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每个父亲都要谨记，有一天儿子只会学成他那样，而不是听从他的建议。
A father should set a good example for his son. Otherwise, his son would follow his bad example.
一个父亲应该为自己的孩子做好榜样，否则，儿子只会学到他身上不好的东西。
Action is more useful than advice. 行动要比建议更有说服力。
——The bad habits of my son are learnt from me. He never follows my advice.
我儿子身上的坏习惯都是从我身上学的，他从不听取我的建议。
——You should leave off your bad habits. Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice.
你首先要改掉自己的坏习惯。每个父亲都要谨记，有一天儿子只会学成他那样，而不是听从他的建议。
有其父必有其子。
As the old cock crows, so does the young. 有什么样的父亲就有什么样的儿子。
You must reap what you have sown. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
——Simon's as good an actor as his father was.
西蒙和他的父亲一样是个好演员。
——Like father, like son!
有其父必有其子嘛！
虎父无犬子。
★ goose n. 鹅； tame adj. 驯服的，温顺的
There are no weak troops under a capable general. 强将手下无弱兵。
A tiger father will not beget a dog son. 虎父无犬子。
——He is really on the ball. Just like his father!
他可真能干，真有他父亲当年的风采！
——A wise goose never lays a tame egg.
虎父无犬子嘛！
父亲担心孩子长大后会变成什么样子，却忘了现在他已经有了某人的样子。
A son is the counterpart of his father. 儿子是父亲的翻版。
Fathers are concerned that a child will look like in the future, but they forget he is like someone today.
父亲总是关注于孩子将来会变成什么样子，却忽视了他们现在已经有了某人的样子。
——What would my son be like in future?
我的儿子将来会成为什么样子呢？
——Fathers worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet they forget that he is someone today.
父亲担心孩子长大后会变成什么样子，却忘了现在他已经有了某人的样子。
如果一位父亲没有教会儿子什么叫做责任，那他也不要责怪将来儿子会忽略他。
★ guilty adj. 有罪的，有过失的
The first thing a father should teach his son is responsibility.
父亲首先要给孩子上的第一堂课就是责任。
Don't blame your son for neglecting you if you don't teach him how to take responsibility. 不要责怪你的儿子忽视了你，因为你从未教过他如何承担责任。
——I feel that a father should teach his son how to take responsibility firstly. The father who does not teach his son duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
我认为一个父亲首先要教会儿子如何承担责任。如果一位父亲没有教会儿子什么叫做责任，那他也不要责怪将来儿子会忽略他。
——You've got a point there.
你说的有道理。
当你在教导自己儿子的时候，其实你也在教导自己的孙子。
Whoever teaches his son teaches not alone his son but also his son's son, and so on to the end of generations.
儿子会把从父亲那里学到的东西传承给自己的儿子，以至于子子孙孙。
Your son will teach his son the things he learnt from you.
你儿子会把他从你那里学到的东西教给自己的儿子。
——The things you learnt from your parents could be passed to your future generations.
你从父母那里学来的东西可以传承给后代。
——It is true. When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.
真的是这样的。当你在教导自己儿子的时候，其实你也在教导自己的孙子。
不称职的父亲教不出好儿子。
Fish begins to stink at the head. 上梁不正下梁歪。
Good fathers make good sons. 好父亲教出好儿子。
——He is as uninformed as his father.
他跟他爸一样不学无术。
——A bad father has never a good son.
不称职的父亲教不出好儿子。