實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：Fatherhood 父親

Todd: So, Mark, I see you have beautiful pictures of your child up here. I didn't know you had a baby!

托德：馬克，我看到了你孩子的漂亮照片。我都不知道你已經有孩子了!

Mark: Yeah, baby Roy is about 1 year and 4 months old now.

馬克：是啊，我兒子叫羅伊，現(xiàn)在有1歲4個月了。

Todd: Oh wow, that's exciting!

托德：哇，太令人激動了!

Mark: Yeah I mean everyone said there would be lots of changes in your life, but it's probably changed my wife's life more than mine. But I still enjoy giving him his bath and helping put him to bed and playing with him in the mornings and at the weekend.

馬克：是啊，所有人都說有孩子之后會給你的生活帶來很多改變，不過現(xiàn)在的情況更像是，相較于我來說孩子的到來更多地改變了我妻子的生活。我喜歡給他洗澡，把他放到床上，每天早上和周末時跟他一起玩耍。

Todd: Oh, that's great. So, what's it like being a father?

托德：真好。成為父親是什么感覺?

Mark: A lot of fun. As I said, I think my wife has a harder job looking after him during the day. The father can have the good jobs in the evening and the early morning and at the weekend.

馬克：有很多樂趣。就如我所說，我妻子一整天都要照顧孩子，我覺得她更辛苦。父親可以在晚上、清晨和周末時陪伴孩子。

Todd: So is your child speaking yet?

托德：你的孩子現(xiàn)在會說話了嗎?

Mark: Not quite, but he understands English and Japanese. So if we tell him off in either language he runs away and starts crying. He's just started walking.

馬克：還不太會，不過他可以聽懂英語和日語。所以不管我用任何一種語言批評他，他都會哭著跑開。他剛剛學會走路。

Todd: Ok, oh that's got to be tough.

托德：好，那會很難的。

Mark: It's getting tougher. We just have to childproof the house more.

馬克：是越來越難。我們必須在家中設立兒童防護裝置。

Todd: So how do you childproof the house?

托德：你怎么保護孩子的安全?

Mark: Make sure that all breakables are above the level where he can reach, that's the most important thing.

馬克：要確保所有易碎品放在他夠不到的地方，這是最重要的事情。

Todd: Now, when you have a child, like, first of all how much does the baby sleep?

托德：現(xiàn)在你有了孩子，你的孩子睡多長時間的覺?

Mark: Well he's a good sleeper. He's basically always slept from about 9 in the morning, 9 in the evening until 6.30 or 7 in the morning. He's waking up a little bit earlier now because it's lighter earlier.

馬克：他睡得很好。他每天上午9點睡覺，抱歉，是晚上九點睡覺，第二天早上6點半或7點醒來。他現(xiàn)在睡醒的時間要比之前早，越來越早。

Todd: Oh, wow, so what does your child like to do? Do you play special games with your …, with Roy?

托德：哦，哇，你們家孩子喜歡做什么?你會和你的兒子羅伊玩特別的游戲嗎?

Mark: He's into dancing at the moment. He really likes the beat of the BBC world music so he looks forward to the BBC news at the hour. He likes going to the sandpit and playing with the other children from the neighbourhood.

馬克：現(xiàn)在他喜歡跳舞。他喜歡BBC播放的音樂，所以他會期待BBC的整點新聞。他喜歡去沙坑和周圍的孩子們一起玩耍。

Todd: Well, you have a lovely child.

托德：你的孩子真可愛。

Mark: Thank you.

馬克：謝謝你。