【读新闻学英语】72岁奶奶爱上19岁的小丈夫，小奶狗过气后会流行“小奶孙”吗？

A 72-year-old grandmother insists she has found "true love" with her 19-year-old husband - who says he has "never been attracted to younger women". Almeda Errell, from Maryville, Tennessee, fell in love with husband Gary Hardwick at a birthday party, with the pair enjoying a whirlwind romance.

一位72岁的奶奶相信，自己和19岁的丈夫在一起是真爱。小丈夫表示自己从未被年轻女性吸引过。来自Tennessee，Maryville的Almeda Errell在生日聚会上与Gary Hardwick一见钟情，两人就陷入了龙卷风般的爱情中。

insists：坚持

whirlwind：旋风，龙卷风

After just two weeks of dating, the couple decided to get married, despite their 53-year-old age gap. Gary - who is younger than one of Almeda's grandsons - describes himself as "really mature for his age", and had just come out of an unhappy relationship with a 77-year-old woman when he met Almeda.

约会了两周之后他俩就准备结婚，虽然年龄差距达到了53岁。小丈夫Gary比Almeda的一个孙子还小，他形容自己“比实际年龄更成熟”。在遇见Almeda之前，他刚刚与77岁的前女友分手。

despite：虽然

mature：成熟

Speaking about her relationship with teenager Gary, mother-of-four Almeda said: "If you love somebody, age is just a number."I've now been happily married going on two years with my true soul mate.

谈到和年轻丈夫Gary的关系，已经是四个孩子母亲的Almeda说到：“如果你爱某人，年龄就只是个数字。我们结婚两年了，非常幸福，他是我的灵魂伴侣。”

teenager：青少年

soul mate：灵魂伴侣

Gary meanwhile said it was love at first sight for him and the grandmother-of-six."The first thing that attracted me to Almeda was her beautiful, gorgeous blue eyes. And her personality," he said. " She's always full of laughter and we just connected so well. Everything about her has just captured my heart since day one. "

Gary也说到他对有六个孙子的Almeda也是一见钟情，“看她第一眼吸引到我的是她美丽动人的蓝眼睛，以及她的性格。她总是特别爱笑，我们之间的关系非常好。从第一天开始，关于她的每一件事情都让我心动。”

gorgeous：光彩夺目的

personality：个性

The couple had previously described how they had first noticed each other at the funeral of Almeda's son, before meeting again at a birthday party.Almeda said she had been struggling to cope with the death of her first husband Donald and her eldest son Robert, 45, when she met Gary, then 17.

他们俩第一次见面是在Almeda儿子的葬礼上，第二次见面是在生日聚会上。Almeda痛苦地经历了第一任丈夫Donald的去世和45岁儿子Robert的去世，之后才遇到了当时17岁的Gary。

funeral：葬礼

struggling：挣扎

The couple, who have now been married for two years, say they're still happier than ever - although they admit that not everyone in the family has been accepting of their relationship.

这对已经结婚两年的夫妇表示，他们仍然比以前更快乐，虽然他们承认并非所有的家庭都能接受他们的关系。

admit：承认

accepting：接受