英语美文短篇

经

典

英

语

美

文

短

篇

< br>：

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.

You thanked her by weeping your eyes out.

When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed

you.

You thanked her by crying all night long.

When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk.

hold somebody in one’s

arms:

把某人抱在怀中

weep

one’s

eyes

out: 痛

哭；大哭

注意

bathe

在此处用作及

物动词 ，

意为

“给……洗

澡”。

all night long

：整夜；

如说

“整天”

则是< /p>

all

day

long

。

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.

You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor.

When you were 4 years old, she gave you some

crayons.

You thanked her by coloring the dining room table.

When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the

holidays.

You thanked her by plopping into the nearest pile of

mud.

When you were 6 years old, she walked you to

school.

You thanked her by screaming, “I'm not going!”

When you were 7 years old, she bought you a

baseball.

do something with love:

带着爱意

/

心做某事。

toss:

抛投。

crayon:

蜡笔。

color

在此句中用作动词，

表示“着色”。

dress:

给……穿衣。

plop:

扑通一声地掉下

去。

注意

walk

在此处用作及物

动词，

意为

“陪…… 一起

走”。

scream:

尖叫。

baseball:

棒球。

You thanked her by throwing it through the

next- door-neighbor's window.

When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice

cream.

You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap.

When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano

lessons.

You thanked her by never even bothering to

practice.

next-door-neighbor:

隔

壁邻居。

hand somebody something:

把某物递给某人。

drip:

（液体）滴落下来。

注意 形近词

drop

指“掉

下、

，

两者有区别。

bother to do something

When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day,

from soccer to gymnastics to 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.

You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.

是一个重要短语，意为

“劳神做某事、

费神做某

事”。

one after another:

< br>一个

接一个。

有时

one

后面接

名词，如此句的

one

birthday party after

another

。

certain

在此句中表示

“某

些、某种”。

wait until …形式，

表示“等到……”。

常说

Those Teenage Years

When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that

was becoming.

You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.

becoming:

合适的；恰当

的（注意此词的一词多

义。

have no taste:

没有品

味。

When you were 14, she paid for a month away at

summer camp:

夏令营。

summer camp.

You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter.

When you were 15, she came home from work,

looking for a hug.

You thanked her by having your bedroom door

looking for a hug:

< br>希望

得到你的拥抱（表示问

候）。

注意

have

something

done

（此处 意为“让某物

被……”）结构。

locked.

When you were 16, she taught you how to drive her

词组

teach somebody how

to do something

（教某

人怎样做某事）。

car.

You thanked her by taking it every chance you

利用一切机会玩车。

could.

When you were 17, she was expecting an important

expect:

等着。

call.

You thanked her by being on the phone all night.

When you were 18, she cried at your high school

graduation.

在此句中作动词，

表

You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn.

party

示“参加聚会