Listening

He listened,saying nothing,noding in understanding occasionally, When she finally paused, he asked:"Did you say you have children?"

Yes, Michael is seventeen, Carolyn sixteen,they both go to school in Winterset , they are in 4-H, that's why they are in Illinois State Fair, showing Carolyn's steer.

"something I have never been able to adapt to , to understand, is that why they can lavish such love and care on the animals and then see them sold for slaughter, I don't dare say anything about it,thuogh.Richard and his friends would be down on me in a flash. But there's some kind of cold , unfeeling contradiction in that business.

他听着，不说话，有时点点头表示理解。最后等她停下来，他说：“你说你有孩子？”

“是的，迈克尔十七岁，卡洛琳十六岁。他们都在温特赛特上学。他们是4-H协会会员，所以他们去参加伊利诺伊州博览会了，去展出卡洛琳养的小牛。

我永远不可能去适应，去理解的是，他们怎么能在牲畜身上倾注那么多的爱和关心，又看着它们被卖给屠宰场。但是我什么也不敢说，要不然理查德和他的朋友们就会对我横加指责嗤之以鼻大光其火了。但是这里面总有一些冷酷无情的东西，存在着矛盾。