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　　That is a situation that we often see in our life. Please do not let your parents worry about you again!

　　【汉语翻译】

　　简回家太晚

　　简在深夜(late at night)才回家。她正要敲门，门开(open)了。她的父亲正站在门旁。他是高(tall)个子，头发(hair)都白了。“进来吧，”他说，“我都觉得冷了。”简进了家。她的母亲正在房间(room)里等她。她母亲个子很小，正坐在沙发(sofa)上，看上去脸色苍白(pale)。简的父亲把门关上了。

　　“那么，你上哪去了？”父亲闷道，“你答应(promise)在外面不超过(beyond)11点的．现在都1点了。”

　　“差一刻钟(quarter)到1点”。

　　“那没什么差别(it doesn't make any difference)。你应该早(early)点回家的”，父亲生气的说。

　　“我们都非常担心(worried)你.”母亲说。

　　“我很抱歉，”简回答，“我参加了一个聚会(party)。我没有注意到(notice)时间。”

　　“可你戴着手表(watch)”，父亲说，“你妈妈和我等了那么长时间。我们不知道你在哪里。”

　　“我可以照顾(look after)自己”，简回答道，“我又不是小孩了。”

　　这是在我们生活中经常看到的一个情形(situation)。请不要再让你的父母为你担心(worry about you)了！?

　　二十. My Son's Questions

　　Since my son was three years old, he's kept asking me“why?”about everything. Why is the sky blue? Why are there clouds? Why can't I go outside? Why do I have to be nice? Anyway, I always try my best to answer his questions.

　　Now my son is ten years old. At this age, the boy is interested in all kinds of things, and he’s got more questions to trouble me. Do people in prison celebrate festivals?Why are dogs'noses always wet? Why are women and men's shoe sizesdifferent? ...

　　These days, the boy shows interest in the facts of life, so I borrowed books from the library and prepared myself for any questions he might ask. At the end of our long talk, he still looked confused(迷惑的).“If you have any questions,”I said,“please ask them. There are no stupid questions.”

　　“Well. suppose I was married,”he said with shame,“my wife was going to give birth to a baby, and I had to rush her to the hospital, okay?”