Unit 2 

Activity 2 Read the letter and the reply. Choose the best summary of Steve's problem. 读这封信及回信。选择史蒂夫的问题的最好总结。

Dear Diana

爱心天使黛安娜

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

你有问题吗？写信给《新标准杂志》的黛安娜，并向她寻求建议。

Dear Diana,

亲爱的黛安娜：

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 should ask my dad before I use his computer. He usas it for his work,and I can only use it for my homework. The reason is that he thinks something will go wrong if I play games on it.

上周，我的朋友戴维带了一个新的电脑游戏来我家，要求在我爸爸的电脑上玩它。我很担心，因为在用电脑之前我应诙问问我爸爸。他要用电脑工作，而我只能用它来做我的家庭作业。原因是他认为我要是在电脑上玩游戏的话，电脑就会出毛病。

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.

噢，当时我爸爸不在家，我们决定试一下戴维的游戏。我们将它复制到电脑上，在我们玩完后，我们把它从电脑上删除了。然而，当我再次打开电脑去检查是否一切正常时，我爸爸的一些文件丢失了。然后，昨晚当我爸爸使用电脑时，他非常生气。他再也不能在任何地方找到这些文件了！它们是非常重要的。

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 repair shop can get the documents back. Should I tell him about the computer game? Should I pay to repair it?

我没有告诉他关于电脑游戏（的事），因为我不想让他生我的气。现在我感觉糟透了。我不确定电脑修理店是否能找回这些文件。我应该告诉他关于电脑游戏的事吗？我应该花钱修理它吗？

Yours,

你的，

Steve

史蒂夫

Dear Steve,

亲爱的史蒂夫：

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.

哦，天哪！你已经犯了两个错误。当你爸爸告诉你不要在电脑上玩游戏的时候你却用他的电脑玩，这就很糟糕了。更糟糕的是，你没有告诉他这件事。如果你现在告诉他真相，他会生你的气，但至少你能表明你是诚实的。

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.

你应该向你父亲道歉。你也应该付账去修电脑。如果你主动提出放弃你的零花钱，你父亲将会意识到你深怀歉意。

Remember,next time, play football with David and not computer games!

记住，下一次和戴维一起踢足球，而不是玩电脑游戏！

Best wishes,

致以最美好的祝愿，

Diana

黛安娜