经典英语美文短篇

经典英语美文短篇：爱母亲甚于爱自己

说明和注解：丁克威

这是一篇动情之作，读完后掩卷而思：母亲的胸怀是博大的，母亲的心灵是至纯的，母亲的爱是无私的。然而我们对于母亲的报答又有多少？文章语言朴素简单，相信作为中学生的你能轻松地读下来。读到佳句妙语处，真希望你能把它记下来、背下来。

Those Childhood Days

hold somebody in

her in she held you you When came into the world,

one's arms: 把某人抱arms.在怀中weep one's eyes

You thanked her by weeping your eyes out.out: 痛哭；大哭

注意bathe在此处用bathed

and year 1 old, she fed you When you were

作及物动词，意为“给……you.洗澡”。

all night long：整夜；You thanked her by crying all night long.如说“整天”则是all day

long。

可说teach somebody you to walk.old, you When were 2 years she taught to do something（教某人做某事）

You thanked her by running away when she called.

do something with

meals your she made all you were 3 years old, When

love: 带着爱意/心做某with love.事。You thanked her by tossing your plate on the

toss: 抛投。floor.

When you were 4 years old, she gave you some

crayon: 蜡笔。crayons.

You thanked her by coloring the dining room color在此句中用作

动词，表示“着色”。table.

When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for

dress: 给……穿衣。the holidays.

You thanked her by plopping into the nearest pile plop: 扑通一声地掉

下去。of mud.

注意walk在此处用作When you were 6 years old, she walked you to 及物动词，意为“陪……一起走”。

school.“I'm You thanked her by

screaming, not going!” scream: 尖叫。

When you were 7 years old, she bought you a

baseball: 棒球。baseball.You thanked her by throwing it through the next-door-neighbor:

隔壁邻居。next-door-neighbor's window.ice an years were 8 old, she handed you When you hand somebody something:

把某物递给某人。cream.滴落下drip: （液体）your lap.over You thanked her by dripping it all 指来。注意形近词drop“掉下、

落下”，两者有区别。When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano

lessons.bother to do

You thanked her by never even bothering to

是一个重要短something practice.语，意为“劳神做某事、费神做某事”。

one after another: day,

she old, drove you all were When you 10 years 后一个接一个。有时one from

soccer to gymnastics to one birthday one 面接名词，如此句的birthday party after party after another.another。You thanked her by jumping out of the car and

never looking back.your

she took and you years were When you 11 old, friends to the movies.You thanked her by asking to sit in a different

row.When you were 12 years old, she warned you not 在此句中表certain

示“某些、某种”。to watch certain TV shows.You thanked her by waiting until she left the wait until …形常说

式，表示“等到……”。house.

Those Teenage Years becoming: 合适的；was haircut suggested 13, you When were she a that

恰当的（注意此词的一词becoming.多义。

have no taste: 没有You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.品味。

When you were 14, she paid for a month away at 夏令summer camp:

营。summer camp.You thanked her by forgetting to write a single

letter.looking for a hug:

looking from work, When you were 15, she came home

（表示希望得到你的拥抱for a hug.问候）。something 注意have You thanked her by having your bedroom door

“让某物done（此处意为locked.被……”）结构。somebody

词组teach her When you were 16, she taught you how drive to

（教somethinghow to do car.某人怎样做某事）。You thanked her by taking it every chance you

利用一切机会玩车。could.important

an 17, she was expecting When you were 等着。expect: call.You thanked her by being on the phone all night.

When you were 18, she cried at your high school

graduation.在此句中作动party You thanked her by staying out partying until

晚词，表示“参加聚会/dawn.会”。指人头发grow gray

变灰白了，意即“人渐Growing Old and Gray老”。

tuition,

college 19, When you were she paid your 学费。tuition: drove you

to campus, carried your bags.You thanked her by saying good-bye outside the

感be embarrassed: front in be you dorm so wouldn't embarrassed 到困

窘；感到丢人现眼。of your friends.注意此处用过去进行When you were 20, she asked whether you were

，时表示“安排要做的事”seeing anyone.在此处为“见某人”see 亦即“与人约会”。

's none of your

It You thanked her by saying, “It's none of your

这不管你的business. business.”事。When you were 21, she suggested certain careers

for your future.You thanked her by saying, “I don't want to be

like you.”When you were 22, she hugged you at your college graduation.You thanked her by asking whether she could pay for a trip to Europe.your

furniture When you were 23, she gave you for first apartment.You thanked her by telling your friends it was

ugly.未婚夫，这fiancé: When you were 24, she met your fiance and asked

“未如说是一个法语词，about your plans for the future.。婚妻”则是fiancee You thanked her by glaring and growling,

ther, please!”“Muuhh-When you were 25, she helped to pay for your

wedding, and she cried and told you how

deeply she loved you.You thanked her by moving halfway across the “迁在此处意为move

移”。country.When you were 30, she called with some advice on the baby.You thanked her by telling her, “Things are

different now.”remind somebody of

When you were 40, she called to remind you of a