英語視頻暢談歐美人文風(fēng)情42：獻(xiàn)給母親的一首詩

Life with kids can be a mess,

有孩子的生活會是一團(tuán)糟，

With kids to wake and shake and dress,

要叫孩子起床、搖醒他們、還要幫他們穿衣服，

With meals to make and things to clean,

要料理三餐還有東西要清洗，

And cats and dogs and other things.

以及貓貓狗狗和其他事情。

With broken toys and hurts to mend,

有壞掉的玩具和傷口要修補(bǔ)，

Sometimes needing rules to bend.

有時候需要改變一下規(guī)則。

With naps that never will be yours,

午睡永遠(yuǎn)不會是你的工作，

Because of lunches thrown on the floors.

因為那些掉到地上的午餐。

You always plan your time for you,

你總是為自己安排時間，

When we are all sleeping in our rooms,

當(dāng)我們?nèi)荚诜坷锸焖瘯r，

To read a book or watch the news,

讀本書或是看看新聞，

But seldom is it ever true.

但那很少成真。

And just when you might think you're done,

正當(dāng)你可能認(rèn)為工作做完了，

We all come home and need a snack,

我們?nèi)蓟丶伊饲乙渣c(diǎn)心，

Or need a ride or need a chat,

或是需要接送、或是需要聊天，

Or cry or laugh or this or that.

或是哭哭笑笑，這個那個的。

You somehow manage every task,

你不知怎么辦到的處理好每件工作，

And travel like a garden gnome,

像花園小精靈一樣?xùn)|奔西跑，

And still you always ask my dad,

但你仍總是會問候我爸爸，

"How was your day?" when he comes home.

“今天過的如何啊?”當(dāng)爸爸回家的時候。

My mother's work is never done.

我媽咪的工作永遠(yuǎn)做不完。

Her sentences are life-long one.

她的判決是一輩子的。

But even as the years have changed,

但即便一年一年更迭，

I never once heard her complain.

我從未聽過她抱怨。

Have an awesome Mother's Day.

享受一個超棒的母親節(jié)!