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还在的那口井
The Well That Is Still There
生词 · New in this passage
奶奶，这个院子里怎么还有一口老井？现在家里天天都用自来水，为什么这口井还在这儿？
Grandma, why is there still an old well in this courtyard? We use tap water every day now, so why is this well still here?
对，我们家现在天天喝自来水，也不用这口井里的水了，但是我没有填它。
Right, our family drinks tap water every day now, and we don't need the well's water either. But I never filled it in.
奶奶，为什么不填了它？没有用的东西，为什么还要它在院子里？
Grandma, why not fill it in? It's something we don't use anymore, so why keep it in the courtyard?
这口井就在院子里，没有问题，也没有人会因为它不能走路。如果我填了这口井，就没有人知道我们过去的水是从哪里来的了。
This well is just sitting in the courtyard, it isn't a problem, and no one can't walk because of it. If I filled it in, no one would know anymore where our water used to come from.
奶奶，过去的水，你是说，家里还没有自来水的时候吗？
Grandma, the water from the past, do you mean from when the house didn't have tap water yet?
对。过去，我们家里没有自来水，喝的水都是从这口老井里来的。
Right. In the past, our house had no tap water. All the water we drank came from this old well.
我知道了。这口井不是没有用，它是让我们知道过去的事情。
I get it now. This well isn't useless. It's what lets us know about the past.
对，它不是没有用的东西。它是过去的事情。
Right, it isn't just a useless thing. It is the past itself.
奶奶，那这个院子里，还有什么东西，也是这样老，没有用了，但是还在？
Grandma, then what else in this courtyard is also this old, no longer used, but still here?
看懂了吗 · Check yourself
Why doesn't the grandmother's family drink from the well anymore?
现在天天喝自来水
According to the grandmother, what would happen if she filled in the well?
没有人知道我们过去的水是从哪里来的
Before the family had tap water, where did their drinking water come from?
喝的水都是从这口老井里来的
What does the grandchild ask at the end?
这个院子里，还有什么东西，也是这样老，没有用了，但是还在
