走遍美國
The Community Center(社區中心) ACT I
1 . Thanks. Nice to meet you ... again.謝謝。很高興又……見到你。
2 . have been postponed indefinitely.被迫無限期延緩。"
3 . He doesn't have any family with him.他沒有家人和他在一起。
4 . for the repainting of the interior of the building用來重新粉刷內部
5 . In town. At the hardware store.在鎮上。在五金行裡。
6 . I can't wait.我迫不及待。
7 . Do you want something cold to drink?想喝點什麼冰涼的東西嗎？
8 . and depends on places like a community center主要靠社區中心這樣的地方
9 . was supposed to be made into a community center原計劃改成一個社區交誼中心
10 . part of the building for younger people.另一部分給年輕人用。
11 . You think I can just skip it now and get to it at college?你想我現在略過數學， 等到上了大學再學， 可以嗎？
12 . Is something the matter, Grandpa?怎麼了，爺爺？
13 . But there's the old community center on Elm Street.但是在Elm街有一個舊的社區中心。
14 . Nat's not as lucky as I am, Robbie.Nat不像我這樣幸運， Robbie。
15 . The editorial in this paper has my friend Nat Baker real upset.這張報紙上的社論著實令我的朋友Nat Baker不高興。
16 . I remember now. Right. Hi.我現在想起來了。對了。嗨。
17 . and for the furniture needed,和購買必需家俱，
18 . Really. I didn't like math.真的。我不喜歡數學。
19 . I told you. He'll use any excuse to avoid math.我說嘛 ，他就是要找各種藉口來逃避數學。
20 . I was the same way.我當年也是這樣。
21 . I thought that was Nat Baker who rang the front doorbell.我還以為是Nat Baker 按大門門鈴呢。
22 . Then, in college, I became good at it.然後， 在大學， 我變得很精於數學。
23 . But you had to be good at math.但是你數學一定很好。
24 . No problem, Grandpa.沒有關係爺爺。
25 . You graduated from engineering school.你是從工學院畢業的。
26 . We're just having some cola我們只是先喝點可樂
27 . He's coming over to talk about it.他就是要來談這個問題。
28 . It's too noisy for some older people like Nat.它對於像Nat這樣的老人來說太吵了。
29 . Hi, Mr. Baker. We met before.嗨， Baker先生， 我們以前見過面。
30 . I really appreciate you coming over to help me with my math.我真的很感謝你過來幫我補習數學。
31 . That's why the new community center is a good idea.這就是為什麼說新的社區中心是個好主意。
32 . Then there's hope for Robbie.看來Robbie 還有希望。
33 . I wasn't good at it, and I didn't like studying it.我不精於此道， 也不愛去學它。
34 . Come on! You'll hear about it.來吧， 來聽聽。
35 . It's hard for some older people to take all that noise.一些老年人沒辦法忍受那些噪音。
36 . Don't let me interrupt you.別讓我打攪你們。
37 . to serve the senior citizens為Riverdale的老年人
38 . Cola coming up.可樂馬上就來了。
39 . if you skip it now.假如你現在略過它的話。
40 . She's coming over this morning to help me with my math.她今天早晨要過來幫我補習數學。
41 . to be with people--people his own age.和別人交往像他那般年紀的人。
42 . Ah! I'll read it to you.啊！ 我來讀給你聽聽。
43 . What's the problem?是什麼問題？
44 . and the problem is that it's set up primarily for kids to play.而問題是它主要是讓孩子們去玩的。
45 . It's a serious matter for a lot of us.對我們許多人來說這可是個嚴重的問題。
46 . My final exam is next Tuesday.期終考就在下週二。
47 . This is Alexandra Pappas, and this is my grandson Robbie,這是Alexandra Pappas ，這是我孫子Robbie
48 . You'll never get to college to find out, Robbie,你根本就進不了大學去探究這個問題的答案 ，Robbie，
49 . Nice to meet you, Mr. Baker.很高興見到你， Baker先生。
50 . Sit down, Robbie. Let's get to work.坐下來 ，Robbie， 讓我們開始做功課吧。