8. Talk Like a Grown-Up

8 Talk Like a Grown-Up Did you ever play the Talk Like a Grown-Up game? That's my favorite game in the world. We play it all the time. It's easy. All you have to do is talk like a grown-up. "You can teach me how to be like a mature grown-up?" asked Uncle Fred. "Of course we can," I told him. "It's

像大人一样说话你玩过像大人一样说话的游戏吗？ 这是我最喜欢的游戏。 我们一直在玩它。很容易。 你要做的就是像个大人一样说话。 “你能教我如何成为一个成熟的成年人吗？”弗雷德叔叔问。 “当然可以，”我告诉他。 “这是

simple. Watch." Ryan got up and stood in front of me. "Hello, Ryan," I said, putting on my low man voice. "Hello, A.J.," Ryan replied, in his own deep man voice, and we shook hands. Grown-ups are always shaking hands with each other. Nobody knows why. "Nice weather we've been having," I said. "Yes," said Ryan. "They say it may rain on Friday." "Wait a minute!" interrupted Uncle Fred. "Why are you talking about the weather?" "Because that's mostly what grown-ups talk about," I told him. "They're always talking about the weather." "Who cares about the weather?" Uncle Fred asked. "Nobody," I explained. "Just watch and learn." Ryan and I faced each other again.

简单。看。”赖安站起来，站在我面前。 “你好，瑞恩，”我说，装出低沉的男人声音。 “你好，a.j.，”瑞恩用他低沉的男人声音回答，我们握了握手。 大人们总是互相握手。 没人知道为什么。“天气一直不错，”我说。 “是的，”瑞恩说。“他们说星期五可能下雨。” “等一下！”弗雷德叔叔打断他。 “你为什么在谈论天气？”“因为那是大人们谈论的话题，”我告诉他。 “他们总是在谈论天气。” “谁在乎天气？”弗雷德叔叔问。 “没有人，”我解释说。“只要看着学就行了。” 瑞安和我又面对面了。

"Do you want to play golf next week, Ryan?" I asked. Because grown-ups are always playing golf. "That's a great idea," replied Ryan. "I need to work on my putting." "How's business, old man?" I asked. "I made a million dollars on Tuesday," replied Ryan. "Well, that's inflation," I said.* "You should buy yourself a new car." "Maybe I will," said Ryan. "Say, how about those Dodgers?" "They may go all the way this season," I replied. "The grass in my yard is getting too high," said Ryan. "You need to mow it," I replied. Then I turned to Uncle Fred. "See?" I said. "It's easy to talk like a grown-up!" "But I don't care about golf or business or cars or lawns," said Uncle Fred. "Nobody does!" I explained to him. "But grown-ups are old, so they ran out of

“莱恩，你下周想去打高尔夫球吗？”我问。 因为大人们总是打高尔夫球。 “这是个好主意，”瑞恩回答说。 “我需要练习推杆。” “生意怎么样，老头？”我问。 “我星期二赚了一百万美元，”瑞安回答说。 “嗯，这就是通货膨胀，”我说。“你应该给自己买辆新车。” “也许我会，”瑞恩说。 “喂，那些道奇队怎么样？”“他们可能会在这个季节一直走下去，”我回答。 “我院子里的草长得太高了，”瑞恩说。 “你需要修剪一下，”我回答。 然后我转向弗雷德叔叔。 “看到了吗?”我说。“像个大人一样说话很容易！”“但我不关心高尔夫球、生意、汽车或草坪，”弗雷德叔叔说。 “没有人!”我向他解释。 但是大人们都老了，所以他们都跑完了

things to say to each other a long time ago. That's why they talk about all that boring stuff. If you talk like that, you'll sound grown-up and mature." "I just don't get it," said Uncle Fred. "It's really simple," I told him. "Repeat after me: The rain in Maine goes mainly down the drain."

很久以前就该对彼此说的话了。 所以他们才会说那些无聊的事。 如果你那样说话，听起来就像个大人。” “我就是不明白。”弗雷德叔叔说。 “真的很简单，”我告诉他。 “跟我念一遍：缅因州的雨基本上都进了下水道。”

"The rain in Maine goes mainly down the drain," said Uncle Fred. "Good," I said. "One more time, where does the rain go?" "Down the drain," he replied. "Down the drain." "And where is that drain?" I asked. "In Maine!" he replied. "In Maine!" "I think he's got it!" Alexia shouted. Teaching Uncle Fred how to talk like a grown-up was a great idea, if I do say so myself. No wonder I'm in the gifted and talented program.

弗雷德叔叔说：“缅因州的雨水基本上都流入了下水道。” “很好，”我说。“再问一遍，雨都去哪儿了？”“下水道里，”他回答。 “倒在下水道里。”“排水沟在哪里？”我问。 “在缅因州！”他回答。“在缅因州!”“我想他拿到了！”亚莉克希亚喊道。 教弗雷德叔叔如何像成年人一样说话是个好主意，如果我必须这么说的话。 难怪我在天才项目里。