Chapter 51 "Dad" · "Father" · "Mom"

Dear Xiaowen: When a child is just learning to speak, the sounds that are first and easiest to make are "Dad", "Father" and "Mother", which are the same both at home and abroad.English Pa or Papa or Dad or Daddy all mean "Father" (Father), but they are much more affectionate than Father.So when you write letters in the future, don’t write Dear Father but Dear Dad. I attach a sample letter to Dad in English below: June 10 Dear Dad, The flowers are beautiful! Mother and I will enjoy them at our table for several days, I know. Everything is so new and so exciting. I heard several French Canadians singing their songs as they stood on the stern waving to some friends on the dock . It is like a foreign land already. Im all anticipation for the summer to come. I only wish you could be with us.

Love, and thank you for the wonderful trip and for the flowers. joan But the word Mother is not as formal as the word Father, so it is often mixed with Mom or Ma or Mamma or Mama. I will attach an English novel below: Davie was next down. “Morning, Mother. Morning, Dad.” he said with that deference that comes on a sixteen-year-old when he has something to ask for, something he wants much. “Herere your waffles, Davie,” his mother said. “Four.” "That'll do fine to start on," Davie said, and grinned up at her. "You sure can sling a wicked waffle, Mom." Of course, Father is used in formal terms, especially in idioms, such as:

Like father, like son. Like mother, like daughter. (Also the same meaning.) Let me attach another example using Daddy: As our I 1-year-old daughters birthday approached, she let it be known that the thing she wanted most, was an automatic record player. We agreed to give it to her on condition that she promise to take good care of it. promised, of course. But we had no idea how serious she was until one day when my wife was tidying her room she found a list of rules headed: “How To Take Care of My Record Player.” The rules included such things as keeping the machine clean, caring for the needle and so on. But the clincher was the last rule of all. It read: "If record player gets broken, dont let Daddy try to fix it."

Ahead of our eleven-year-old daughter's birthday, she hinted that the thing she wanted most was a jukebox.We agreed to give it to her if she agreed to take good care of it, and of course she said yes.We didn't know how serious she was about it until one day when my wife was cleaning her room and found a rule of thumb titled "How to Care for My Turntable." These rules include keeping the mechanism clean, watching out for needles, and more.But it's the last one that makes people speechless: "If the drinking machine breaks down, don't ask Daddy to fix it." "Daddy long legs" (Daddy long legs) is not a human being, but a spider that does not bite. It is also called "harvestman". In zoology, it is translated as "blind spider".Its legs can be lost as soon as it is lost. When it is in danger, it will lose its legs to deceive the enemy. When the enemy notices the legs, it will take the opportunity to run away. (Geckos have this ability too, but they lose their tails.)

There is an old Chinese saying, "A poisonous snake is in the hand, and a strong man will lose his arm", because the venom will spread if the arm is not kept, and people will be poisoned to death.Therefore, "a strong man breaks his arm" means to be determined, determined, willing to sacrifice, and not to lose the big because of small things.However, if a person loses an arm, he cannot regenerate another one. The leg of "Daddy Long Legs", like the tail of a gecko, can be regenerated after being broken.Many small animals are far more miraculous and capable than humans.

I received the letters and photos on the fifteenth day of last month, as well as the New Year's cards.Your photo is so beautiful and lovely.  dad The night of January 2, 1975