unit-5-the-day-mother-cried課文翻譯大學(xué)英語(yǔ)三

1、Unit5TheDayMotherCriedGeraldMoeAmotherhersonlearnmefmamomentofdefeatthantheyevercouldfromavicty.HerexampleofnevergivingupgiveshimcourageftherestofhisinghomefromschoolthatdarkwintersdaysolongagoIwasfilledwithanticipation.

2、Ihadanewissueofmyfavitesptsmagazinetuckedundermyarmthehousetomyself.DadwasatwkmysisterwasawayMotherwouldntbehomefromhernewjobfanhour.Iboundedupthestepsburstintothelivingroomflippedonalight.IwasshockedintostillnessbywhatI

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7、st.IacceptedallthisasaperfectlynmalinstanceofMothersability.Butneitherthenurserynthemotelmyparentsboughtlaterhadprovidedenoughincometosendmysistermetocollege.IntwoyearsIwouldbereadyfcollege.Inthreememysisterwouldwanttogo

8、.TimewasrunningoutMotherwasfranticfwaystosavemoney.ItwasclearthatDadcoulddonomethanhewasdoingalready——farming80acresinadditiontoholdingafulltimejob.AfewmonthsafterwedsoldthemotelMotherarrivedhomewithausetypewriter.Itskip

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11、selfthinkthingsshouldbeeasierfmeIrollapieceofpaperintothatcrankyoldmachinetypewdbypainfulwdjustthewaymotherdid.WhatIrememberthenisnotherfailurebuthercouragethecouragetogoahead.Itsthebestmementoanyoneevergaveme.媽媽哭泣的那一天媽媽

12、哭泣的那一天很久以前一個(gè)昏暗的冬日，我放學(xué)回家時(shí)從滿(mǎn)了期望。我胳膊下夾著一期新的我喜歡的體育雜志，房子里將會(huì)是就我一個(gè)人。爸爸上班，妹妹不在家，媽媽找了份工作，一小時(shí)內(nèi)不會(huì)回家。我蹦上臺(tái)階，沖進(jìn)起居室，啪地開(kāi)了燈。眼前的景象把我驚呆了：媽媽身子緊縮成一團(tuán)，臉埋在手里，坐在沙發(fā)上的另一端。她在哭。我以前從沒(méi)有見(jiàn)過(guò)她哭，我小心翼翼地走近些，拍拍她的肩膀?！皨?zhuān)俊蔽艺f(shuō)：“怎么了？”她長(zhǎng)舒一口氣，擠出一絲笑容?！皼](méi)什么，真的，沒(méi)什么大不了的，只

13、是我要失去這份新的工作，我打字不夠快！”“但你到那兒才三天，”我說(shuō)，“你會(huì)跟上的?！蔽以僦貜?fù)媽媽對(duì)我說(shuō)過(guò)上百次的一句話。每當(dāng)我學(xué)習(xí)上或做一些對(duì)我很重要的事情遇到麻煩時(shí)，她就這樣說(shuō)?！安恍小彼y過(guò)地說(shuō)?！斑^(guò)去我總說(shuō)我能做到我決心做到的一切事情，現(xiàn)在我仍然認(rèn)為在多數(shù)事情上我能做到，但這次我不行?！蔽覠o(wú)能力，不知所措。16歲的我還認(rèn)為媽媽無(wú)所不能。幾年前，我們賣(mài)掉牧場(chǎng)搬進(jìn)城時(shí)媽媽決定開(kāi)家日托所。她以前沒(méi)有受過(guò)這方面的訓(xùn)練，但這沒(méi)有難住她。她參

14、加幼托所函授學(xué)習(xí)，做練習(xí)。六個(gè)月后正式獲得了幼托所看護(hù)資格，不久托兒所就招生滿(mǎn)額，而且還有孩子等著入托，我認(rèn)為媽媽理所當(dāng)然有能力做到這個(gè)。但是日托所和父母后來(lái)買(mǎi)的汽車(chē)旅館都不能提供足夠的錢(qián)供妹妹和我上大學(xué)。兩年后我該上大學(xué)了，再過(guò)三年妹妹也要上學(xué)了。時(shí)間不多了，媽媽拼命想掙錢(qián)。很清楚，爸爸已經(jīng)盡了最大努力出了一份全日工作外，還種著80英畝地。在賣(mài)掉汽車(chē)旅館的幾個(gè)月后，媽媽帶了一臺(tái)舊打字機(jī)回家，這臺(tái)打字機(jī)有時(shí)要跳字，鍵盤(pán)也很松。那天晚飯時(shí)