家庭圆桌会议

老妈从南韩邻居的菜园子里摘了点紫苏叶子，拿回家来考老爸。老爸说，可以用来烧鸡，有特殊的香味。昨晚就成了老爸掌勺，就烧一道菜。等端上桌子，儿女围上来，大啃鸡块，老爸喝着啤酒，就开始了我们的家庭圆桌会议。

老爸对女儿说：“I paid your bill. The 50% discount is not sure yet. I told them that you might not consider this university if they did not give youdiscount.”

女儿说：“That's right, let's fight with them！”

老妈说：“你老爸一走，也就没有这个discount了。还是好好复习，考好点，去别的学校吧。”

女儿说：“那要好多钱呢。”

老爸说：“Earning money is dad and mom's job. Your don't have to worry toomuch. My goal is to support you so you can get out of college debt-free.”

女儿说：“How about brother's college cost? When are you going to save for him.”

老爸说：“ After you get out of college, I will start to save for him. Bythe time he goes to college, you can lend a hand to him, too， right?”

女儿点点头：“Ok, I will.”

老妈对看着儿子说：“别瞧不起我们家儿子，人家能拿奖学金呢。去MIT，是不是？（MIT是儿子去年去过的学校，说那里好。）”

儿子说：“If I have a million dollars, what should I do?”

老爸说：“Find a nice girl and marry her.”

女儿马上起哄：“Yeah, right! ”

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看看，孩子的理想就是在这种气氛下熏陶出来地嘛。不过，女儿第一次答应给弟弟上大学出力，还是让老爸老妈欣慰。

(8/1/2007)