Unit 1 Why mom gets roses, and dad a collect call(为什么妈妈得到玫瑰,而爸爸得到的却是“对方付费电话”)美国人在母亲节和父亲节都会庆祝。然而，在这两个场合中，父亲和母亲从孩子那儿收到的礼物却不相同。这篇文章研究了差异背后的问题。Lets face it: theres something about a silk tie that strangles sentiment. 我们要面对这样一个事实：有些东西就像丝带一样，扼制了我们的情感表达。Whereas May overflows with tender tokens for mom-measured by the 150 million greeting cards and the wire-jamming long-distance telephone calls-dear old dad generally will make do with much less this Sunday. As many dads know, Fathers Day
