Senior citizens are allowed to travel cheaply on a bus if they have a special card. Women get the card when they are sixty.
Mrs Mathews lived in the country but she went into town once a week to buy food and other things for the whole family, and she usually went by bus. She always had to pay the full price for her ride.
Then she reached the age of sixty and got her senior citizen card, but when she used it for the first time on the bus, it made her feel very old.
The bus driver had often seen her traveling on the bus before, and he noticed that she was feeling unhappy, so after she had paid her money, he winked(眨眼) at her and whispered: “Don’t forget to give your mother’s card back to her when you see her again.”
Mrs Mathews was very happy when she learned this.

老年人如果他们持有一张特殊的卡，允许乘车便宜地旅行。妇女如果满60岁可获得此卡。
Mathews夫人住在乡下，但她每周一次进城为全家购买食物与其他东西，且通常乘车去。她一直必须为交通工具付全额的价格。那时她到了60岁的年龄，并获得老人卡，然而当她乘车第一次使用卡时，使她感到非常年老。司机以前经常看到她乘车来往，并注意到她不感到愉快，因而在她付费后，司机向她使眼色、低声道：“当你再见到你母亲，千万不要忘记把你母亲的卡换给她。”
当Mathews夫人听到此话非常高兴。
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