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● smiles up at之up有“抬头”之意。
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● pet name：表示亲爱的称呼，如“好爹爹”之类。sucker（美国俗语）：易受欺之人（上海话里的“瘟生”；北平话里的“二百五”；广东话里的“寿仔”）。这种特别称呼一叫出来，父亲一向就乖乖地甘愿上当吃亏了。
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● determined：决心（管教儿女）的。helpless：束手无策。
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Such was the case with Dan Waxman. His daughter Barbara—Bobby he called her, this was his favorite nickname for a girl—was his only daughter. Ever since she was old enough to cry or flutter her eyelashes, she had very little trouble getting her way with him. But she more than paid him back for this. When she was little she paid him back in laughter and high spirits, in showing him how much she enjoyed her life. “Sarah”, he used to say to his wife, “what are we bringing up in this household, a little girl or a wild Indian?” “A wild Indian!” Bobby used to shout out gleefully, and jump around the living room giving war whoops.
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● Bobby he called her：这样的说法在这里是不是比He called her Bobby更顺口一点呢？favorite nickname for a girl：普通女孩子的各种绰号之中，他就喜欢这一个。a girl=any girl。
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● old enough：这里的old不是老（three months old，five years old中的old也不是老）。flutter her eyelashes：（眨眼时）眼睫毛上下颤动。getting her way with him：使他听从她。
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● paid him back：父亲听从女儿（for this），女儿也有报答。more than：女儿的报答是使父亲高兴，假使父亲稍稍地依从了女儿，女儿便可使父亲大大地高兴一下，那么女儿便不止是报答亲恩，更是积极地膝下承欢了。注意more than后面可以跟动词。high spirits：兴高采烈。女儿活泼好弄，父亲看了高兴，那便是女儿的报答。
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● wild Indian：野蛮的印第安人。父亲故意这么问：“我们家里养了一个小姑娘呢，还是小野人呢？”gleefully：意气扬扬地。war whoops：印第安人作战时的呼哨声。小姑娘欣然以小野人自居，并且在起居室里跳踉奔走，嘴发怪声，好像是印第安人出兵打仗一般。
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And now that she was almost grown up, she paid him back in quieter, more ladylike ways. She told him her secrets, the ones she wanted him to hear. She asked his opinion of her clothes and her hairdos. She even laughed at his jokes. Not out of diplomacy either, but heartily and spontaneously, because she thought they were funny and she liked to see him in a good mood.
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● now that（连词）：既然。ladylike：合乎小姐身份的。
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● the ones=the secrets；秘密不能全部公开，有一部分她是愿意父亲知道的，她就拿这个跟他来谈。把父亲引为知己，亦是博老人高兴之一法。
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● hairdos：头发式样。这里是复数形式。
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● even：父亲所讲的话，儿女通常并不觉得可笑，可是她听了竟然也笑。
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● 最后一句并不是完全句子，只是一个副词短语和两个副词，形容上句的laughed。out of diplomacy：顾全面子起见。not…either：此二字连用，有“也不”之意。“她的笑，倒也并不是一种外交手段，而是自发地（spontaneously）真心地大笑。”
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● they=his jokes。因为她觉得他的笑话真的可笑，再则，她也喜欢看见老人家心里高兴（in a good mood）。
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现代英文选评注 Merry Christmas圣诞快乐
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William Saroyan (1908—1981)
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威廉·萨洛扬美国小说家、剧作家，原为土耳其和俄罗斯交界地区亚美尼亚（Armenia）的移民。他的文字通俗，最善描摹小儿口吻，故事富于人情温暖，很适宜于初学阅读。本文采自1953年12月号的《家政杂志》（Good Housekeeping）。
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First I would like to say to you, “Merry Christmas.” It is like this—when I say it, I want it to mean what it means. Not just words under a picture on a card, dropped in the mailbox on the corner, or handing you something wrapped up in red paper which I have bought. I want it to say what it says, the way a child says it.
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● I would like：有些文法书主张I should like才是合文法的，但是I would like现在很常用。大致正式论文演说用I should like为妥，普通说话写信用I would like可以给人一种“熟不拘礼”的亲切之感。
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● Merry Christmas：Merry有寻欢作乐之意。说“Merry Christmas”即隐祝对方“玩得痛快”。Happy New Year的happy即不一定含有“热闹庆祝”之意。
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● It is like this：事情是这样的。口语常用。when I say it之it指Merry Christmas这两个字人人会说，但是意义或不尽相同，作者所指的是它的真正的意义。
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● 第三句不完全。说完全了大约是It does not mean just words….
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