妈，我想跟你聊聊。
Mom: Sure, honey. What is it?
当然了，宝贝。怎么了?
Franklin: I got a role in school Christmas play.
我在学校圣诞节的演出得到了一个角色。
Mom: Congratulations, son. What’s bad about it? Isn’t it that you always want to do?
恭喜你，儿子。有什么问题吗?这不是你一直想做的事情吗?
Franklin: I’m cool with the acting part except for the Christmas song. I can’t sing.
表演部分我很喜欢。可是圣诞歌，我不行。我唱不了。
Mom: Who told that? Of course you can sing.
谁说的?你当然能唱了。
Franklin: Mom, the thing is I don’t like singing at all. Plus I am tone-deaf.
妈，问题是我跟不就不喜欢唱歌。而且我还五音不全。
Mom: That’s not entirely true. You are not that bad. You can rap a little bit. Let’s make it work this time, ok?
也不全这样啊。你没有那么差劲了啦。你会点儿说唱。我们努力让这次成功，好不好?