When I was a kid, my family didn't celecbrate Father's Day.

My dad insisted that it had been invented by the greeting card industry.

The purpose was to persuade people to buy more cards.

Therefore, the proper way for us to show respect on Father's Day was to ignore the holiday completely.

當我還是個孩子時，我家沒有慶祝父親節

我爸爸堅稱它是賀卡業者發明的

目的是要說服人們買更多卡片

因此，我們在父親節表達敬意的適當方式就是完全忽視這個節日

I'm not sure that Dad was really happy about this arrangement.

After all, who enjoys being forgotten？Although we celebrated Mother's Day every year, poor Dad was just ignored.

He worked so hard to look after my two brothers and me, but we never acknowledged it on this holiday for fathers.

Still, he never complained and never stopped working to give us everything he could.

我不確定爸爸對於這樣的安排是否真的高興

畢竟誰喜歡被遺忘呢？雖然我們每年都慶祝母親節，可憐的爸爸卻只有被忽略的份

她這麼努力工作來照顧我的兩個兄弟和我，但我們卻從沒在這個屬於父親的節日對這件事表達謝意

他依然不曾抱怨，也不曾停止工作以給我們他所能給的一切

Last year, I became a dad myself. I now have a beautiful daughter, Yun Qian(筠茜).

Her English name is Oona, and I love her very much.

I'm always keen to enjoy cuddles with her when I get home from work.

Becoming a father has made me feel and experience so many new and wonderful things.

去年，我自己變成了一位父親。我現在有個美麗的女兒，筠茜

她的英文名字叫烏娜，我非常愛她

當我下班回到家時，我總是熱切地享受抱抱她的機會

成為一位父親已經讓我感受並體驗到這麼多新奇美好的事物


字彙

01. persuade [pɚˋswed] v. 說服

02. proper [ˋprɑpɚ] adj. 適合的；恰當的

03. respect [rɪˋspɛkt] n. 敬意；尊重

04. arrangement [əˋrendʒmənt] n. 安排；準備工作

05. complain [kəmˋplen] v. 抱怨

06. acknowledge [əkˋnɑlɪdʒ] v. 表達謝意；承認

07. keen [kin] adj. 熱切的；渴望的

08. cuddle [ˋkʌd!] n. 摟抱

關鍵解析

it had been inevnted....

被動語態的用法

本句用到被動語態的句型。先來複習一下主動句改成被動句的變化

主動：主詞 + 動詞 + 受詞

被動：受詞 + be 動詞 + 過去分詞 + by + 主詞
                    (be 動詞依前面受詞變化)

以文中句子為例：

主動：the greeting card industry had invented it

被動：it had been invented by the greeting card industry
                     (加入 be 動詞 been)

再來看個例句

‧The dog was fed by Jerry at seven o'clock this morning.

　這隻狗今早七點被傑瑞餵食