走遍美國
The Community Center(社區中心) ACT I
1 . 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。
2 . 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。
3 . part of the building for younger people.另一部分給年輕人用。
4 . I remember now. Right. Hi.我現在想起來了。對了。嗨。
5 . Don't let us keep you from your math tutoring, Robbie.別讓我們妨礙你的數學家教， Robbie。
6 . 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。
7 . I was. But not in high school.說的對。但高中時不好。
8 . We're just having some cola我們只是先喝點可樂
9 . I'd love some cola, please.請給我可樂。
10 . whom I think you've met once or twice before.我想你以前見過他一兩次面。
11 . Nice to meet you, Mr. Baker.很高興見到你， Baker先生。
12 . He lives alone他一個人生活
13 . and depends on places like a community center主要靠社區中心這樣的地方
14 . Thanks. Nice to meet you ... again.謝謝。很高興又……見到你。
15 . I know you want to get to it.我知道你想要開始啦。
16 . He doesn't have any family with him.他沒有家人和他在一起。
17 . Do you want something cold to drink?想喝點什麼冰涼的東西嗎？
18 . But there's the old community center on Elm Street.但是在Elm街有一個舊的社區中心。
19 . Nat's not as lucky as I am, Robbie.Nat不像我這樣幸運， Robbie。
20 . I thought that was Nat Baker who rang the front doorbell.我還以為是Nat Baker 按大門門鈴呢。
21 . the plans for the community center這項修建社區中心的計劃
22 . 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，
23 . Come on! You'll hear about it.來吧， 來聽聽。
24 . No problem, Grandpa.沒有關係爺爺。
25 . 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。
26 . to be with people--people his own age.和別人交往像他那般年紀的人。
27 . I see what you mean.我明白你的意思。
28 . Hi, Mr. Baker. We met before.嗨， Baker先生， 我們以前見過面。
29 . as well as the younger people of Riverdale.和年輕人服務。
30 . to serve the senior citizens為Riverdale的老年人
31 . Then there's hope for Robbie.看來Robbie 還有希望。
32 . 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。
33 . I can't wait.我迫不及待。
34 . In town. At the hardware store.在鎮上。在五金行裡。
35 . The old library building on Chestnut Street,Chestnut街老圖書館，
36 . I never realized that.我從來沒有意識到這點。
37 . He's coming over to talk about it.他就是要來談這個問題。
38 . 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。
39 . This is Alexandra Pappas, and this is my grandson Robbie,這是Alexandra Pappas ，這是我孫子Robbie
40 . He'll do anything to avoid getting down to math lessons,他老是設法想逃避數學，
41 . and for the furniture needed,和購買必需家俱，
42 . why you have so many problems with math.為什麼你在數學方面有那麼多問題。
43 . Then, in college, I became good at it.然後， 在大學， 我變得很精於數學。
44 . A serious matter.一個嚴重的問題。
45 . before getting to the tough stuff--math.在對付難纏的東西 數學 之前。
46 . You graduated from engineering school.你是從工學院畢業的。
47 . Really. I didn't like math.真的。我不喜歡數學。
48 . But you had to be good at math.但是你數學一定很好。
49 . We'll talk about it out there.我們到外頭談。
50 . 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。