58. Like Father, Like Son p.398

Tom, whose parents are conservative¹, is talking to Karen, whose parents are open-minded.
T: Boy, I'm really fed up with my dad.
K: Why? What's the problem?
T: My dad, whose upbringing was very strict, expects me to live by his old rules.
K; That's too bad. He must be crazy.
T: You know what? He even buys clothes for me, the styles of which belong to the fifties.
K: What a nut!
T: Hey, stop calling my dad names.
K: But I thought…
T: No matter what, he's still my dad.
K: Like father, like son!

Like father, like son 有其父，必有其子
I like Bruce very much; his personality² is pleasent.      personality 个性，性格
or: I like Bruce very much because his personality is pleasent.
or: I like Bruce very much, whose his personality is pleasent.
conservative (traditional)  反义  open-minded (liberal)
bald 秃头的
Boy  唉
be fed up with = be sick of = be tired of = be bored with  厌烦
beef 牛肉       What's the beef? 什么事让你烦了,出了什么事了
I was brought up in the city, but Peter was brought up in the country. So our upbringings were very different.
be mad about = be crazy about 非常喜欢       be mad at 生气
bib (小孩用的)围兜      apron³ 围裙
What a nut!    nut 疯子

1 conservative   

adj.保守的，守旧的；n.保守的人，保守派

参考例句：

• He is a conservative member of the church.他是一个守旧教会教友。
• The young man is very conservative.这个年轻人很守旧。

2 personality   

n.个性，人格，名人

参考例句：

• Einstein was a great personality.爱因斯坦是个伟大的人物。
• She has a powerful personality.她有坚强的个性。

3 apron   

n.围裙；工作裙

参考例句：

• We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
• She stitched a pocket on the new apron.她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。