國外一個六歲孩子寫的作文，居然沒看懂

You need love because if we didn’t have any love,

“你需要愛，因為我們?nèi)绻麤]有愛

we wouldn’t feel very happy or have so much energy,

我們就不會感覺那么快樂，也沒有那么地充滿活力，

(文章一上來就用了學到高中有的時候還是搞不懂的虛擬語氣)

because love is very nice.

因為愛這種東西真的很棒!

(孩子覺得愛是一種具體的東西)

You need the earth because if the earth wasn’t here, we wouldn’t even be made.

你需要土地，因為如果沒有土地，就不會有我們。

(西方宗教里面大地孕育生命)

We need trees because the trees give you oxygen, because if you didn’t have oxygen, you can’t breathe.

我們需要樹，因為樹給你氧氣，因為如果沒有氧氣就不能呼吸。

You need fire if you didn’t have fire how would you be able to make your food,

我們需要火，假如你沒有火的話就不能做出食物。

and you can’t live without food or water,

而且我們不能沒有食物或是水源

You need your family because they are very nice to you and they take care of you and they are very very loving,

你需要家人，因為家人會對你很好，他們會照顧你，而且他們對你很有愛很有愛，

(孩子的詞匯量有限，反復地用nice)

and if you didn’t have a family, then you’d be all alone.

如果你沒有家人，你就一個人了。

(孩子眼里最害怕的是孤獨和寂寞)

You want a donut because they taste good.

你想要一個甜甜圈，因為它很好吃。

You want a puppy because they are really fun to play with and they lick your face.

你想要一只小狗，因為它很有趣，會舔你的臉并且陪你玩兒。

(美國家庭一般都會有寵物)

You want clothes because you could actually make your own clothes with a sewing kit.

你想要衣服，因為其實你要是有針線包就可以自己做一件衣服，

(在有些人的眼里這里不能用because，必須是表轉(zhuǎn)折的連詞而不能是表順承的連詞)

So you don’t actually need clothes because you could just make them yourself, by sewing together leaves.

所以其實你不是真的需要一件衣服，因為你可以自己做，用針線把樹葉縫起來。

(孩子的腦洞，和屈原的想法相同：制芰荷以為衣兮，集芙蓉以為裳。)

You could also make a house if you were all alone in the forest. Like a leaf house.

你也可以自己造一個房子，如果你一個人在森林里的時候，比如說，樹葉搭的房子。

(小編忍不住偷笑，樹葉搭的房子真的能住嗎，不會被大灰狼一口氣吹倒嗎)

I want a robot because robot are fun to play with.

我喜歡機器人，因為和機器人在一起玩兒特別有意思。

(人工智能)

I love robot kits because they are really fun to play with.

大愛那種可以拆裝組合的那種!

(小編沒有查到robot kits，大家知道準確的可以留言告知)

I also want a house, but if you didn’t have a house, as I said, you could make one out of leaves, with a little hammock and things like that.

我還想要一個房子，如果你沒有房子，你就可以，像我前面說的，你就可以用小錘子或者類似的東西，用樹葉自己搭一個。

(這孩子是中了“用樹葉搭房子”的毒.......)

And I want candy, because it tastes good.

我想要糖，因為它很好吃

(孩子免不了愛吃糖)

You know why money is in the middle, you kind of need and you kind of don’t need

你知道為什么人和人之間需要錢嗎? 因為你有的時候挺需要它的，有的時候卻又不怎么需要它。

——Flynn”

——福林

小編只理解了字面意思，大家又是怎么理解 money is in the middle這個表達的呢?