1. If I am the only parent who still corrects his child's English, then perhaps my son is right. To him, I am a tedious oddity: a father he is obliged to listen to and a man absorbed in the rules of grammar, which my son seems allergic to. (Para. 1)
Meaning: My son is probably right if there is no other parent like me who still corrects his child's mistakes in English. To my son, I am a boring and strange father, who he has to listen to; I am also the one woh pays lots of attention to grammar rules, which he doesn't seem to like.
- tedious: a. boring and continuing for too long 冗長乏味的
Telling the story has become tedious, as I have done it so many times. 講述這個故事已變得單調乏味，因為我已經講了這么多次了。
- oddity: n. [C] a strange or unusual person or thing 怪人；怪物；奇特的東西
With his neat suits on, he felt like an oddity walking in this poor neighborhood. 穿着筆挺的西裝走在這個貧民區里，他覺得自己像個怪物。
- be / feel obliged to do sth.: if you are obliged to do sth., you have to do it because the situation, the law, a duty, etc. makes it necessary（因形勢、法律、義務等關系而）非做不可，迫使
I think Valentine's Day is a waste of time, but I still feel obliged to send my wife a card. 我覺得情人節是在浪費時間，但我還是覺得有義務送賀卡給我妻子。