QualityQualityACTWhere'sMom?Shewenttoaschool-boardmeeting.Idon'tknowhowshedoesit.Shesurekeepsbusy.她真的是忙個不停。It'simportanttoher.這對她來說很重要。Therearelotsofplacestogo,有很多地方要去lotsofthingstodo.許多事情要做。Shecan'tsitaroundanddonothing.PhilipworkslatePhilipIguessyou'reright.IwishIhadherenergy.Anybodyhome?We'reinhereDad.Oh.Hi,gang.噢。嗨你們好。Hello,Philip.哈Philip。Howwasyourday?Mydaywasjustfine.Sowasmynight.It'salmostteno'clock.Mmm.I'mstarving.Umwhere'sMom?唔……Shewenttoaschool-boardmeeting.她去參加聯(lián)合校董會的會會議There'sanoteforyouontherefrigerator.冰箱上有她留給你的字條條Oh?噢D(zhuǎn)idyouhavedinner,Robbie?RobbieYeah.吃了。MikeandIhadahamburgeratthediner.MikeIcamehomealittlewhileago.You'vebeenworkinglatealmosteverynightthisweek,Dad.Aren'tyouexhausted?Idon'thavetimetobeexhausted.YouandMomhaven'thaddinnertogetherwithusinalmostafullweek.Yeah,Ifeelbadaboutusnothavingdinnerwiththefamily,butourschedulesaresodifferent.EitherI'matthehospitaldoingpaperwork,ororMomisatacommitteemeeting.Ifranklydon'tknowwhattodoaboutit.I'mworriedaboutyouandMom.我很擔(dān)心你和媽媽。Youreallyhavebeenworkingtoohard.你們確實太忙了。Well,好啦IthinkI'vehadenoughofthatsandwich.Youdidn'tfinishit.It'snotgoodtoeatbeforegoingtobed.Acookiecan'thurt,though.Well,I'mheadingoffforbed我先去睡覺了andagoodnight'ssleep.睡一個好覺。Well,goodnight.好吧晚安。Goodnight,Son.晚安兒子。Goodnight,Dad.晚安爸爸。I'mgoingtobed.我去睡覺了。Goodnight,Philip.Philip。Haven'tyoufinishedbalancingthatcheckbook?Ifoundanothermistake.I'llbeofftobedmyselfinaminute.OKGoodnight.I'mreallyconcernedaboutthem,Grandpa.Concernedaboutwhom?AboutMomandDad.Theyhardlyeverseeeachother.Dadoftenworkslate,andMomhasallthesecommitteesshe'son.Whatdoyouproposetodoaboutit?Youhavethatlookinyoureye.Idon'tknow,buttheremustbeawayofgettingthemtospendmoretimetogether.Qualitytime.IgothomeafterworkingallIwashopingtofindyou,butyouwereaway.somethingtoeat,butIwon'tbewaiting'causeI'vegottogettosleep.I'mgoingtogethomelateafterafterworkingallIknowyou'llbehome,butI'llmissyouIhopeyoufindmynoteandhavesomethingtoeat.Ireallywanttoseeyou,butyou'llbeasleep.Weneverseemtohaveanyfunlikewehadbefore.We'reworkingtooandInevergettoseeyouanymore.Wehavetomaketimeforeachother.Weoweittoourselvesandoneanother.Sowhydon'twedoit?WhatdoyouWecouldstarttoday.Weneedsomequality......Whatweneedisqualitytime.Oh,yeah!Weneedtotalktoeachother,laughwitheachother.Let'sgettogether,youandme.Withqualitytime,You'reworkinglonghours,andyou'reneveratSometimesityou'rejustavoiceonthephone.Andwhenyoucall,Yousayyou'llbehomelate.'causeitjustcan'twait.MyjobkeepsmeandIknowyou'rebusy,too.Ireallywanttospend"more"timewithyou.I'mgettingupandI'mcominghomelate.IfIwanttoseeyou,I'vegottomakeaspecialWeneedsomequality...What...Whatweneedisqualitytime.Oh,yeah!Weneedtotalktoeachother,laughwitheachother.Let'sgettogetherACTHellothereRobbie.RobbieWhatareyoudoingupthislate?Reading.Reading?Atthishour?Ahcomeon,Robbie.RobbieWhatareyoudoingupthislate?Thingsonmymind.Doyoucaretotalkaboutthem?Sure,ifyoudon'tmindlistening.