a young man who was also an avid golfer found himself with a few hours to spare one afternoon. he figured if he hurried and played very fast, he could get in nine holes before he had to head home. just as he was about to tee off an old gentleman shuffled onto the tee and asked if he could accompany the young man as he was golfing alone. not being able to say no, he allowed the old gent to join him.
一个年轻人，也是一个狂热的高尔夫爱好者发现自己还有几个小时的空闲时间的一个下午。他想，如果他匆忙和打得很快，他可以在九个洞前，他必须回家。正当他要打出一个老绅士们到T恤，问他是否可以为他单独陪打高尔夫的年轻人。不能说没有，他让老先生和他。
to his surprise the old man played fairly quickly. he didnt hit the ball far, but plodded along consistently and didnt waste much time. finally, they reached the 9th fairway and the young man found himself with a tough shot. there was a large pine tree right in front of his ball - and directly between his ball and the green.after several minutes of debating how to hit the shot the old man finally said, you know, when i was your age id hit the ball right over that tree. with that challenge placed before him, the youngster swung hard, hit the ball up, right smack into the top of the tree trunk and it thudded back on the ground not a foot from where it had originally lay.
令他吃惊的是，那老人很快就玩得很快了。他没把球打远，但在缓慢持续并没有浪费太多时间。最后，他们达到了第九道，年轻人发现自己与一个好球。有一棵大松树就在他的球前，直接把球和green.after辩论如何击打老人最后说几分钟之间，你知道，当我在你这个年纪的时候，我会在那棵树上击出的球权。放在他面前的挑战，年轻人奋力挥杆，球打起来，就成了树干的顶部，它砰的一声掉回地上不脚离原来躺。
the old man offered one more comment, of course, when i was your age that pine tree was only three feet tall.
老男人提供了一个评论，当然，当我是你的年龄，松树只有三英尺高。