女兒今年四年級，很想擁有一台自己的laptop，我一直沒有答應她。一是我不想讓她輕易得到自己想要的東西；二是我和她爸爸各有一台laptop，她爸爸的經常要用，我嘛，因為有ipad，laptop閑著足夠她用來做作業；三是她自控能力較差，擔心她總惦記著用來聊天或玩遊戲。
今年聖誕節前，女兒早早又提出要laptop做聖誕禮物，我還是沒答應。我建議她寫一個list，我們好選擇給她買禮物，這不，上周五，人給了我list，你猜咋的？從頭到尾全是各種型號的laptop，人還說讓我們所有人——外婆，爸爸；媽媽和姐姐合起來買給她就行。我生氣了，說這樣我們沒法給你禮物，她哭了。外婆曾帶過她兩年，這回又剛來美國，就哄著她說，學習用嘛，就買吧，外婆給出一半錢。我說不能輕易答應她。
晚上，我和女兒談判，一是你得告訴我們為什麽你一定要自己的電腦；二是有了自己的電腦，你要如何做好自己的事，如做不到怎麽辦？女兒問要寫出來，我說當然，還要sent給姐姐，我們四個人都同意了，才能買。
第二天一早，女兒早早地爬起來坐電腦前，啪啪啪地敲起來。我9點出門上班，9點半，人電話打來，“媽咪，我sent給你了”。我打開email，一看，人正兒八經地寫了篇essay，下麵就是，原汁原味的哦。
Have you ever wondered why people want a computer? Have you ever wondered if kids want have computers instead of just playing games and chatting with others on a computer? Well, I know why I should have a computer. Come along to see my point of view of why I should have a computer.
First, I think I should have a computer so I can type essays or note pages. It can help my grade for neatness. Typing can also make it a lot faster to do the essay or homework.
Second, my teacher can give me a specific website to do homework on. My teacher might say to go on Study Island to practice my math and get some ribbons so my class can win the Study Island Contest. He might even put math problems on his blog.
Also, I might have a group assignment that I need to do by emailing others. I might email them ideas of thing or a picture. It can be very helpful to email others because you can’t use a phone to give someone a picture or something.
Next, there might be an essay that I need to research about. I might need to research about a person named Henry Hudson that I don’t even know about. It can improve my researching skills and where I should look for the most information.
Last, having my own computer can make me not bother others at home that have a computer and are using it. They might need to do something important like paying the bills and I can keep on bothering them so I can use a computer. It can frustrate others and not make them do work.
These are the reasons why I should have a computer. They can be very reasonable or not reasonable but this is why I should have a computer.
我這一邊看一邊忍不住笑得眼淚都出來了。 晚上，人把每天應該做的事也流水賬似的都羅列出來寫成另一篇。
想知道結果如何？ 這不， 聖誕樹下，那用聖誕彩紙裹著的長方形的那一份禮物，女兒可是迫不及待地等著拆它呢。
