66 Career Choices｜Act 3

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In the third act, Marilyn tells Rita May about her decision to stay at home with Max

第三幕中，玛丽莲告诉丽塔·梅她决定在家陪麦克斯。

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I've decided to stay at home and be a full-time mother

我决定待在家里，做全职妈妈。

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Rita May isn't happy with the decision, of course

丽塔·梅当然对这个决定不满意。

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I'm disappointed, but I respect your decision

我很失望，但我尊重你的决定。

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But then, Marilyn tells Rita May about her plans to design wedding dresses at home

但接着，玛丽莲告诉丽塔·梅她打算在家设计婚纱。

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What kind of dresses would you design?

你想设计什么样的裙子？

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I've thought about that for some time

我想这件事已经有一段时间了。

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Yes?

是吗？

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Wedding dresses

婚纱。

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Wedding dresses?

婚纱？

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What will she think of the idea?

她会怎么想这个主意？

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Hey

嘿，

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Big guy

小家伙。

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That must be Rita May

那一定是丽塔·梅。

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Whoa, she sure got here quickly

哇，她来得真快。

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That's a good sign

这是个好兆头。

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She must like you and your work, Marilyn

她一定喜欢你和你做的东西，玛丽莲。

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I think she's just anxious to see Max

我觉得她只是急着想看麦克斯。

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She loves children

她喜欢孩子。

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Baby

宝宝。

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Yeah, the baby

是啊，宝宝。

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Hey, big guy

嘿，小家伙。

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Hi

嗨。

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Hi

嗨。

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Hi, Marilyn

嗨，玛丽莲。

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Oh, welcome

哦，欢迎。

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So nice of you to come

你能来真是太好了。

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Oh, I just wanted to see your baby Max

哦，我只是想看看你的宝宝麦克斯。

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Hello, Rita May

你好，丽塔·梅。

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Oh, I met you from the hospital

哦，我们在医院见过。

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I'm Ellen Stewart, Marilyn's mother-in-law

我是艾伦·斯图尔特，玛丽莲的婆婆。

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We met at the hospital

我们在医院见过。

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Hello

你好。

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How are you?

你好吗？

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I remember

我记得。

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How are you?

你好吗？

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And there's Max

还有麦克斯。

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Oh, my, how he's grown

哦，天哪，他长这么大了。

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A little present for Max

给麦克斯的小礼物。

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Oh, it's beautiful, Rita May

哦，真漂亮，丽塔·梅。

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You shouldn't have

你不必这么客气。

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Oh, it's nothing

哦，没什么。

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It's just a little present for Max

只是给麦克斯的一点小礼物。

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Can I get you some coffee or tea or a cold drink, Rita May?

要不要喝点咖啡、茶或冷饮，丽塔·梅？

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Oh, nothing, thank you

哦，不用了，谢谢。

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All right

好吧。

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Well, I will leave you two to talk

那你们俩聊，我先走了。

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Come on, you big guy

来吧，小家伙。

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Yes, come on

对，来吧。

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That's it

好了。

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It's

它是

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nice

令人愉快的

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seeing you

见到你

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It's nice seeing you

很高兴见到你

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Let me know if you need anything

需要什么就叫我。

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Oh, thanks, Ellen

哦，谢谢，艾伦。

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Thanks, sweetie pie

谢谢，甜心。

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Thanks, Ellen

谢谢，艾伦。

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Okay, Marilyn

好了，玛丽莲。

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You sounded like you made a decision when you called me

你打电话给我的时候，听起来像是做了个决定。

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I'm all ears

我洗耳恭听。

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I have made a decision, Rita May

我已经做了决定，丽塔·梅。

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I've decided to stay at home and be a full-time mother

我决定待在家里，做全职妈妈。

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Oh, I'm disappointed, but I respect your decision

哦，我很失望，但我尊重你的决定。

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If I had a child as cute as Max, I might do the same thing

如果我有像麦克斯这么可爱的孩子，我可能也会这么做。

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But I haven't finished telling you the other half of my decision

但我还没说完我决定的另一半。

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The other half?

另一半？

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Yes

是的。

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I think I can stay at home and take care of Max and continue my career

我觉得我可以待在家里照顾麦克斯，同时继续我的事业。

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Sounds interesting

听起来很有趣。

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Let me hear it

说来听听。

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Do you remember our talks about custom-designed dresses for the boutique?

你还记得我们讨论过为精品店定制设计服装的事吗？

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I sure do

当然记得。

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Why can't I design dresses for you here at home, and make them here, have the fittings here, too?

