地道美语听力播客642:领养一个孩子（双语）

Scott: Hi, I thought I’d stop by to pick up those chairs I wanted to borrow.

斯科特：嗨，我想顺便拿走那些我想借的椅子。

Roberta: Oh, sure. Here they are.

罗伯塔：哦，好的，它们就在这。

Scott: What are you doing?

斯科特：你在做什么?

Roberta: I’m looking through the material we got on adoption.

罗伯塔：我正在浏览我们所收集的领养资料。

Scott: Are you and Robert thinking about adopting a child?

斯科特：你和罗伯特打算领养一个孩子?

Roberta: Yeah, we are. We’ve been thinking about it for a long time, and we think we might be ready now.

罗伯塔：是啊，我们是这样打算的。我们已经想了很长一段时间了，我们认为我们现在可能准备好了。

Scott: Have you decided on an international or domestic adoption?

斯科特：你们决定跨过领养还是在国内领养?

Roberta: We’re going domestic.

罗伯塔：我们决定在国内领养。

Scott: That means going through the foster care system, right?

斯科特：这就意味着要通过领养体系的考察，对吗?

Roberta: Yeah, it’s going to be a lot of work getting our house ready and all of the paperwork done. But after we pass inspection, we’ll just need to wait for a call from a social worker with a placement. We hope it’ll happen quickly.

罗伯塔：是啊，我们要做很多工作，我们要花很长时间来收拾屋子，还得处理完所有的文件。但是在我们通过考察后，我们就只需要等待来自社会服务工作者的电话，我们希望电话会快点打来。

Scott: I thought people had to wait months or years for a baby.

斯科特：我认为要领养一个小孩需要等好几个月或好几年的时间。

Roberta: They may, but we’re asking for a waiting child, maybe even one with special needs. We may even take more than one child, someone with siblings.

罗伯塔：他们可能会等很长时间，但是我们想要收养的是候补儿童，甚至可能是有特殊需求的孩子。他如果有兄弟姐妹的话，或许我们要收养的孩子就不止一个啦。

Scott: Wow, that’s a lot of responsibility. Wouldn’t you rather do a private adoption? Then you can call the shots and even have a closed adoption, if that’s what you want.

斯科特：哇，那要担负起很大的责任啊，你难道没想过私下收养吗?那样你就可以做主，如果你想的话，甚至可以秘密收养。

Roberta: We don’t mind an open adoption, actually. We’ve given it a lot of thought, and we think it’s best if the child knows who his or her birth parents are. That way, they won’t always be wondering.

罗伯塔：实际上，我们并不介意公开收养。我们都已经再三考虑过，我们认为最好让孩子知道自己的亲生父母是谁。那样，他们就不会一直想要弄明白。

Scott: I hope everything goes smoothly. I’m sure you’ll both make great parents.

斯科特：我希望一切都很顺利，我相信你们会成为很棒的父母。

Roberta: We’re not so sure, but we’ll do our best. By the way, you can keep those chairs.

罗伯塔：我们也不确定能做好，但是我们会尽我们最大的努力。还有就是，这些椅子你们可以留着。

Scott: Really? Why?

斯科特：真的吗?为什么?

Roberta: You have no children and they’re a hazard. We need to childproof this house and we’re starting with those chairs.

罗伯塔：你没有孩子，这些椅子可能会伤到孩子，我们需要保证这个房子对儿童是安全的，就先从椅子开始处理吧!

Scott: Hey, that’s great. That big-screen TV looks dangerous. I’d be more than happy to take it off your hands, too.

斯科特：嘿，那太好了。那台大屏幕电视机看起来也很危险，如果你能把它也送给我，我会更开心的。

Roberta: Hands off the TV!

罗伯塔：不要动我的电视!