"你管那东西叫帽子？"我对妻子说。
'Do you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.
"你没必要这么粗鲁，"妻子一边照镜子，一边回答道。
'You needn't be so rude about it,' my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror.
我坐在一把那种有洞的现代椅子上，等了起来。
I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it and waited.
我们已经在帽子店里待了半个小时了，而妻子还站在镜子前。
We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.
"我们不该买那些我们不需要的东西，"我突然说道。
'We mustn't buy things we don't need,' I remarked suddenly.
我几乎立刻就后悔说了那句话。
I regretted saying it almost at once.
"你本来没必要说那句话的，"我妻子回答道。
'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered.
"我不必提醒你那条你昨天买的可怕领带吧。"
'I needn't remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.'
"我觉得它很漂亮，"我说道。"一个男人永远不嫌领带太多。"
'I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have too many ties.'
"女人的帽子也永远不嫌多，"她回答道。
'And a woman can't have too many hats,' she answered.
十分钟后，我们一起走出了那家店。
Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together.
我妻子戴着一顶看起来像灯塔一样的帽子！
My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse!