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Maria: What’s going on here? I came as soon as I got your phone call. Why are you holding onto my son like that?
瑪利亞：發生什么事情了?我一接到你的電話就趕過來了。你為什么緊緊抓住我的兒子?
Storeowner: I am restraining your son because I caught him shoplifting. I thought you’d like to be here when I called the police.
店主：我在制服他，他在商店里行竊被我抓住了。我覺得在報警之前，你應該想要過來私下聊聊。
Maria: There’s no need for that. He’s not a delinquent.
瑪利亞：沒有必要報警。他不是什么不良青年。
Storeowner: He is from my standpoint. Theft is a serious crime.
店主：在我看來是這樣的。偷竊是一種嚴重的犯罪。
Maria: I know it is and I’ll make restitution. Please give him a second chance. Please don’t call the police.
瑪利亞：我理解你的立場，我會進行賠償。請你給他一次改過立新的機會。不要報警。
Storeowner: Well, it’s not the value of what he’s stolen that’s important. It’s the fact that he committed an offense.
店主：關鍵不是他所偷竊的物品有多貴重，而是他犯了罪。
Maria: Please let me pay for it and I’ll make sure he never enters your store again. What did he take and how much do I owe you?
瑪利亞：請您讓我為商品付費吧，我保證他再也不會進這家店了。他偷拿了什么東西，我應該給您多少錢？
Storeowner: I told you that it’s not the cost of the item. It’s the principle.
店主：我跟你解釋過了，重要的不是商品貴重與否，而是原則性問題。
Maria: What exactly did my son take?
瑪利亞：我兒子究竟偷了什么？
Storeowner: He ate a grape.
店主：他偷吃了一顆葡萄。
Maria: One grape?
瑪利亞：一顆...葡萄？
Storeowner: Yes, before I stopped him. He could have eaten the entire fruit stand if I hadn’t been vigilant.
店主：沒錯，我及時制止了他。好在我足夠警惕，不然他就把整個水果攤都吃掉了。
Maria: All this over one grape?
瑪利亞：這一切皆起因一顆葡萄？
Storeowner: You should be thanking me for alerting you to this behavior. As a parent, you know you need to nip these things in the bud. Today it’s a grape; tomorrow it’s a car!
店主：你應該感謝我敲響了警鐘。作為家長，應該把孩子的犯罪苗頭扼殺在搖籃里。今天偷吃一顆葡萄；明天偷得可能就是一輛車!
Maria: Okay, how much do I owe you for one grape?
瑪利亞：那好，我應該為一顆葡萄支付多少錢？
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