Ma, how can you undermine my parenting like this?

媽，你怎麼能這樣破壞我的家教？

You don't have to be so strict with Jenny!

你不必對珍妮那麼嚴格！

She's still young!

她還年輕！

Yeah, life is hard for young people these days!

是啊，現在的年輕人生活很艱難！

I'm still learning to tie my shoes!

我還在學系鞋帶！

Exactly! Life IS hard!

沒錯！生活就是如此艱難！

That's why we have to teach her to be independent!

所以我們必須教會她獨立！

Otherwise she'll end up a 50-year-old loser still living with her parents!

否則，她就會變成一個 50 歲還和父母住在一起的失敗者！

Hey!

嘿！

Sorry, D, but you know what I mean.

對不起，D，但你知道我的意思。

At least you've charged her rent!

至少你收了她的房租

Uh, yeah, I was going to talk to you about that.

嗯，是的，我正想和你談談這個。

Oh my god, this is why I hate Taiwan.

天哪，這就是我為什麼討厭臺灣。

You guys never talk about things up front!

你們從來都不把話說在前面！

Is there anything else I should know about my daughter?

關於我的女兒，我還需要知道些什麼嗎？

Yes!

是的！

She owes AT&T in tolls and $6,000 for a parking barrier!

她欠 AT&T 公司通行費和 6000 美元的停車障礙費！

She tried to pay me with an iPhone 6!

她想用 iPhone 6 付我錢！

Ah!

啊！

She skipped out on your dental bill!

她逃掉了你的牙醫賬單

Also, she owes me a sports car.

另外，她還欠我一輛跑車。

Okay, that's it!

好吧，就這樣！

Jenny, we are going back to America!

珍妮，我們要回美國了！

But mom, I...

但是媽媽，我...

I don't want to hear it!

我不想聽！

I'm not going to let you throw your life away!

我不會讓你放棄自己的生活！

No!

不

Ah!

啊！

Jenny can decide for herself!

珍妮可以自己決定！

She's an adult!

她已經成年了！

Obviously not!

顯然不是！

And she'll never be if you keep giving her hongbaos!

如果你一直給她紅包，她永遠也不會這樣！

I'll give my granddaughter hongbaos if I want to!

如果我想的話，我會給我的孫女紅包！

Uh, can I say something?

我能說句話嗎？

Uh, you're ruining my daughter!

你毀了我女兒

You've forgotten what it means to be Taiwanese!

你已經忘記了臺灣人的含義！

Yeah, it means living off your family instead of being a real adult!

是啊，這意味著要靠家人生活，而不是成為一個真正的成年人！

At least I'm allowed to take care of our parents!

至少我可以照顧我們的父母！

But you could have been an engineer!

但你本可以成為一名工程師！

Well, you could have been a nice person!

你本可以成為一個好人的！

Guys!

夥計們

I'm not going to let you all destroy Jenny's life!

我不會讓你們毀了珍妮的生活！

She has a great life here with us!

她在我們這裡生活得很好！

No, she doesn't!

不，她沒有！

She's just confused!

她只是糊塗了！

Hey, look!

嘿，你看

I found my shoes!

我找到我的鞋了

Stop it!

別說了

Dad!

爸爸

Mom, I know you don't like Taiwan because of the humidity, the mosquitoes, and worst of all, the filial codependence.

媽媽，我知道你不喜歡臺灣，因為那裡潮溼、蚊子多，最糟糕的是，你還不孝順。

But it really feels like home to me, and I like my life here.

但對我來說，這裡真的有家的感覺，我喜歡這裡的生活。

I get to spend time with Grandma and Grandpa, we play chess, go on walks, and they tell me stories from the past.

我可以和爺爺奶奶在一起，我們下棋、散步，他們給我講過去的故事。

Including a story of their own stubborn daughter who never finished her PhD because she was too eager to move to America and start a new life.

其中包括他們自己固執的女兒的故事，她從未完成博士學位，因為她太想移居美國，開始新的生活。

And honestly, I do know how important education is.

老實說，我確實知道教育有多麼重要。

I want to finish college, I just need some time to figure out what I want to study and where.

我想完成大學學業，只是需要一些時間來想清楚自己想學什麼，在哪裡學。

Maybe I'll even end up at a Taiwan university.

說不定，我最後還能進臺灣的大學呢。

That's where you went, and you didn't turn out so bad, right?

你去了那裡，結果還不錯吧？

But at least now, for the first time in my life,

但至少現在，這是我人生中的第一次、

I feel like I have space to think and try some of the hobbies I've always wanted to try.

我覺得我有了思考的空間，可以嘗試一些我一直想嘗試的愛好。

Like ceramics! I've been working on these for months.

比如陶瓷！幾個月來，我一直在研究這些東西。

I made one for each of you as a thank you for taking such good care of me.

我給你們每人做了一個，以感謝你們對我的悉心照顧。

Maybe you should try more hobbies.

也許你應該嘗試更多的愛好。

This one's for you, Mom.

這是給你的，媽媽

珍妮,我不是不支持你住在台湾, 我只是担心你会遇到更大的遗憾。 但珍妮,我可以自己想办法解决这些问题, 而且我才19岁。 那这样吧,你现在可以住在台湾, 但是如果你不回学校, 那你就得回美国当你21岁。 25!

珍妮,我不是不支持你住在臺灣, 我只是擔心你會遇到更大的遺憾。 但珍妮,我可以自己想辦法解決這些問題, 而且我才19歲。 那這樣吧,你現在可以住在臺灣, 但是如果你不回學校, 那你就得回美國當你21歲。 25！

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23!

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合计!

合計！

干杯!

乾杯！

干杯!

乾杯！

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