64-66CareerACT"Rock-a-bye,baby,onthetreetop,搖呀搖在在Whenthewindblows,風兒輕輕吹Thecradlewillrock.Whentheboughbreaks,樹枝若折斷Thecradlewillfall,搖籃會掉落Anddownwillcomebaby,Cradleandall."Hi,Marilyn,嗨Marilyn。Whatareyoung?在做什麼Justsketching.I'vebeenthinkingalotaboutourresponsibilitiesinthepastfewweeks.Ineverstopthinkingaboutthem.I'vebeenwrestling我一直右withthequestionofwhetherIgobacktoworkornot.Isee.AndI'mtorn.Ireallywanttogobacktowork,的想回去工usemytalents,發(fā)揮才andpursuemycareerinfashiondesignlikewealwaysthoughtIwould.ButnowIwanttobewithMaxasafull-timemother,Maxespeciallywhenhe'sababy.Ireallyunderstand,Marilyn.的能理解MariilynButyouneverhavetoworryaboutMax.Maax。There'sMotherandGrandpa...有和祖父呢……andIcwaysarrangemyphotoschedule而且我也能隨時安排排攝影aroundyourschedule,ifthatwillhelp.It'snotthesame,Richard.那是不一樣的RichhardHaveyoudiscussedgoingbacktoworkwithyourboss?已跟的討論論過回去工作的RitaMaecalledyesterday.RitaMae昨天打話來Ah!That'swhat'sgotyouthinking,isn'tit?噢就是那通使使開始思量起來的ShewantstoknowwhenIthinkI'llbereturningtotheboutique.whenIthinkI'llbereturningtotheboutique.Andyousaid...?那怎麼說的IsaidI'dgiveherananswerinafewdaysthatIwasn'tsure.I'msureRitaMaewillunderstandRitaMaeandwaituntilyou'rereadytogobacktowork.Well,maybeshewill,andmaybeshewon't.Whoknows?IfIdon'tacceptheroffer,maybesfindsomeoneelseintheme,她也許會在這段時間間找別的andwhenI'mreadytogoback,therewon'tbeajobforme.已經(jīng)沒有空缺了。That'ssomethingtoconsider.這是需要考慮的一點點You'vegotyourselftothinkabout,too.ButIamthinkingaboutmyself.但我就是在為自己著著想呀Don'tyousee?你不知道嗎Whatdoyoumean?It'snotjustthejob.It'salsomycareerasMax'smother.MaxThat'sthewayIlookatit.Ihavetwocareeropportunitiesatthesametime.Mycareerasafashiondesignerandmycareerasamother.Maxandmycareerasamother.MaxIneverreallythoughtaboutbeingamotherasacareer.的從來沒有想到到做母親還是一種事Iguessyoudohavetwocareeropportunities的確是有兩個個事業(yè)andadecisiontomake.IhearMax.MaxI'llgotohim.我去。No,that'sOK.I'llt.我去。I'vebeenwrestlingwiththequestionofwhetherIgobacktoworkornot.I'mwrestlingwiththequestion.Ican'tmakeupmymind.I'minafog.I'mupintheair.I'mreallyinabind.Ican'tmakemymindup.IfeelI'msplitinI'mpulledintwodirections.Idon'tknowwhattodo.I'vegottogetmyacttogether.I'vegottogetitallfiguredout.I'vegottogetontherighttrack,getridofallthedoubt.I'vegottostraighteneverythingout.Iwanttotrysomethingnew.I'vegottosortitout,thinkitout,workitout,'causeIdon'tknowwhattodo.AndI'mIreallywanttogobacktowork.I'mreallytorn.I'mallmixedMyfutureisI'mpulledintwodirections.I'mpracticallyintears.I'moftwomindsaboutI'vegottothinkitallthrough.I'vegottofindananswer,'causeIdon'tknowwhattodo.I'vegottogetmyacttogether.I'vegottogetitallfiguredout.I'vegottogetontherighttrack,getridofallthedoubt.I'vegottostraighteneverythingout.Andyouknowit'strue,I'vegottosortitout,thinkitout,workitout,'causeIdon'tknowwhattodo.I'vegottosortitout,thinkitout,workitout,'causeIdon'tknow...WHATTOACTThere'syourteddybear,Max.Maax。Hejustlovesthatteddybear他就喜歡這個玩具熊thatGrandpaPhilipboughtforhim.PhilipItookhimtoPhilip'sofficeyesterdayforacheckup.我昨天帶他到Philipp的去做檢查YoushouldhaveseenthelookonhisfacewhenMollygavehimtheinjection.Molly給他時Oh,didhecry?No.Mydearlittleboyjustlookedupatmeasiftosay,我小男孩只是是仰頭看著我好像"Mama,whataretheyngtome?Help!"“他們在對我我做什麼救命Howdidyoufeel?lthetruth.Didn'tyoufeelterrible?Isuredid.確有Iheldhimclosely.Ikissedthetopofhisdearlittlehead.Helookedupatme.Hetriedtos.