TheCommunityACTMorning,Grandpa.Issomethingthematter,Grandpa?TheeditorialinthispaperhasmyfriendNatBakerrealupset.NatBakerAh!I'llreadittoyou."TheoldlibrarybuildingonChestnutStreetChestnutwhichhasbeenvacantforoverayearnow,wassupposedtobemadeintoacommunitycentertoservetheseniorcitizensRiverdaleaswellastheyoungerpeopleofRiverdale.Duetolackoffundsfortherepaintingoftheinteriorofthebuildingandforthefurnitureneeded,theplansforthecommunitycenterhavebeenpostponedindefinitely."He'scomingovertotalkaboutit.Isitthatseriousaproblem,Grandpa?Itis.Nat'snotasluckyasIam,Robbie.NatRobbieHedoesn'thaveanyfamilywithhim.Helivesalone他一個(gè)人生活anddependsonplaceslikeacommunitycentertobewithpeople--peoplehisownage.Butthere'stheoldcommunitycenteronElmStreet.ElmIt'ssmall,andtheproblemisthatit'ssetupprimarilyforkidstoplay.Ping-Pongtables,sodamachines,andlotsofmusic.It'stoonoisyforsomeolderpeoplelikeNat.NatIneverrealizedthat.It'shardforsomeolderpeopletotakeallthatnoise.That'swhythenewcommunitycenterisagoodidea.Partofthebuildingforolderpeople,建筑物中的一膊糠 年人partofthebuildingforyoungerpeople.Iseewhatyoumean.ThatmustbeNat.一定是NatItcouldbeAlexandra.AlexanndraShe'scomingoverthismorningtohelpmewithmymath.She'scomingoverthismorningtohelpmewithmymath.Hi,Robbie.嗨Robbie。Hi,Alexandra.Comeonin.AlexandraaDoyouwantsomethingcoldtodrink?I'dlovesomecola,please.Colacomingup.Ireallyappreciateyoucomingovertohelpmewithmymath.MyfinalexamisnextTuesday.You'resogoodinallyourothersubjects.Ijustcan'tunderstandwhyyouhavesomanyproblemswithmath.Hi,Alexandra.AlexandraaHi,Mr.Stewart.StewartIthoughtthatwasNatBakerwhorangthefrontdoorbell.我還以為是NattBakerDon'tletmeinterruptyou.Noproblem,Grandpa.We'rejusthavingsomecolabeforegettingtothetoughstuff--math.在對(duì)付難纏的 數(shù)學(xué)之前He'lldoanythingtoavoidgettingdowntomathlessons,Mr.Stewart.StewartIwasthesameway.Really,Grandpa?Really.Ididn'tlikemath.Really.Ididn'tlikemath.Iwasn'tgoodatitandIdidn'tlikestudyingit.Butyouhadtobegoodatmath.Yougraduatedfromengineeringschool.IwasButnotinhighschool.Forsomereason,Icouldn'tgetahandleonit.Then,incollege,Ibecamegoodatit.Thenthere'shopeforRobbie.RobbieIcan'twait.YouthinkIcanjustskipitnowandgettoitatcollege?You'llnevergettocollegetofindout,Robbie,ifyouskipitnow.ThatmustbeNat.NatSitdown,Robbie.Let'sgettowork.RobbiieI'dlikeyoutomeetmyfriendNatBaker.我來(lái)向你們介繕芪的朋友NatBakerThisisAlexandraPappas,andthisismygrandsonRobbie,AlexandraaPappaswhomIthinkyou'vemetonceortwicebefore.Nicetomeetyou,Mr.Baker.BakerHi,Mr.Baker.Wemetbefore.BakerWhere?Intown.Atthehardwarestore.Iremembernow.Right.Hi.Hello,Alexandra.Alexanddra。Hello,Alexandra.AlexanddraDon'tletuskeepyoufromyourmathtutoring,Robbie.Robbie。Iknowyouwanttogettoit.我知道你想要靠始啦。Stay...stay.再待一會(huì)兒 Itoldyou.He'lluseanyexcusetoavoidmath.Didyoureadthestoryinthepaper,Malcolm?MalcolmIdid.看到了。It'saseriousmatterforalotofus.Aseriousmatter.Itis.Comeonouttothepatio.We'lltalkaboutitoutthere.Thanks.Nicetomeetyouagain.…見到你。What'stheproblem?