英汉词典

A：Mom, can we get cable TV or a satellite dish?
      妈妈，我们可以装有线电视或者卫星电视吗？

B：It costs money, dear. What’s wrong with the regular television stations?
      亲爱的，那可很贵呢。一般的电视台有什么不好？

A：The shows are dull and they’re too many advertisements.
      这些节目都很没趣，而且广告太多了。

B：Well, you already watch too much TV instead of doing your homework, anyway.
      哦，你可是光看那么多电视不做作业了。

A：There ’re educational stations too. I could learn while I watched TV.
      （卫星电视）也有教育电视台嘛。我可以一边看电视一边学习。

B：Well, that’s true, but you’d probably only watch cartoons and action movies.
      哦，那倒是真的。可是你可能只会看卡通片或动作片哦。

A：No I wouldn’t…can’t we get cable? Everybody has cable.
      不，我不会的。我们不可以装有线电视吗？家家都有。

B：Well, if everybody jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?
      那么，如果人人都跳河，你也跟着跳吗？

A：Mom!!!! Please. All my friends have had it for years.
      妈妈！拜托，我的朋友们几年前就有了。

B：Get new friends.
      那就交一些新朋友。

A：Why are you always so mean?
      你为什么总是这么小气？

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B：Because you’d end up spoiled rotten if I wasn’t.
      如果我不这样的话你肯定会被我宠得不行的。

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A：I could help pay for it.
      那我也可以出一部分钱嘛。

B：Let’s see how your grades are this semester, and maybe I’ll talk to your father about it.
      我们看看你这个学期考得怎么样，然后我倒可以和你爸爸商量一下。

A：O.K. Thanks, Mom!
      好的，谢谢妈妈。