英語美文-獻給母親(DOC)

PAGEPAGE4This

is

for

all

the

mothers

who

didn’t

win

Mother

ofthe

Year

last

year,

all

the

runners-up

and

all

thewannabes,

including

the

mothers

too

tired

to

enter

or

too

busy

to

care.本文謹獻給所有未能獲得去年“年度母親”的媽媽們，所有的亞軍和希望超越她們的人們，還包括那些太過牢累沒能參加或是太過忙碌而無暇顧及的母親們。This

is

for

all

the

mothers

who

froze

their

buns

off

on

metal

bleachers

at

soccer

games

onFriday

night,

instead

of

watching

from

cars.這是寫給所有會在周五晚上到露天球場觀看足球賽的母親們，她們會坐在冰涼的看臺上，而不是從汽車里面觀看。So

that

when

their

kids

asked,“Did

you

see

my

goal?”

They

could

say,“Of

course,

wouldn’thave

missed

it

for

the

world.”

and

mean

it.因此，當(dāng)她們的孩子問：“你看到我得分了嗎？”她們就能回答：“當(dāng)然，我怎么會錯過你的比賽啊。”事實確實是這樣。This

is

for

all

the

mothers

who

have

sat

up

all

night

with

sick

toddlers

in

their

arms,

wiping

upbarf

laced

with

Oscar

Mayer

wieners

and

cherry

Kool-Aid

saying,“It’s

OK,

honey,

Mommy’shere.”這是寫給所有整晚緊抱生病的孩子，擦掉那些有Oscar

Mayer香腸的嘔吐物，并溫柔地說：“好了，寶貝，媽媽在這里?！盩his

is

for

the

mothers

who

gave

birth

to

babies

they’ll

never

see,

and

the

mothers

who

tookthose

babies

and

made

them

homes.這是寫給這些未能見孩子一面而逝去的母親們，也送給那些收養(yǎng)了這些孩子，并給了他們一個家的母親們。This

is

for

all

the

mothers

of

the

victims

of

school

shootings,

and

the

mothers

of

themurderers.這是寫給這些母親們。她們的孩子成了學(xué)校槍擊事件的受害者；她們是殺人犯的母親。For

the

mothers

of

the

survivors,

and

the

mothers

who

sat

in

front

of

their

TVs

in

horror,hugging

their

child

who

just

came

home

from

school,

safely.這是寫給每個晚上都要讀兩遍“晚安，月亮”，之后卻又讀一遍，說“再來一遍”的母親們。This

is

for

all

the

mothers

who

mess

up,

who

yell

at

their

kids

in

the

grocery

store

and

swatthem

in

despair

and

stomp

their

feet

like

a

tired

2-year-old

who

wants

ice

cream

before

dinner.這是寫給所有心情糟糕的母親，她們在商店里責(zé)罵她們的孩子，朝死里打他們，甚至像一個兩歲的小孩想在飯前吃根冰激凌一樣，氣的跺腳。This

is

for

all

the

mothers

who

taught

their

daughters

to

tie

their

shoelaces

before

they

startedschool.這是寫給所有這樣的母親，她們在女兒開始上學(xué)前就教孩子學(xué)系鞋帶。And

for

all

the

mothers

who

opted

for

Velcro

instead.還有那些選擇維可牢尼龍搭扣而不是鞋帶的母親。This

is

for

all

the

mothers

who

bite

their

lips—sometimes

until

they

bleed—when

their

14

yearolds

dye

their

hair

green.這是寫給這些母親們，她們看見自己14歲的孩子把頭發(fā)染成綠色，會氣的把嘴唇咬出血。Who

lock

themselves

in

the

bathroom

when

babies

keep

crying

and

won’t

stop.當(dāng)孩子不停的哭喊的時候，她們會絕望的躲在浴室里。This

is

for

all

the

mothers

who

show

up

at

work

with

spit-up

in

their

hair

and

milk

stains

ontheir

blouses

and

diapers

in

their

purse.這是寫給這些母親，她們上班的時候，頭發(fā)上有唾液，上衣上有奶漬，包里有小孩尿布。This

is

for

all

the

mothers

who

teach

their

sons

to

cook

and

their

daughters

to

sink

a

jumpshot.這是寫給這樣的母親，她們教兒子做飯，教女兒跳投籃球。This

is

for

all

mothers

whose

heads

turn

automatically

when

a

little

voice

calls

“Mom?”

in

acrowd,

even

though

they

know

their

own

offspring

are

at

home.這是寫給這樣的母親，當(dāng)她們在擁擠的人群里哪怕聽到一個很小的叫“媽媽？”的聲音，她們就會馬上轉(zhuǎn)過頭來，即使她們知道孩子在家里。This

is

for

mothers

who

put

pinwheels

and

teddy

bears

on

their

children’s

graves.這是寫給那些在她們孩子的墓前放上風(fēng)車和泰迪熊的母親們。This

is

for

mothers

whose

children

have

gone

astray,

who

can’t

find

the

words

to

reach

them.這是寫給那些母親們的，她們的孩子誤入歧途，母親又不能找到合適的話來教導(dǎo)他們。This

is

for

all

the

mothers

who

sent

their

sons

to

school

with

stomachaches,

assuring

themthey’d

be

just

fine

once

they

got

there,

only

to

get

calls

from

the

school

nurse

and

hour

laterasking

them

to

please

pick

them

up,

right

away.這是寫給這樣的母親們，她們把胃痛的兒子送到學(xué)校，而且還對孩子說他們一到學(xué)校就好了，結(jié)果卻從學(xué)校護士那里接到電話，一小時后叫她們?nèi)ソ雍⒆?。This

is

for

young

mothers

stumbling

through

diaper

changes

and

sleep

deprivation,

andmature

mothers

learning

to

let

go.這是寫給年輕母親的，她們忙于給孩子換尿布上，幾乎沒有了睡眠時間。而成熟的母親學(xué)著放任他們。This

is

for

working

mothers

and

stay-at-home