A:I had much trouble with my son Dick.

我现在管不了我儿子迪克了。

B:You should not worry about that in the least for I had trouble withmy daugllter too.

你用不着担心，我也经常与我女儿发生矛盾。

A:I suppose Dick's like me that way too I believe.

我想，迪克随我。

B:That's not bad.

那并不是件坏事呀!

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.

问题就坏在这里了。我三番五次地告诉他，不要照我做的去做，而要照我说的去做。可似乎根本没有用。

B:Look here,Bill,suppose you just tell me what's happened and I'Il try to work things out for you.

比尔，看着我，究竟发生了什么，你快告诉我。我将帮你理出个头绪来。

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……告诉他不要去看脱衣舞女郎，因为他可能会看到不该看的东西，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，这个方面我不是专家，不过我猜想那孩子……

A:That's it.You've guessed it right. He saw me there.

没错，你猜对了，他看见我在那儿。