一个网络专栏作者的自白

Confessions of a Cyber Columnist

对于一个中年男子来说，遭遇羞辱的场合太多了：当坐在一个年轻貌美的女子对面进餐时，你的假牙可能会不小心蹦出来；当在服装店咨询一条时髦的裤子时，店员可能不无轻蔑地告诉你，那可不是为你这类人设计的……还有更厉害的羞辱，那会发生在你步入一家电脑商店之后。

Various sorts of humiliation are available to the middle-aged man. You can dance in public. You can try to buy fashionable trousers in a department store, only to be told with a pitiless glance that ＂they aren＇t made in your size, sir＂. Your dentures can pop out in the canteen when you＇re sitting opposite that attractive girl from marketing. You can be overtaken by an old granny walking home with her shopping while you attempt to cycle uphill.