M6U2（7分钟）

Unit 2  If you tell him the truth now, you will show that you are honest.

Do you have a problem? Write to Diana at New Standard Magazine and ask for her advice.

Dear Diana,

Last week, my friend David came round with a new computer game and asked to play it on my dad’s computer. I was worried, because I should ask my dad before I use his computer. He uses it for his work, and I can only use it for my homework. The reason is that he thinks it will go wrong if I play games on it.Well, while my dad was out, we decided to try out David's game. We copied it to the computer, and after we finished playing, we took it off the computer. However, when I started the computer again to check if everything was OK, some of my dad's documents were missing. Then, when my dad used the computer last night, he was really angry. He could no longer find the documents anywhere! They were very important ones.I did not tell him about the computer game because I did not want him to be angry with me. Now I feel terrible. I am not sure whether a computer engineer can get the documents back. Should I tell him about the computer game? Should I pay to repair it?    

Yours,

Steve

Dear Steve.    

Oh, dear! You have made two mistakes. It is bad enough that you used your dad's computer to play games when he told you not to. And it is even worse that you did not tell him about it.If you tell him the truth now, he will be angry with you, but at least you will show that you are honest.You should apologise to your father. You should also pay the bill to repair the computer. If you offer to give up your pocket money, your father will realise that you are very sorry. Remember, next time, play football with David and not computer games!

Best wishes.

Diana

生词表：

came round拜访

computer game 电脑游戏

worried担心

before 在……之前

use 用

homework家庭作业

reason 原因

thinks 认为

go wrong 出故障

decided 决定

try out 尝试

copied 复制

finished完成

took off 卸载

check检查

documents文件

angry生气

no longer不再

important 重要的

tell 告诉

because 因为

be angry with sb生……的气

feel感觉

terrible可怕

whether是否

engineer工程师

Should 应该

tell  告诉

pay付钱

repair 修理

mistakes错误

worse 太糟糕了

truth事实

at least至少

honest诚实的

apologise 认错道歉

bill 账单

repair 修理

offer 提供

give up 放弃

pocket money零花钱

realise 意识到

Remember记住

next time下次

play football 踢足球

汉语译文：

你有困难吗？那就给《新标准杂志》的戴安娜写信，寻求她的建议吧。

亲爱的戴安娜：    

上周，我的朋友大卫带着一个新的电脑游戏到我家，请求在我爸爸的电脑上玩游戏。我很担心，因为在使用爸爸的电脑之前应该先问他一下。他用电脑工作，我只能用它来做作业。原因是：他认为如果我在电脑上玩游戏的话，电脑会出故障。哦，当爸爸不在家时，我们决定试着玩一下大卫的游戏。我们把它复制到电脑上，我们玩完游戏后，把它从电脑上删除了。然而，当我重新打开电脑，检查是否一切可好时，爸爸的一些文件不见了。后来，昨天晚上，爸爸使用电脑时，他非常生气。他哪里都找不到那些文件了。它们是很重要的文件。我没告诉他关于电脑游戏的事，因为我不想让他生我的气。现在我感觉难受。我不确定电脑工程师是否能把文件找回来。我应该告诉他关于电脑游戏的事吗？我应该花钱修理电脑吗？                                                     

你的朋友，                                                         

史蒂夫

亲爱的史蒂夫：   

噢，天哪！你犯了两个错误。太糟糕了，当你爸爸告诉你不要用他的电脑玩游戏时，你却用它玩了。更糟糕的是，你没告诉他关于那件事。如果你现在告诉他真相，他会生你的气，但至少能显示出你是诚实的。你应该向你爸爸道歉，也要付修理电脑的费用。如果你主动放弃你的零花钱，你爸爸会意识到你的歉意。记住下一次要和大卫踢足球，不要再玩电脑游戏！                                                         

最好的祝愿，

戴安娜