雅思口語交際類話題：親情（1）

　　慣用口語句子：

　　A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.

　　母親不是賴以依靠的人，而是使依靠成為不必要的人。

　　lean v. 倚，靠

　　lean on...“依靠…”

　　East or west, home is best.

　　= Be it ever so humble. there is no place like home.

　　金窩，銀窩，不如自己的草窩。

　　humble a. 粗糙的，簡陋的

　　Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

　　家是永遠向游子敞開大門的地方。

　　take in“接待，接受”

　　If you want your children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

　　你若希望你的孩子總是腳踏實地，就要讓他們負些責任。

　　responsibility n. 責任，職責

　　shoulder n. 肩膀

　　keep one's feet on the ground“脾踏實地”

　　The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

　　越早把你的兒子當成男人，他就越早成為男人。

　　“the sooner... the sooner...”的意思是“越早…就越早…”。

　　Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

　　對于大多數人來說，他們認定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。

　　folk n. 人們

　　The supreme happiness comes from the belief that we are loved unconditionally.

　　的幸福就是堅信有人毫無條件地愛著我們。

　　supreme a. 的，至上的

　　belief n. 信念，相信

　　unconditionally ad. 無條件地

　　You can't expect to make a place in the sun for yourself, if you keep taking refuge under the family tree.

　　如果你總是躺在家庭的大樹下，就別想在陽光下為自己找到一個位置。

　　refuge n. 躲避，避難

　　take refuge“避難”