是什麼問題Comeon!You'llhearaboutit.Youcanreaditinthepaper.Youcanfinditinthepaper.MostpapersintheU.S.A.Sometimesyoucanfindgoodnews.Sometimesthenewsisbad.Sometimesthenewsmakesyouhappy.Sometmesitonlymakesyoumad.Butifyouwanttobeinformed,takemyrecommendation.GotoanewsstandandpickupaifyouwantIfyouwanttoreadthenews...lookinthepaper.Ifyouwantanopinion...lookinthepaper.Ifyouwanttobuyahouse...lookinthepaper.Ifyou'relookingforajob...lookinthepaper.Ifyouwanttobuyacar...lookinthepaper.Ifyouwanttoseeashow...lookinthepaper.YoucanreaditintheYoucanfinditinthepaper.MostpapersintheU.S.A.Ifyouwanttoknowthescore...lookinthepaper.Ifyouwanttheweatherforecast...lookinthepaper.Ifyouwanttoseethecomics...lookinthepaper.Ifyouhavemoneytoinvest...lookinthepaper.Ifyouwantarecipe...lookinthepaper.Ifyouneedavacation...lookinthepaper.Youcanreaditinthepaper.Youcanfinditinthepaper.MostpapersintheU.S.A.Youcanreaditinthepaper.Youcanfinditinthepaper.MostpapersintheU.S.A.ACTThereisaway,Malcolm.MMalcolmWegetourfriendstorolltheirsleevesupandgettowork.It'scertainlyagoodidea.IfIcouldtakealookattheplace,Icouldprobablytellwhatitrequirestofixitup.Howmuchpaint,howmanyhoursofwork...多少油漆多繕小時(shí)的工作量……That'swhatIcametoaskyoutodo,Malcolm.這正是我來(lái)請(qǐng)哪做的Malcolm。Ifyouwouldsupervisetherefurbishing,I'llfindthepeopletohelpdoit.I'llhelptoo,Mr.Baker.BBakerIcangetsomeofmyfriendstogoaroundtheneighborhoodandcollectthefurnitureweneed.I'llhelp.Canwehelp?I'dreallyliketo.ΑSure.當(dāng)然。Wemightneedyoutocomethroughwithyourfriends,Robbie.Notjusttogoaroundtheneighborhoodaskingforfurniture,buttohelpwiththepaintjob.That'sbackbreakingworkandmaybetoomuchforus.I'lldoitI'lltalktothem.Andtomorrowmorningwe'llallmeetheretodiscusstheplan?Tomorrowmorningitis.Comeincomein.Please,comein.I'dlikeyoutomeetmyfriendMalcolmStewart.MalcolmStewart。Malcolm,thisisJoanneThompson.Malcolm這是是JoanneThompsonHello,JoanneNicetomeetyou.JoanneMypleasure,Malcolm.MMalcolmAndthisisAbeLucas.YoumustrememberAbe.這是AbeLucassAbe。Heranthedrugstore他經(jīng)營(yíng)藥房andusedtoplaydrumswiththejazzbandonweekends.Oh,sureIdo.Hi,Abe.Abe。Hello,Mr.Stewart.哈Stewartt先生。Malcolmplease.MalcolmmHello,Malcolm.MalcolmmSitdown,sitdown.Havesomecoffee.AndI'vegotsomedeliciousDanishpastryforyou.我為你們準(zhǔn)備亮一些可口的丹麥點(diǎn)心。Where'syourgrandsonRobbieandhisfriendAlexandra?你的孫子Robbiie和他的朋友Alexandra呢Weren'ttheygoingtobeherethismorning?他們不是今天栽上要來(lái)這兒?jiǎn)酙thoughtso,too.I'msurprisedthey'renothere.I'msurprisedthey'renothere.RobbieleftearlythismorningtomeetAlexandra.Robbie早上很栽出去接AlexandraFrankly,Ithoughtthey'dbehere,but...……It'sOK.I'msuretheymeantwell,沒有關(guān)。我父說他們有心幫忙buttheyprobablyhadotherthingsontheirminds.Iunderstandyouusedtobeintheconstructionbusiness,聽說你過去從適營(yíng)造業(yè)MalcolmMalcolm。Iwasindeed.Iwonderifyouwouldtakealookattheoldlibraryandmakesurethatitisingoodconditionsothatwedon'thavetoworryaboutanystructuralproblems.WhencanIdothat?I'dbehappyto.We'vegotpermissiontogoinsidetheoldbuilding我們已獲進(jìn)熱那棟老建筑物duringtheweek--在本內(nèi)TuesdayorWednesday.That'sfinewithmeIcandoiteitherday.Thatwouldbeveryhelpful.Ithinkthebuildingjustneedsagoodcleaning.Andagoodpaintjob.Thenwehavetofurnishit.IwishRobbieandAlexandrahadcometothismeeting.Robbiie和Alexandra已經(jīng)來(lái)參加Theyhadsomeideasaboutgettingtheplacefixedup.Perhapsthey'llshowup.Inthemeantime,Perhapsthey'llshowup.Inthemeantime,letmegiveyousomeadditionalthoughtsandideasIhave.OK.Goahead,Joanne.JoannneAsIsaidmostlythebuildingjustneedsagoodcleaning.Thisplacecanbedevelopedwithonerealintergenerationalprogram.That'sanideaIlike.Acommunitycenterwiththekindsofprogramsthatfiteveryone.Andprogramsthatdon'tleaveanyoneout.It'saskingalot.那需要做許多構(gòu)作。