A:I had much trouble with my son Dick.
我現(xiàn)在管不了我兒子迪克了。
B:You should not worry about that in the least for I had trouble withmy daugllter too.
你用不著擔(dān)心,我也經(jīng)常與我女兒發(fā)生矛盾。
A:I suppose Dick's like me that way too I believe.
我想,迪克隨我。
B:That's not bad.
那并不是件壞事呀!
A:That's just too bad.I told him time and again not to do wh atI did but to do what I told him to do.but that didn't seem to work at all.
問(wèn)題就壞在這里了。我三番五次地告訴他,不要照我做的去做,而要照我說(shuō)的去做。可似乎根本沒(méi)有用。
B:Look here,Bill,suppose you just tell me what's happened and I'Il try to work things out for you.
比爾,看著我,究竟發(fā)生了什么,你快告訴我。我將幫你理出個(gè)頭緒來(lái)。
A:Well,I sort of told Dick not to go to see striptease ladies, for he could see tllings he actuallV shouldn't and what do you think he did?
我,呃,呃……告訴他不要去看脫衣舞女郎,因?yàn)樗赡軙?huì)看到不該看的東西,你知道他怎么了?
B:What?
怎么?
A:Believe it or not. that was exactly what he did,and do you know what he saw there7
信不信由你,他恰恰那么做了,你猜他看到了什么?
B:Er,well,I am not much of an expert but I can guess what the boy...
呃,這個(gè)方面我不是專(zhuān)家,不過(guò)我猜想那孩子……
A:That's it.You've guessed it right. He saw me there.
沒(méi)錯(cuò),你猜對(duì)了,他看見(jiàn)我在那兒。