曾祖母

When the economy is bad, I stop and remember a story about my great-grandmother.

当经济不好时，我想起了关于我曾祖母的一个故事。

In this old photo on the left is Casey's great-grandmother.

在这张老照片上，最左边的就是凯西的曾祖母。

This ring has come down from my great-grandmother.

这只戒指是我曾祖母传下来的。

Gammy: My great-grandfather gave it to my great-grandmother when they got married.

奶奶：我的曾祖父把它给了我的曾祖母，当他们结婚的时候。

I doubt that my great-grandmother,who raised 14 children and took in washing,had much of either.

但是，我的曾祖母抚养了14个孩子，在家给人洗衣服，我恐怕她是既没有闲遐，也没有称心的工作。

Then Hong joined them in Taiwan, and they all went to China to let Hong's 87-year-old grandma see her first great-grandson.

三月初，庄宏也去了台湾，然后他们一家人回到厦门石码，好让87岁的曾祖母看看庄家第一个曾孙。

My great-great grandmother came here on the First Fleet.

我的高曾祖母随著第一舰队来到此地。

Doug Roberts:We've got nothing to do with the war. Maybe that's why we're on this ship, cause we're not good enough to fight. Cause our glands don't secrete enough adrenaline, or our great-great grandmothers were afraid of the dark or something.

罗勃：我们对战争袖手旁观，我们在这只船上的原因，也许是因为我们不优秀，或者我们的腺体分泌不出足够的肾上腺素，或者我们的高曾祖母怕黑或者怕别的什么。

The great-grandmother is also a keen hammer and javelin thrower and believes other pensioners should follow her example.

这位曾祖母还热衷于扔铁饼和掷标枪，她认为其他的退休老人应该向她学习。

My maternal grandmother, after having mine children who survived, one who died in infancy, and many miscarriages, as soon as she became a widow devoted herself to woman's higher education.

我有位曾祖母－是吉本老先生的一位朋友－活到了92岁，直到她去世的那一天还让她的儿孙们感到害怕。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。