他設(shè)法要微笑Beingwithhimhelped.Helpedhim?Orhelpedyou?Beingamotherisnoteasy,ifthat'swhatyoumean.是這個意思吧。Speakingofbeingamother,談到當母親I'vebeenmeaningtoaskyouwhatyouwerethinkingaboutregardinggoingbacktowork.IknowRitaMaecalled.我知道RitaMae打電給Icanimaginewhatisgoingthroughyourhead.I'msureyoucan,Ellen.說的沒錯Therearesomanythingstoconsider.Onethingthatmakesiteasierforyouisthatyouhaveus.MaxwillalwayshaveafamilymembertowatchoverhimMawhileyou'reatwork.在工作的時候。Ididn'thavethatwhenRichardandSusanwereborn.RichardSusanIdidn'thavethatwhenRichardandSusanwereborn.RichardSusanWhatdidyoudo?那怎麼辦呢Ichosetocontinuewithmycareerasamusicteacher.我選擇繼續(xù)音樂樂教師的事WehiredawomantowatchRichardandthenSusan,我們雇用一名來來照顧Richard後來又照andIcontinuedwithmycareer.而我則繼續(xù)事業(yè)Doyouthinkyoumadetherightdecision?IthinkIdid.是的ButwhenRobbiewasborn,RobbieIdecidedtogivefull-timeattentiontoraisingRobbie.Ifeifferentlyatthattime.那時感覺又不一一樣Andyougaveupyourcareerasamusicteacher?Notexactly.Icontinuedtoteachpianolessonsathome.HowdidyoufeelaboutbeingawaywhenSusanandRichardwerebabies?當RichardSusanIthinkIdidtherightthingforthemandformyselfandforPhilip.為他們?yōu)楹秃蚉hilipWeneededthemoney.我們當時需要錢。Remember?Well,wedotoo,Ellen.嗯我們也需要ElllenEverythingIearnhelpsustowardsgettingthathouse每一筆進帳都可可幫助我們得到那幢wewantandneed.Ican'twaittillhe'sjustalittleolder.Ican'twaittillhe'sjustalittleolder.Ourtoycompanymakesthemostwonderfultoysforkids.Maxthanksyou.MaxIthankyou.AndRichardthanksyou.RichardNowmayIpleasesayo?現(xiàn)在我可以說聲哈了o.o.ImissMaxandthinkabouthimallweeklong.念Max一整個行期都在想他Wetalkabouthimatdinnertime.Willyoupleasetrytorelax?I'veneverseenyousowoundup.Youseemtobeenjoyingthepressure.Thetruthis,Iam.事實上確如此此Myjobisnotaneasyone,工作不輕butIreallyenjoyit.ThatisexactlywhatIwantedtotalktoyouabout,Susan.這正是要跟談?wù)劦腟usanWhat'stheproblem?什麼問題啦Marilyn'scareer.MarilynWell,mychoiceofcareers.是的事業(yè)抉擇擇問Choice?Mycareerasafashiondesigner我以時裝設(shè)計為事業(yè)versusmycareerasamother.versusmycareerasamother.Whydoesithavetobeoneortheother?That'swhatIsaid.How'sthat?Whycan'tyoudoboth?She'sright.Both?Well,that'swhatIdo.Ihaveajob,andIhaveMice.我有工作我也有MiiceItakecareofbothtothebestofmyability.It'snoteasy,butwhatis?Andthat'swhatIdid.IdidbothwithRichardandSusan,RichardSusanandIdidbothwithRobbie.RobbieIthoughtyoustayedhomewithRobbie?RobbbieIdid.ButIwasluckyenoughtohaveacareerasamusicteacherwhichIcouldcontinueathome.Whycan'tyouworkathome,Marilyn?為什麼不能在家工作呢MarilyYou'reverytalented.非常有才華。Designingdressesisacareeryoucouldestablishoutofyourhome,couldn'tyou?couldn'tyou?Idon'tknowwhyIdidn'tthinkofit.Itseemssosimplenow.ForayearortwoIcouldstayathomewithMaxanddomydressdesigns.我可以和Max待在家從事服裝設(shè)計Andyoucouldmakeyourdressesathome.Soundslikeagreatwaytosolvetheproblem.Thatcouldsolveyourproblem,Marilyn.MarilynI'mgoingtocallRitaMaeathome我會打到RitaMMae家andaskhertocomebyandtalkaboutit.ShewantstoseeMax,anyway.Ithinkthatreallyanswersyourquestions,Marilyn.MarilynYoucant.可以這樣做。Doyourdesignsathome--here.AndletRitaMaedothesellingattheboutique.RitaMaeAndyoucanbothbenefitfinancially.們倆都獲得金錢上上的利益I'mgoingtocallRitaMaerightnow.我現(xiàn)在就打給RiitaMae。Oh,Susan,thankyousomuch噢Susan謝謝forcomingallthiswayfromthecitytotalktomeaboutit.Ihopeyoudon'tmindhavingtakensomuchtimeawayfromyourbusyschedule.我在忙碌的生活用了這麼多時Areyoukidding?Idon'tmindatall.Idon'tmindatall.Asamatteroffact,事實上Icametospendsometimewithmyfavoritenephew.IthinkyoushouldcallRitaMaerightnow.