Haley: So, Mom, there's a party tonight at Andrew Adler's, and everybody's gonna be there.

　　Claire: Ooh, that sounds like so much fun, but I have other plans.

　　Haley: Oh, that's hi- larious. But I'm talking about me.

　　Alex: That's unusual.

　　Claire: Honey, you said you'd go to your grandfather's tonight.

　　Haley: See, that's what's so perfect about this. Andrew only lives, like, a couple blocks away from Grandpa's. So I figured that I could go-

　　Claire: Sweetie, you made a commitment.

　　Haley: But I really want to go. Plus, every time I go over to Grandpa's, Manny just stares at me the whole time.

　　Alex: Maybe if you wore a bra-

　　Claire: Alex.

　　Alex: What? I can't wait to go to Grandpa's. Family means everything to me.

　　Haley: Cause you have no friends.

　　Alex: No. Because I love Grandpa. And he's getting older. Who knows how many years he has left?

　　海莉：妈，安德鲁·艾德勒家里晚上有派对，大家都要去。

　　克莱尔：听起来不错，但是我有其他安排。

　　海莉：真有意思，但我指的是我要去。

　　艾丽克斯：真是"反常"啊。

　　克莱尔：亲爱的，你说你今晚要去外公家。

　　海莉：对啊，所以才刚刚好嘛，安德鲁家离外公家只有几个街区，我觉得我可以——

　　克莱尔：亲爱的，你答应好了的。

　　海莉：但是我真的想去嘛，还有每次我去外公那儿，曼尼总是直勾勾地盯着我看。

　　艾丽克斯：可能如果你穿上胸罩——

　　克莱尔：艾丽克斯。

　　艾丽克斯：怎么了嘛，我迫不及待想去外公那里，家人对我来说就是一切。

　　海莉：因为你没朋友。

　　艾丽克斯：才不是，因为我爱外公。他一天比一天老了，天知道他还能活多少年。

　　虽然艾丽克斯说的话有些太过直白而显得不太好听，但是却包含她对外公的关心。妈妈克莱尔在指责海莉言而无信的时候用到了make a commitment，意为“作出承诺”，而make a commitment to sb就是“对某人作出承诺”，除了commitment以外，也可以用promise和pledge作为替换，都意为“作出承诺、保证”。

　　古灵精怪的孩子们经常会口出妙语让你哑口无言，可不要因为他们的年纪而小看了他们。但是他们再怎么能说会道，都只是孩子，所以就算说不过他们，也要保持微笑哦。

（编辑：何莹莹）