ALI: Mommy. I'm going to be seven soon, right?妈妈，我快到七岁了，对吗？
MRS. NIKZAD: Yes, July 17.对，7月17日。
ALI: What day is that?是星期几呀？
MRs. NIKZAD: It's a Monday.星期一。
ALI: May I have a birthday party?我可以开个生日晚会吗？
MRS. NIKZAD: I'm sure you can. However, we'll have to talk to your father. 我想可以。不过，我们要告诉你爸爸一声。
ALI: I'll be good. I promise. I'll do whatever he says. I'll be so good that he won't know I'm here. Can we call him?那好，我答应您。爸爸说什么我都要开。我一声不响，爸爸不会知道我在家。我们给他打电话吧！
MRS. NmZA No. He'll be home any minute, Ali. It can wait till then, I'm sure. We've never had a big party in this apartment. I wonder ...不用，埃利。他一会儿就回来。我保证，到时候跟他说。在这所公寓里我们从来没举办过大的晚会。恐怕……
ALI: Oh, I don't want the party here!噢，我不是想在这儿搞晚会。
MRS NIKZAD; No? Where do you want it?不在这儿？那你想在哪儿？
ALI: At the Ice Cream Parlor. You know, the one that has 101 flavors. 在冷饮店。你知道，就是那家有101种风味的冷饮店。
MR.IKZAD: The Ice Cream Parlor?Do you mean the one which is near your father's bank at the Fair ? 冷饮店？你说的是不是你爸爸工作的那个世界博览会银行附近的那家？
ALI: Yes, that's the one. Jimmy's birthday party was there, and the party that he had was great.对，就是那家。吉米的生日宴会就是在那儿开的。而且那次宴会开得特别好。