現(xiàn)在就打話給RitaIthinkyourideaofworkingathomeisperfect.Idon'tknowwhatIwoulddowithoutyou.不知道沒有們們我怎麼I'mluckytohaveyouall.的覺得擁有們們很幸Weareluckytohaveyou,Marilyn.MarilynAndsoisMax.MaxBeingamotherisnoteasy.Beingamotherisnoteasy.It'snoteasytobeamother.CaringforachildtakesalotofIttakesalotoftimetocareforachild.Butplayingwithababyissomuchfun.It'ssomuchIt'ssomuchfuntoplaywithababy.Andworkingathomewouldbewonderful.Itwouldbewonderful.ItwouldbewonderfultoworkatIdon'tknowwhatIwoulddowithoutyou.I'mluckytohaveyouall.It'sgreattobeinthisfamily.It'sBeinginthisfamilyisIt'salwayssoeasyformetofindsomeonewhowilllisten.It'salwayssoeasyforFindingsomeonewhowilllistenisalwayssoeasyforACTHi,bigguy.ThatmustbeRitaMae.RitaMae。Shesuregotherequickly.她來得真快。That'sagoodsign.這是個好兆頭。Shemustlikeyouandyourwork,Marilyn.Marilyn。Ithinkshe'sjustanxioustoseeMax.MaxSheloveschildren.Hi,Marilyn.嗨Marilyne.It'ssoniceofyoutocome.Oh,Ijustwantedtoseeyourbaby,Max.噢想看看的寶貝Max。o,RitaMae.哈RitaMae。Ihaven'tseenyousincethehospital.I'mEllenStewart,Marilyn'smother-in-law.EllenStewartMarilynWemetatthehospital.o.Howareyou?Iremember.Howareyou?Oh,andthereisMax!噢MaxOh!My,howhe'sgrown!AlittlepresentforMax.MaxOh,it'sbeautiful,RitaMae!RitaaMaeYoushouldn'thave.不該這樣破費的。It'snothing.It'sjustalittlepresentforMax.這僅僅是給Max的一技小CanIgetyousomecoffeeorteaoracolddrink,RitaMae?RitaMaOh,nothing,thankyou.噢什麼也不要謝謝謝Well,Iwillleaveyoutwototalk.Well,Iwillleaveyoutwototalk.Comeon,youbigguy.過來你這個好小子子Yes,comeon.That'sit.It'sniceseeingyou.Letmeknowifyouneedanything.Thanks,Ellen.Ellen。Thanks,Ellen.Ellen。OK,Marilyn.好了MarilynYousoundedlikeyou'vemadeadecisionwhenyoucalledme.當打給時時I'mallears.Ihavemadeadecision,RitaMae.我已經(jīng)做了決定RiitaMaeI'vedecidedtostayathomeandbeafull-timemother.I'mdisappointed,butIrespectyourdecision.IfIhadachildascuteasMax,MaxImightdothesamething.我也可能會做同樣的的決定ButIhaven'tfinishedlingyou但我還沒有對說完theotherhalfofmydecision.我這個決定的另一半半Theotherhalf?另一半Yes.IthinkIcanstayathomeandtakecareofMaxandcontinuemycareer.一面照顧孩子同時時繼續(xù)事業(yè)andtakecareofMaxandcontinuemycareer.一面照顧孩子同時時繼續(xù)事業(yè)Soundsinteresting.聽起來很有趣。Letmehearit.Doyourememberourtalksaboutcustom-designeddressesfortheboutique?Isuredo.Whycan'tIdesigndressesforyouhereathome?Andmakethemhere.Havethefittingshere,too.AndIcoulddothesellingandthepricingattheboutique.Exactly.Oh!Whatkindofdresseswouldyoudesign?打算設(shè)計哪種服裝I'vethoughtaboutthatforsometime.Yes?真的Weddingdresses.結(jié)婚禮服。Weddingdresses?結(jié)婚禮服Brilliantidea!There'sabigmarkettodayinweddingdresses.That'swhatIthought.Iliketheideaverymuch.Andifit'ssuccessful,wecanexpandtoallkindsofdresses.That'swhatIthought.Asamatteroffact,Ihaveacustomerforyourfirstweddingdress.Mynieceisgettingmarried,andI'vebeentryingtofindjusttherightthingforher.而我一直在為她找件件合適的東西Marilyn,you'regoingtodesignmyniece'sdress.MarilynThat'llbeourfirstone,這將成為我們的第一一andthenwe'lluseittosellothers.Doyoureallymeanit?Ireallymeanit.It'sasimpleidea,anditwillwork.Youcancertainlydesigndresses.Iknowthat.Andthere'snoreasonwhyyoucan'ttfromyourhome.而且也沒有理由不不可以在家I'msoexcited!Ican'twaittolRichard!我簡直迫不及待想告告訴RicharIfIhadababylikeMax,MaxI'dwanttostayhomeandbenearhimallthetime,too.You'remakingtherightdecisionforMaxandforyourselftoo,Marilyn.MaxMarilyn。Itallsoundssoeasy.一切聽起來竟是如此此簡單Nowthehardworkbegins.Nowthehardwor