<><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>Those childhood days <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you came into the word, she held you in her arms,<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by weeping your eyes out.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by crying all night long.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 2 year old, she taught you to walk.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by running away when she called.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 3 year old, she made all your meals with love.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 4 year old, she gave you some crayons.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by coloring the dining room table.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 5 year old, she dressed you for the holidays.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by plopping into the nearest pile of mud.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 6 year old, she walked you to school.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by screaming, “I’m not going!”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 7 year old, she bought you a baseball.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by throwing it through the next-door-neighbor’s window.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 8 year old, she handed you an ice cream.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 9 year old, she paid for piano lessons.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by never even bothering to practice.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 10 year old, she drove you all day, from soccer to gymnastics to one birthday party after another.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 11 year old, she took and your friends to the movies.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 12 year old, she warmed you not to watch certain TV shows.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>Those teenage years<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 13 year old, she suggested a haircut that was becoming.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 14 year old, she paid for a month away at summer camp.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 15 year old, she came home from work, looking for a hug.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 16 year old, she taught you how to drive her car.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by taking it every chance you could.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 17 year old, she was expecting an important call.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by being on the phone all night.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 18 year old, she cried at your high school graduation.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by staying out parting until dawn.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>Growing old and gray<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 19 year old, she paid your college tuition, drove you to campus, carried your bags.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by saying goodbye outside the dorm so you wouldn’t be embarrassed in front of your friends.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 20 year old, she asked whether you were seeing anyone.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by saying, “It’s none of your business.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 21 year old, she suggested certain careers for your future.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by<B> </B>saying, “I don’t want to be like you.”<B><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 22 year old, she hugged you at your college graduation.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by asking whether she could pay for a trip to <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 23 year old, she gave furniture for your first apartment.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by telling your friends it was ugly.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 24 year old, she met your fiancé and asked about your plans for the future.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by glaring and growling, “Muuhh-ther, please!”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 25 year old, she helped to pay for your wedding, and she cried and told you how deeply she love you.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 30 year old, she called with some advice on the baby.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by telling her, “Things are different now.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 40 year old, she called to remind you of a relative’s birthday.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by saying you were “really busy right now.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>When you are 50 year old, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>And then one day she quietly died.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5>“Rock me baby, rock me all night long.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=5><FONT face="Times New Roman">“The hand who rocks the cradle</FONT>…<FONT face="Times New Roman">may rock the world.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=5><FONT face="Times New Roman">Let us take a moment of the time just to pay tribute and show appreciation to the person called mom though some may not say it openly to their mother. There’s no substitute for her. Cherish every single moment. Though at times she may not be the best of friends, may not agree to our thoughts, she is still your mother!!! She will be there for you</FONT>…<FONT face="Times New Roman">to listen to your woes, your braggings, your frustrations, etc. Ask yourself</FONT>…<FONT face="Times New Roman">have you put aside enough time for her, to listen to her “blues” of working in the kitchen, her tiredness? Be tactful, loving and still show her due respect though you may have a different view from hers. Once gone, only fond memories of the past and also regrets will be left.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=5><FONT face="Times New Roman">Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Love her more than you love yourself. Life is meaningless without her</FONT>…<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT size=5>这是我在书上看到的一篇文章,看完之后我感触很深,打字并不快的我一个字一个字地把它打了出来。尽管有不少生词,但并不会影响大家对整个文章的理解,希望懂英语的朋友们能耐心的把它读完,希望大家想想我们的母亲为我们做过的事情和我们是怎么回报她们的。<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=5>愿天下所有的母亲平安快乐,幸福地度过每一天。<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
[此贴子已经被作者于2006-5-14 10:11:29编辑过]
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