亲爱的戴安娜。Dear Diana,

你有什么问题吗？写信给《新标准》杂志的戴安娜，征求她的意见。Do you have a problem? Write to Diana at New Standard Magazine, and ask for her advice,

上周，我的朋友大伟带来了一个新的电脑游戏，并要求在我父亲的电脑上玩。Last week, my friend Da Wei brought a new computer game and asked to play it on my father's computer,

但是我父亲警告我不要用他的电脑玩游戏，因为他用它来工作。 But my father has warned me not to use his computer for playing games because he uses it for his job,

我只能用它做作业，他认为如果我在上面玩游戏，它会出错。 I can only use it for my homework, He thinks that if I play games on it, it'll go wrong,

我爸爸出去了，所以我们决定试试大伟的游戏。Well, my dad was out, so we decided to try Da Wei's game,

我们把它复制到电脑上，完成后，我们把它从电脑上删掉。 We copied it onto the computer and when we finished, we took it off the computer,

我们确保我父亲没有注意到任何事情。 We made quite sure my father didn't notice anything,

但是当我爸爸昨晚用电脑时，他真的很生气。But when my dad used the computer last night, he was really angry,

电脑坏了，因为它有病毒！ The computer wasn't working because it had a virus!,

但我没有告诉他电脑游戏的事。But I didn't tell him about the computer game,

现在我感觉糟透了，修理它要花很多钱。Now I feel terrible,It's going to be expensive to mend it,

我应该告诉他关于电脑游戏的事吗？我应该付钱吗？Should I tell him about the computer game? Should I offer to pay?,

亲爱的史蒂夫Dear Steve,

天哪！你犯了两个错误，第一，当你爸爸告诉你不要玩的时候，你用了他的电脑，第二，你没有告诉他游戏的事。Oh dear! You've made two mistakes,First, you used your dad's computer when he told you not to,Second, you didn't tell him about the game,

是的，你必须马上告诉他，如果你告诉他真相，他会生你的气，但至少你会证明你是多么诚实。 Yes, you must tell him immediately, If you tell him the truth, he'll be angry with you, but at least you'll prove how honest you are,

那我觉得你应该主动出钱，但你不应该用你的零花钱毕竟是你父母给你的。Then I think you should offer to pay,But you shouldn't use your pocket money—after all, your parents gave you that money,

如果你主动提出在家里做一些工作，或者帮助他工作，他会意识到你真的很抱歉。If you offer to do some jobs around the home, or maybe help him with his work, he'll realize that you're truly sorry,

哦，下一次，和大伟一起踢足球！Oh, and next time, play football with Da Wei!,

最美好的祝福，Best wishes,