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Ivy is busy trying to get ready for school when her dad suddenly walks in her room.
D: Dad　　I: Ivy
D: Ivy, it's time to go!
I: Dad, don't you ever knock?
D: I don't have to knock. It's my house and I pay the bills around here.
I: That's not fair. This is my room, and I expect some privacy.
D: When you start paying rent, then you can have all the privacy you want, little missy.
I: You're not the boss of me! I'm moving out this weekend. My friend Cecilia has a spare room in her apartment.
D: Don't let the door hit you on your way out.

艾薇正準備要去上學，她爸爸突然走進她房間。

爸爸： 艾薇，該走囉！
艾薇： 爸，你都不敲門的嗎？
爸爸： 我沒必要敲門。這是我家，而且付帳單的人是我。
艾薇： 那不公平。這是我的房間，我想要有一點自己的隱私。
爸爸： 小姐，妳能自己付房租後，就可以有妳想要的隱私。
艾薇： 我不要聽你的！我這個週末就搬出去。我朋友西西莉亞的公寓有空房。
爸爸： 好啊，那妳就快去啊。

生活必備字詞

get ready for...　　準備好……
Nancy and her friends have a variety of different things to do to get ready for the party.
expect vt. 期待；認為理應得到
I expect all of you to have your homework completed by tomorrow. 

生活用語解析

表示「我不想聽你的命令」的說法
表示「我不想聽」有兩種說法，正常的說法是 You are not my boss.，但
是小孩使用的說法和大人使用的不太一樣，本文中的 You are not the boss of me. 就是小朋友較常使用的說法，用在不服管教、和長輩頂嘴的時候。
例 A: Honey, you can't eat ice cream when you are sick.
B: Mom, stop saying that! You are not the boss of me.