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 i n
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 a ll your meals with ??? do something
love.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 t hanked 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-neighbo r: 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……”。
