A:Alice, your father is amazing. He’s 90 years old and he lives alone in that big house.
艾丽斯,你的爸爸可真行! 他九十岁了,还一个人住那么大的房子。
B:I know. He doesn’t like to ask anyone for help. My dad insists on paying his own bills and taking care of himself!
我知道,他不喜欢求助任何人。我爸爸坚持自己支付帐单,自己照顾自己!
A:That sounds like my Grandmother. She was always stubbornly independent.
那听起来倒像我奶奶。她总是极其自立。
B:It seems that folks like my father and your grandmother are determined to be on their own.
好像像我爸爸和你奶奶那样的人注定是要自力更生的。
A:They see their independence as a kind of character strength.
他们把他们的独立性看作是一种性格坚强。
B:Sometimes they are too independent.
有时候他们也太独立了。