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Now young girls put on jeans, and look like boys and they think it is fashionable. Why, they are willing to sell their pig or water buffalo just to be able to buy a pair of jeans. In my day, if I were to put on a pair of trousers like they do now, lightning would strike me.
现在的年轻姑娘们穿上了牛仔裤，看着像小伙子，她们认为这是时髦。为什么，只为了能买条牛仔裤，她们宁愿卖掉猪或水牛。我年轻的时候要是穿上她们那样的裤子，准得遭雷劈。
I know, times have changed, but certain things should not change. We should offer food to the monks every day, go to the temple regularly. Young people tend to leave these things to old people now, and that's a shame.
我知道时代已经变了，但是有些东西是不该变的，我们还应该每天为僧人提供吃的，定期去寺庙上香。现在的年轻人往往把这些事留给上了岁数的人去做，这真是太不像话了。
Why, only the other day I heard a boy shout and scream at his mother. If that kind of thing had happened when I was young, the whole village would have condemned such an ungrateful son, and his father would surely have given him a good beating.
对了，就在前些天，我听见一个小男孩朝着他的母亲大声喊叫。如果这件事发生在我小的时候，全村人都会责骂这个没良心的儿子，他的父亲准会狠狠地抽他一顿。
As for me, I wouldn't change, couldn't change even if I wanted to. Am I happy or unhappy? This question has never occurred to me. Life simply goes on. Yes, this bag of bones dressed in rags can still plant and reap rice frpm morning till dusk. Disease, wounds, hardship and scarcity have always been part of my life. I don't complain.
至于我，是不会变了，就是我想变也是不可能了。我幸不幸福？我从来没想过这个问题。生活简简单单地过着。是的，我这把裹着破烂衣衫枯瘦如柴的老骨头还要从早到晚地在地里耕作。疾病、伤痛、艰难还有穷困始终伴随我的一生。我没有怨言。
The farmer: My wife is wrong. My eyes do see-they see more than they should. My ears do hear-they hear more than is good for me. I don't talk about what I know because I know too much. I know for example, greed, anger, and lust are the root of all evils.
农夫：我老伴错了。我的眼睛看得见--看到了许多它们所不应该看到的。我的耳朵也听得到--听到了许多它们不应该听到的。我没有将我所知道的说出来，因为我知道的太多了。我知道诸如贪婪、愤怒和欲望是一切邪恶的根源。
