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MARTIN: |
Did
you enjoy the afternoon? |
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ALAN: |
Yes. I always like the beach. |
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MARTIN: |
Were your friends there today? |
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ALAN: |
Some of them. |
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MARTIN: |
Sue, did you have a good time? |
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SUE: |
It
was OK. I wish mother had come. |
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MARTIN: |
I
do too. Maybe we can bring her next weekend. |
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SUE: |
Let's do. May I bring Sally? |
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MARTIN: |
We'll see. |
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ALAN: |
May
I turn on the radio? |
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MARTIN: |
I'd
rather have quiet. |
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SUE: |
I
would too. |
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ALAN: |
You
just don't like my music. |
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MARTIN: |
That's right. Maybe later. |
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ALAN: |
May
I drive? |
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SUE: |
You
can't. You don't know how. |
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MARTIN: |
Well, let's think about it. |
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SUE: |
Daddy! He can't. He doesn't know how! |
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MARTIN: |
He's unable to drive right now. Aren't you almost old enough to
drive, Alan? |
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ALAN: |
Almost. I'll be old enough in a few months. But I don't know how.
Can't you teach me? |
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SUE: |
Can't you teach me too? |
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ALAN: |
Be
serious. |
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MARTIN: |
I
am able to teach both of you. But I won't. Sue, you're definitely
too young. |
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SUE: |
I
can learn without actually driving. |
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ALAN: |
What fun is that? |
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MARTIN: |
That's what we will have to do for a few months. You can't drive
without a permit and license. |
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ALAN: |
I'm
not able to get a permit until I'm sixteen years old. |
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MARTIN: |
Maybe it would be a good
idea for me to teach you. |
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ALAN: |
What can you teach if I
can't drive? |
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MARTIN: |
We could make a list. We
can list what you can do already, what you can't do. Some of
those things you can learn now. Some will have to wait until you're
sixteen. |
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SUE: |
I'll have to wait a long
time. |
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ALAN: |
I can't park.
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MARTIN: |
That will have to wait.
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ALAN: |
Can't we practice on our
street? |
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MARTIN: |
Not yet.
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まだだ。 |
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ALAN: |
I can start the car.
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MARTIN: |
Tell me how you do it.
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ALAN: |
First, you put the car in
neutral. |
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SUE: |
I can do that.
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MARTIN: |
How do you put the car in
neutral? |
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SUE: |
You push that thing
there. |
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MARTIN: |
What is that thing?
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ALAN: |
You don't know.
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SUE: |
I forget.
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ALAN: |
It's the gear shift. You
put it in neutral. It's marked "N." |
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MARTIN: |
That's good. Then what do
you do? |
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ALAN: |
You put the key in there.
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MARTIN: |
What's that called?
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SUE: |
The starter.
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ALAN: |
No, it isn't.
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SUE: |
Do I have to know the
names of everything? |
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MARTIN: |
It's a good idea. It
helps in talking about them. |
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