1. Are you going to follow your father´s steps as a preacher?
    你是不是继承你父亲的遗志当传道人呢?

2. At lunch he spoke impolitely (不礼貌地) to his father, spilled his baby sister's milk, and remarked that his teacher said we were not to take the name of the Lord in vain(滥用上帝的名义).
    吃午饭时, 他对他爸爸说话很不礼貌，把还是婴儿的妹妹的牛奶打翻了，还说他的老师讲过，我们不可以白白使用上帝的名字。

3. "Did you learn anything?" his father asked.
    "你学到了些什么？"他父亲问。

4. "What did he do?" I asked again, but Larry slid off his chair, took a cookie(饼干), and left, while his father was still saying. "See here, young man."
    "他干了些什么？"我又问。但是劳里从椅子上滑下来，拿了一块饼干就走了，而他的父亲还在说："喂，小伙子。"

5. "What word?" his father asked unwisely, and Larry said, "I'll have to whisper it to you; it's so bad."
    "什么字？"他父亲不知趣地问。劳里说："我必须悄悄告诉你，太下流了。"

6. "He wrote down things like being a better father, being a better husband, being financially independent, being stimulated intellectually and remaining even tempered —
    "他写下了诸如要做一个更好的爸爸、更好的丈夫、经济上独立、智力上活跃，而且还要保持性情平和--

7. "Sandy," shouted her father. "Sandy, turn that music off!"
    "桑迪，" 她父亲叫嚷了起来， "桑迪，把音乐关了！

8. "He was your father," she answered, startled.
    "他是你的父亲！"她回答道，诧异万分。

9. "Is she your mother's sister or your father's?" asked the wife.
    “她是你妈妈的姐妹还是你爸爸的姐妹？”妻子问。

10. A traditional father supplies only half the DNA in a child.
    传统意义上的父亲只提供了孩子身上的一半DNA。