Can I Stay Out Later? Negotiating a Curfew with Mum

Mum, um, have you got a minute?

媽，嗯，妳有空嗎？

Uh-oh, that sounds serious. What have you done?

哎唷，聽起來很嚴重。妳闖了什麼禍？

Mum! Nothing! It's about Saturday night.

媽！什麼都沒有啦！是星期六晚上的事。

Priya's having a birthday party, and it finishes at midnight.

Priya要辦生日派對，半夜十二點才結束。

Midnight? Your curfew is ten o'clock, as you well know.

半夜？妳的門禁是十點，妳很清楚。

But everyone else is allowed to stay until the end!

可是其他人都可以待到最後啊！

Oh, the old "everyone else" argument.

喔，又是那套「別人都可以」的說法。

Seriously, I'll be the only one leaving early...

真的，只有我一個人要提早走……

Look, it's not that I don't trust you.

聽我說，不是我不相信妳。

I just worry about how you'd get home so late.

我只是擔心那麼晚妳要怎麼回家。

Actually, I've already thought about that!

其實我已經想好了！

Priya's dad has offered to drive us all home.

Priya的爸爸說要開車把我們都送回家。

Oh, has he? Well, that changes things a bit.

喔，是嗎？那情況就有點不一樣了。

And I'll keep my location on the whole time.

而且我會一直開著定位。

Hmm. You've clearly been planning this for a while, haven't you?

嗯。看來妳計畫這件事很久了，對吧？

Here's my offer. Eleven thirty, not a minute later.

我的條件是：十一點半，一分鐘都不能晚。

Eleven thirty? But they're cutting the cake at eleven!

十一點半？可是他們十一點才切蛋糕！

Then you'll have half an hour to eat it.

那妳有半小時可以吃蛋糕。

What if we meet in the middle? Quarter to twelve?

不然我們各退一步？十一點四十五？

Don't push your luck, young lady.

別得寸進尺，小姐。

Fine... eleven thirty it is.

好吧……那就十一點半。

And if you're late, you're grounded for a month. Deal?

要是遲到，禁足一個月。成交嗎？

Deal! Thank you, Mum, you're the best!

成交！謝謝媽，妳最好了！

I know I am. Now, what are you wearing?

我知道。那妳打算穿什麼？

Well... about that. Could I borrow your black jacket?

嗯……說到這個。我可以借妳那件黑色外套嗎？

Ha! I knew there was something else coming!

哈！我就知道還有別的事！