美語情景對話 第1247期:Were you spoiled as a child? 你小時候被寵壞了嗎?

Chris: Hello, my name is Chris. I'm from the United States.

克里斯：大家好，我是克里斯，來自美國。

Phoebe: Hello, my name is Phoebe and I'm from China.

菲比：大家好，我是菲比，來自中國。

Chris: Our question is were we spoiled as children? I think I was probably a little spoiled. My grandmother got me things I wanted like Nintendo games and things like that, other kinds of video games but I don't think I was overly spoiled. I didn't get whatever I wanted, but I was an only child so I didn't have to share many things so in that sense maybe I was a little bit spoiled. How about you?

克里斯：我們要討論的問題是，我們小時候被寵壞了嗎？我認爲我可能有點兒被寵壞了。像任天堂遊戲和其他電子遊戲這種我想要的東西，我奶奶就會買給我，不過我認爲我並沒有被過分溺愛。我沒有得到所有我想要的東西，不過我是獨生子，所以我不用和兄弟姐妹分享，從這個角度來看，我可能有些被寵壞了。你呢？

Phoebe: I think, I'm the only child in my family and my parents they have not really spoiled me. I think when I was young they asked me to do my things by myself, finish the things by myself and if I want something I have to behave myself and I have to, you know, try to be good and then get my reward. So I don't think I'm a spoiled child when I was young.

菲比：我是獨生女，不過我父母沒有太溺愛我。我小時候他們會讓我自己做事，自己去完成我要做的事，如果我有想要的東西，我要表現良好，儘量努力做好事情，然後得到獎勵。所以我想我小時候並不是被寵壞的孩子。

Chris: Not too spoiled?

克里斯：沒有過於溺愛？

Phoebe: Yes.

菲比：對。

Chris: OK.

克里斯：好。

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