Downsizing: Talking Dad into Selling the Family Home

There she is! Coffee's on, and I made your favorite muffins.

你来啦！咖啡煮好了，我还做了你最爱的松饼。

Thanks, Dad. Um, there's something I've been meaning to bring up.

谢谢爸。嗯，有件事我一直想跟你说。

That sounds ominous. Should I be sitting down for this?

听着有点不妙啊。我是不是该先坐下？

Oh, come on, you're already sitting down. That's a good start.

哎呀，你已经坐着了。开头不错嘛。

Well... it's about the house. And the stairs, mainly.

嗯……是关于房子的事。主要是楼梯。

Ugh. This is about my little tumble last month, isn't it?

唉，是因为我上个月摔了那一小跤吧？

A little tumble? Dad, you were on the floor for an hour!

一小跤？爸，你在地上躺了一个小时！

If Mrs. Patel hadn't dropped by, who knows what would've happened?

要不是 Patel 太太正好过来，谁知道会出什么事？

I appreciate the concern, but I'm hardly an invalid.

我谢谢你关心，但我还没到那么不中用的地步。

I've climbed those stairs every single day for forty years.

这四十年来，我每天都爬那段楼梯。

I know, and nobody's saying you can't look after yourself.

我知道，也没人说你照顾不了自己。

It's just that this place is a lot to keep on top of.

只是这房子要打理的事情太多了。

Your mother planted those roses the summer we moved in.

那些玫瑰是我们搬进来那年夏天你妈妈种的。

Every corner of this place has a story attached to it.

这房子的每个角落都有一段故事。

Oh, Dad. I miss her too... more than I let on.

哦，爸。我也想她……比我表现出来的还要想。

But selling the house doesn't mean letting go of her.

可卖掉房子并不代表放下她。

Hmm, doesn't it? It certainly feels that way, sweetheart.

嗯，不是吗？我感觉就是这样啊，宝贝。

So, what if we looked at somewhere smaller, closer to us?

那，要是我们找个小一点、离我们近一点的地方呢？

There's a lovely two-bedroom place ten minutes from our house.

离我们家十分钟有一套很不错的两居室。

Ten minutes? You'd be sick of me within a week!

十分钟？不出一个星期你就会烦死我！

Ha, probably. But the kids would be over the moon.

哈，大概吧。不过孩子们肯定乐坏了。

And the garage? It's packed to the rafters with forty years of junk.

那车库呢？四十年的破烂堆得满满的。

We'll sort through it together. Ruthlessly, I might add.

我们一起整理。而且要毫不手软哦。

Well... I'm not promising anything, you understand.

好吧……我可什么都不保证，你懂的。

But I suppose there's no harm in taking a look.

不过去看看应该也无妨。

Really? Oh, Dad, that means the world to me!

真的吗？哦，爸，这对我太重要了！

Now, don't get ahead of yourself. I'm only looking.

哎，别高兴得太早。我只是去看看。

Fair enough. Looking is all I'm asking for.

行啊。我只是请你去看看而已。

And the roses come with me. That's non-negotiable.

还有，玫瑰得跟我走。这没得商量。

Deal. We'll find you a place with a proper garden.

成交。我们给你找个有像样花园的地方。

Good. Your mother would have approved, you know.

好。你妈妈也会赞成的，你知道吗。