answer: #Person1# wants a cable, but Mom refuses because it costs money and #Person1#'ll only watch cartoons and action movies. Finally, Mom agrees to talk with Dad if #Person1#'s grades are good.
documents: #Person1#: Mom, can we get cable TV or a satellite dish?
  #Person2#: It costs money, dear. What's wrong with the regular television stations?
  #Person1#: The shows are dull and they're too many advertisements.
  #Person2#: Well, you already watch too much TV instead of doing your homework, anyway.
  #Person1#: There're educational stations too. I could learn while I watched TV.
  #Person2#: Well, that's true, but you'd probably only watch cartoons and action movies.
  #Person1#: No I wouldn't. . . can't we get cable? Everybody has cable.
  #Person2#: Well, if everybody jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?
  #Person1#: Mom!!! Please. All my friends have had it for years.
  #Person2#: Get new friends.
  #Person1#: Why are you always so mean?
  #Person2#: Because you'd end up spoiled rotten if I wasn't.
  #Person1#: I could help pay for it.
  #Person2#: Let's see how your grades are this semester, and maybe I'll talk to your father about it.
  #Person1#: O. K. Thanks, Mom!