新概念早讀英語(yǔ)初中版 第4期:我的母親
我的母親
My mother is a kind and gentle woman.
我的母親是一位心地善良，性情溫和的女性，
She is always very gentle.
她總是彬彬有禮。
She takes good care of all four of her children andkeep us all at school.
她細(xì)心地照顧孩子們并使他們都上學(xué)讀書。
I have one brother and two sisters. She gives usevery comfort.
我有一個(gè)兄弟，兩個(gè)妹妹，她使我們做每件事都感到舒適。
We all love her and she loves us,too.
我們都愛(ài)她，她也愛(ài)我們。
My mother has too much to do in bringing us up.
為了撫養(yǎng)我們，母親有太多事要做。
As our family is too poor to keep a servant,
因?yàn)槲覀兗液芨F，雇不起傭人。
my mother always has much work to do.
母親總是必須做很多工作。
She gets up very early and sleeps very late everyday.
她每天起早貪黑，
She works hard without complaining.
辛苦地工作,毫無(wú)怨言。
She is also a thrify and industrious woman.
她又是一位節(jié)儉勤勞的婦女。
She saves every cent that she can keeps everything in order.
她盡可能地節(jié)省每一分錢，并且使每一件事情都井井有條。
As she has been busy ever since she was young,
由于年輕時(shí)就一直忙碌，
she looks older than she really is.
所以從外表上看去更顯蒼老。
Her face is wrinkled her hair has become silver-white,
她的臉布滿皺紋，頭發(fā)也變成了灰白，
but she works as hard as ever.
但她仍然像從前一樣辛勤地操勞。
Often she says to us"Work while you work play while you play.
她常對(duì)我們說(shuō):"工作時(shí)工作,玩樂(lè)時(shí)玩樂(lè)。
If you do not work, you will become lazy and of no use to society."
如果不工作,你將變得懶惰，從而無(wú)益于社會(huì)。
What a piece of good advice it is!
這是一番多么好的忠告啊!
We must always keep it in mind.
我們必須珍視它，并將它牢記于心。
