phrase:live vicariously through someone

    形容词"vicarious"指的是替代别人的，或是经由他人的经验而间接感受。父母那个年代由于条件的限制，总是有很多遗憾的，因此也常常会特别希望孩子能完成他们的梦想。 比如我一直很后悔小时候没去学钢琴，所以我就会希望将来我的小孩去学钢琴来替我完成我的梦想，我的这种行为就是vicarious。"live vicariously through someone"来形容父母的这种行为。

    例如：

    My dad has never been a football player. But now he just lives vicariously through me and wants me to play football.

    我老爸自己都不是美式足球队的一员，但现在却要我去打美式足球，只因为他想从我身上实现他的梦想。

Joke of Today

    The newlyweds entered the elevator of their Miami Beach hotel. The operator, a magnificent blonde, looked at them in surprise and said, "Why, hello, Teddy, how are you?" When the couple reached their room, the piqued bride demanded: "Who was that woman?!" "Take it easy, honey," said the groom, "I'm going to have trouble enough explaining you to her."