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Hey! Wait a minute!
等等
What are you doing?
你在做什么
Who said things should be getting better?
谁说过事情应该好转
So that's it?
就这样了吗
Unh! You wanna go, so go!
你要走是吧 尽管走
I always knew you were my grandfather.
我一开始就知道你是我爷爷
But if you think we'll miss you after you go now,
不过你要是觉得你走后 我们会想你
don't worry, because we won't!
尽管放心吧 因为我们不会
In fact, I should be saying thank you!
事实上 我应该谢谢你
My dad was the greatest dad in the world,
我爸爸是全世界最伟大的爸爸
because you were the worst!
而你是最差劲的爸爸
My dad went to Bronx Science High School,
我爸爸在布朗克斯科学高中上学
where he was manager of the baseball team,
他是棒球队经理
and science editor of the paper!
和校报的科学新闻编辑
When he graduated, he went to Rutgers,
高中毕业后 他去了拉特格斯大学
where he majored in biochemistry.
攻读生物化学专业
He met my mom in a bookstore,
他跟妈妈在书店里相遇
and he asked her to marry him in Norwalk, Connecticut.
在康涅狄格州的诺沃克市 他向妈妈求婚
And every summer, we'd go back to Toby Pond,
每年夏天 我们都会去托比湖
and he would ask her to marry him again.
爸爸每次都会重新跟妈妈求婚
The day I was born, he pressed leaves between wax paper,
我出生那天 他把树叶夹到蜡纸里做成标本
and they still hang in the bedroom window.
现在还挂在卧室的窗户上
He wanted to be a scientist, but he became a jeweler
他本来想当科学家 却为了给家里挣更多钱
so that he could earn money for our family.
而成了个珠宝商
He loved the smell of gasoline.
他喜欢汽油的味道
He hated tomatoes.
他讨厌西红柿
He never talked to me like I was a kid.
他跟我说话时 从不当我是小孩
So, in a way, your boots are heavier than mine.
所以 可以说 你应该比我更难过
重点讲解
一.always：adv. 总是，一直，始终，永远，随时，无论如何
【词义辨析】
always, often, usually, frequently, repeatedly, regularly,
always: 总是，永远。语气最强，指在一切时候，没有例外。
often: 经常，语气弱于always,侧重动作发生的次数具有经常性，具体时间意味不强。
usually: 通常，通例地，指习惯性动作，频度仅次于always，较often大，偶尔有间隔。
frequently: 时常，经常，与often同义，可通用，但较正式，强调次数频繁。
repeatedly: 屡次，强调次数多，但反复的频率不一定均匀。
regularly: 用于修饰经常而有规律性的动作。
【词语用法】
1.always指“每次，无例外的”，
Rain and storm always comes with typhoon.
always指得是百分百，如果十次中有八九次一样，不能说always，只能说almost always。
2.在进行时态中，always指“时常，往往”。
He is always asking questions.
他常提问。
always还常有“令人不耐烦”的含义。
You are always finding fault with me.
你老找我茬，真烦。
3.always在不定时态和进行时态的句子中，含不同意思。
She always dreams of him.
She is always dreaming of him.
两句都指“她老梦到他”，但前者是她未必时常梦到他，而后者是她时常梦到她。
4.表示反义“常常不”的时候，不能说always not，而是用never。
She never laughs.(NOT She always does not laugh.)
5.always不可以与whenever等已经表示“任何的，任一一次的”词连用。
Whenever he meets me he always speaks of his father.
句中，whenever已表示任何时候，就不需再加always去强调每次，删掉always或者改whenever成when。
6.He always is here!指“他的确常在这（不要认为他不在这）”，强调is，需重读，注意句末习惯用感叹号。
【例句用法】
1.I'm always at home in the evenings.
晚上我总是在家里。
2.We should always help each other.
我们应始终互相帮助。
二.earn：vt. 赚得，赢得，获得
【词义辨析】
acquire, obtain, gain, get, win, earn, secure,
acquire: 强调通过不断的、持续的努力而获得某物，也指日积月累地渐渐地获得。书面语用词。
obtain: 较正式用词，着重通过巨大努力、要求而得到所需或盼望已久的东西。
gain: 侧重指经过努力或有意识行动而取得某种成就或获得某种利益或好处。
get: 普通用词，使用广泛，可指以任何方式得到某物，也不一定要经过努力。
win: 主要指通过努力、斗争、比赛等而获得胜利。
earn: 侧重指依靠自己的劳动或因付出代价与有功而获得。
secure: 强调要通过努力或竞争，或需要付出代价才能获得所渴望的东西。
【例句用法】
1.Well-known sportsmen can earn large sums of money from manufacturers by endorsing clothes and equipment.
著名运动员在广告中替厂家宣传运动服装和器械，可获得巨额报酬。
2.How does she earn her living?
她靠什么谋生？
3.He has earned a lot of money in this month.
这个月他已经赚了好多钱了。
4.His skill in negotiating earned him a reputation as a shrewd tactician.
他的谈判技巧使他赢得了精明战略家的名声。