假如不介意聽的話。Robbie,Robbierememberme?RobbieRobbie記得我我I'myourmother.我是你母親。Ifyouhavesomethingyouwanttotalkabout,I'malwayspreparedtolisten.Youhaven'tbeenaroundmuchlately.Sothat'sit.OKlet'stalk.YouandDadarelikeshipsthatpassinthenight.Dadworkshard,andheworkslate.Youworkhardonallyourcommittees,andyouworklate.也工作到很晚。IthoughtyouwereproudoftheworkIdo.Iam,Mom.Realproud.Youareonefantasticmom,是一位好母親。butbutI'vebeennoticing但……但我注意到howlittlequalitytime高品質(zhì)時光太少了youspendwithDadandmeandthefamily.It'sarealproblem,Robbie.Robbiee。Iknowit.我知道。I'mconcerned.TheremustbeawaythatthatDadandyoucanspendmoretimetogether.Wellwealwaystalkabouttakingavacationtogether--withthefamily.Ithinkyououghttotakeavacationawayfromthefamily--alone.Kindofasecondhoneymoon.Itwouldbewonderful,butourscheduleswon'tallowit.IthinkIhaveanidea.Youdo?Yup.IthinkIhaveanideathatwillbringDadandyoutogetherinamorescheduledway.Whatisit?Well,youknowhowDadisalwaystalkingaboutthekidsinthewardandhowimportantitisforthemtobepaidattentionto?Yes.Well...好andhowharditisbecausethedoctorsandnursesaresobusy?Yes.WellhowwoulditbeifyoutooksometimetoworkwithDadtowardssolvingthatproblem?Idon'tgetit.Likesettinguparegularweeklyreadingprogram.YouandDad.YouandDrPhilipStewart--PhilipStewartgoingtothechildren'swardonceortwiceaweekandreadingtothem.Notbad.Notabadidea,Robbie.Robbie。Asamatteroffact,事實上itfitsrightinwithsomethingI'mworkingonrightnowwiththeschool-boardcommittee.What'sthat?I'vebeentryingtoworkoutaprograminthepublicschoolthatwillbringparentsandteacherstogetheronceaweektoreadtothestudents--theirownchildren,really.Bydoingthat,itwillencouragereading.SoitSoitmightfitinwithaprogramforreadingtothekidsinthehospital.You'reright.We'lldoit!I'mgoingtotalktoDaddyaboutitrightnow.ButDadwassoexhaustedwhenhecamehomefromwork.Whydon'tyoutalktohimaboutittomorrow?Youareaverysmartyoungman,Robbie.RobbieIthinkI'llwaituntiltomorrow.我想我就等明天再談。Youwon'tforgetwillyou?Believeme,Iwon't.Itisagreatidea,andIpromiseyouIwon'tforget.ThanksMom.Thankyou,Robbie.RobbieIdon'tgetIdon'tunderstand.Idon'tfollowyou.No,no.Oh,no,Runthatbymeagain,No,no.Idon'tgetit.Idon'tgetWhatdoyouIdon'tgetthepicture.Huh?Idon'tgetit.Explainitallagain,No,no.Idon'tgetit.Whatareyoutryingtosay?Whatareyoutryingtosay?Idon'tgetit.Exactlywhatdoyoumean?Idon'tfollowyou.Couldyouexplainthatagain?Idon'tgetit.Idon'tunderstand.Idon'tfollowyou.No,no.Oh,no,Runthatbymeagain,No,no.Idon'tgetit.Ah,IgetOh,IseeOh,IseewhatyouYeah.Iseewhatyou'retryingtosay.Igetit.Right!IOh,Iknowwhatyoumean.OK,Ifollowyounow.Igetit.IgetACTGoodmorning.Whatawonderfulmorning!Don'ttheflowerssmellwonderful?Goodmorning,Ellen.Ellen。Yes,theydo.是的花兒好香。