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Homer: 异类老爸
电影看到这里，想必大家都对Homer 这个做老爸的有些不满了吧？他没有一点当爹的责任感，和儿子玩比胆量的游戏，竟然逼儿子去裸奔，被警察抓到后怕担责任居然事情都推到儿子头上，找到新宠（一只猪）后，就把儿子晾到一边不理不睬。对于这样的父亲恐怕没有几个人会认同。大家一定想要知道这样一个人物究竟有什么样的身世和性格能红起来吧？下面我们就来看一看。
Homer was born on May 12, 1956. He was raised on a farm by his parents, Mona and Abraham Simpson. In the mid-1960s, while Homer was between nine and twelve years of age, Mona went into hiding following a run-in with the law. Homer attended Springfield High School and fell in love with Marge Bouvier in 1974. Marge became pregnant with Bart in 1981, while Homer was working at a miniature golf course. The two were wed in a small wedding chapel across the state line, from there they spent their wedding reception alone at a truck stop, and the remainder of their wedding night at Marge's parents' house. After failing to get a job at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Homer left Marge to find a job by which he could support his family. He briefly worked at a taco restaurant called the Gulp n' Blow, until Marge found him and convinced him to return. As a result, Homer confronted Mr. Burns and secured a job at the Plant. Marge became pregnant with Lisa in 1983, shortly before the new couple bought their first house. In 1985 and 1986, Homer saw brief success as the lead singer and songwriter for the barbershop quartet the Be Sharps, even winning a Grammy. During his time with the group, Homer was frequently absent from home, which put stress on his marriage. After the group broke up due to creative differences, Homer went back to Springfield to continue his old life. Sometime in the late 1980s, Homer and Marge carefully budgeted so Homer could have his dream job as a pin monkey in a bowling alley. Unfortunately for Homer, Marge became pregnant with Maggie shortly after he started his new job, and not being able to support his family, he went back to the Nuclear Plant.
Homer's personality is one of frequent stupidity, laziness, and explosive anger. He often shows a low intelligence level, being described by director David Silverman as "creatively brilliant in his stupidity." Homer shows immense laziness towards work, is overweight and "is devoted to his stomach." He suffers from a short attention span, following only his dominant impulse, which complements his short-lived passion for various hobbies and enterprises, but then "changes his mind when things go badly." Homer is prone to emotional outbursts; he is very envious of his neighbors, the Flanders family, and is easily enraged by Bart and strangles him frequently. He shows no compunction about this, and does not attempt to hide his actions from people outside the family, even showing disregard for his son's well being in other ways, such as leaving Bart alone at a port. These actions can be attributed to Homer not realizing he has responsibilities.
While Homer's thoughtless antics often upset his family, he has also performed acts that reveal him to be a surprisingly caring father and husband: in "Lisa the Beauty Queen", selling his cherished ride on the Duff blimp and using the money to enter Lisa in a beauty pageant so she could feel better about herself; in "Rosebud", giving up his chance at wealth to allow Maggie to keep a cherished teddy bear; in "Radio Bart", spearheading an attempt to dig Bart out after he had fallen down a well, even though Homer generally hates doing physical labor; and in "A Milhouse Divided", arranging a surprise second wedding with Marge to make up for their lousy first ceremony, even going so far as to hire one of The Doobie Brothers as part of the wedding band and getting a divorce from Marge, essentially making their second wedding a "real" one.
Homer frequently steals things from his neighbor, Ned Flanders, including TV trays, power tools, air conditioners, and at one point, part of his house. Flanders knows about this, but Homer constantly states that he has "borrowed" the stolen items.
Homer has a vacuous mind, but he is still able to retain a great amount of knowledge about specific subjects. He shows short bursts of astonishing insight, memory, creativity and fluency with many languages. Homer is also extremely confident; no matter how little skill or knowledge he has about anything he tries to do, he has no doubt that he will be successful. However, his brief periods of intelligence are overshadowed by much longer and more consistent periods of ignorance, forgetfulness and stupidity.
His relationship with his children is not the best, although he loves his children deeply. His relationship with Bart is often shown as a love-hate relationship. They sometimes appear to get on very well, however, such as on the numerous occasions they jointly commit various petty crimes or "get-rich-quick"-schemes. Homer's relationship with Lisa is usually quite good although Lisa often tires of her father's ignorance. His relationship with Maggie is perhaps the best, due to her infant state. However, even though Maggie has saved his life a number of times, he sometimes forgets she even exists.
Homer’s catchphrase, the annoyed grunt "D'oh!", has been included in the Oxford English Dictionary.
考考你
用今日所学将下面的句子译成英语。
1. 他们一发现真正的罪犯，就释放了玛丽。
2. 和老板的会议让每个人都皱起了眉头。
The Simpsons movie《辛普森一家》精讲之三 考考你 参考答案
1. 斯蒂夫是个老好人，他总替同事承担责任。
Steve is such a nice guy that he's always taking the rap for his colleagues.
2. 该怎么付清这些帐，我完全没有主意。
I'm at my wits' end worrying about how to pay the bills.
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