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212.Staying Together as a Family
212.维持一个家
When Joey's parents died, the children had to take inventory of how each person could fill their shoes in the family to keep it together! David, Joey's older brother, took charge of earning money. Lucy, his older sister, took control of the house. Joey was left to take care of his baby sister, Emily. He thought that was great; he would surely be able to take it easy more often than David and Lucy. Boy was he wrong!
乔伊父母去世时，为了使家维持下去孩子们得调査清楚谁接替谁的工作。哥哥大卫负责挣钱。姐姐露西负责管家。乔伊则负责照看小妹妹爱米莉。乔伊认为这个分工不错，他肯定会比大卫和露西有更多的时间放松。他可是大错特错了！
Watching Emily was a lot of work!
照看爱米莉还真是有的忙！
It was so difficult that Joey took issue with Lucy that her job was easier than his! Emily was messy—it took forever to clean up after her! And she needed constant attention—Joey couldn't even take in a concert with his friends because he had to watch her!
乔伊的工作太难做了，以致他和露西争论她的工作要轻松得多！爱米莉难对付得很——他要不停地跟在她后面收拾这收拾那！而且她一刻也离不开人——就因为要照看她，乔伊连和朋友去听音乐会都不行。
Lucy told Joey that he wasn't taking into account how much she had to sacrifice either! They all realized that they had taken for granted how much work their parents did for them. And they missed them terribly!
露西告诉乔伊他也没考虑到她得做多大的牺牲！他们都意识到原来父母为他们做了那么多，而他们却认为理所当然。他们是多么怀念父母啊！
David especially wanted to take back all of the mean things he had said to his dad. Now David realized what it took to support a family! It was all very hard to take in!
大卫尤其想收回他对父亲说过的那些难听的话。现在他明白了支撑一个家有多难！而理解这一点又是多么不容易！
So they all took heart from each other, encouraging each other to take care; they wanted to stay together!
因此他们相互打气，相互鼓励多加注意，因为他们想永远在一起！
And they promised to never take down their last family portrait with their parents! It was a reminder of all that they were working for!
而且他们答应永远不会把与父母的最后一次合影拿下来！这张照片时刻提醒着他们为什么要做这些工作！
