New Year's Dinner
  
As in many homes on New Year's Day, my wife and I faced the annual conflict of which was more important - the football games on television, or the dinner itself. To keep peace, I ate dinner with the rest of the family, and even lingered for some pleasant after-dinner conversation before retiring to the family room to turn on the game.
过新年时，像很多家庭一样，我和妻子会面临一场一年一度的口舌之争，到底哪个更重要——电视上的足球比赛还是宴会本身。为了不再起争端，我便同家人共进了晚餐，甚至悠闲地参与了令人愉快的饭后谈天。之后，我就溜到家庭活动室，开始看比赛。
Several minutes later, my wife came downstairs and graciously even bought a cold drink for me. She smiled, kissed me on the cheek and asked what the score was. I told her it was the end of the third quarter and that the score was still nothing to nothing.
几分钟后，我妻子下楼来，还通情达理地给我捎了一杯饮料。她满面笑容，吻了吻我的脸颊，问了问我比分如何。我告诉她比赛已过四分之三，比分仍是零比零。
"See?" she said, continuing to smile, "You didn't miss a thing."
“看到么？”她继续笑着说，“你啥也没落下。”
Notes:
1.conflict: A state of disharmony between incompatible or antithetical persons, ideas, or interests; a clash.
                冲突不相容或持不同见解的人思想或兴趣之间的矛盾；冲突.
2.gracious: Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy.
                 亲切的，和蔼的以和善和殷勤为特征的.
3.miss: To let go by; let slip.  
            错过；失去：

haha,this is very fun for ball fan!