地道美語聽力播客642:領養(yǎng)一個孩子（雙語）

Scott: Hi, I thought I’d stop by to pick up those chairs I wanted to borrow.

斯科特：嗨，我想順便拿走那些我想借的椅子。

Roberta: Oh, sure. Here they are.

羅伯塔：哦，好的，它們就在這。

Scott: What are you doing?

斯科特：你在做什么?

Roberta: I’m looking through the material we got on adoption.

羅伯塔：我正在瀏覽我們所收集的領養(yǎng)資料。

Scott: Are you and Robert thinking about adopting a child?

斯科特：你和羅伯特打算領養(yǎng)一個孩子?

Roberta: Yeah, we are. We’ve been thinking about it for a long time, and we think we might be ready now.

羅伯塔：是啊，我們是這樣打算的。我們已經(jīng)想了很長一段時間了，我們認為我們現(xiàn)在可能準備好了。

Scott: Have you decided on an international or domestic adoption?

斯科特：你們決定跨過領養(yǎng)還是在國內(nèi)領養(yǎng)?

Roberta: We’re going domestic.

羅伯塔：我們決定在國內(nèi)領養(yǎng)。

Scott: That means going through the foster care system, right?

斯科特：這就意味著要通過領養(yǎng)體系的考察，對嗎?

Roberta: Yeah, it’s going to be a lot of work getting our house ready and all of the paperwork done. But after we pass inspection, we’ll just need to wait for a call from a social worker with a placement. We hope it’ll happen quickly.

羅伯塔：是啊，我們要做很多工作，我們要花很長時間來收拾屋子，還得處理完所有的文件。但是在我們通過考察后，我們就只需要等待來自社會服務工作者的電話，我們希望電話會快點打來。

Scott: I thought people had to wait months or years for a baby.

斯科特：我認為要領養(yǎng)一個小孩需要等好幾個月或好幾年的時間。

Roberta: They may, but we’re asking for a waiting child, maybe even one with special needs. We may even take more than one child, someone with siblings.

羅伯塔：他們可能會等很長時間，但是我們想要收養(yǎng)的是候補兒童，甚至可能是有特殊需求的孩子。他如果有兄弟姐妹的話，或許我們要收養(yǎng)的孩子就不止一個啦。

Scott: Wow, that’s a lot of responsibility. Wouldn’t you rather do a private adoption? Then you can call the shots and even have a closed adoption, if that’s what you want.

斯科特：哇，那要擔負起很大的責任啊，你難道沒想過私下收養(yǎng)嗎?那樣你就可以做主，如果你想的話，甚至可以秘密收養(yǎng)。

Roberta: We don’t mind an open adoption, actually. We’ve given it a lot of thought, and we think it’s best if the child knows who his or her birth parents are. That way, they won’t always be wondering.

羅伯塔：實際上，我們并不介意公開收養(yǎng)。我們都已經(jīng)再三考慮過，我們認為最好讓孩子知道自己的親生父母是誰。那樣，他們就不會一直想要弄明白。

Scott: I hope everything goes smoothly. I’m sure you’ll both make great parents.

斯科特：我希望一切都很順利，我相信你們會成為很棒的父母。

Roberta: We’re not so sure, but we’ll do our best. By the way, you can keep those chairs.

羅伯塔：我們也不確定能做好，但是我們會盡我們最大的努力。還有就是，這些椅子你們可以留著。

Scott: Really? Why?

斯科特：真的嗎?為什么?

Roberta: You have no children and they’re a hazard. We need to childproof this house and we’re starting with those chairs.

羅伯塔：你沒有孩子，這些椅子可能會傷到孩子，我們需要保證這個房子對兒童是安全的，就先從椅子開始處理吧!

Scott: Hey, that’s great. That big-screen TV looks dangerous. I’d be more than happy to take it off your hands, too.

斯科特：嘿，那太好了。那臺大屏幕電視機看起來也很危險，如果你能把它也送給我，我會更開心的。

Roberta: Hands off the TV!

羅伯塔：不要動我的電視!