當孩子真不容易

　　Hi! I'm Peter. I'm in the second grade. I have one thing to say: IT'S NOT EASY BEING A KID! Being a kid might look like fun, but sometimes it's not.

　　嗨！我是彼得。我上小學二年級。我有一件事情說：當個小孩子真不容易！作為一個小孩子看上去很好玩，但有時候并不如此。

　　Yesterday, I was playing outside with my friend. I was having a really good time.

　　昨天，我和我的朋友在外面玩，我們玩得很開心。

　　Then suddenly, my mother said, "Peter, it's time to come inside now. It's getting dark." When you're an adult, no one can tell you what to do or when to do it.

　　突然，媽媽說：“彼得，現在該到屋里來了，天黑了。”當你是個成人了，就不會有人吩咐你做什么，什么時間去做。

　　When you're a kid, you have to get up early in the morning and go to school. At school, you have to study math, English, science, and history.

　　當你是個小孩子的時候，你必須每天早起去上學。在學校，你必須要學習數學，英語，自然科學和歷史。

　　After school, you have to do your homework. When you're an adult, you do not have to go to school and you never have homework.

　　放學后，你還要做家庭作業。當你是個成人了，你就不需要上學也不需要做家庭作業了。

　　When you're a kid, there are many things you can't watch. Last Saturday, there was a scary movie on TV. It looked really exciting.

　　當你是個小孩子的時候，有很多東西你是不能看的。上個周六，電視上演了一部恐怖電影，很有趣。

　　But my father would not let me watch. He said, "You're too young for this movie, Peter." When you're an adult, you can watch anything you want.

　　但是爸爸不讓我看。他說：“你太小不適合看這個電影，彼得。”

　　When you're a kid, the older kids sometimes pick on you. When I was walking home from school on Monday, Tom and Steve bothered me.

　　當你是個小孩子的時候，大孩子有時候會找你麻煩。周一放學回家的路上，湯姆和史蒂夫會找我麻煩。

　　Steve took my schoolbag and put it in a tree. It made me very mad. When you're an adult, no one can pick on you.

　　史蒂夫搶了我的書包放到樹上。這真讓我氣憤。當你成為一個大人了，就不會有人找你麻煩了。

　　When you're a kid, you cannot go anywhere by yourself. Last Friday, I wanted to buy a birthday gift for my friend John. But I had to wait for my mom to return home.

　　當你是個小孩子的時候，你不能單獨到任何地方。上周五，我想去給好朋友約翰買份生日禮物。但是我還要等媽媽回家了陪我一起去。

　　When I want to go somewhere, I have to ride my bike or ask my mom for a ride. When you're an adult, you can drive a car wherever you want.

　　如果我想去某個地方，我要騎我的自行車的話還要問問媽媽是否允許。當你成人了，你就可以開車到你想去的任何地方。

　　When you're a kid, you have to go to bed early. On school nights, my mom makes me go to bed at 9:00.

　　當你是個小孩子的時候，晚上你必須早點睡覺。只要上學的晚上，媽媽都會讓我晚上9：00之前上床睡覺。

　　But I do have a mom and dad who love me, which is really great. So I guess I like being a kid, even though IT'S NOT EASY BEING A KID!

　　但是，我確實有一個愛我的媽媽和愛我的爸爸，這樣很好啊！我感覺自己依然是個小孩子，雖然當個小孩子并不容易！