We both dropped out of high school and depended on our monthly welfare check to survive. Not much of a beginning for a marriage.

高中的时候我们双双退学，每月靠社会福利过活，对于婚姻的突然开始真的是没有什么准备。

But now, as I listened to an apartment neighbor talk about her monthly "Mother's Day" gift, I realized she was talking about her welfare check.

然而现在，当我听到我的邻居谈及她每月的“母亲节”礼物时，我才知道她所说的正是她的福利金。