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玉兰： 欢迎大家来到我们的冬学期第一次的播客！我是文玉兰，在这儿跟我们的同学山一起为大家带来节目。
Welcome, everyone, to our first podcast of winter quarter! I’m Wen Yulan [Maggie], here with our classmate Shan to bring you a program.
山: 大家好！我是山。今天的节目是一个有声剧，是关于两个母亲的故事。这两个母亲先在咖啡馆见面。
Hi everyone! I’m Shan. Today’s program is an audio drama about the story of two mothers. First, these two mothers are meeting in a coffee shop.
玉兰：那我们一起来听吧！
Then let’s go listen!
山：好的。
Okay.
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山：姐，你好！谢谢你跟我见面。
Hi big sister! (t/n: way of addressing older female friends, not necessarily blood related) Thanks for meeting with me.
玉兰：别太客气了！你的孩子怎么样？
Don’t be so polite! How is your child?
山：他有个很严重的问题。
He has a serious problem.
玉兰：真的吗？什么问题？
Really? What problem?
山：他整天从早到晚玩儿游戏。看起来他上瘾了！
He plays games all day long from morning until night. It looks like he’s become addicted!
玉兰：那你要怎么帮助他呢？
So how do you help him?
山：昨天我告诉他，每个星期只能玩儿一个小时。
Yesterday I told him that he can only play for one hour a week.
玉兰：你不觉得有点严格吗？我的两个孩子做完功课以后, 想玩多久就玩多久。
Don’t you think it’s a bit strict? After my two children finish their homework, they can play as long as they want.
山：在网上多久都可以吗？
They can spend as much time online as they want?
玉兰：对啊！但是必须先做完功课。
Yes! But they must finish all their homework first.
山：可是网上垃圾太多。
But there is too much garbage online.
玉兰：我知道，但是我相信我的孩子。
I know, but I trust my kids.
山：我不想让我的孩子受到垃圾的影响。
I don’t want my kids to be exposed to trash.
玉兰：你不可能永远保护他，不管怎么样，他最后自己都会看到那些垃圾信息。
You can’t protect him forever. No matter what, he will eventually see the junk information himself.
山：这个我知道，可是我以为我的规则对他的成绩有好处。
I know this, but I thought my rules would be good for his grades.
玉兰：那，你有什么新情况就告诉我吧。我们可以再讨论讨论。
Then, if you have any new information, please tell me. We can discuss it further.
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玉兰：这么有意思，这两个人有很不同的想法。
Very interesting, these two people have very different ideas.
山： 但是他们的想法都很有趣。
But their ideas are interesting.
玉兰: 我想知道孩子们怎么想。
I wonder what the kids think.
山：看起来，他们正在网上聊天。
It looks like they are chatting online right now.
玉兰：我们去看看吧！
Let’s go have a look!
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山：哎呀，我妈让我烦死了。整天唠叨！
Geeze, my mom annoys me to death. Nagging all day long!
玉兰：哦？怎么回事儿，大哥？
oh? What’s going on, bro?
山：我之前的考试成绩是有一点点低的。现在可好了，可她又限制我上网的时间。
My previous test scores were a little low. It’s okay now, but she limits my time online again.
玉兰：又是啊？我记得之前你只能一周玩三个小时，对不对？
Again? I remember before you could only play for three hours a week, right?
山：对啊！但是，她还不知道我可以用邻居的网络。我每天就等她睡觉以后，偷偷上网。
yes! But, she still doesn’t know that I can use the neighbor’s network. Every day I wait for her to go to bed and sneak online.
玉兰：难怪我总是看到你在晚上十一点以后玩游戏。
No wonder I always see you playing games after eleven at night.
山：当然，我一定要得到我的游戏时间，这样才能玩不过瘾啊。
Of course, I must have my gaming time, otherwise I won’t be satisfied.
玉兰：那，你为什么不先学习再玩呢？
Then, why don’t you study first, then play?
山：为什么要？ 我整天在学校学习，累都累死了，回家就想休息。
Why should I? I study at school all day long, it’s exhausting. When I get home I just want to rest.
玉兰：有道理。而我，只要我完成功课，成绩没问题，我妈妈不管我上网的活动。
Makes sense. As for me, as long as I finish my homework and my grades are fine, my mom doesn’t care about my online activities.
山：希望我妈妈能这样就好了。 无论我做什么，她老是掌控我。
Wish my mom could be like that. No matter what I do, she always controls me.
玉兰: 真糟糕啊。所以，你明晚想再玩游戏吗？
That sucks. So, do you want to play games again tomorrow night?
山：当然了！
Of course!
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玉兰：原来这些孩子不太乖。不过，我们可以听到家长和小孩双方不同的意见，真不错。
It turns out that these children are not very obedient. However, it is great that we can hear the different opinions of both parents and children.
山：对对， 这个有声剧很好玩。
Yes, this audio drama is really fun.
玉兰：谢谢你参加我们的播客！
Thank you for participating in our podcast!
山： 不客气！
No thanks needed!
玉兰: 好啊，听众朋友下次见！
Okay, see you next time listeners!
都：再见！
Bye!
Shan Robinson & Maggie Wettergreen
Shan Robinson and Maggie Wettergreen are students in the second year of the Chinese program at WWU. This audio drama dialog was written as part of a class assignment.