摘要：我们不能买我们需要的东西，我妈妈有一个家政博客，这意味着她在家工作

The guy who's breaking a toilet is me

打破厕所的人是我

why am I doing that

为什么我要这么做

you ask well

你要问得好

I'll tell you my name is Josh

我告诉你我叫乔什

I'm 14 and I come from a small family

我14岁，来自一个小家庭

it's just my mother and I

只是我妈妈和我

Oh

哦

I also have a dad

我也有个爸爸

but he's always away

但他总是不在

he works from dust till dawn to make our mother and me happy

为了让我们的母亲和我高兴他从尘土一直工作到黎明

I mean we're not a poor family

我的意思是我们不是一个贫穷的家庭

we can't buy the things we need and my mum has a housekeeping Blog which means she works from home

我们不能买我们需要的东西，我妈妈有一个家政博客，这意味着她在家工作

and every summer my parents send me to camp and many of you are thinking

每年夏天我父母都送我去野营你们很多人都在想

I am complaining for nothing right now

我现在毫无怨言

but sometimes

但有时

It feels like I don't have a dad

感觉就像我没有爸爸

it's like living with Santa

就像和圣诞老人住在一起

when I wake up

当我醒来

my dad is already at his job and when he comes home

我爸爸已经在工作了他回家的时候

I'm really sleeping

我真的睡着了

every weekend

每个周末

he is always busy doing

他总是忙于工作

Chaws

嚼嚼

going shopping and meeting his friends to play poker at their place

去购物和他的朋友在他们的地方玩扑克

I almost never see him

我几乎没见过他

Ambrose spend time together like other guys do with their

安布罗斯花时间在一起，就像其他人一样

Dads

爸爸

I am glad that he can provide for our family and I am honestly so proud of him

我很高兴他能供养我们的家庭我真的为他感到骄傲

but I Miss him a lot

但我非常想念他

my last birthday made me really upset

上次生日让我很不开心

I invited some friends over and had a barbecue

我请了几个朋友过来吃烧烤

but suddenly my dad received a

但突然我爸爸收到了

Funkel

Funkel

gave me my gift

给了我我的天赋

excused himself and went to work

他借口离开去上班了

after that I had an idea

从那以后我有了个主意

The next morning I put on some genes in a T-shirt instead of my school uniform

第二天早上，我把一些基因放在T恤衫上，而不是我的校服上

mum got really angry and insisted I changed my clothes

妈妈很生气，坚持要我换衣服

she started screaming and swearing at me

她开始尖叫骂我

so I refused to change my clothes

所以我拒绝换衣服

refused to eat breakfast and left my house abruptly

拒绝吃早餐，然后突然离开了我的家

I knew I was upsetting my mother

我知道我惹我妈生气了

but this was all only temporary anyway

但这都是暂时的

it was all part of my plan

这都是我计划的一部分

That day at school was not an ordinary day

在学校的那一天不是平常的一天

I got my first f and a warning for being late to make things clear

我得到了第一个警告，因为我迟到了，把事情说清楚了

this has never happened to me before

以前从没发生过这种事

Mr

先生

Brown

棕色

the principal far school is a friend of my parents

学校的校长是我父母的朋友

which is why he called my mum and asked her to talk to me about my school uniform and my behaviour

