Scene 1
OFFICER: (the policeman gets off his bike and walks to LYNETTE's window) License and registration please. Ma'am, you know why I pulled you over?
LYNETTE: I have a theory.
OFFICER: Your kids are jumping up and down; they should be sitting, wearing a seatbelt.
LYNETTE: I yelled at them. They never listen to me, it's very frustrating.
OFFICER: Well, you're gonna hafta find a way to control them. After all, that's your job. (Walks off back to his motorbike)
NARRATOR: Though he's been a policeman for 6 years, Officer Hayes had never found himself in a truly dangerous situation. Then again, he had never before told a woman how to raise her children.
LYNETTE: (gets out of her car, slamming the door) You saying I'm a bad mother?
OFFICER: Ma'am, you need to get back in your car please.
LYNETTE: (slowly walks towards the policeman) I have no help, my husband's always away on business.
OFFICER: I'm gonna hafta ask you to step back now. (slowly moves his hands towards his weapon)
LYNETTE: My babysitter joined the witness relocation program. I haven't slept through the night in 6 years.
OFFICER: Ma'am..?
LYNETTE: (gets right in the policeman's face) And for you to stand there, and judge me.
OFFICER: Okay. I'm not gonna give you a ticket. I'm just gonna let you off with a warning.
LYNETTE: I accept your apology.
OFFICER: Buckle up!
Scene 2
MRS HUBER: By the way, was that you I saw getting pulled over by a policeman?
LYNETTE: Yeah, the boys were acting up in the car, I couldn't get them to sit down.
MRS HUBER: Young boys can be so wilful.
LYNETTE: I try everything. I scream, I threaten, I reason, I beg, nothing works. I don't know if it's because they're too young and they don't understand, or if they're just getting some perverse joy out of testing me!
MRS HUBER: My mother used to have the worst time with me in the car, so one time when I was acting up, she stopped and left me on the side of the road, and she drove off.
LYNETTE: You're kidding.
MRS HUBER: Oh, she came back immediately. But I never misbehaved in the car again. You should try that.
LYNETTE: Mrs. Huber, I could never leave my kids by the side of the road.
MRS HUBER: When it comes to discipline, sometimes you must be creative.
【实用句型】
Well, you're gonna hafta find a way. After all, that's your job.
My husband's always away on business.
I haven't slept through the night in xx days.
I accept your apology.
Buckle up!
Young boys can be so wilful.
I try everything. I threaten, I reason, I beg, nothing works.