58. Like Father, Like Son p.398

    Tom, whose parents are conservative¹, 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 （liberal²）

    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      apron³ 围裙

    What a nut！    nut 疯子