A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
父母
Parents
My parents were hippies.
我的父母是嬉皮士。
Our parents were musicians.
我们的父母是音乐家。
My parents really encouraged me.
我的父母真的鼓励我。
My parents were very indiscrete.
我的父母非常独立。
My own parents were touchy-feely.
我自己的父母感情丰富。
Both of my parents were musicians.
我的父母都是音乐家。
My parents never really lecture me.
我父母从来没有真正教训过我。
Not even my parents know how I vote.
连我父母都不知道我怎么投票。
Self-belief? My parents gave it to me.
自信吗?我父母给我的。
He who respects his parents never dies.
尊敬父母者永生。
Children aren't dogs; adults aren't gods
孩子不是狗;成年人不是神
Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.
新奇是快乐之源。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective.
我父母之间的关系真的很可怕。我的意思是，他们的仇恨程度，身体虐待的程度——基本上，我的母亲会打我的父亲——我认为我被电视上那些明亮而发人深醒的画面所吸引。
Relatives are the worst friends, said the fox as the dogs took after him.
亲戚是最坏的朋友，狐狸边说边被狗追赶。
All musicians need a day job in the beginning. Unless they still live with their parents, I guess. I'm just lucky that my day job is simply another form of art.
所有的音乐家一开始都需要一份白天的工作。除非他们还和父母住在一起，我想。我很幸运，我的日常工作只是另一种艺术形式。
As comfortable as I was with my adoption, the nature-versus-nurture question has been a big one for me. I adore my parents, but I always wondered if I would feel a different kind of love-not more or less, just different-for someone who was biologically related.
尽管我对自己的领养感到放心，但对我来说，先天与后天孰优孰劣的问题一直是个大问题。我爱我的父母，但我一直在想，对于一个有血缘关系的人，我是否会感受到一种不同的爱——不是多或少，只是不同。
When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.
当你在一段关系中，你希望它能起作用。我父母做了，我也做了。但我们没有被教过如何让它工作。
Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor.
任何一个孩子，如果他的父母都对他感兴趣，并且有一屋子的书，那他就不算穷。