A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
父母
Parents
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。
My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had.
我父母想让我来安慰他们，因为他们否认曾有过悲伤。
Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid.
父母必须明白:如果你的孩子不是你，不要责怪孩子。
Insomnia: A contagious disease often transmitted from babies to parents.
失眠症:一种传染病，常由婴儿传染给父母。
The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.
孩子的问题是你得忍受他们的父母。
I have a great relationship with my parents. I have not been on lithium.
我和我的父母关系很好。我没有服用过锂盐。
There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.
总是有关于我父母的问题;我受够了。
A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp.
许多父母把他们的烦恼收起来，送他们去参加夏令营。
I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib.
我想我父母不喜欢我。他们在我的婴儿床里放了一只活泰迪熊。
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。
Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance.
父母需要教导孩子尊重和接受的原则。
I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents.
我知道，对于我和我的妻子来说，我们一直都喜欢做年轻父母的想法。
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One of the misconceptions about BlackBerry is that it's your parents' smartphone.
人们对黑莓的误解之一是，它是你父母的智能手机。
My parents were really encouraging. But I had to teach them the proper way you respond to an actor after seeing a play - regardless of whether you like their performance you tell them how great they are because they have to go on again the next night.
我的父母非常鼓励我。但是，我得教他们看完戏后如何正确地评价一个演员——不管你喜不喜欢他们的表演，你都得告诉他们他们有多棒，因为他们第二天晚上还得接着演。
My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends. My son is surrounded by love.
我儿子有一对慈爱的父母和一个大家庭，无论是表亲、继母还是男朋友。我的儿子被爱包围着。
My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
我父母过去常带我去宠物部，告诉我那是一个动物园。
Our parents were very strict. Not in a brutal or awful way, but there were definite rules, such as after six on a school night you didn't go out, and at weekends you had to be home by a certain time. It wasn't particularly sheltered, but we were well brought-up.
我们的父母非常严格。不是以一种残忍或可怕的方式，而是有明确的规则，比如在学校晚上六点以后你不出去，周末你必须在某个时间回家。这里没有特别的庇护，但我们都是受过良好教育的。
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?