My father's words set me in good stead for the rest of my life.
(译文：父亲的话对我一生都很有帮助。)
对了，片语set someone in good stead意思是对某人很有帮助。Stead意思本来是替代，也有“好处”的意思，作动词讲时指“对…有利，对…有用”。Set someone in good stead,使某人处于一个有用的状态，所以意思就是指使某人受益很多。
It's so nice studying English in America. The experience gained in the country sets students in good stead for their future studies.
(译文：在美国学习英语是件很棒的事，在这个国家获得的经验对学生未来的学习很有助益。)
注意这个片语也可以说成是stand someone in good stead.在我们的世博英语网站里，有许多精典的课程对大家来讲也许算得上是set you in good stead for studying English吧!同时，很多朋友都来信为我们的课程提出了许多很好的建议，所以我要说忘记你我做不到your advice stands me in good stead for future lessons.
Of course, if some people go out of their way to help you when you are in trouble, I think, you'll (also) never forget him.
Do you enjoy our program? Teachers at our website go out of their way to make each lesson interesting and knowledgeable.
(译文：你喜欢我们的课程吗？我们网站的老师总是竭力的使课程有趣而富有知识性。)
Now, let's take a look at the second phrase we'll learn today.
go out of one's way.用尽了(go out)某人所有的方法(way),就是指使出了浑身解数做某事的意思了。可以直接翻译为竭力的做某事或竭尽所能的做某事。
Samy is so nice. He always goes out of his way to help us to correct our mistakes in our lessons.
(译文：Samy是个好人，他总是竭尽所能的修正我们课程中的错误)
记得在第19讲我们也介绍过表达同一意思的片语吗？对了，是give someone the shirt off one's back.这两个片语意思基本相同，但go out of one's way更强调“使出浑身解数”的尽力。
结束语：女同志尤其是漂亮的女同志在生活中总是很幸福，男同志们总是会为她们竭力的 (go out of their way)讨好卖乖。可有些男人遇到那些丑女依然如此，哎，我真不知道他们是怎么想的。不过据我的经验看来，丑女一般都很聪明能干，很有本事，找个这样的女人对自己很有助益的(set someone in good stead).和我一同毕业的同班同学现在就找了位长得很丑的女孩当老婆，我是很佩服他的勇气，不过后来听说他老婆是他们厂长的女儿!我想那个她一定会对他的事业很有助益吧!(set him in good stead for his career)。