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爸爸
Dad
I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect.
我父亲从来没有对我说过“这是你必须做或不应该做的”,但我只是学会了以身作则。我父亲并不完美。
A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be, A father is someone who carries pictures where his money used to be.
父亲是这样的人,他希望他的儿子能像他想要的那样成为一个好男人。
Going to the theater is such a joyous experience. My dad would take my sister and me to plays when we were very young, like six or seven years old.
去剧院是一种非常愉快的经历。我爸爸会在我们很小的时候,比如六、七岁的时候,带我妹妹和我去看戏。
I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies.
我总是很尴尬,因为我爸爸穿西装,妈妈穿平底鞋和舒适的套衫,而我朋友的父母是朋克或嬉皮士。
I was into all kinds of music as a teen - country music, because my dad was in a band that played country, and whatever my sister and brother were into.
当我十几岁的时候,我喜欢各种各样的音乐——乡村音乐,因为我爸爸在一个演奏乡村音乐的乐队里,不管我姐姐和哥哥喜欢什么。
Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them.
埃涅阿斯背着年迈的父亲从特洛伊废墟中走出来,我们也一样,不管我们喜不喜欢,也许即使我们从未见过他们。
We had to give each other permission to be different as parents. That's why there's a mom and a dad with two different approaches, because you do need both.
我们必须允许彼此成为不同的父母。这就是为什么一个妈妈和一个爸爸有两种不同的方法,因为你需要两种方法。
I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.
我喂过孩子,我本可以把他们扔了,但我没有。我决定无论我要去哪里,他们都要和我一起去。你在看一个真正的爸爸。
In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to find any place at all for us to live.
妈妈一生中每周挣的钱从来没有超过五六块。因为没有丈夫,她很难找到我们住的地方。
I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.
我是一个亲力亲为的父亲,我充分利用了我的监护权。只要我能,我就照顾我的小宝贝,她决定我能做什么,我能在哪里做。
My dad was a ham, too. He could sell those women anything. Of all his sons, I was the only one he could trust to sell as well as he could. I was proud of that.
我爸爸也是个火腿。他可以卖给那些女人任何东西。在他所有的儿子中,我是唯一一个他可以信任的人,能像他一样卖得这么好。我为此感到自豪。
I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.
我从我父亲那里继承了这种平静,他是个农民。你播种,你等待好或坏的天气,你收获,但工作是你总是需要做的事情。
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I had lost relationships with my dad, my brother and sister and I was just like, you know what, this is definitely the time to just get it together and so that's what I did.
我和爸爸、哥哥、姐姐失去了关系,我就想,你知道吗,现在绝对是时候和好了,所以我就这样做了。
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
对一个年老的父亲来说,没有什么比女儿更珍贵。
My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.
我父亲和我的关系很好。我们总是相处得很好。但我总是骂他。
Playing music has always felt very natural. You know, you do try to do other things, and you do learn lessons that way, but, eventually - well... if your dad is a plumber, you become a plumber. It's the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business.
演奏音乐总是感觉很自然。你知道,你确实试着做其他的事情,你也确实通过这种方式学习,但是,最终——嗯……如果你爸爸是水管工,你就会成为水管工。这是家族企业,我觉得我在接管家族企业。
So much of my aesthetic was formed by my dad.
我的审美很大程度上是由我父亲形成的。
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.
儿子们总是有一种叛逆的愿望,想要被父亲所迷恋的东西所幻灭。