大學(xué)英語綜合教程第二冊 3

[00:00.00] This comedy centers around a proud father's attempts to help his children, [00:06.87]attempts which somehow or other always end up embarrassing them. For the sake of fun it carries things to extremes, [00:16.59]but nearly everyone can recognize something of themselves and their parents in it. [00:23.07]FATHER KNOWS BETTER by Marsh Cassady [00:27.90]My dad's a nice man.Nobody could possibly believe that he isn't.Yet he's..,well, [00:35.37]he's always doing these stupid things that end up really embarrassing one or more of us kids. [00:41.93]One time,see,my brother wanted to buy this guitar.Been saving money for it for a long time. [00:50.36]Then he got a job at this fast-food place,OK?Waiting tables. [00:55.64]It was Sean's first actual job,and he was real happy about it. [01:01.10]He figured in two or three months he'd have enough money to buy exactly the kind of guitar he wanted. [01:07.89]Mom and Dad were proud of him, and well, OK, he's my big brother,and he's always pulling these dumb things on me. [01:16.33]But, well, I was proud of him too. You know what happened?I hate to tell you because: [01:23.98]Father knows better! [01:28.08]Good evening, sir. May I help you? [01:31.79]Good evening. [01:33.07]Oh, no! [01:34.48]I'm looking for the manager. [01:36.84]That would be me, sir. [01:39.60]I'm Sam Thompson. My son works here. [01:44.10]Oh, you're Sean's father. [01:46.84]Yes. It's his first job, you know.I just wanted to check that he's doing OK. [01:53.76]Oh, fine. No problem. [01:57.89]What did I do to deserve this?Tell me what? [02:02.59]Hiring him was a good thing then? [02:06.04]Well, yeah, I suppose so. [02:10.77]Go home, Dad. Go home. Go home. [02:15.71]I'm sure he's a good worker but a typical teenager, if you know what I mean. [02:22.84]I wouldn't know. [02:25.95]He's a good boy.And I assure you that if there are any subjects that need to be addressed, [02:33.94]Sean and I will have a man-to-man talk. [02:38.28]I don't think that will be necessary... [02:43.27]Oh,no problem.I'm proud of my son. Very, very proud. And I just wanted you to know that I'll do [02:53.04]anything I can to help him through life's dangerous sea. [02:58.23]Aaaargh! Aaaargh! Aaaaaaargh! Son, [03:03.14]I didn't know you were here. [03:05.89]It's where I work,Dad. [03:08.00]Of course. I mean,I didn't see you. [03:11.58]I can't imagine why [03:13.65]Your manager and I were just having a nice chat. [03:17.72]Father,you know better than that. [03:21.46]If that sort of thing happened only once in a while,it wouldn't be so bad. Overall, [03:28.38]I wouldn't want to trade my dad for anyone else's. He loves us kids and Mom too. [03:35.85]But I think that's sometimes the problem. He wants to do things for us, [03:42.82]things he thinks are good. But he needs to give them more thought because: [03:48.73]Father knows better! [03:51.97]I have a surprise for you, Diane. [03:56.17]You have..,a surprise? [04:00.20]Well, whatever it is, dear, don't keep us in suspense. [04:06.00]Well, you know,Dan Lucas and I work together? [04:10.54]Kyle's father? [04:12.60]Don't interrupt, dear, your father is trying to tell you something [04:17.70]Something Diane won't want to know,I'll bet. [04:21.09]Whatever would make you think that? [04:24.12]Sean, dear. Heidi, sweetheart, don't distract your father. [04:30.34]Sorry, Mom. [04:32.38]Now then. As I was saying, I know how much you like young Kyle. [04:38.57]Father! [04:40.45]It's true, isn't it? Didn't I hear you tell your mother that you wish Kyle wouldask you to the senior prom? [04:48.57]Uh-oh [04:49.52]Oops! [04:50.61]Please, children, please. Your father is trying to speak. [04:55.44]Yes-I-said-that-why-are-you-asking? [05:00.02]Well then. [05:02.05]"Well then" what?! [05:04.40]What did I say? Did I say something wrong? [05:08.53]Not yet, he didn't. [05:10.80]But you know it's coming. [05:12.61]Children, please. Do give your father the respect he deserves. [05:18.90]Yes, Mother. [05:21.15]Well,today I saw Dan and asked if he'd like to go to lunch at that [05:27.34]French restaurant on Third Street. You know the one, Mother. [05:31.76]Well, yes, I believe I do. [05:35.36]My treat, I told him. And, of course, he was glad to accept. [05:40.82]Why wouldn't he be? [05:42.60]Well, yes. [05:44.66]What-has-this-to-do-with me?! [05:48.40]Diane, sometimes I just don't understand your behavior. I try mybest. [05:56.26]I'm sorry. [05:57.83]Thank you, Diane.Please do go on, dear. [06:02.97]As I said [06:06.00]We know what you said, Daddy. [06:08.54]Er...uh, what's that? [06:11.70]She said, "We know what you said, Daddy." [06:16.27]Yes, yes, of course. [06:19.30]Do get on with it,dear.I've made the most glorious dessert.An old recipe harided down to me by my great Aunt Hilda [06:30.92]Mother, please! [06:34.08]Yes, dear? [06:36.59]At any rate, Dan's a nice guy. Never knew him well.Found we have a lot of the same interests. [06:45.13]Our families, our community, global peace,human welfare. [06:51.61]That