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Twenty Seven Harsh Parents
第二十七課 嚴厲的父母
Tom's parents were always too hard on him.
湯姆的父母對他總是太嚴厲。
They required him to be good at everything, every subject, and every sport.
他們要求他樣樣精通，每門學科要好，每項體育要棒。
If he was, they made the neighbors green with envy.
如果他表現好，他們就會讓鄰居們嫉妒的要命。
If hewasn't, well then Tom just wasn't eager enough to succeed.
如果他表現不好，那就是湯姆不那么渴望成功。
They made him work all the harder, at home and on the filed.
他們就會讓他更加用力，無論是在家里還在地里。
That's why Tom was so happy to be graduating.
這就是湯姆為什么那么高興終于畢業的原因。
Sure, he was going to be glad to be finished with school.
他對結束學業當然喜歡。
But mostly he just wanted to be free from his parents and free to do his own thing!
但最主要的是，他想擺脫他的父母，可以按自己的意愿行事！
After graduation, however, and moving out on his own, Tom discovered that life wasn't all that easy.
但是，畢了業一個人搬出來了，湯姆發現生活原來沒有那么容易。
Before he knew it he was hard up for cash and without a job!
不知不覺，他就沒錢了，而且還沒有工作！
It didn't help that he only wanted to do physical labor, using his intellect brought back bad memories.
所以他只想干體力活，可這還是無濟于事。因為使用智力會給他帶來不好的回憶，
But hunger and a lack of money made him remember that he was good with numbers.
由于饑寒交迫，他想起他很擅長做與數字有關的工作。
He applied for and got a job at a bank.
他向銀行申請并找到了一份工作。
There he discovered that all of his studying had been good for something.
這時他發現所有學過的東西都是有用處。
When he finally decided to call his parents on the telephone after almost a year of not doing so, he knew that they were half the battle.
當他終于決定給父母打電話時--他都差不多一年沒給他們打電話了，他知道他們是成功的重要條件。
They were right to make him study so hard.
他們讓他努力學習是對的。
And as they talked, Tom remembered the good times that they had together.
與他們說話的時候，湯姆想起了他們在一起的美好時光。
He decided that he really was fond of them and that , while he was free of them, he also missed them.
他覺得他是真的喜歡他們，盡管不跟他們住在一起了，他還是想念他們。
He would nenver be so hard up again.
他以后再也不會這么窮了。
