Quality Time /黄金时间
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- Quality Time ACT I
- Where's Mom?
- She went to a school-board meeting.
- I don't know how she does it.
- She sure keeps busy.
- It's important to her.
- There are lots of places to go,
- lots of things to do.
- She can't sit around and do nothing.
- Philip works late.
- I guess you're right.
- I wish I had her energy.
- Anybody home?
- We're in here, Dad.
- Oh. Hi, gang.
- Hello, Philip.
- How was your day?
- My day was just fine.
- So was my night.
- It's almost ten o'clock.
- Mmm. I'm starving.
- Um ... where's Mom?
- She went to a school-board meeting.
- There's a note for you on the refrigerator.
- Oh?
- Did you have dinner, Robbie?
- Yeah.
- Mike and I had a hamburger at the diner.
- I came home a little while ago.
- You've been working late
- almost every night this week, Dad.
- Aren't you exhausted?
- I don't have time to be exhausted.
- You and Mom haven't had dinner together with us
- in almost a full week.
- Yeah,
- I feel bad
- about us not having dinner with the family,
- but our schedules are so different.
- Either I'm at the hospital doing paperwork,
- or Mom is at a committee meeting.
- I frankly don't know what to do about it.
- I'm worried about you and Mom.
- You really have been working too hard.
- Well,
- I think I've had enough of that sandwich.
- You didn't finish it.
- It's not good to eat before going to bed.
- A cookie can't hurt, though.
- Well,
- I'm heading off for bed
- and a good night's sleep.
- Well, good night.
- Good night, Son.
- Good night, Dad.
- I'm going to bed.
- Good night, Philip.
- Haven't you finished balancing that checkbook?
- I found another mistake.
- I'll be off to bed myself in a minute.
- OK. Good night.
- I'm really concerned about them,
- Grandpa.
- Concerned about whom?
- About Mom and Dad.
- They hardly ever see each other.
- Dad often works late,
- and Mom has all these committees she's on.
- What do you propose to do about it?
- You have that look in your eye.
- I don't know,
- but there must be a way
- of getting them to spend more time together.
- Quality time.
- balancing his checkbook：核对支票存款户头。美国的银行，会按月把客户当月所开的支票和收支对账单寄给客户，供其核对正确与否。客户要注意这些支票是不是自己开出的，以及在计算上是否有误。客户做这种核对的工作，称为“balancing one's checkbook”。 checkbook是支票簿。
- She sure keeps busy. 她真是忙个不停。
- She can't sit around and do nothing. 她总不能闲坐着无所事事啊。
- Anybody home? 家里有人吗？
- We're in here. 我们在里面。
- fridge=refrigerator. 电冰箱。
- cookies：A cookie is the same as a biscuit. 饼干（单数为cookie）。
- diner：（外表像餐车的）餐馆。Diner原来是较小、较简陋的餐馆，常装璜成火车餐车的样式，而且通常24小时营业。近年来有些Diner餐馆门面越来越豪华，已超越传统的模样了。
- either…or…：或者……或者，不是……就是……
- frankly：You use frankly when boldly stating a feeling or opinion. 坦白地，直率地，真诚地。例如：I frankly don't know what to do about it. 坦白地说我不知道该怎样解决。
- A cookie can't hurt, though. 但一块饼干没什么关系。这里“though”和“but”意思相同，只是but要放在句前，though则放在句后。这句话也可以改成：“But a cookie can't hurt.”
- I'm heading off for bed and a good night's sleep.我先去睡了，要睡个好觉。
- be off to：to go to. 去。I'll be off to bed myself in a minute. 过一会儿我也去睡了。
- I'm really concerned about them. 我真为他们担心。
- hardly ever：almost never, seldom, rarely. 几乎从不，很少。
- Mom has all these committees she's on. 妈妈又在那么多委员会里担任工作。
- propose to do…：to suggest doing…建议做……
- You have that look in your eye. 从你眼神里看得出有那个意思。当你从对方的表情中看出他的想法时，可以说这句话。
- quality time：黄金时光。当人们在一起做他们极乐意做的事，或极值得做的事时，他们这段相处的时光非常宝贵，称为 Quality time。
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