Joshua, I'm telling you. You should tell your father. He will understand, bro. You don't really know him, do you? He will never understand, Rodrigo. But he is your family.

  He has to always support（支持） you. A father should always do that. No, he isn't like that. I will look for a solution（解决方案） by myself（我自己）. I can do it. Don't worry（ 担忧）.

  I'm not sure. You have a lot of problems. It is not easy to solve（解答） those problems. I know, but I can't do anything. Don't you dare（ 敢） tell them anything, okay（好）? But maybe I can talk to him.

  Maybe that way he will understand. I can try. No, don't do that. And you better leave at once because he can hear you and I will have problems. Okay, don't worry. I'm leaving now, but you should talk to him.

  Seriously（严重地）. Bye. No, no, that's okay. I'll see you tomorrow in class. Take care（小心）. Joshua, I heard your friend saying something about you wanting to tell me something.

  Hello, dad. No, he was just joking（说笑话）. I don't have anything to tell you, dad. Are you sure? It's not the first time I see you like this. What's going on?

  Nothing, dad. Just a little problem, but I can figure（ 认为） it out on my own. Don't worry. I am your father. You're gonna tell me what's going on right now. What happened?

  Well, I'm having some problems in the school. Nothing serious（认真严肃的）. Nothing serious. Okay, but I want to hear it anyway（ 不管怎样）. What is that thing? Well, some of my partners laugh at me because I am shorter than them.

  It's nothing. They make fun of you because you are shorter than them. Seriously? Yeah, that's stupid（ 愚蠢的）, right? But don't worry. I don't care about what they say to me.

  So, let me understand this. Your friends make fun of you and you didn't do anything?