Friendship and Appearance

友誼和外貌

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

2013 年12 月11 日 星期三

Dear Sandra: I'm fifteen.

親愛的珊卓：我現在十五歲。

My best friend, Betty, stopped talking to me last Friday

我最好的朋友，貝蒂，上周五開始不跟我講話了。

She appears to be angry with me, but she won't tell me what's wrong.

她看起來好像在生我的氣，但她不願意告訴我發生什麼事。

I feel really down.

我真的感到很沮喪。

I've always wanted to make more friends,

我一直都很想結交更多朋友，

but I don't know how to open up to anyone except Betty.

但除了貝蒂以外，我不知如何對別人暢所欲言。

I feel lonely without her.

沒有她，我感到孤單。

What should I do?

我應該怎麼做才好？

Rainy Girl

心情在下雨的女孩

Dear Rainy Girl:

親愛的心情在下雨的女孩：

Tell Betty how you feel.

告訴貝蒂有關妳的感受。

If you are shy, perhaps you could drop her a note first.

假如妳很害羞，也許妳可以先寫紙條給她。

If she's a true friend, she'll understand how you feel,

假如她是個真正的朋友，她會瞭解妳的感受，

and you two can work the problem out together.

而且妳們兩個人能一起解決問題。

Making friends is important for a teenager.

交朋友對青少年來說是重要的。

Always smile when you talk to others.

當你和其他人講話時，要一直面帶微笑。

I'm sure you'll make new friends soon.

我相信妳很快就會交到新朋友的。

Dear Sandra: I'm fourteen.

親愛的珊卓：我現在十四歲。

I don't like myself very much because I'm short and have acne.

我非常不喜歡我自己，因為我又矮還長青春痘。

Also, I'm afraid to talk to girls;

而且，我害怕和女孩子講話；

I think they will laugh at me when they see my face.

我想她們看著我的臉時，她們會嘲笑我。

Am I thinking too much?

是我想太多嗎？

I want to be more confident.

我想要變得更有自信。

Can you tell me what to do?

你可以告訴我該怎麼做嗎？

Thanks.---- Sad Boy

謝謝。 —傷心男孩

Dear Sad Boy:

親愛的傷心男孩：

Don't worry about how tall you are.

別擔心你的身高。

Being confident is more attractive than being tall.

有自信比長得高更有吸引力。

Find out what you are good at,

找出自己的專長，

and you'll be more confident.

你會更有自信。

As for your skin problem,

至於你的皮膚問題，

you can take action to solve it.

你可以採取實際行動來解決。

Try washing your face often or go to see a doctor for help.

試著時常清洗你的臉或看醫生尋求協助。

Remember, appearance isn't everything.

記得，外表不代表一切。

Be yourself and love yourself.

做自己並且愛自己。