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So how’s everything going for Christmas?
圣诞节准备得怎么样了？
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bI’ve got all the presents I need, and my family is working together to get all the food ready. That’s easy; but I have another problem to deal with.
要的礼物我都准备好了，而且我们全家正在一起准备食物。那很容易，但我还有一个难题要处理。
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What’s that? Don’t tell me you’ve still got Christmas cards to write, it usually takes my wife a month to write all of ours.
什么事？不要告诉我你还有许多圣诞卡要写；我妻子通常花一个月的时间写好我们所有的圣诞卡。
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bNo, I did that a long time ago. It’s about telling my son the truth about Santa Claus.
不是，圣诞卡我早就写完了。难题是怎样告诉我儿子有关圣诞老人的实情。
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He still doesn’t know that Santa isn’t real? How old is he, eight?
他还不知道圣诞老人不是真的？他多大，八岁？
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bYes. He’s never said anything so I never told him. But now that he’s getting older…
是的，他从未说过什么，因此我也从未告诉过他。但现在他越来越大了……
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You think it’s better that he should be told?
你认为他应该知道实情比较好吗？
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bYes, he’s too old to believe in that type of things. And I’d rather tell him before the kids at school do.
是的，他太大了，不应该相信那种事情。而且我宁愿在学校的孩子们告诉他以前告诉他。
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That happened to my oldest girl. She became really upset when her classmates told her Santa wasn’t real.
以前我的大女儿也是这样。当她的同学告诉她圣诞老人不是真的时候，她变得很伤心。
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bI can understand. I was lucky with my oldest; she figured it out by herself and didn’t tell my son.
我能理解。我幸运我的大女儿没有这种麻烦，她自己猜出圣诞老人是假的，但没有告诉我儿子。
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Well, when you tell him, be gentle. It’s hard for kids to find out something like that.
唔，那你告诉他时，温和一点。对小孩来说，得知那样的事是很难承受的。
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