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The worst items discovered in a teenager's bedroom revealed on Mumsnet
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Messy teenage boys' bedrooms... they're the stuff nightmares are made of.
十幾歲少年凌亂的臥室……里面的東西簡(jiǎn)直就是噩夢(mèng)。?
But a mother on the parenting website Mumsnet has now clarified just how gruesome it can get when clearly out the room of an adolescent, after discovering a Pringles tube full of urine.
但是一位母親在育兒網(wǎng)站Mumsnet中展示了一個(gè)青少年的房間到底可以有多么可怕:她發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)裝滿尿液的品客薯片盒。
The mum, who goes by the username 'myotherusernameisbetter' revealed she made the discovering while cleaning out her son's room this weekend.
一位用戶名為“myotherusernameisbette”的母親說(shuō),她在周末清理兒子房間時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)了這東西。
She wrote: 'Today [my second son] (13) was away for the day and I was waiting on hospital visiting time as my Mum is very unwell, I needed something to keep me occupied so I decided to do [his] room as a treat.
她在論壇上這樣寫道:“今天我的二兒子(13歲)白天不在家,并且那時(shí)我正在等候醫(yī)院的探望時(shí)間的到來(lái),因?yàn)槲业哪赣H狀況很不好。我需要做點(diǎn)別的什么轉(zhuǎn)移一下注意力,所以我決定通過(guò)整理兒子的房間,來(lái)舒緩一下我忐忑不安的心情?!?/p>
'Apart from the dirty laundry I found: 2 empty juice bottles, 1 empty smoothie carton, 1 empty milk shake carton, 6 empty crisp packets, 3 apple cores, a pile of orange peel, a pile of sweet wrappers, some bits of popcorn, 2 plastic bowls, 2 plastic cups......and a Pringle tube full of urine.
“除了臟衣服以外我還發(fā)現(xiàn)了:兩個(gè)空的果汁瓶,一個(gè)空的冰沙盒,一個(gè)空的奶昔盒,六個(gè)空的薯片包裝袋,三個(gè)蘋果核,一堆橙子皮,一堆糖的包裝紙,一些爆米花,兩個(gè)塑料碗,兩個(gè)塑料杯……和一個(gè)裝滿尿的品客薯片盒?!?/p>
'We are going to have to have a talk when he gets home.
“等他回家后我們得好好談一談?!?/p>
The lid was on - I reached out to pick it up expecting it to be light.....it was heavy, and full of liquid - i opened and sniffed.
薯片盒的蓋子是蓋著的,我伸手去撿它,本以為很輕……結(jié)果它很沉,并且裝滿了液體,我打開(kāi)聞了一下。
'It's just as well he keeps his windows open and heating off.'?
“幸好他的窗戶是開(kāi)著的,暖氣是關(guān)著的?!?/p>
The revelation caused some shock to other users on the forum, with some saying that they would be serious consequences for such behaviour in their households.
這條帖子使得論壇上的一些用戶很震驚,有人表示如果這種行為發(fā)生在自己的家里,后果會(huì)很嚴(yán)重。
But other mothers, often of teenage boys, were sympathetic, with many sharing their own horror stories of items left to rot in their children's bedrooms.
但其他青少年的母親,卻很有共鳴。她們開(kāi)始吐槽自己的糟糕經(jīng)歷,關(guān)于她們?cè)诤⒆拥姆块g中發(fā)現(xiàn)的東西。
One user called?SoupDragonwrite: 'I did [my son's room] whilst he was away over half term.
名為 SoupDrag的用戶寫道:“在我兒子離開(kāi)了半個(gè)多學(xué)期后,我整理了他的房間?!?/p>
'I filled 4 kerbside recycling crates with paper, 2 with bottles and cans, 3/4 of the landfill bin and did approximately 47 billion loads of laundry which mostly consisted of odd socks.
“我用從他房間里整理出的紙塞滿了四個(gè)街邊的回收箱,兩個(gè)回收箱塞滿了瓶子和罐子,街邊四分之三的垃圾桶也被塞滿,大概洗了470億桶衣服,其中大部分都是些奇怪的襪子?!?/p>
'I was a little surprised not to find a dead rat.'
“我有點(diǎn)驚訝居然沒(méi)找到死老鼠?!?/p>
Another called?BellMcEnd said: 'I mucked out [my eight-year-old son's] bed today.
另一位名叫BellMcEnd的用戶說(shuō)道:“我今天了整理了我八歲兒子的床?!?/p>
'Under his pillow I found: 4 books, 52p, a medal from sports day, a weird piece of felt he'd been doing something with at school for art, a lego man and a lip salve.
“在他的枕頭下我發(fā)現(xiàn)了:四本書,52便士,一個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)的獎(jiǎng)牌,一個(gè)他在學(xué)校做的古怪的藝術(shù)品毯子,一個(gè)樂(lè)高玩具人和一個(gè)潤(rùn)唇膏?!?/p>
'I only changed it ten days ago.'
“我十天前才整理過(guò)他的床?!?/p>
One disgruntled mother is so fed up with her son's untidy habits that she has given up attempting to tidy his room.
Faithope said: 'My [son] is 16 and a slob when it comes to his room.
Faithope說(shuō):“我兒子今年16歲,說(shuō)到他房間的時(shí)候他就是一個(gè)邋遢鬼。”
'Dirty pants and clothes continue to lay on the floor- the pile of clean and ironed clothes are piling up as I just add to it.
“臟褲子和臟衣服一直扔在地板上,干凈熨過(guò)的那堆衣服就像我放過(guò)去的時(shí)候那樣一直在那擺著”?
'The fact that [my son] thinks he has run out of clean pants and has helped himself to his dad's so he has a pair to wear...if only he looked in that lovely pile of laundry on his bedroom floor, he would find the 20 pairs that are clean and ready to wear.
“事實(shí)上,當(dāng)我兒子認(rèn)為他已經(jīng)把干凈的褲子穿完時(shí),他就會(huì)隨便找來(lái)一條他父親的褲子,這樣他就有褲子可以穿……但只要他看一下臥室地板上那堆可愛(ài)的衣服,他就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)在那里有二十條干凈的褲子可以穿?!?/p>
Vocabulary
gruesome:可怕的
muck out:打掃馬廄(或豬欄等)
disgruntled:不滿的
(翻譯:張琪BISTU 編輯:江?。?/p>
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