aPaul, you were also a parent of young kids before. So, can you tell me what you did when your kids didn’t behave very well?
鲍尔,你以前也是孩子的父亲。那么,你能告诉我你的小孩捣乱时你是怎么做的吗?
bI know Mark is your only child. You may do it differently from what I did. Sometimes I would tap their hands when they made troubles.
我知道马克是你唯一的小孩。你可能和我当初做的不一样。当他们惹祸时,有时候我会轻拍他们的手。
aI do it, too. You know, sometimes when we eat, my child would pull a dish towards him and grab it with his hands and eat. And if it were something he doesn’t like, he would spit it out and throw it into other dishes. He does it very often. I really get mad. I can’t help spank him sometimes.
aMy husband is an American. He criticizes me when I do that. He says that I can’t change a child’s behavior by using force. He is learning what I am doing now.
我丈夫是个美国人。他批评我那样做。他说我不能用武力改变一个小孩的行为。他会学我现在所做的。
bBut spoiling a child is not going to do him good either! You’ve got to have patience with him and teach him. It’s not easy, I know. It’s hard.
但是溺爱小孩也不会对他有什么帮助!你得耐心教他。我知道这并不容易。很难。
aYeah. I’m still learning how to control his behavior and my temper. My child is almost two years old, and I’ve learnt the distraction technique when he cries for something.
讲解: can’t help doing sth.
短语搭配;表示禁不住做某事;不由得做某事
I can't help feeling sad about what happened.
我禁不住为发生的事感到悲伤。
do sb. good
词组搭配;对某人有益,对某人有好处
I thought a 15 minutes break from his work would do him good.
我想他停下工作休息15分钟对他会有好处。
have patience with sb.
词组搭配;表示对某人有耐心;
When I am old and no longer myself, please understand me and have a little patience with me.
当我老了,不再是原来的我。请理解我,对我有一点耐性。