双语有声阅读：母亲教我的

Things My Mother Taught Me

 

------Anonymous

 

My mother taught me to appreciate a job well done:

 

"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning!"

 

My mother taught me religion:

 

"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

 

My mother taught me about time travel:

 

"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

 

My Mother taught me logic¹:

 

"Because I said so, that's why."

 

My mother taught me foresight²:

 

"Be sure you wear clean underwear in case you're in an accident."

 

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM contortion³:

 

"Will you look at the dirt on the back of your neck!"

 

My mother taught me about stamina⁴:

 

"You'll sit there'til all that spinach⁵ is finished."

 

My mother taught me about weather:

 

"It looks as if a tornado⁶ swept through your room."

 

My mother taught me how to solve physics problems:

 

"If I yelled because I saw a meteor coming toward you, would you listen then?"

 

My mother taught me about envy:

 

"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do!" 

 

母亲教我的

 

母亲教我如何珍惜他人辛苦劳动：

 

“如果你们要打架，到外边打去——我刚整理好房间！”

 

母亲教我什么是宗教：

 

“你最好祈祷那个东西能从地毯下冒出来。”

 

母亲教我什么是时间旅行：

 

“你要是不改，我把你一把推到下周三！”（意为：不让过周末。）

 

母亲教我什么是逻辑：

 

“为什么？因为我就是这么说的！”

 

母亲教我什么是远见：

 

“一定要穿干净内衣，以防万一你遇到事故。”

 

母亲教我什么是柔体杂技：

 

“你能不能看看你脖子后面的泥！”

 

母亲教我什么是耐力：

 

“坐在那儿，直到把所有的菠菜吃完。”

 

母亲教我如何识天气：

 

“好像有龙卷风席卷过你的房间。”

 

母亲教我如何解决物理学问题：

 

“如果我高声叫喊，是因为我看见有一颗流星正朝你俯冲而来，那你会不会听我的话？”

 

母亲教我什么是嫉妒：

 

“这世界上有数百万不幸的孩子，他们可没有你这么好的父母。”

1 logic   

n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性

参考例句：

• What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
• I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。

2 foresight   

n.先见之明，深谋远虑

参考例句：

• The failure is the result of our lack of foresight.这次失败是由于我们缺乏远虑而造成的。
• It required a statesman's foresight and sagacity to make the decision.作出这个决定需要政治家的远见卓识。

3 contortion   

n.扭弯，扭歪，曲解

参考例句：

• I had to admire the contortions of the gymnasts.我不得不为这些体操运动员们高难度的扭体动作而赞叹。
• This sentence was spoken with the bitterness of self-upbraiding,and a contortion of visage absolutely demoniacal.这话是用辛辣的自我谴责的口吻说出来的，说话时他的面孔也歪扭得象个地道的魔鬼。

4 stamina   

n.体力；精力；耐力

参考例句：

• I lacked the stamina to run the whole length of the race.我没有跑完全程的耐力。
• Giving up smoking had a magical effect on his stamina.戒烟神奇地增强了他的体力。

5 spinach   

n.菠菜

参考例句：

• Eating spinach is supposed to make you strong.据说吃菠菜能使人强壮。
• You should eat such vegetables as carrot,celery and spinach.你应该吃胡萝卜、芹菜和菠菜这类的蔬菜。

6 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。