得不紧勒缰绳。

3 kit   

n.用具包，成套工具；随身携带物

参考例句：

• The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
• The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。

4 maturity   

n.成熟；完成；(支票、债券等)到期

参考例句：

• These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
• This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。

5 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

6 bowling   

n.保龄球运动

参考例句：

• Bowling is a popular sport with young and old.保龄球是老少都爱的运动。
• Which sport do you 1ike most,golf or bowling?你最喜欢什么运动，高尔夫还是保龄球？

7 resin   

n.树脂，松香，树脂制品；vt.涂树脂

参考例句：

• This allyl type resin is a highly transparent, colourless material.这种烯丙基型的树脂是一种高度透明的、无色材料。
• This is referred to as a thixotropic property of the resin.这种特性叫做树脂的触变性。

8 balk   

n.大方木料；v.妨碍；不愿前进或从事某事

参考例句：

• We get strong indications that his agent would balk at that request.我们得到的强烈暗示是他的经纪人会回避那个要求。
• He shored up the wall with a thick balk of wood.他用一根粗大的木头把墙撑住。

9 arthritis   

n.关节炎

参考例句：

• Rheumatoid arthritis has also been linked with the virus.风湿性关节炎也与这种病毒有关。
• He spent three months in the hospital with acute rheumatic arthritis.他患急性风湿性关节炎，在医院住了三个月。