Dad, can you tell me how to get rich?
爸爸,你能告訴我怎樣才能變得富有嗎?
My dad put down the evening paper. Why do you want to get rich, son?
爸爸放下報紙問我,"為什么你想變得富有呢孩子"
Because today Jimmy's mom drove up in their new Cadillac. They were going to their beach house for the weekend.
因為今天我看見吉米的媽媽開著一輛新的凱迪拉克去海濱別墅渡周末了。
He took three of his friends, but Mike and I weren't invited.
吉米帶了三個朋友,但麥克和我沒有被邀請。
They told us we weren't invited because we were 'poor kids'.
他解釋我們之所以沒被邀請是因為我們都是窮孩子。
They did? My dad asked incredulously.
"真的嗎?"爸爸懷疑的問道。
Yeah, they did. I replied in a hurt tone.
"當然是真的",我以傷心的口吻答道。
My dad silently shook his head, pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and went back to reading his paper. I stood waiting for an answer.
爸爸默默地搖了搖頭,把他的眼鏡往上推了推然后繼續去看他的報紙。我呆呆的站在原地等著他回答我