No matter which girls he brought home, the young man found disapproval¹ from his mother. A friend gave him advice."Find a girl just like your mother -- then, she's bound² to like her."

　　So the young man searched and searched, and finally found the girl. He told his friendly adviser:"Just like you said, I found a girl who looked, talked, dressed, and even cooked like mother, And just as you said, mother liked her".

　　"So," asked the friend, "what happened?""Nothing," said the young man. " My father hates her!".

 　　有个小伙子发现，无论他带什么女孩子回家，妈妈都不赞成。一位朋友建议他，“你找一个像你母亲一样的女孩吧——你母亲肯定会喜欢她的”。这个小伙子就找啊找啊，终于找到了一个女孩。他告诉自己的朋友：“就像你说的，我找到了一个女孩，无论在感觉、说话、打扮，甚至烹饪手艺都很像母亲的，而且真的像你说的那样，妈妈很喜欢她。”“那么，”他的朋友问到，“发生了什么事？”“没事，”小伙子说，我父亲很讨厌她！”