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Nineteen Following Dad's Rules
第十九課 遵守爸爸的規定
It was difficult being a teenager.
做一個青少年不是一件容易的事。
Lucy's body was at maturity, but she was not at liberty to date boys.
露西的身體正處在發育期，可她沒有與男孩子約會的自由。
Her father was strict about that!
在這件事上爸爸是很嚴格的！
And so he kept her close at hand and she became a woman at home with her family.
因此他一直讓她不離左右，她也就成了一個總是在家的女人。
When Lucy decided that she had fallen in love at first sight, she began to think that the policy of not dating until she was 16 was ignorant at best and stupid at most.
當露西認為已經一見鐘情地愛上了別人時,她開始覺得不到16歲不準約會的規矩充其量是無知，最多則是愚蠢。
At least she had an elder brother who understood!
至少他還有一個理解她的哥哥！
But he had been allowed to date at the age of 14!
而他在14歲的時候就被批準約會啦！
It wasn't fair!
真是一點也不公平！
She decided at last to talk to her father about it.
她終于決定和爸爸談一談。
They went at it right away.
他們馬上就談了起來。
Her father was at loose ends about how to deal with her.
爸爸拿女兒不知如何是好，
At issue, it seemed, was not how old she had to be before she could date, but how much her parents could trust Lucy.
好像有分歧的不是她有多大才能約會，而是父母能給她多少信任。
When she assured them at length that they could, they agreed that she could have her first date.
當她最終向他們保證他們可以信任她時，他們同意她可以進行第一次約會。
But she would have to call at regular intervals and be home by a certain hour.
條件是她必須每隔一定時間就打一個電話回來，而且到一定時間就得回家。
That was fine. Lucy was now at large and she couldn't have been happier.
沒問題--露西現在自由了，她真是太高興了。
Her first date was a disaster.
她第一次約會是個徹底的失敗。
She was much more mature than the young man she had supposedly fallen in love with, and she knew that she could never feel at home with him.
她比她認為已經愛上的那個男人要成熟得多，而且她知道跟他在一起她永遠不會感到無拘無束。
And so she came home to her family.
就這樣她回到了家里。
Her father hugged Lucy and she thanked him for trusting her.
爸爸擁抱了她，她很感謝他對她的信任。