Butwecan'tdoitwithouttalkingtotheyoungpeople.Findingoutwhattheywant.IfonlyRobbieandAlexandrawerehere.RobbieAAlexandraDon'tbeupsetMalcolm.MallcolmWe'llhaveachancetotalktothemlater.It'snotlikeRobbie.RobbiieIfhesayshe'sgoingtobehere,he'shere.Iwonderwhattheproblemis.Iwonderwhattheproblemis.What'stheproblem?Iwonder!Iwonderwhattheproblemis.Whynot?Wherearethey?Idon'tknow.Idon'tknowwheretheyare.Whydidn'ttheycome?Idon'tIdon'tunderstandwhytheydidn'tcome.Weneedanewcommunitycenter.Butwecan'tdoitwithouttalkingtotheyoungpeople.Findingoutwhattheywant.Whatdotheyoungpeoplewant?We'dliketoknow.We'dliketoknowwhattheyoungpeoplewantinthenewcommunitycenter.WhatdoesRobbiethinkaboutit?We'dliketohear.We'dliketohearwhatRobbiethinksaboutit.Butwheredidhego?Wedon'tWedon'tknowwhereheACTHi,everyone.SorryI'mlate.ButAlexandraandIAlexandrahavebeenbusyatworkthismorningonthecommunity-centerproject.Andwebroughtsomeonealongwhocanhelp.YourememberCharlesMaxwell,Grandpa?CharlessMaxwellHe'stheeditoroftheRiverdalepaper.他是RiverdaleeHewrotesomenicearticlesonMomwhenshewasrunningfortheschoolboard.Yes,Iremember.Youwereagreathelp.是的我記 Hi,Mr.Stewart.StewartHopetobeabiggerhelponthenewcommunity-centerproject.希望能在新社喬 FromwhatRobbieandAlexandrahavetoldme,Robbie和Aleexandrayoupeoplearemakingonebigstory.Letmeintroduceyou,Mr.Maxwell.MaxwellThisisNatBaker,Natwho'sresponsibleforthismeeting,andthisisJoanneThompson--andAbeLucas,JoanneThhompson還有AbeLucaswhousedtorunthedrugstoreintown.他過去在鎮(zhèn)上揪營(yíng)藥房。RobbieandAlexandratoldmeRobbie和Alexaandrawhatyouneedtofixuptheoldlibrary.IamplanningtowriteaneditorialthatIthinkwillhelpyou.Let'sgo.Whatareyourquestions?OK.NowIhavefirstacoupleofquestionshere.…第一……幾個(gè)問題。Haveyoutalkedtothecommunitycouncil?你們跟社區(qū)的乙會(huì)談過了嗎Andhaveyouhadanengineercomeintodoaninspection?OK,whatdoyouneedmostofall?Peoplepower.Menandwomen,youngandold,togiveustheirtime.Todowhat?Tohelpscrubthebuildinginteriorclean.Sothatwecanrepaintit.Andyoualsoneedbodiestodorepainting?That'sright.Andwe'llalsoneedsomeladdersandsomebrushesandsomepaint.Whendoyouneedthevolunteers,Whendoyouneedthevolunteers,andwheredotheyreport?他們?nèi)ツ膬簣?bào)I'vegotthecounciltoagreetoopenthebuildingforusonthenextfourweekends.Howaboutfurnishings?ArethereanyspecialrequirementsthatIshouldlistinthepaper?Yes.Hereisacopyofallthethingsweneedtostartwith.Let'ssee.Fourdesks.Eightstraight-backchairsThirtyfoldingchairs.Sixtablelamps.Threeendtables.Onepiano.六個(gè)燈。三照挪。一鋼琴。Thisisagoodstart.這是一個(gè)好的靠始。Theseitemsshouldn'tbedifficulttocomebyonceIprintthearticleinthepaper.Thiscommunityhasalwaysbeenverygenerous.IagreeMr.Maxwell.MaxxwellWhatyou'resayingis,inorderforthiscentertosucceed,weneedtoputtogethervolunteersfromthevariousgenerationsoffutureusers.That'sright.Andwithouttheirenergyandstamina,there'snowaywecancompletethisproject.我們無(wú)法完成照項(xiàng)計(jì)劃。I'vegotitNowgivemesomeinformationaboutI'vegotitNowgivemesomeinformationabouthowyouseethebuildingbeingused.你們計(jì)劃如何適用這棟建筑。Oh,hereOnthegroundfloorwehavethereceptionarea...It'shere,Robbie.RobbbieCharlesMaxwellliveduptohisword.CharlesMaxweell"AttheStewartfamilyhomeonLindenStreetyesterday,昨天在LindeenStewart的家中agroupofcaringRiverdalecitizensgatherediverdale居民聚集在一起toplantherefurbishingoftheoldlibrary計(jì)劃重新整修覽賢書館totransformitintoanewcommunitycenter.Theoriginalplanbythecounc