中級美語對話 (第58講)

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58. Like Father, Like Son p.398
     Tom, whose parents are conservative, is talking to Karen, whose parents are open-minded.
     T: Boy, I'm really fed up with my dad.
     K: Why? What's the problem?
     T: My dad, whose upbringing was very strict, expects me to live by his old rules.
     K; That's too bad. He must be crazy.
     T: You know what? He even buys clothes for me, the styles of which belong to the fifties.
     K: What a nut!
     T: Hey, stop calling my dad names.
     K: But I thought…
     T: No matter what, he's still my dad.
     K: Like father, like son!
     Like father, like son 有其父,必有其子
     I like Bruce very much; his personality is pleasent. personality 個性,性格
     or: I like Bruce very much because his personality is pleasent.
     or: I like Bruce very much, whose his personality is pleasent.
     conservative (traditional) 反義 open-minded (liberal)
     bald 禿頭的
     Boy 唉
     be fed up with = be sick of = be tired of = be bored with 厭煩
     beef 牛肉 What's the beef? 什么事讓你煩了,出了什么事了
     I was brought up in the city, but Peter was brought up in the country. So our upbringings were very different.
     be mad about = be crazy about 非常喜歡 be mad at 生氣
     bib (小孩用的)圍兜 apron 圍裙
     What a nut! nut 瘋子