He had been her husband's college friend;was now a journalist, and in no sense a society man or "a man about town," which were, perhaps, some of the reasons she had never met him.

他是她丈夫在大学时期的朋友，现在是个记者，毫无疑问这是一个热衷社交的男人，或者应称之为“城里的男人”，或许这也是某种他们一直未能见面的原因。

I was answering questions at a town hall meeting in Wisconsin the other day and a young man raised his hand, and I figured he'd ask about college tuition or energy or maybe the war in Iraq.

前一天我在威斯康星州的一个市政厅座谈会上回答问题。有一个年轻人举起手，我猜想他想问的是有关大学学费、能源问题或者也许有关伊拉克战争。

Be honest enough to own it, and that what I said in the town was true, though your fancy-man was so up about it - hey, my sly one?

你老实地承认吧，那天我在镇里说的话是真的，尽管你那个情人听了发脾气——喂，我狡猾的野姑娘，是不是？

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