当孩子真不容易

　　Hi! I'm Peter. I'm in the second grade. I have one thing to say: IT'S NOT EASY BEING A KID! Being a kid might look like fun, but sometimes it's not.

　　嗨！我是彼得。我上小学二年级。我有一件事情说：当个小孩子真不容易！作为一个小孩子看上去很好玩，但有时候并不如此。

　　Yesterday, I was playing outside with my friend. I was having a really good time.

　　昨天，我和我的朋友在外面玩，我们玩得很开心。

　　Then suddenly, my mother said, "Peter, it's time to come inside now. It's getting dark." When you're an adult, no one can tell you what to do or when to do it.

　　突然，妈妈说：“彼得，现在该到屋里来了，天黑了。”当你是个成人了，就不会有人吩咐你做什么，什么时间去做。

　　When you're a kid, you have to get up early in the morning and go to school. At school, you have to study math, English, science, and history.

　　当你是个小孩子的时候，你必须每天早起去上学。在学校，你必须要学习数学，英语，自然科学和历史。

　　After school, you have to do your homework. When you're an adult, you do not have to go to school and you never have homework.

　　放学后，你还要做家庭作业。当你是个成人了，你就不需要上学也不需要做家庭作业了。

　　When you're a kid, there are many things you can't watch. Last Saturday, there was a scary movie on TV. It looked really exciting.

　　当你是个小孩子的时候，有很多东西你是不能看的。上个周六，电视上演了一部恐怖电影，很有趣。

　　But my father would not let me watch. He said, "You're too young for this movie, Peter." When you're an adult, you can watch anything you want.

　　但是爸爸不让我看。他说：“你太小不适合看这个电影，彼得。”

　　When you're a kid, the older kids sometimes pick on you. When I was walking home from school on Monday, Tom and Steve bothered me.

　　当你是个小孩子的时候，大孩子有时候会找你麻烦。周一放学回家的路上，汤姆和史蒂夫会找我麻烦。

　　Steve took my schoolbag and put it in a tree. It made me very mad. When you're an adult, no one can pick on you.

　　史蒂夫抢了我的书包放到树上。这真让我气愤。当你成为一个大人了，就不会有人找你麻烦了。

　　When you're a kid, you cannot go anywhere by yourself. Last Friday, I wanted to buy a birthday gift for my friend John. But I had to wait for my mom to return home.

　　当你是个小孩子的时候，你不能单独到任何地方。上周五，我想去给好朋友约翰买份生日礼物。但是我还要等妈妈回家了陪我一起去。

　　When I want to go somewhere, I have to ride my bike or ask my mom for a ride. When you're an adult, you can drive a car wherever you want.

　　如果我想去某个地方，我要骑我的自行车的话还要问问妈妈是否允许。当你成人了，你就可以开车到你想去的任何地方。

　　When you're a kid, you have to go to bed early. On school nights, my mom makes me go to bed at 9:00.

　　当你是个小孩子的时候，晚上你必须早点睡觉。只要上学的晚上，妈妈都会让我晚上9：00之前上床睡觉。

　　But I do have a mom and dad who love me, which is really great. So I guess I like being a kid, even though IT'S NOT EASY BEING A KID!

　　但是，我确实有一个爱我的妈妈和爱我的爸爸，这样很好啊！我感觉自己依然是个小孩子，虽然当个小孩子并不容易！