What my father needed more than a wife was sons.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

I would go out and I was making a lot more in two weeks than my father made in two years.

我继续着我的工作，我两周时间所赚的钱,比我父亲两年赚的要多很多。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

He feels duty-bound to participate materially in this political controversy rather than merely remaining in his studious retirement, however pleasant that is, at his father's house.

他觉得自己有责任积极参与到,这场政治争端中来,而不是仅仅拘泥于晚年的学究生活，不管那种生活是多么的惬意。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Her father,Peter Nemethi explained, "She was different than other children and people behaved differently as well."

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

His father said, "I see you are spending more of your time in idleness than in taking care of business at this crucial time."

他的父亲对他说,"我老是发现,你成天游手好闲,而不在这节骨眼儿上多花点功夫做正经事"

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Black,who is a father himself, adds that the Council of Dads has turned out to be about more than just a community of support for Feiler's daughters.

VOA: standard.2010.06.19

When he was about your age, when he was 17 or thereabouts, maybe slightly younger than many of you, he was sent by his father to do what you are doing.

当他在你们这个年纪时，约莫，17，岁左右，也许稍微比各位年轻一些，他爸把他送去,做你们正在做的事。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选