A Painful Vacation 痛苦的休假

Sometimes Mr. Seymour didn’t know what to do with his vacant time. His vacation plan was rather vague. He analyzed the various factors then finally decided to go to a valley abroad. His wife would go with him. Both of their passports were valid for travel abroad. Before leaving, Mr.Seymour turned off the vacuum cleaner and the water valve. His wife put on valuable ring and necklace. Her interest lacked variety. she treated herself as a vase and liked to vary her dress as fashion changed. She did that out of vanity. Mr. Seymour tried in vain to make his wife change her mind. She offered a variety of excuses. So he gave up. They took a van to the airport. Two hours later,the airplane vanished into the clouds. The couple arrived at a plain first. The vast plains stretched for hundreds of miles. Nearby the plain there was a lake. Water vapor rose from it. It was beautiful. The following three days, the weather was hot. There had been no variantion in the temperature. If any room with air-conditioning was vacant, they would move in. Mrs. Seymour’s mood was variable because of the hot weather. She was unhappy again in dinner. Mr. Seymour was a vegetarian. He only ate vegetable. His wife complained a lot about it. She always demanded more varieties for her food. It was really a painful vacation for Mr. Seymour.

有时候，西摩先生不知道怎么打发他的空闲时间，他的休假计划很不明确。他分析了各种因素后最终决定去国外的一个山谷。他的妻子与他同行。两人的护照对于出国旅游都是有效的。在离开之前，西摩先生关掉了真空吸尘器和水阀。他的妻子戴上贵重的戒指和项链。她的兴趣种类不多。她把自己弄的跟花瓶似的并喜欢跟着流行改变她的穿着。她出于虚荣心而那样做。西摩先生徒劳地想让他的妻子改变主意，她提出种种的借口。于是他只有放弃。他们乘一辆有蓬汽车去飞机场，两个小时后，飞机消失在云层里。这对夫妇先来到一个平原。辽阔的平原绵延几百英里。在平原附近有一个湖，水汽从湖面升起。真是太美了，接下来的三天，天气很热，气温没有变化，如果有任何有空调的房子空出来的话，他们一定搬进去。西摩太太的情绪因为炎热的天气而易变。进餐时她又不高兴了。西摩先生是个素食主义者。他只吃蔬菜。但他的妻子对此抱怨很大。她总是要求食物有更多的品种。对西摩先生来说这真是一次痛苦的休假。