B ut after so many months of drinking coffee and watching French movies, the survey result showed that Tsang Chun-wah's definition of middle class was wrong. I am really peed off（slang for angry）with him. Over 90 percent of the people who participated（took part）in the survey said people must own a flat （apartment in American English）to belong to the middle class. More than 57 percent of them said the flat must be worth between $2 million and $8 million. I do not own an apartment and cannot afford to buy one.
The survey result also showed that people must be well-educated to join the middle class. I never went to university because I loved writing so much that I became a journalist after secondary school. Since I don't have a flat and am not well-educated, I am shut out of（cannot enter）the middle class forever unless I win the Mark Six. The more I think about this, the more pissed off（same as peed off）I am with Tsang Chun-wah. I have been wasting time drinking coffee and watching French movies. I have to find a way to stop feeling down in the dumps. I think the best way is for Tsang Chun-wah to kowtow（bow）to me and pay me back all the money I spent on coffee and French movies.
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我感到很憂鬱（down in the dumps）。自上星期在媒體讀到有關中產的報道，我便開始感到很憂傷（down in the dumps）。智經研究中心（Centre，美式串法為center）於調查中問及香港人如何定義（define）中產。調查結果令我心灰意冷，因為它說明了我不屬於中產階層。財政司司長曾俊華二月時曾在電台節目上談及，喝咖啡和看法國電影的人是中產之一。自他這樣說以來，我便在喝咖啡，即使我偏好喝茶；我也有看法國電影，即使我認為它們相當沉悶。
但在我經過多個月咖啡和法國電影的洗禮後，調查結果卻顯示曾俊華對中產的定義（definition）是錯誤的。我真的很氣（peed off）他。超過九成參與（participated）調查的人表示，要做中產必先擁有一個居住單位（flat，美式英文是apartment）。超過五成七的受訪者更說，那個單位（flat）的價值必須介乎二百萬至八百萬之間。我一個單位也沒有，也買不起一層樓。
那項統計結果更表示，人必須受過高等教育，方能成為中產。我從來沒有讀過大學，因為我太熱愛寫作，中學畢業後便立即做記者。我既沒有居住單位（flat），更沒有受過高等教育，因此我便永遠被拒於（shut out of）中產大門之外，除非我中六合彩吧。我愈是這樣想，便愈發現對曾俊華生氣（pissed off，與peed off一樣）。我實在枉費了喝咖啡和看法國電影的時間。我得找個方法去令自己不再悲傷（down in the dumps）。我認為最好的方法是叫曾俊華向我叩頭（kowtow），而且奉還我所有花在咖啡和法國電影上的錢。
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中譯:七刻
Michael Chugani 褚簡寧
Source: http://news.hkheadline.com/dailynews/headline_news_detail_columnist.asp?id=253843§ion_name=wtt&kw=126