A：I don't know how John can put up with his son, who fools around without working.
我不知道約翰為什么能容忍他的兒子整天不工作，瞎混日子。
B：He's out of John's hands. Nothing he can do about such a black sheep.
他不服約翰的管教，對(duì)這樣一個(gè)敗家子，約翰無可奈何。
A：If I were him, I would give him a good talking-to. I would insist on his stopping fooling around like that.
如果我是約翰，我會(huì)教訓(xùn)他一頓，堅(jiān)持不能讓他再這么瞎混了。
注釋：
1.put up with：容忍，忍受
2.fool around：閑逛;荒廢時(shí)間
3.a black sheep，敗家子，害群之馬