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Robart: Where's your family ?
Francesca: My husband took the kids to the I IS State Fair for my daughter 's Entrance Prrize steer.
Robert: How old ?
Francesca: Oh, a Year and half.
Robert: No, you know, I mean kids.
Francesca: Oh, Michael is 17 and Carofyn is 16.
Robert: lt's nice to have kids.
Francesca: Yea, but they are not kids any more. Things change.
Frabert: They always do. One the law of nature, Most people are afraid of change, but if you look at it like it's something that can always count on, then it can loe a comfort. It doesn't have many things that you can count on.
Francesca: Ah, I guess l'm one of those people that frightens anything.
Robert: No, I doubt that.
Francesca: Why did you say that ?
Robert: From ltaly to lowa, that's a big change.
Francesca: No. But Richard was in the army there. I married him when I was living in Naples, I didn't know anything about lowa. I just cared that it was America, and of course. oeing with Richardson.
Robert: VVhat 's he like ?
Francesca : He is very clean and.
Robert: Clean?
Francesca: Yeah, no. I mean ( laugh ) he is a very hard worker,very caring, honest He is gent(e , he is good father.
Robert : C1ean ?
Francesca: Yeah.
Robert: And you like liv;ng in lowa, ) guess.
Francesca: Em, yea
Robert: Go ahead.I'm not going to telI anyone.
Francesca: Oh. l'm supposed to say, lt's just fine, lt's quiet. The people are really nice, and all that is true, mostly. lt's quiet and people are nice. In some ways, you know, we'II help each other out. When someone is sick or hurt, all the neighbors come in. They pick com. or harvest oats, whatever. When it's been done, you're going to town, you can leave your car unlocked, let the kids run around, don't worry about them. Yea, there are lot of nice things about peopte here and I respect them for these qualities, but--
Robert: But ?
Francesca: Well, it is not what I dreamed of as a girl.
Robert: Yea. I scribbfed something down the other day. I often do that when I am on the road. It goes like this, the old dreams or good dreams, they didn't work out, but I had them. I don't know what all that means, just thought it might be used someday. Well, anyway I thlnk I kind of know how you feel.
罗伯特：您的家人呢？
弗朗西斯卡：我丈夫带着孩子们去了伊利诺伊州集市，我女儿的小公牛要参加决赛。
罗伯特：多大了？
弗朗西斯卡：噢，一岁半。
罗伯特：不，我是问孩子多大。
弗朗西斯卡：哦，迈克尔1 7岁，卡罗琳1 6岁。
罗伯特：有孩子真幸福。
弗朗西斯卡：是啊，可他们不再是小孩子了。事物总会变化的。
罗伯特：事物总是会变化的，这是自然法则。大多数人害怕变化，但如果你把它看成是某种你总是可以依赖的东西的话，那它就能成为一种安慰。世上可依赖的东西并不是很少。
弗朗西斯卡：嗯，我想也是，我秀害怕变化。
罗伯特：不，我不信。
弗朗西斯卡：为什么这么说？
罗伯特：从意大利到衣阿华，这可是一个不小的变化。
弗朗西斯卡：是啊，但理查德当时在那儿服役。在那不勒斯的时候我嫁给了他，我对衣阿华一无所知。我只关心那儿就是美国，当然，还有和理查森在一起。
罗伯特：他怎么样？
弗朗西斯卡：他非常干净和……
罗伯特：干净？
弗朗西斯卡：是的，不，我是说（笑）他工作非常勤奋，关心体贴，真诚老实。他很温柔，是个好爸爸。
罗伯特：干净？
弗朗西斯卡：是的。
罗伯特：我想你是很喜欢衣阿华的生活。
弗朗西斯卡：嗯，是的。
罗伯特：说下去，我不会告诉任何人的。
弗朗西斯卡：噢，我应该说，一切都还好。这儿很幽静，人们都非常好。所有这一切都是真的。还有，这儿安静、人也好。你知道，在有些方面是这样，我们互相帮助。当有人病了或受伤了，邻居们都会来看望，他们帮忙摘玉米，或收割麦子，什么都做。忙完了手头的活，你去镇上，你可以不锁车，让小孩们到处奔跑戏耍而不用替他们操心。是呵，这里的人们有很多优点，因为这些品质，我尊重他们。但是．．
罗伯特：什么？
弗朗西斯卡：咳，我少女时代的梦想并不是这样的。
罗伯特：是啊，前两天我记下了一些东西，我外出上路时有这习惯。大概内容是这样的：¨旧梦与好梦，虽然没能实现，但我曾经梦过。我不完全明白其中的意思，只是认为总有一天它也许会有用。好啦，总之我想我有点理解你的感受。