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Maria: What’s going on here? I came as soon as I got your phone call. Why are you holding onto my son like that?
玛利亚：发生什么事情了?我一接到你的电话就赶过来了。你为什么紧紧抓住我的儿子?
Storeowner: I am restraining your son because I caught him shoplifting. I thought you’d like to be here when I called the police.
店主：我在制服他，他在商店里行窃被我抓住了。我觉得在报警之前，你应该想要过来私下聊聊。
Maria: There’s no need for that. He’s not a delinquent.
玛利亚：没有必要报警。他不是什么不良青年。
Storeowner: He is from my standpoint. Theft is a serious crime.
店主：在我看来是这样的。偷窃是一种严重的犯罪。
Maria: I know it is and I’ll make restitution. Please give him a second chance. Please don’t call the police.
玛利亚：我理解你的立场，我会进行赔偿。请你给他一次改过立新的机会。不要报警。
Storeowner: Well, it’s not the value of what he’s stolen that’s important. It’s the fact that he committed an offense.
店主：关键不是他所偷窃的物品有多贵重，而是他犯了罪。
Maria: Please let me pay for it and I’ll make sure he never enters your store again. What did he take and how much do I owe you?
玛利亚：请您让我为商品付费吧，我保证他再也不会进这家店了。他偷拿了什么东西，我应该给您多少钱？
Storeowner: I told you that it’s not the cost of the item. It’s the principle.
店主：我跟你解释过了，重要的不是商品贵重与否，而是原则性问题。
Maria: What exactly did my son take?
玛利亚：我儿子究竟偷了什么？
Storeowner: He ate a grape.
店主：他偷吃了一颗葡萄。
Maria: One grape?
玛利亚：一颗...葡萄？
Storeowner: Yes, before I stopped him. He could have eaten the entire fruit stand if I hadn’t been vigilant.
店主：没错，我及时制止了他。好在我足够警惕，不然他就把整个水果摊都吃掉了。
Maria: All this over one grape?
玛利亚：这一切皆起因一颗葡萄？
Storeowner: You should be thanking me for alerting you to this behavior. As a parent, you know you need to nip these things in the bud. Today it’s a grape; tomorrow it’s a car!
店主：你应该感谢我敲响了警钟。作为家长，应该把孩子的犯罪苗头扼杀在摇篮里。今天偷吃一颗葡萄；明天偷得可能就是一辆车!
Maria: Okay, how much do I owe you for one grape?
玛利亚：那好，我应该为一颗葡萄支付多少钱？
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