A: Yesterday my landlady1 seemed surprised when I told her I went for
a walk every day. I think she didn't believe me.
B: Oh, she probably believed you, but people don't do much walking
anymore for pleasure, or even for exercise. Almost everyone has a
car nowadays.
A: I've noticed that no one I meet ever appears to be walking just
for walking's sake2. Perhaps I'd better sTOP doing it.
B: No, I wouldn't sTOP. It's supposed to be good exercise, and there
are a few walkers left. Probably more people would take walks if we
valued exercise more and time less.
Notes
Landlady 女房东
Value 觉得是要紧的
A：昨天我对我的女房东说，天天我都出外散步。看来她感到非常惊奇。大概她不相信我的话。
B：哦，她或许相信你的话，不过大家极少为了消遣或训练身体而再去散步了。目前差不多每一个人都有汽车。
A：我发现我所遇见的人中仿佛无人是纯粹出来散步的。可能我也最好停止散步。
B：不，我不会停止。这应该是一种非常不错的训练，而且仍然有一些人在散步。假如大家愈加看重训练而不吝惜时间，可能有更多的人去散步
