都在这一家
All In the family
八十岁大的 莎莉从学校把她的成绩报告卡带回家。
Eight-year-old Sally brought her report card home from school .
她的成绩不错，
Her marks were good mostly .
大部分都是A，还有几个B。
A's and a couple of B'S .
可是， 她韵老师在卡片下方写道：
However ,her teacher had written across the bottom,
“莎莉是个聪明的小女孩，但是她有一个毛病。
"SALLY is a smart little girl,but she has one fault,
她在学校太爱讲话。我有一个想法我要来试试看，
she talks too much in school.I have an idea I am going to try,
我认为．这个想法可能会让她改掉这个坏习惯。”
which I think may break her of the bad habit."
莎莉的爸爸签了她的学习报告卡，
Sally's dad signed her report card,
并在卡片背面注记：
putting a note on the back ,
“如果你的想法对莎莉很有效，请你让我知道，
"Please let me know if your idea work on SALLY
因为我想要把它试用在她妈妈身上。
because I would like to try it out on her mother."