He was 65, his wife was 66, had

他65岁，他的妻子66，

Alzheimer's disease

有老年痴呆症。

He had cancer of the mouth

他的嘴

There were operations, radiation

患了癌症。

Treatments which decayed the bones in his

做过

Jaw which then had to be

手术，放射

Wired daily he put his wife in

治疗

Rubber diapers like a

这毁了他的

Baby

下颔骨

所以不得不用金属丝

Unable to drive in his condition

将下巴固定。

He had to take a taxi to the medical

Center, Had difficulty speaking

每天，他把妻子放进

Had to write the directions

橡皮尿布

Down

就像

对待一个孩子。

On his last visit they informed him

There would be another operation: a bit more

他的身体条件

Left cheek and a bit more

不允许开车

Tongue

他不得不乘出租车

去医疗

When he returned he changed his wife's

中心，

Diapers put on the tv

说话有困难，

Dinners, watched the evening news

只好

Then went to the bedroom, got the

把路线

Gun, put it to her temple, fired

写下来。

She fell to the left, he sat upon the

Couch put the gun into his

回来后

Mouth, pulled the trigger

他给妻子

换尿布

The shots didn't arouse the neighbors

打开电视

晚餐

Later the burning tv dinners

看晚间新闻

Did

然后进卧室，拿起

枪，对准她的

Somebody arrived, pushed the door open, saw

太阳穴，开枪。

It

她倒向

Soon the police arrived and

左边，他坐在

Went through their routine, found

沙发上

Some items:

拿起枪

放进嘴里，扣动了

A closed savings account and

扳机。

A checkbook with a balance of

$114 suicide, they

枪声没有唤醒

Deduced in three weeks

邻居们。

There were two new tenants:

A computer engineer named

后来

Ross and his wife

燃烧的盒装电视便餐

Anatana who studied

唤醒了他们。

Ballet

有人来了，把门

They looked like another upwardly mobile

推开，

Pair

看见了。

很快

警察来了

例行公事

发现了

这些东西：

一个已没用的

存折

一本支票簿

余额

1.14美元

自杀，他们

推断。

不到三星期

来了两个

新房客：

名叫

罗斯的

计算机工程师

和他的妻子

学芭蕾的

阿纳塔娜

他们看起来像是

积极进取的

又一对。