One day,he was sitting on his father's knee.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

Day and night I begged my mother and father to take the bag away shaking with terror because no one saw them but me.

我无时无刻不乞求我的父母,指着那些袋子，让他们带走,我怕的发抖,由于除了我再也没人能看到。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So for those of you who haven't read, Richard's father works nights and sleeps during the day, and during the day the children therefore have to be very quiet.

可能有人不清楚，理查的父亲日出而息，日落而作，因而小孩白天不敢出声。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I do therefore invite my fellow-citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

He is Ryan's father. "I was with my son the day he was born and I,unfortunately, had to be with my son in the hospital on the day he died.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24