Although I had never met him，I knew that my grandfather had been five feet six inches tall，while my stately grandmother stood five feet eleven inches。As a teenager leafing through old photographs with Grandma，I finally realized how unusual they must have looked together。
“Grandma”I asked，“how could you have fallen in love with a man five inches shorter than you？”
She turned to me。“Honey”she said，“we fell in love sitting down，and when I stood up，it was too late。”
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尽管我从未见过我祖父，但我知道他身高五英尺六，而我高贵的祖母身高五英尺十一。十几岁的时候，我和祖母一起一页一页地翻着老照片，我终于认识到他们在一起是多么不同寻常。
“奶奶，”我问道，“你怎么会爱上一个比你矮五英寸的人呢？”
她转过脸来看着我。“宝贝，”她说，“我们是坐着相爱的。当我站起来的时候，已经太晚了。”
stately[steitli]adj。庄严的；高贵的
例：She is stately in personage。她仪容端庄。
leaf[li：f]n。叶子；页
例：Several leaves had been torn out of the novel。这本小说已被撕掉了几页。
fall in love爱上某人
例：It is natural that he should fall in love with such a beautiful girl。他爱上那位美丽的姑娘是很自然的事。
The long and short of it。这个俗语的意思是“你把有关某一件事的基本事实和情况都说的很明白了，已经没有必要再说什么了。”举例来说吧。一个家庭里的几个孩子都想让爸爸买一辆新车。他们不断地去说服他们的爸爸，把他弄得烦死了。后来，他对孩子们说：No，we are not going to buy a new car right now。The old one still runs fine。Besides，the simple truth is we don’t have the money and that’s the long and short of it。（不，我们现在不买新车。那辆老车还挺好用。另外，事实上，我们没有钱去买新车。这就是基本的现实。）
honey直译是“蜂蜜”，如：Honey is sweet，but the bee stings。（蜜甜蜂蛰人。）引申义为“甜心，甜甜蜜蜜”，如honey moon就是“蜜月”的意思。现在人们都用honey来称呼自己的亲密爱人，或者是子女，意思是“亲爱的”。如：I love you，honey！（亲爱的，我爱你！）除此之外，外国人还用sweetheart，baby，darling来表达同样的意思，也就是“亲爱的”。honey也可意为“极出色的东西，出类拔萃的人”，如：That camera is a honey。（那架照相机真是顶呱呱。）
