Franklin:
Mom, I need to talk to you. 

妈,我想跟你聊聊。
Mom:
Sure, honey. What is it? 

当然了,宝贝。怎么了?
Franklin:
I got a role in school Christmas play. 

我在学校圣诞节的演出得到了一个角色。
Mom:
Congratulations, son. What’s bad about it? Isn’t it that you always want to do? 

恭喜你,儿子。有什么问题吗?这不是你一直想做的事情吗?
Franklin:
I’m cool with the acting part except for the Christmas song. I can’t sing. 

表演部分我很喜欢。可是圣诞歌,我不行。我唱不了。
Mom:
Who told that? Of course you can sing. 

谁说的?你当然能唱了。
Franklin:
Mom, the thing is I don’t like singing at all. Plus I am tone-deaf. 

妈,问题是我跟不就不喜欢唱歌。而且我还五音不全。
Mom:
That’s not entirely true. You are not that bad. You can rap a little bit. Let’s make it work this time, ok? 

也不全这样啊。你没有那么差劲了啦。你会点儿说唱。我们努力让这次成功,好不好?


