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45 Years

四十五周年

(sìshíwǔ zhōunián)

1. I can hardly be cross with something that happened before we existed, can I?

我总不能为了我们交往之前发生的事而发火吧,不是吗？

(wǒ zǒnɡ bùnénɡ wéile wǒmen jiāowǎnɡ zhīqián fāshēnɡ de shì ér fāhuǒ bā, bùshì ma?)

2. Well, we didn't know each other then, you and I, but we were both going through something really unpleasant, and yet we never talked about it in all the years that we've known each other.

好吧,当时我们还不认识彼此,但我们都经历过非常不开心的事,而且我们在一起这么多年也从未提起过。

(hǎobā, dānɡshí wǒmen hái bù rènshí bǐcǐ, dàn wǒmen dōu jīnɡlìɡuò fēichánɡ bùkāixīn deshì, érqiě wǒmen zàiyīqǐ zhème duō nián yě cónɡwèi tíqǐ ɡuò.)

4. I thought you didn't like theoretical questions.

我以为你不喜欢问一些假设性的问题。

(wǒ yǐwéi nǐ bù xǐhuān wèn yīxiē jiǎshèxìnɡ de wèntí.)

5.  Thank you for standing by me through all these years and putting up with all my nonsense, and, er... long may it continue.

谢谢你多年的陪伴,容忍我的胡闹,希望我们可以一直走下去。

(xièxiè nǐ duōnián de péibàn, rónɡrěn wǒde húnào, xīwànɡ wǒmen kěyǐ yīzhí zǒu xiàqù.)