That'swhyI'mreadingmypaperandhavingmycoffeeonthepatiothismorning.Ahitdoessmellsweet.Howwasyourschool-boardmeetinglastnight?Youmust'vecomehomeverylate.DidyoufindthesandwichImadeforyou?Thanksdear.IwassotiredIdidn'tevenfinishit.Philip,I'vebeenworkingonthisspecialprojectPhilipwiththeschoolboard,andI'dlikeyouropinionaboutit.Whatisit?I'vebeentryingtofindawaytoencouragereading.Goodluck!WellIthinkImayhavefoundawaytodoit.Tellmeaboutit.Iworkwithfamilieseveryday,Ellen.EllenIseehowpeoplespendtheirleisuretime--我看到人們怎樣利用暇暇時youngandold.不管是年輕的還是年老老的Mostlywatchingtelevision.WellthatwouldbeOKif,andIrepeat,ifpeopletookthetimetoread.IIcouldn'tagreewithyoumore.Thequestionis,howdowegetthemtoreadmore?Ithinkyou'regoingtogivemetheanswertothatquestion.Youhavethatlookinyoureye.IdohaveananswerPhilip.Phillip。OratleastIthinkIdo.至少我想我有了答案。Welltellmeaboutit.Theplanisasimpleone.Involvetheentirefamilyinareadingproject.Inthehome?Yes,inthehome.Butfirstintheschool-rooms.Hmminteresting.Buthowdoyouplantodothat?Byarrangingwiththepublicschoolstoscheduleonehouraweek--tostartwith.Duringthattimeparentsareinvitedtoattend--andtoreadalongwiththechildren--theirchildren.Itcangobeyondtheschoolsystem,Ellen.EllenReally?真的Iguaranteeyouitwouldgoverywellinthehospitals.Mypatients--mostlykids--wouldlovetoreadandbereadto.Youthinkso?Iknowso.Maybewecanexperimentwithyourpatientsandseehowtheplanworks.Ilovetheidea.Wouldyouworkwithmeonit?IwouldlovetoPhilip.Philip。Andthatway,而且那樣的話we'llspendmoretimetogether,Ellen.EllenWejustdon'tseeeachotheranymore.我們彼此差不多見不到面面了YouandIareverybusythesedays.Thisistrue.Weneedtofindtimetobetogethermore,todothingstogethermore--youandI.Thiswouldbeawonderfulwaytoaccomplishthat.Ihaveaquestion.我有一個問題。Ihaveaquestion.我有一個問題。Yes?是嗎WhatWhatdoweread?Tothepatientsintheward?Yes.Well,letyouandItalkaboutit.Whatwouldyouliketoreadtothem?MrsStewartandIStewartwillreadapoembyRobertFrost.RobertFrostIt'scalled"StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening."Wouldyoubegin,Ellen?EllenAllright.好的。"StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening"byRobertFrost.RobertFrostWhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow.Hishouseisinthevillagethough;HewillnotseemestoppinghereTowatchhiswoodsfillupwithsnow.Mylittlehorsemustthinkitqueer我的小馬一定感到奇怪Tostopwithoutafarmhousenear為何停在沒有農(nóng)舍的地方Betweenthewoodsandfrozenlake就在林子和冰湖之間Thedarkesteveningoftheyear.在這一年中最漆黑的夜晚晚Hegiveshisharnessbellsashake搖動繩上的鈴鐺Toaskifthereissomemistake.想問問是否搞錯了。Theonlyothersound'sthesweep徐風(fēng)掠過和細(xì)雪紛飛Ofeasywindanddownyflake.Thewoodsarelovelydarkanddeep,ButIhavepromisestokeep,AndmilestogobeforeIsleep,AndmilestogobeforeIsleep.YoutwobelongonstageThatwaswonderful!Grandpa!DadRobbie.Whendidyoucome?爸爸……RobbieWe'vebeenlisteningtoyouboth.Theseareluckykids.Doyouenjoyreadingtogether?Wellwemayreadtogetheraloudathome.YouwererightRobbie.Robbie。Iknow.我知道。WhosewoodstheseareIth