narrows it downt, all right. [06:54.46]Father? [06:56.03]Yes, son? [06:57.52]I do believe Diane would like to know the surprise. [07:01.93]Thank you, Sean.I owe you one. [07:05.06]Well, yes. Here it is then. I told Dan of your interest in his son. [07:12.35]You what? [07:14.26]Diane, what has come over you? I just don't understand the younger generation. Why back in my day [07:23.66]Mother, please! [07:27.19]What, what? What? [07:29.52]Mother, I believe she wants Father to continue. [07:33.56]Get this over with, more likely. [07:36.46]Daddy, please, tell me. Now. Right away. What did you say, Daddy? [07:41.95]Please. Tell me, what did you tell Mr. Lucas? Tell me, please. Please, tell me. [07:48.66]Well, now, isn't this nice. It looks like my little scheme is a success. [07:55.82]You're so eager to find out ... makes a man feel as if it's all worthwhile. [08:01.99]Can you believe this? [08:04.10]Oh, sure. Can't you? [08:06.69]Yes, well, I told him how much you liked young Kyle, and how you'd been wishing he'd ask you to the prom. [08:15.65]You didn't! Tell me you didn't! [08:19.57]Oh, yes. Anything for my children. [08:24.63]And ..and [08:27.98]Diane, are you all right? [08:32.05]Well... what did he say?! [08:35.45]Well, of course, being the sort ofman he is-frank, understanding, [08:42.27]he said he'd speak to the young man, insist he give you a call. [08:48.30]Whaaaaaat! [08:50.42]Father, you know better than that. [08:53.86]I do? Yes, yes, I guess I do. I' ve... done it again,haven't I? [09:05.07]Can you imagine how humiliated I was? An honor student,class president. [09:11.65]And Father was out asking people to have their sons call and ask me to the prom! [09:17.87]But that's dear old dad. Actually, he is a dear. He just doesn't stop to think. [09:24.51]And it's not just one of us who've felt the heavy hand of interference. [09:29.34]Oh, no, all three of us live in constant dread knowing that at any time disaster can strike because: [09:37.33]Father knows better. [09:41.12]So this is our new student, is it? [09:46.42]That's right. [09:48.51]What's your name,young lady? [09:51.70]HEIDI Thompson. [09:53.58]I'm sure you'll find the students friendly. And the [09:58.31]teachers more than willing to answer questions. [10:02.20]She is an exceptional young woman, you know. [10:06.46]Daddy ! [10:08.37]Very,very bright. [10:10.48]Yes,now if we can get you to fill out-- [10:15.81]Don't know where she got her brains. Her mother, I suppose. [10:20.67]Oh, I was bright enough. But nothing like HEIDI. All her teachers have told Mrs. Thompson- [10:28.74]that's her mother and me that she was just about the brightest- [10:34.12]As I said, if you have proof of vaccinations-- [10:40.68]Besides being bright, she's very, very talented. [10:45.72]Please,Daddy, don't do this. [10:48.93]Well,of course I will, darling. I'm proud of you. Your mother and I are proud of you. [10:56.30]Why just last year, in her last year ofjunior high School, before we moved, [11:02.91]Heidi placed first in the county in the annualspelling bee ! [11:08.03]Isn't that wonderful? And she plays the piano like an angel. An absolute angel. [11:16.28]Daddy, please. Please, please. Daddy, I have to go to class. [11:21.33]I want to go to class. Please let me go to class. [11:25.66]See what I mean? Such an eager learner. I can't imagine anyone's being more [11:31.88]eager for knowledge than my Heidi. My little girl. [11:36.37]Yes, well, be that as it may [11:41.28]Aaargh! Aaaargh! Aaaargh! [11:45.36]HEIDI,DIANE and SEAN:Daddy, you know better than that ! [11:49.83]Er, uh, I do? [11:54.89]Language Sense Enhancement [11:58.00]2 Read aloud the following poem [12:00.93]Perspectives David Anthonu [12:05.24]I,when young,meant to change the world.Now I see that the world has changed from my point of view. [12:15.66]Read the followling quotations Learn them by heart if you can.You might need to look up new words in a dictionary [12:24.78]Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it [12:31.86]and wiser than the one that comes after it. Georqe Orwell [12:37.86]If youth Is the season of hope,it is often so only in the sense that our elders are hopeful about us Georqe Eliot [12:50.25]It is one of the capital tragedies of youth-and youth is the time of tragedy [12:56.91]that the young are thrown mainly with aduits they do not quite respect H.L.Mencken [13:05.42]Youth is a blunder;manhood a struggle;old age a regret. Benjamin Disraeli [13:15.56]4 Read the following humorous story for fun. You might need to look up new words in a dictionary [13:22.82]During one "generation gap" quarrel ujith his parents young Michael cried. [13:29.85]"I want excitement,adventure [13:33.69]money,and beautiful women [13:36.85]l'll never Find it here at home,so i'm leaving.Don't try and stop me" [13:43.64]With that he headed toward the door. His father rose and Folloujed close behind [13:51.29]Didn't you hear what I said?I don't want you to try and stop me."

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