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
When you came into the world, she held you in her arms. ♦hold somebody in one’s arms: 把某人抱在怀中
You thanked her by weeping your eyes out. ♦weep one’s eyes out: 痛
哭；大哭
When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you. ♦注意bathe在此处用作及物动词，意为“给……洗澡”。
You thanked her by crying all night long. ♦all night long：整夜；如
说“整天”则是all day
long。
When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk. ♦可说teach somebody to
do something（教某人做
某事）
You thanked her by running away when she called.
When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals with love. ♦do something with love: 带着爱意/心做某事。
You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor. ♦toss: 抛投。When you were 4 years old, she gave you some
crayons. ♦
crayon: 蜡笔。
You thanked her by coloring the dining room table. ♦color在此句中用作动
词，表示“着色”。When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the
holidays. ♦
dress: 给……穿衣。
You thanked her by plopping into the nearest pile of mud. ♦plop: 扑通一声地掉下去。
When you were 6 years old, she walked you to school. ♦注意walk在此处用作及物动词，意为“陪……一起走”。
You thanked her by screaming, “I'm not going!”♦scream: 尖叫。When you were 7 years old, she bought you a
baseball. ♦
baseball: 棒球。
You thanked her by throwing it through the next-door-neighbor's window. ♦next-door-neighbor: 隔壁邻居。
When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice cream. hand somebody something: 把某物递给某人。
You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap. ♦drip: （液体）滴落下来。
注意形近词drop指“掉
下、落下”，两者有区别。When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano
lessons.
You thanked her by never even bothering to practice. ♦bother to do something是一个重要短语，意为“劳
神做某事、费神做某事”。
When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day, from soccer to gymnastics to one birthday
party after another. ♦one after another: 一个接一个。有时one后面接名词，如此句的one
birthday party after
another。
You thanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back.
When you were 11 years old, she took you and your 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 to watch certain TV shows. ♦certain在此句中表示“某些、某种”。
You thanked her by waiting until she left the house. ♦常说wait until …形式，
表示“等到……”。Those Teenage Years
When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that was becoming. ♦becoming: 合适的；恰当的（注意此词的一词多
义。
You thanked her by telling her she had no taste. ♦have no taste: 没有品
味。
When you were 14, she paid for a month away at
summer camp. ♦
summer camp: 夏令营。You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter.
When you were 15, she came home from work, ♦looking for a hug: 希望
得到你的拥抱（表示问
