58. Like Father, Like Son p.398

 
    Tom, whose parents are conservative, is talking to Karen, whose parents are open-minded.
T: Boy, I\'m really fed up with my dad.
K: Why? What\'s the problem?
T: My dad, whose upbringing was very strict, expects me to live by his old rules.
K; That\'s too bad. He must be crazy.
T: You know what? He even buys clothes for me, the styles of which belong to the fifties.
K: What a nut!
T: Hey, stop calling my dad names.
K: But I thought…
T: No matter what, he\'s still my dad.
K: Like father, like son!

Like father, like son 有其父，必有其子
I like Bruce very much; his personality is pleasent.      personality 个性，性格
or: I like Bruce very much because his personality is pleasent.
or: I like Bruce very much, whose his personality is pleasent.
conservative (traditional)  反义  open-minded (liberal)
bald 秃头的
Boy  唉
be fed up with = be sick of = be tired of = be bored with  厌烦
beef 牛肉       What\'s the beef? 什么事让你烦了,出了什么事了
I was brought up in the city, but Peter was brought up in the country. So our upbringings were very different.
be mad about = be crazy about 非常喜欢       be mad at 生气
bib (小孩用的)围兜      apron 围裙
What a nut!    nut 疯子


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