"Yes, of course," you may answer, "I buy a present for my mother on Mother's Day, and I give my father a present on Father's Day, too."

“是的，当然。”你可能会回答，“我在母亲节给妈妈买了一份礼物，在父亲节我也给爸爸买了一份礼物。”

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But every day I'm amazed by something my son says, does, or observes, and I feel blessed to be the father of such an original thinker - and such a sweet kid.

但是每天儿子说的话，做的事情，或者新发现都会领我感到吃惊，但是我仍然为拥有这么可爱并且有创意的儿子感到很幸福。

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Through long experience, my family has come to know that their chances of having a vaguely pleasant husband and father on any given Sunday depend largely on how Liverpool fared the previous day.

我的家人从长期的经验中明白了一个道理：她们的丈夫和父亲在某个特定的星期天能否显露出某种莫名的欣喜之情，大都取决于利物浦队前一天的战果如何。

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And then finally, as a father, one of my highlights of every day is asking my daughters about their day, their hopes and their futures.

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My introduction to guns came on a hot summer day in 1963 when my father, 53 sent us all out of the house to have an afternoon of fun at a swimming pool in Aberdeen, Maryland.

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Growing up on the South Side of Chicago -- (applause) -- we've got a lot of Chicagoans -- but I watched my father make that same uncomplaining journey every day to his job at the city water plant.

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