A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
父母
Parents
I have a wonderful family: My parents are churchgoing, salt-of-the-earth Southern people. They gave me a lot of love and are so unaffected by fame.
我有一个美好的家庭:我的父母都是虔诚的南方人。他们给了我很多的爱，所以不受名声的影响。
Our children are not going to be just "our children" - they are going to be other people's husbands and wives and the parents of our grandchildren.
我们的孩子将不仅仅是“我们的孩子”——他们将成为其他人的丈夫和妻子，以及我们孙辈的父母。
I was the one that put myself in rehab. I was the one that went to my parents and said, you know, 'I have a problem and I need to take care of it.'
是我把自己送进戒毒所的。是我去找我父母，对他们说，‘我有个问题，我需要解决它。’
Our law enforcement must be given every tool available to protect children from predators and parents need to know who is living in their community.
我们的执法部门必须得到一切可用的工具来保护儿童免受食肉动物的侵害，家长们需要知道谁住在他们的社区。
When I was a kid I never knew the difference between a sitcom and a drama. I just knew what my parents were watching and what was making them happy.
当我还是个孩子的时候，我从来不知道情景喜剧和戏剧之间的区别。我只知道我的父母在看什么，什么让他们高兴。
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。
If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.
如果你观察任何优秀的运动员，你会发现父母对他们的影响很大。父母把他们的孩子介绍给一项运动，然后他们支持他们。
But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
但那是战争。他所能找到的对它有利的一切就是，它给孩子们带来了丰厚的回报，使他们从父母的有害影响中解放出来。
I come from the kind of family where work is work; my parents always taught me that it's better to be doing something than sitting around doing nothing.
我来自一个工作就是工作的家庭;我的父母总是教导我，做点事总比无所事事要好。
Believe it or not, we will actually be better and happier workers if we are allowed to be better parents. We might even rediscover our capacity for fun.
信不信由你，如果我们被允许成为更好的父母，我们实际上会成为更好、更快乐的员工。我们甚至可能重新发现我们的娱乐能力。
Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.
传授爱、慷慨、良好的礼仪，其中一些会从教室传到家里，谁知道呢，孩子们会教育父母。
We're kind of wishing some parents would come back. And of course we're uneasy about the fact that we wish they'd come back - I mean, what's wrong with us?
我们有点希望一些父母能回来。当然，我们对希望他们回来的事实感到不安——我的意思是，我们怎么了?
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Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
以前，我想，妈妈和爸爸就是一切，但现在，就我而言，我有了两个新女孩，突然间，她们完全依赖你，有了第三代。这是一个有趣的转变。你有孩子，你有你自己，然后你有你的父母。
I think that sometimes kids use the show as a jumping off point for talking about things with their parents.
我认为有时候孩子们会把这个节目作为和他们父母谈论事情的起点。
As parents, we need to send our kids back to 'old-fashioned' outdoor summer camps, which have been on the decline as the demand for sports and academics-based camps has risen. We need to fight budget cuts to public parks programs and resist closures of public swimming pools and playgrounds.
作为父母，我们需要把孩子送回“老式”的户外夏令营，随着对体育和学术性夏令营的需求上升，户外夏令营的数量一直在下降。我们需要反对削减公共公园项目的预算，反对关闭公共游泳池和游乐场。
When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.
当我还是个孩子的时候，我的父母经常搬家，但我总是能找到他们。
Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be.
你的孩子会成为你自己;所以做你想要他们做的。
Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them.
不要蔑视你的父母。毕竟，你是他们的儿子，你有可能继承他们的衣食。