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Visiting Parents
看望父母

How to Compare Quantity

Date: Jan 23 2012

Themes: Family, Travel

Grammar: Comparing Quantity

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No matter how frequently you see your parents, they probably wish you would visit them more often. It seems like parents can never get enough of seeing their children. But some adult children find visiting their parents to be stressful or a hassle, especially when they don’t live in the same city. Find out how often Jason and Amy visit their parents.

无论你看望父母有多频繁,他们都希望再频繁一点。父母似乎永远看不厌他们的孩子。但是,某些成年子女发现探望父母压力很大或者很麻烦,尤其他们不在同一座城市居住的时候。找出詹森和艾米多长时间看望父母一次。

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Amy

Amy

Jason

Jason

Amy:  How often do you visit your parents?

Jason:  They visit me, actually, more often than I visit them.

Amy:  Oh yeah?

Jason:  They live in New Mexico, which is over a thousand miles away, and it’s kind of easier for them being in their early sixties to come out here in some ways, than it is for me to go there. So, on average, I’d say I see them about twice a year.

Amy:  And is it a stressful thing for you? I know some people get kind of stressed out visiting their parents.

Jason:  Yeah, and that’s the other thing. For me it’s less stressful when they visit here, because they treat it like a vacation and they stay in a hotel.

Amy:  Oh, they stay in a hotel? That’s awesome.

Jason:  Yeah. Whereas if I go visit them, then it’s like all the teenage baggage is right there again. I’m fifteen.

Amy:  I feel the same way. I know, it’s like even though my room doesn’t look like my room growing up anymore, it’s been converted into a guest room, I still somehow feel like I’m fifteen when I go home.

Jason:  Yeah, and I catch myself whining to my mom and stuff, like, “Mom, no! Leave me alone!”

Amy:  Right. You get lazy. Suddenly you can’t clean up after yourself…

Jason:  Yeah! And I’m like, “Who am I? This is horrible!”

 

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Amy asks Jason how often he sees his parents. He says he sees them about twice a year, but they usually come visit him because it’s easier for them to make the trip. Jason also prefers to have his parents come visit him.

Jason and Amy agree that when they visit their parents, they sometimes act like teenagers. Jason says that being back in the house he grew up in makes him act like a different person. He becomes whiny and lazy, like when he was younger.

Many people find visiting their parents, or having their parents come stay with them, to be stressful. When Jason’s parents visit him, they stay in a hotel, so it isn’t stressful for him.

How often do you visit your parents? Do you find it stressful to visit them or have them come stay with you?

 

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snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

I think Kids are entitled to have a proper family,especially when they are very young. I think the bitter experience I had during my childhood, would make me think twice before I do anything that would hurt my kids… but we tangled up with the wrong seeds sometimes.


Sorry wife who  had divorced me, I’m keeping the kids. you  may keep the family parrot


: )

06:42 PM Jan 23 2012 |

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snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

Their next motto is going to be  just “To”


so when you put them all together you’ll get ” now you’re ready” “to” “leave nothing undone” :

04:52 PM Jan 23 2012 |

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ola33

ola33

Japan

Snoopyboy, the motto of Leatherman used to be “Now you’re ready.” And now it’s


“Leave nothing undone.” I think the first one was better :))

04:45 PM Jan 23 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

Leatherman are neat tools… it makes us look “badass”


even when we  only use them to clip our toe nails  : )


 

04:37 PM Jan 23 2012 |

ola33

ola33

Japan

Oh, I wasn’t ready, but i think I’d go with this


 Men like tools, like Leatherman, knives—something that’s very difficult, for us, women, to pick. But still it’s a great choice.


04:19 PM Jan 23 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

I bet it is! What is your gift of choice to your father, Ola?

04:12 PM Jan 23 2012 |

ola33

ola33

Japan

Snoopyboy, :)   A tie is a good gift

04:04 PM Jan 23 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

Hey you’re talking to “casual man” here!!  the last time I tied a tie I had to give credit to the creator of that ” youtube” clip that walked me through the whole progress…:)


But I always see “ties” as the most manly of  all things (hehehe)... and I’m used to hear guys say “I know what I’m getting for father’s day already , so I don’t get my hopes high… a tie!” : )


and most of them guessed it right…

03:51 PM Jan 23 2012 |

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 julito

julito

Argentina

Snoopy, I am coming back to the scene.  Ties ???? what are they ? I thought that they were things of the past. Men now dress “casual ”  make another pick . lol

03:43 PM Jan 23 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

That’s also cute; you can’t never have too much of them. ha!


:)

03:35 PM Jan 23 2012 |

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ola33

ola33

Japan

No, they love drawing and I have tons of pictures as a birthday gift. The’re fun too :)

03:33 PM Jan 23 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

hee!,Do you kids know that you love kites that much? have you ever given them any hints for a birthday gift?


:)


 

03:31 PM Jan 23 2012 |

ola33

ola33

Japan

Snoopy, i don’t know about a tie :)) but a kite will do, too. I don’t mind to release my inner child flying a kite :)


03:27 PM Jan 23 2012 |

Sir_pouria_H

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Parents are real gems in our lives.


They showed us how to stand,talk,walk,eat,sit,...


They showed us hope,kindness,humanity,compassion…


They showed us “I love you” is a beautiful sentence.


So hug them today, May be one day there is no chance to hug them anymore.

03:25 PM Jan 23 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

You’re right Ola33, when we become parents ourselves, we’ll feel the same way. especially on speacial occasions like birthdays, aniverssaries etc…


I want a tie for every birthday when I’m a father. ( isn’t that what kids always gift their dads with?), ties :)

03:23 PM Jan 23 2012 |

ola33

ola33

Japan

The parents should be taken care off and visited and called often. They’re parents, either bad or good, they gave us life, they raised us and all that stuff. When we grow old we won’t like our child would forget our birthday or won’t visit us or forget about us. I wouldn’t like it at all. It will make me cry actually. Every time I call my parents I hear a sad note in their tone. I feel they’re lonely, so I will try to make up for it just by extra attention, extra letter, extra invitation. 

03:13 PM Jan 23 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

that is a long time to be away froma brother, mnal_F , Hope you meet him soon!


: )

02:50 PM Jan 23 2012 |

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snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

 hehehe : -)


hang up on the parents huh? ” hey mom follow me on twitter , and you better like my today’s status on faceboook too”


but I agree SantD, and it happens more often than you think, in fact it’s very mainstream… and some parents although it breaks their hearts just have to deal with it. Technology makes it so that we always have an excuse to be away, to be too busy

02:46 PM Jan 23 2012 |

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SantD.

SantD.

Brazil

Snoopboy, in my opinion Facebook and Skype aren’t the ones to blame, they are just tools. So, it depends on the users and how they actually use these tools to interact with their parents and friends. So, if you’re online and your parents are too, there’s no prob in sending them a message or start a chat. But, always replacing a physical meeting to an online chat is absurd! My dad’s friend has a son who never visited him ‘cause “he was always too busy”. But, even when his parents called him, he hung up because he prefered to talk online, on MSN. Seriously? Sorry, but this kid has issues! Children sometimes are very ungreatful and it bothers me how they feel obligated to visit their parents.

02:38 PM Jan 23 2012 |

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E.E.M

Saudi Arabia

memorize

02:30 PM Jan 23 2012 |

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