双语有声阅读：我的母亲

My Mother

 

我的母亲

My mother is a kind and gentle woman.

我的母亲是一位心地善良，性情温和的女性，

She is always very gentle.

她总是彬彬有礼。

She takes good care of all four of her children and keep us all at school.

她细心地照顾孩子们并使他们都上学读书。

I have one brother and two sisters. She gives us every comfort¹.

我有一个兄弟，两个妹妹，她使我们做每件事都感到舒适。

We all love her and she loves us,too.

我们都爱她，她也爱我们。

My mother has too much to do in bringing us up.

为了抚养我们，母亲有太多事要做。

As our family is too poor to keep a servant,

因为我们家很穷，雇不起佣人。

my mother always has much work to do.

母亲总是必须做很多工作。

She gets up very early and sleeps very late everyday².

她每天起早贪黑，

She works³ hard without complaining.

辛苦地工作,毫无怨言。

She is also a thrify and industrious⁴ woman.

她又是一位节俭勤劳的妇女。

She saves every cent that she can keeps everything in order.

她尽可能地节省每一分钱，并且使每一件事情都井井有条。

As she has been busy ever since she was young,

由于年轻时就一直忙碌，

she looks older than she really is.

所以从外表上看去更显苍老。

Her face is wrinkled⁵ her hair has become silver-white,

她的脸布满皱纹，头发也变成了灰白，

but she works as hard as ever.

但她仍然像从前一样辛勤地操劳。

Often she says to us"Work while you work play while you play.

她常对我们说:"工作时工作,玩乐时玩乐。

If you do not work, you will become lazy and of no use to society."

如果不工作,你将变得懒惰，从而无益于社会。

What a piece of good advice it is!

这是一番多么好的忠告啊!

We must always keep it in mind.

我们必须珍视它，并将它牢记于心。

1 comfort   

n.安慰，舒适，安慰者；vt.安慰，使（痛苦等）缓和

参考例句：

• The child turned to its mother for comfort.那孩子向母亲寻求安慰。
• She lives there in comfort.她舒适地生活在那里。

2 everyday   

adj.每天的，日常的，平常的

参考例句：

• Sweeping the floor is his everyday work.扫地是他的日常工作。
• He practices speaking English everyday.他每天练习说英语。

3 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

4 industrious   

adj.勤劳的，刻苦的，奋发的

参考例句：

• If the tiller is industrious,the farmland is productive.人勤地不懒。
• She was an industrious and willing worker.她是个勤劳肯干的员工。

5 wrinkled   

adj.有皱纹的v.使起皱纹( wrinkle的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指皮肤）起皱纹

参考例句：

• She smoothed down a wrinkled tablecloth. 她把起皱的桌布熨平了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A wrinkled purse,a wrinkled face. 手中无钱，愁容满面。 来自《简明英汉词典》