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Camille:No, you can't have a new bike if you get an “A” on the test.
卡米爾:如果你考試不拿A是不會(huì)給你買(mǎi)輛新自行車(chē)的。
You should study because you want to do well in school.
你應(yīng)該學(xué)習(xí)，因?yàn)槟阆朐趯W(xué)校好好表現(xiàn)。
We'll talk about it when I get home tonight. Kids!
今晚我回家后再談?wù)撨@個(gè)話題。 孩子們!
Aaron:What's the matter?
亞倫:怎么了?
Camille:My kids won't do anything without an incentive.
卡米爾:沒(méi)有獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)我的孩子不會(huì)做任何事情。
I know it's my own fault for offering rewards for good behavior, but now, all they want to know is what they'll get to do what I ask.
我知道為他們的良好表現(xiàn)提供獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)是我自己的錯(cuò),但是現(xiàn)在他們想知道的是照我的要求他們會(huì)得到什么。
Aaron:Rewards are okay if you use them sparingly, aren't they?
亞倫:如果你謹(jǐn)慎使用獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)就會(huì)是好的,不是嗎?
Camille:That's the problem.
卡米爾:這就是問(wèn)題所在。
I feel like I have to bribe them to do the simplest things.
我覺(jué)得自己要賄賂他們做些最簡(jiǎn)單的事情。
I get home from work and I'm tired and frazzled.
我下班回家感到勞累,疲憊不堪。
I don't want another power struggle so I rely on bribes.
我不希望另一個(gè)權(quán)力斗爭(zhēng),所以我依靠賄賂。
It's backfired.
但恰恰適得其反。
Aaron:How do you mean?
亞倫:你什么意思?
Camille:Now my kids won't do anything without knowing what's in it for them.
卡米爾:現(xiàn)在我的孩子不會(huì)做任何沒(méi)有利益的事情。
And they keep upping the ante.
而且他們繼續(xù)加碼。
Soon I'll have to start forking over cash to get them to behave.
很快我就得開(kāi)始為他們的行為支付現(xiàn)金了。
Aaron:I don't know what to say.
亞倫:我不知道該說(shuō)什么。
When I was growing up, my mother put the fear of God into us.
在我像他們那么大的時(shí)候,我的母親總拿上帝嚇唬我們。
We wouldn't dare misbehave for fear of making her angry.
我們不敢表現(xiàn)不好,怕她生氣。
We never got rewards for good behavior.
我們從未因?yàn)榱己眯袨榈玫姜?jiǎng)勵(lì)。
It was just expected of us.
這只是對(duì)我們的期望。
Camille:What's your mother's number?
卡米爾:你媽媽的號(hào)碼是多少?
Is she available to babysit?
她可以幫忙照顧小孩子嗎?
Aaron:Uh, I don't know.
亞倫:嗯,我不知道。
I don't think she could inspire that kind of obedience from other people's children.
我不認(rèn)為她能激發(fā)別人的孩子有這樣的服從感。
Camille:I'm desperate!
卡米爾:我感到徹底絕望了!
At the very least, she can give me a few parenting lessons.
至少,她可以給我提供些育兒經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