为什么我不能在家为你设计衣服，在这里制作，也在这里试穿呢？

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And I could do the selling and the pricing at the boutique

而销售和定价可以在精品店进行。

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Exactly

正是这样。

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What kind of dresses would you design?

你想设计什么样的裙子？

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I've thought about that for some time

我想这件事已经有一段时间了。

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Yes?

是吗？

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Wedding dresses

婚纱。

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Wedding dresses?

婚纱？

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Brilliant idea

好主意。

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There's a big market today in wedding dresses

现在婚纱市场很大。

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That's what I thought

我也是这么想的。

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I like the idea very much

我非常喜欢这个主意。

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And if it's successful, we can expand to all kinds of dresses

如果成功了，我们可以扩展到各种服装。

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That's what I thought

我也是这么想的。

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As a matter of fact, I have a customer for your first wedding dress

事实上，我已经为你的第一件婚纱找到了客户。

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Well, my niece is getting married, and I've been trying to find just the right thing for her

我侄女要结婚了，我一直在给她找合适的衣服。

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Marilyn, you're going to design my niece's dress

玛丽莲，你来设计我侄女的婚纱。

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That'll be our first one, and then we'll use it to sell others

那是我们的第一件，然后我们可以用它来推销给其他人。

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Do you really mean it?

你说真的吗？

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I really mean it

我说真的。

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Well, it's a simple idea, and it will work

嗯，这个主意很简单，但行得通。

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Oh, you can certainly design dresses, I know that, and there's no reason why you can't do it from your home

哦，你当然能设计衣服，我知道，而且没有理由你不能在家做。

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I'm so excited

我太兴奋了。

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I can't wait to tell Richard

我等不及要告诉理查德。

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Oh, if I had a baby like Max, I'd wanna stay home and be near him all the time, too

哦，如果我有像麦克斯这样的宝宝，我也想待在家里一直陪着他。

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You're making the right decision for Max, and for yourself, too, Marilyn

你为麦克斯做了正确的决定，也为你自己，玛丽莲。

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It all sounds so easy

听起来都这么简单。

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Well, now the hard work begins

嗯，现在艰苦的工作开始了。

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Would you like to see some of my designs that I've been working on?

你想看看我一直在设计的一些作品吗？

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I'd love to

我很乐意。

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Oh, that's wonderful

哦，太好了。

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You can certainly design dresses, I know that, and there's no reason why you can't do it from your home

你当然能设计衣服，我知道，而且没有理由你不能在家做。

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It's true

没错。

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I can design wedding dresses and continue my career, and I can take care of Max right here at home

我可以设计婚纱，继续我的事业，同时在家照顾麦克斯。

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She can do it right here at home

她可以在家做。

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I wanna stay at home while Max is still a baby

我想在麦克斯还小的时候待在家里。

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If I went back to work at the boutique now, Max would be on my mind all the time

如果我现在回精品店工作，我会一直想着麦克斯。

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She would only think about Max

她只会想着麦克斯。

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But the truth is, I need to work

但事实是，我需要工作。

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Richard and I want to buy a house, but we can't afford it

理查德和我想买房子，但我们买不起。

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Like most families, we need two incomes in order to afford a house someday

像大多数家庭一样，我们需要两份收入才能有一天买得起房子。

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With a yard and trees and a swing for Max

带院子、树和秋千，给麦克斯。

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More and more families have working mothers

越来越多的家庭有工作的母亲。

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In the US, more than half of all mothers with preschool children are working at a career

在美国，超过一半有学龄前儿童的母亲在从事职业。

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Mothers like me

像我这样的母亲。

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They have to work and be a mother, too

她们必须工作，同时也要做母亲。

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And about three-fourths of all mothers with school-aged children are working

大约四分之三有学龄儿童的母亲在工作。

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In lots of families, relatives like grandparents offer to take care of children while the parents are working

在很多家庭，祖父母等亲戚会在父母工作时帮忙照看孩子，

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and some families bring their children to daycare centers, where other people take care of them

有些家庭把孩子送到日托中心，由别人照看。

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They stay at daycare centers while their mothers work

他们在日托中心待着，而他们的母亲在工作。

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But for now, Max will stay here, and I'll take care of him

但现在，麦克斯会待在家里，我来照顾他。

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Marilyn and Max will both be at home

玛丽莲和麦克斯都会在家。

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Marilyn will work, and Max won't be alone

玛丽莲会工作，而麦克斯不会孤单。