所以他打电话给我妈妈让她跟我谈谈我的校服和我的行为

when I came home my mother was waiting for me and she was not happy

当我回家时我妈妈正在等我她不高兴

she tried to find out what was happening with me

她想知道我发生了什么事

I just shrugged and went to my room

我只是耸了耸肩，走到我的房间

my mum shouted at me and said that when my dad comes home off the work

我妈妈对我大声说当我爸爸下班回家时

he's going to talk to me man to man

他要和我好好谈谈

when I heard that I was so happy my plan had worked

当我听说我的计划成功了我很高兴

but dad came home from work really late

但爸爸下班回家很晚

I tried waiting up for him but eventually I fell asleep

我试着等他，但最后我睡着了

I woke up in the morning and realized that I needed to change my strategy

早上醒来，我意识到我需要改变我的策略

my mom was still on a Strop and wouldn't talk to me

我妈妈还在吸毒，不愿和我说话

I skipped breakfast again and left the House

我又不吃早饭就离开了房子

but this time I did not go to school

但这次我没去上学

I knew that a Pizza rear down the street was in need of a

我知道街尾的比萨饼店需要一个

janitor

管理员

I didn't have any pocket money so I had to earn it

我没有零用钱，所以必须自己去挣

I went in and I was immediately hired to work there

我一进去就被雇佣去那里工作

a week went by and every day my mother Scoreded me for being absent from school

一个星期过去了,母亲每天都因为我缺课而责备我

for my behaviour and my disobedience

因为我的行为和不服从

She even tried to drive me to school in her car but it didn't help

她甚至试着开车送我去学校，但都无济于事

I'd wait for her to drive off

我会等她开车离开

then go to work

去工作吧

I understood that she was worried and didn want me to get in trouble

我明白她很担心，不想让我惹上麻烦

but I was totally fine

但我完全没问题

I didn't go to work or school on Monday

星期一我没上班也没上学

instead I stayed at home

相反，我呆在家里

I went to the bar from but not to take a shot

我去了酒吧，但不是去喝一杯

war get ready

war get ready

I just broke the toilet and shot off the

我刚打破了马桶，把

Forcet

四、六级考试

I then told my mum that it was an accident and that I would fix everything on my own

然后我告诉我妈妈，这是一次意外，我会自己解决一切问题

Mum reminded me that dad was a specialist at fixing things and he would come home and fix it all

妈妈提醒我，爸爸是修理东西的专家，他会回家修理所有的东西

but I didn't want to wait till then

但我不想等到那个时候

so I called up the local plumbing service

所以我打电话给当地的管道服务中心

I explained the issue to the manager who told me they would send someone over shortly

我向经理解释了这个问题，经理告诉我他们很快会派人过去

a little while later I heard the door open

过了一会儿我听见门开了

it was my dad in his uniform with the tall box in his hand

是我爸爸穿着制服手里拿着个大箱子

he seemed very confused

他看起来很困惑

I probably need to explain that my dad is a

我可能需要解释我爸爸是个

plumber

管道工

he's the only plumber working in our area

他是我们地区唯一的水管工

which is why he's so busy all the time

所以他一直都很忙

I knew that I could spend time with my dad if I called him to fix a bar from in our home

我知道，如果我打电话给爸爸，让他帮我们在家里修一间酒吧，我就能和他在一起

his services are not cheap

他的服务可不便宜

so that's why I had to get a job

所以我才要找份工作

I told my parents about everything and said that I had earned the money to pay for dad's work

我把一切都告诉了我的父母，并说我挣的钱是用来支付爸爸的工作的

my parents anger was immediately replaced by a smile

我父母的愤怒立刻被一个微笑所取代

they understood and appreciated my actions

他们理解并欣赏我的行为

of course they didn't like my methods

他们当然不喜欢我的方法

but I promised that I would not behave this way any longer

但我保证我不会再这样做了

and most importantly

最重要的是

I got what I wanted

我得到了我想要的

dad caught up work and took the day off

爸爸赶上了工作，请了一天假

we spent the whole day together

我们一整天都在一起

we went to a baseball game

我们去看棒球比赛

watched the movie at the theatre

在剧院看电影

shot out the shooting range and in the evening I even took him to get a Pizza at my workplace

在射击场外开枪，晚上我甚至带他去我工作的地方吃比萨

Thad talked to the Pizza rear manager and came to an agreement that would only work on a weekends

萨德和皮萨的后勤经理谈过，达成了一项只在周末工作的协议

so I would not Miss school

所以我不会错过学校

since then my parents have understood how important it is for them to not only work

从那时起，我的父母就明白了不仅仅是工作对他们来说是多么重要

but also spent time with me

但也和我在一起

every other week we have a family day

每隔一周我们有一个家庭日

the basic rules are no fighting

基本规则是不打仗

have fun and spend time together no matter whether it's in a cafe

不管在不在咖啡馆，都要找乐子，花时间在一起

watching a baseball game or just playing games at home

看棒球比赛或只是在家里玩游戏

来源：播得英语