As I got a little older, I began to understand what my dad really meant.

As the vegetables started coming in, dad threw himself into cooking.

Can I go out with friends, dad?

Dad carried the pot out and we opened doors and windows to air out the house.

Dad didn't come home as early and as much as he used to.

Dad pulled out a pressure cooker and filled it up with cabbages, eggplants, potatoes, corns, onions and carrots.

Dad said she was probably lonely, and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile, and Maybe she'd work it out of her system.

Dad sat me down and said, \Alice, I know it's hard, but it's all about persistence (坚持不懈).\

Dad was 29 when he got his big roles in films.

Determined, dad filled our plates with steaming stew and passed them around.

Finally, dad turned off the stove, the pot began to cool and the pressure relief valve sprayed out a cloud of steam.

He tried to please his Dad.

However, her dad reminded her that sugary treats were bad for her teeth.

I passed the clean comb back to dad.

I would scream, \I hate you!\ Dad would yell back, \Good! I don't care!\ Deep down I knew he did.

If it weren't for dad, I wouldn't be where I am today.

In the years of my growing up, dad was strict with me.

It all began when Moore visited a bank with her dad.

It hit me then: why, as a child, helping dad clean his comb was such a pleasure?

Like those early days for dad, I faced lots of rejections.

My dad never once said, \if you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.\

Now I get to work with dad a lot, which I love.

On my 28th birthday, dad came home early.

Sarah says, \ My dad thinks I should take the offer now.\

Satisfied that I'd done a good job, I would happily return the comb to dad.

So that's what I did, and it turned out dad was right.

That routine meant dad was home early to spend the evening with mum and me.

Two years latter, dad started his own business, which wasn't doing so well.

When dad took off the lid, the smell nearly knocked us out.

When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad.

When we complained about the terrible smell, dad said the stronger the manure, the healthier the crops, and he was right.

Your dad works very hard at the bank.

Today's teenagers admire their parents and welcome parental guidance about important matters such as career choice—though certainly not Mom and Dad's advice on matters of personal taste, such as music or fashion.

They speak with Mom or Dad when they have a problem.