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本剧主要讲述住在纽约长岛的西佛一家的日常生活故事，是中国大陆较早引进的国外情景喜剧，在中国从1990年一直播出至1994年。1990年代初期一经播出就引发了收视高潮，片中迈克开朗调皮的形象为广大观众所喜爱。而剧中西佛医生对子女采取启发式教育的方式，也让观众得到启示。

Mike: What?
迈克：怎么了？
Jason: You were asleep.
詹森：你睡着了。
Mike: I was? I was and it was a dream...
迈克：睡着了？睡着了。这么说那是个梦？
Jason: Uh-uh.
詹森：哦哦。
Mike: Oh, still angry? Hey dad, I know this is no excuse, but Jerry's car handles really badly. And I was the one who decided that Jerry was too drunk to drive.
迈克：你还在生我的气？爸爸，我知道这不是理由，可杰瑞的那辆车实在很难控制。而且杰瑞已经醉了，我怎么能让他开车呢？
Jason: Mike he was unconscious.
詹森：迈克，他都神志不清了。
Mike: I know.
迈克：我知道。
Jason: and what are you doing with a kid who drinks like that?
詹森：你怎么能和一个喝的烂醉的人出去？
Mike: I should have called you.
迈克：我本该打电话给你。
Jason: Why didn't you?
詹森：你为什么不打？
Mike: Well dad there were these girls there...
迈克：哦，爸爸，那儿都是女孩子……
Jason: Ah course! Wouldn’t want them to think you had parents. Mike what kind of relationship are we gonna have if I can't trust you?
詹森：哈，明白了。你希望让他们认为你没有父母。如果我不能信任你，那咱俩会是种什么关系？
Mike: I don’t know. I guess I'm just a jerk, maybe you shouldn't trust me.
迈克：我不知道。大概我是个大傻瓜，你不该信任我。
Jason: Well that's certainly one way to go. That's the way my father went with me. I guess I hoped that when I had a son it would be different.
詹森：这是一种发展的趋势。以前我爸爸就是那样对我的。可我一直希望自己有了儿子，不再那样。
Mike: I know dad.
迈克：知道了。
Jason: Mike you probably don't remember this but, when you were three weeks old, I took you to the Mets home opener, cradled you in my arms...up comes Don Clendenin...hits a shot of the left field score board to win in the twelfth. I hugged you real tight, jumped you up and down, and you, you threw up in your complimentary Mets batting container.
詹森：迈克，也许你已经忘记了，你出生才三个星期，我带你去参加棒球开垒，我把你紧紧的抱在怀里。有一个叫唐•克伦德宁的第十二局左野得分，赢得了比赛……我紧紧的抱着你，跳来跳去的，可你带着那顶赠送的头盔不断的扭。

重点讲解

1. asleep 是表语形容词，所以一般不能单独放在名词前作定语:
正：The baby is asleep. 这婴儿是睡着的。
误：Look at the asleep baby.
正：Look at the sleeping baby. 瞧这个睡觉的婴儿。
asleep 虽不能单独放在名词前作前位定语，但有时却可放在名词后作后置定语，另外若它本身受到状语修饰，则也可以放在名词前作定语。
如：Who is that fast asleep boy? 那个熟睡的孩子是谁?
The boy asleep over there is my nephew. 睡在那儿的那个孩子是我侄儿。(www.yywords.com)
2. unconscious a. 未意识到的, 无意识的, 无知觉的
例句：They beat the prisoner unconscious. 他们把那囚犯打得不省人事。
3. hug v./ n.热烈拥抱；怀抱.紧抱在一起，互相拥抱
例句：He greeted her with a loving hug. 他以一个深情的拥抱来迎接她。