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● mine：矿。
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● Butte：美国西部用语，解作“山岗”。他的家乡就是科罗拉多的双岗镇了。接着他还讲一个笑话，他说他离开家乡之后，家乡人士就把镇名改为单岗镇。注者猜他的幽默所在，恐怕他是把butte（u长音/ju:/）当作butt（u短音/^/）来渎。butt者，是大众嘲笑作弄的对象；中国人笑人为“土包子”，这里也许可以勉强应用。（土做的包子，有没有山岗的意义？）镇名改成单岗镇了，因为少了一个土包子。这种幽默很难翻译，何况注者不敢自信已经捉住文中幽默的要点。这两句主要表示的是：此人有他的幽默感，而且不惜拿自己来挖苦的。
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● gotten：照有些语法书规定，get的过去分词是got，不是gotten，但是美国人常有用gotten的。《英汉四用字典》说：英国人用got，美国人用gotten，想必有它的根据。gotten over：有超越或克服之意。“我已经有很久（long since）不说这种低级笑话了。”lousy：这是一个应用很广的American slang字眼。相当于北平话的“陋”或“糟”，上海话的“蹩脚”。
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● 这个人的说话，既然按英国音读Rafe，又用美国人的gotten和lousy。我们可以说他所表现的有两方面，一是他的艺术家与众不同的一方面，一是他平易近人善于“做人”的一方面。
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“Really a mining town?” she said. “How did you happen to go on the stage, Mr. Douglas?”
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“After all, one has to do something. And one night in Pueblo, when I was sixteen, I saw a road company of Way Down East. After that there was no holding me. My father kicked like a steer but it was no use. Green as I was, the stage was for me, from then on.”
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“When you were sixteen? It doesn’t seem possible….”
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“Why not?”
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● to go on the stage：从事舞台生活。
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● After all：说来说去，人总得要做事（我就挑选了戏剧）。
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● Pueblo：科罗拉多州的城市名。
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● road company：走江湖跑码头的戏班。Way Down East：美国本世纪初很有名的戏，为Lottie Blair Parker（1858—1937）所作。该戏拍成无声电影后在中国映出，片名为《赖婚》。
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● there was no holding me：there is的后面跟一个动名词，解作“从此以后，没有办法管得住我了”。我就想投身戏剧界了。
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● steer：小公牛。kicked：举脚乱踢；发脾气。Green：嫩，没有经验。
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“You seemed hardly sixteen when my husband and I saw you in Romeo and Juliet.”
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“Oh, did you see that? Imagine!”
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“I’ve never forgotten it, Mr. Douglas.”
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“Well, I was twice sixteen during my Romeo period,” he said, and smiled charmingly. “Do you know how old I am now? Fifty-three, no less.”
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…Twice sixteen, she was thinking. That youth—that slim young lover? A Romeo of thirty-two? Incredible it seemed; it was possible, perhaps, but not probable.
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She got up. “I—think it’s time for dinner,” she said. “Mr. Douglas, won’t you bring your drink in to the table?”
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● Imagine：请想想看！怪不怪？
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● during my Romeo period：我演罗密欧那个时期。
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● That youth—that slim young lover：这是舞台上所看见的罗密欧，演员本人则是已经三十二岁了。
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● Incredible：令人难信。not probable：不近情理。
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● bring your drink in：把酒一块儿带来。
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