菲利斯的父亲是一个好学的人。他认为,到了晚上即将睡觉的时候,如果孩子们还像早上醒来时一样无知,那就是一件不可宽恕的事情。为了防止孩子们骄傲自满,菲利斯的父亲要求孩子们每天都必须学一样新的知识,节假日也不例外。而为了让孩子们学到更多,他又让孩子们在晚饭的时候彼此交流学到的新知识。如此,一 Phyllis’s father is a studious person. He thinks it is an unforgivable thing to do when night falls asleep and children are still as ignorant as they were when they wake up in the morning. To prevent the children from being complacent, Phyllis’s father demanded that children learn the same new knowledge everyday, and that holidays are no exception. In order to let the children learn more, he let the children exchange new knowledge learned during dinner. So, one