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William: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm William Kremer.
威廉：大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語節目。我是威廉·克萊默。
Yang Li: And I'm Yang Li.
楊莉：我是楊莉。
William: So this Sunday is Father's Day here in the UK and in many countries around the world.
威廉：這周日是父親節，是英國和全世界許多國家都會過的節日。
Yang Li: William, I know you are married but you are not a father yet, right?
楊莉：威廉，我知道你已經結婚了，不過你還沒有當爸爸，對吧？
William: Yes, that's right.
威廉：對，沒錯。
Yang Li: Well in that case, I don't think you are well qualified to talk about this topic, William!
楊莉：好，那這樣的話，威廉，我認為你還不夠資格談論這個話題。
William: Well, I disagree. All that matters is that we can speak English! So today I thought we could look at a couple of very common phrases relating to fatherhood. Let's listen to this clip of a woman talking to her friend about her son. Try and hear a phrase relating to fatherhood.
威廉：我不同意。真正重要的是我們要說英語！所以今天，我想我們要來說一些與父親身份有關的短語。我們來聽下面這個例子，一個女士正在和朋友談論她的兒子。試著聽出和父親身份有關的短語。
Woman: And how's Jonathan?
女：喬納森最近怎么樣？
Woman 2: Good question–I'd like to know the answer! He's ever so quiet and I never know what he's thinking...
女2：真是好問題，我也想知道答案！他太安靜了，我從來都不知道他在想什么……
Woman: Oh yeah.
女：哦，好吧。
Woman 2: Mind you, his dad's exactly the same. Like father, like son.
女2：對了，他爸爸和他完全一樣。有其父，必有其子。
Yang Li: Like father, like son. So that means that the son is just like the father, is that right?
楊莉：有其父必有其子。意思是兒子和爸爸一樣，對吧？
William: Exactly, yes.
威廉：完全正確。
Yang Li: So, William, can you say 'like mother, like daughter'?
楊莉：那威廉，可以說有其母，必有其女嗎？
William: Well, you could say that but it's not really a phrase in English. 'Like father, like son' is quite a common phrase. And you have to use those exact words, you can't say 'Like his father, like my son'–it has to be 'like father, like son'.
威廉：可以這么說，不過這并不是英語中的短語。而“有其父必有其子”是一個很常用的短語。而且你要使用準確的詞，不能說Like his father, like my son，必須說like father, like son。
Yang Li: So are you like your father, William?
楊莉：那威廉，你和你父親像嗎？
William: That's a good question. What do you think, Dad?
威廉：這是一個好問題。爸爸，你怎么看呢？
William's Dad: Oh, that's a difficult question–
威廉的爸爸：哦，那是一個難以回答的問題。
Yang Li: Wow, I didn't know–I didn't realise you were here, Mr Kremer! It's very nice to meet you! Very nice to meet you.
楊莉：哇，我不知道，我沒有意識到您在這里，克萊默先生！很高興見到您！很高興見到您。
William's Dad: Nice to meet you too. I always like to keep an eye on William, make sure he's being a good son. And I think I was a good son to my father, so in that way, I think he is like me.
威廉：我也很高興見到你。我一直都在留意威廉，確保他做一個好兒子。我想我對我爸爸來說是好兒子，所以我想他應該像我。
Li: I think you look quite alike, except that William is much taller than you–he is a giant!
莉：我認為你們看起來非常像，只不過威廉比您高一些，他簡直是個巨人！
William's Dad: I have to carry a chair with me wherever I go just to keep up with him!
威廉的爸爸：無論我去哪兒我都必須要帶把椅子，就為了要趕上他的高度！
William: Alright, Dad. So, before we finish today, let's have a look at another phrase connected with fatherhood. And this phrase means a long time before you were born. In this clip a woman is talking to her uncle. Try and hear the phrase.
威廉：好了，爸爸。在我們結束節目前，再來看一個和父親身份有關的短語。這個短語的意思是在你還沒有出生之前。這是一名女性和她叔叔的對話。試著聽出這個詞組。
Woman: I didn't know you used to have a motorbike!
女：我不知道你原來有輛摩托車！
Man: Oh yes. I had one for a couple of years... it must have been in the sixties; before you were even a twinkle in your father's eye!
男：哦，是的。幾年前我有一輛摩托車……那應該是60年代；那時你還沒出生呢！
Yang Li: Wow that was quite a long phrase–'Before you were even a twinkle in your father's eye.'
楊莉：哇，那真是一個很長的短語，在你還沒有出生之前。
William: Yeah, or you could say, 'You weren't even a twinkle in your father's eye'. A twinkle is something that shines brightly, like a star. So it's quite a romantic word. Maybe the phrase means: before your father ever looked at your mother in a romantic way; so, long before you were born.
威廉：沒錯，或者你也可以說You weren't even a twinkle in your father's eye。twinkle是閃閃發光的東西，比如星星。所以這是一個非常浪漫的詞。可能這個短語的意思是，在你爸爸和你媽媽談戀愛之前；其實意思就是遠遠在你出生之前。
Yang Li: Well, we hope that these English phrases might be useful to you this Sunday. Happy Father's Day!
楊莉：嗯，我們希望周日你們能用到這些英語短語。父親節快樂！
William: Happy Father's Day!
威廉：父親節快樂！
William's Dad: Oh thanks guys!
威廉的爸爸：哦，謝謝你們！
