纽约的老报人协会定期聚餐,席间,大家常常讲些往事助兴。这天,老报人比尔先生——这个协会的副主席讲了一段自己的经历。比尔十岁那年,妈妈死了;接着,爸爸也死了,留下七个孤 The New Newspaper Association of New York regularly repasts. During the dinner, people often talk about something to add to it. On this day, the old newspaper person, Mr. Bill, the vice chairman of the association, talked about his own experience. When Bill was ten years old, his mother died; then, Dad died and left seven orphans.