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So the only thing I'm asking for this year is a deluxe leather recliner. My Uncle Charlie has one, and he practically LIVES in that thing. The main reason I want my own recliner is because if I had one, I wouldn't have to go up to my room after watching TV late at night. I could just sleep right in the chair. Plus, these recliners have all sorts of features, like a neck massager and adjustable firmness and stuff like that. I figure I could use the "vibrate" feature to

所以今年我唯一想要的就是一张豪华皮革躺椅。 我的查理叔叔有一辆，他几乎就住在那辆车里。 我想要自己的躺椅的主要原因是，如果我有一个，我就不必在深夜看完电视后回到我的房间了。 我可以直接睡在椅子上。 此外，这些躺椅有各种各样的功能，比如颈部按摩器和可调节的松紧度等等。 我想我可以用震动功能

make Dad's lectures a lot more tolerable. The only reason I'd ever need to get up is to go to the bathroom. But maybe I should just wait until next year to ask for a recliner, because I bet they'll have that taken care of in the new model. Thursday I asked Mom to take me back to Bombshells Beauty

让爸爸的课更容易忍受。 我需要起床的唯一原因就是去洗手间。 但也许我应该等到明年再要求一个躺椅，因为我敢打赌他们会在新车型中照顾到这一点。 星期四，我让妈妈带我回炸弹美容店

Salon again today, even though I didn't really need a haircut. I just felt like catching up on the town gossip. HIIIIIIIIIIIII, GREGGGGGGG! Annette, my hairstylist, said she heard from a lady who knows Mrs. Jefferson that me and Rowley had a falling out. Apparently, Rowley's "heartbroken" because I didn't invite him to my birthday party. Well, if Rowley's upset, you wouldn't know it from looking at him. Every time I see Rowley, he's palling around with his dad. So the way it looks to me, he's already got himself a new best friend.

今天又去沙龙了，虽然我不是真的需要理发。 我只是想聊聊镇上的八卦。 HIIIIIIIIIIIII, GREGGGGGGG !安妮特，我的发型师，说她从一位认识杰斐逊夫人的女士那里听说我和罗利闹翻了。 显然，罗利很“伤心”因为我没有邀请他参加我的生日派对。 如果罗利不高兴，你从他的外表看不出来。 每次我看到罗利，他都和他爸爸在一起。 所以在我看来，他已经有了一个新的好朋友。

I just wanna say I think it stinks that Rowley gets to go to the country club even though he still owes money on that fruit smoothie bill. Unfortunately, Rowley's chummy relationship with his dad is starting to affect my life. Mom says the way Rowley and his dad hang out together is "neat" and that me and Dad should go fishing or play catch in the front yard or something. But the thing is, me and Dad just aren't cut out for that kind of father-son stuff. The last time Mom tried to get me and Dad to do something like that together, it ended with me having to pull him out of Rappahannock Creek.

我只是想说，我觉得罗利去乡村俱乐部太糟糕了尽管他还欠着水果奶昔的钱。 不幸的是，罗利和他爸爸的亲密关系开始影响我的生活了。 妈妈说罗利和他爸爸一起出去玩的方式很“整洁”，我和爸爸应该去钓鱼，或者在前院玩接球游戏什么的。 但问题是，我和爸爸不适合那种父子关系。 上次妈妈想让我和爸爸一起做这种事，结果我不得不把他从拉帕汉诺克河拉出来。

Mom won't let it go, though. She says she wants to see more "affection" between Dad and us boys. And that's created some really awkward moments. Friday Today I was watching TV, minding my own business, when I heard a knock at the front door. Mom said there was a "friend" there to see me, so I thought it

但是妈妈不会放过它的。 她说她希望看到爸爸和我们男孩之间有更多的“感情”。 这就造成了一些非常尴尬的时刻。 星期五今天我正在看电视，想着自己的事，这时我听到了敲门声。 妈妈说有个“朋友”要来看我，所以我就想

must be Rowley coming to apologize. But it wasn't Rowley. It was Fregley. After I recovered from my initial shock, I slammed the door shut. I started to panic because I didn't know what Fregley was doing at my front door. After a few minutes went by, I looked out the side window, and Fregley was still standing there.

一定是罗利来道歉的。 但那不是罗利。是弗雷格利。 当我从最初的震惊中恢复过来后，我砰地关上了门。 我开始恐慌起来，因为我不知道弗雷格利在我家前门干什么。 几分钟过去了，我从侧窗往外看，弗雷格利还站在那里。