本劇主要講述住在紐約長島的西佛一家的日常生活故事,是中國大陸較早引進的國外情景喜劇,在中國從1990年一直播出至1994年。1990年代初期一經(jīng)播出就引發(fā)了收視高潮,片中邁克開朗調(diào)皮的形象為廣大觀眾所喜愛。而劇中西佛醫(yī)生對子女采取啟發(fā)式教育的方式,也讓觀眾得到啟示。
Jason: Mike, you don't really wanna part with that jacket, do you?
詹森:麥克,那件皮夾克你真的愿意讓出去?
Mike: No. But Dad there is no way that Bruce is gonna play 10 miles from my house and I'm gonna miss him. I got to go to that concert.
麥克:不,爸爸,這場音樂會在我們家不遠的地方演出,我不想錯過,我一定要去聽一場。
Jason: Here it is.
詹森:電話。
Mike: Yeah, what? It's impossible. Yeah, ok, see you.
麥克:喂!什么?這怎么行呢?是的,好吧,再見!
Jason: Well?
詹森:什么事?
Mike: Somebody offered him a house.
麥克:有人用房子換票。
Maggie: A house?
瑪吉:用房子?
Mike: It's just for a weekend. But it's still out of our league. Unless...
麥克:對,他們想度個周末,可我們辦不到,除非......
Maggie: Mike!
瑪吉:麥克!
Jason: Ah, hah.
詹森:啊啊。
Mike: Ok, fine.
麥克:好,就這樣吧!
Jason: Mike, at least you still have that jacket, right?
詹森:嗨,麥克,至少得保住皮夾克,對嗎?
Mike: Who cares? It smells like a dead cow.
麥克:管它呢,聞起來一股死貓味兒。