英语翻译
Andre Raffay has a problem.He needs a nice,large house in the city but he doesn’t have enough money to buy one.Every morning Andre sits in a cafe shop and reads newspapers.When he finds a house he is interested in,he telephones the house owner.
“Hello,I’m interested in the house near the park that is in today’s paper,” he said.“How much is it?” When he hears the answer,he says,“Oh,my god!That’s too much!” the same thing happens every day.
One day a friend of his meets him.Andre tells him about his problem.“I have a good idea,Andre.I know a 90-year-old woman who has a beautiful house.You can pay her something every month until she dies.Then you can move into the house.It will be yours.”
Andre is excited.He thinks to himself.“How much longer can such an old lady live?We may have the house in a few years.”
He and his wife,Marie,go to visit Mrs.Calment.The house is just what want.It is large and sunny,and it is near the centre of the town.It even has a view of the park.
Andre tells Mrs Calment,“We will pay you $ 500 a month and you can stay here the rest of your life.” She is very happy.They sign a contract that says Andre and wife will pay Mrs Calment $ 500 every month.When she die,the house will belong to Andre and his wife.
More than thirty years go by.Mrs Calment is still alive.She is 121 years old,the oldest person in the world.Poor Andre is dead but his wife still sends Mrs Calment $ 500 every month.Their dream is nightmare.