DearDiana
Doyouhaveaproblem?WritetoDianaatNewStandardMagazine,andaskforheradvice.
DearDiana,
Lastweek,myfriendDaWeibroughtanewcomputergameandaskedtoplayitonmyfather'scomputer.Butmyfatherhaswarnedmenottousehiscomputerforplayinggamesbecauseheusesitforhisjob.Icanonlyuseitformyhomework.HethinksthatifIplaygamesonit,it'llgowrong.
Well,mydadwasout,sowedecidedtotryDaWei'sgame.Wecopieditontothecomputerandwhenwefinished,wetookitoffthecomputer.Wemadequitesuremyfatherdidn'tnoticeanything.
Butwhenmydadusedthecomputerlastnight,hewasreallyangry.Thecomputerwasn'tworkingbecauseithadavirus!
ButIdidn'ttellhimaboutthecomputergame.
NowIfeelterrible.It'sgoingtobeexpensivetomendit.ShouldItellhimaboutthecomputergame?ShouldIoffertopay?
Yours,
Steve
DearSteve,
Ohdear!You'vemadetwomistakes.First,youusedyourdad'scomputerwhenhetoldyounotto.Second,youdidn'ttellhimaboutthegame.Yes,youmusttellhimimmediately.Ifyoutellhimthetruth,he'llbeangrywithyou,butatleastyou'llprovehowhonestyouare.
ThenIthinkyoushouldoffertopay.Butyoushouldn'tuseyourpocketmoney—afterall,yourparentsgaveyouthatmoney.Ifyouoffertodosomejobsaroundthehome,ormaybehelphimwithhiswork,he'llrealisethatyou'retrulysorry.
Oh,andnexttime,playfootballwithDaWei!
Bestwishes,
Diana
Theproblemis____.
Steveplayedacomputergameafterhisfatherwarnedhimaboutavirus.
Steveplayedacomputergameonhisfather'scomputerafterhisfatherwarnedhimnottouseit.Buthiscomputergameleftavirusonthecomputer.
Steve'sfriendleftavirusonSteve'scomputer.Hisfatherusesthecomputerforwork,andisnowveryangry.
Theadviceis____.
Heshouldsayhe'ssorryandmendthecomputer.
Heshouldtellhisfathertomendthecomputer.
Heshouldtellhisfatherthetruthanddosomejobstopayforit.
