A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
妈妈
Mom
Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.
以母亲为例:大约一个世纪前，一些傲慢的女权主义者指出，工资很低，职业阶梯也不存在。
Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.
完整性?幸福吗?这些话根本无法描述我的情绪。我真的没有什么话可以表达母亲对我的意义，尤其是考虑到我的病史。
I wanted to perform well for my mom and dad, because in high school, I didn't have a job. My brothers, they worked at Pizza Hut or places like that, but sports, that was my way of giving back.
我想为我的父母好好表现，因为在高中，我没有工作。我的兄弟们，他们在必胜客或类似的地方工作，但是运动，是我回报的方式。
My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done.
我母亲在不同的场合告诉我，她正通过我来实现她的梦想。她曾说，我可以做所有她想做的事情。
Last time I spoke to my mom she called me from a pay phone, and we didn't have the best talk. Ever since my stepdad passed away three years ago, she has been very depressed and hasn't been herself at all.
上次我和妈妈说话时，她用公用电话打给我，我们聊得不是很愉快。自从我继父三年前去世后，她一直很沮丧，完全不像她自己。
Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working.
妈妈们总能找到适合工作的方法，但是当你工作的时候，你觉得你应该花时间和孩子们在一起，当你和孩子在一起的时候，你就会考虑工作。
My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.
我妈妈和我一直很亲密。她一直都是我的朋友。在中学和初中的时候，我没有很多朋友。但我妈妈一直是我的朋友。总是这样。
That's the hardest thing about being a mom. You want to be cool, and you want them to like you all the time, but you can't always have that. You're gonna have times where you have to say no, and you won't be the most popular person in the house.
这是做母亲最难的事情。你想变酷，你想让他们一直喜欢你，但你不能总是这样。你会有不得不说不的时候，你也不会是家里最受欢迎的人。
If you go from a structure where you have the support and that partner and that construction of a family and that's broken apart, I think that's probably a lot harder than always being a single mom and having the father being a support in another area.
如果你从一个有支持，有伴侣，有家庭建设的结构中分离出来，我认为这可能比一直做一个单身母亲，有父亲在另一个领域提供支持要困难得多。
Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness.
正如一位母亲乐于把她的孩子抱在膝上，在那里喂养和爱抚他一样，我们慈爱的上帝也以同样的方式显示了他对他所爱的灵魂的喜爱，这些灵魂完全把自己献给了他，并把所有的希望寄托在他的慈爱上。
My mom thought I might be good for voiceover. She thought I had a cute voice, so maybe I could do a cartoon or something. And while we were looking into that, we also thought I should get into theater acting, so I tried it and the first audition I went on, I booked it. And it kind of just snowballed from there.
我妈妈认为我可能适合做画外音。她觉得我的声音很可爱，也许我可以做个卡通什么的。当我们在考虑这个问题的时候，我们也认为我应该进入戏剧表演领域，所以我试了试，第一次试镜就预定了。然后就像滚雪球一样越滚越大。
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I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.
我问人们为什么他们的墙上有鹿头。他们总是说，因为它是如此美丽的动物。那就这样吧。我觉得我妈妈很迷人，但我有她的照片。
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
我妈妈是我见过的最漂亮的女人。我的一切都归功于我的母亲。我一生中所有的成功都归功于我从她那里接受的道德、智力和体育教育。
My mom said, 'Don't get married. You're too young. Go out there and experience what life has to offer.' And I did.
我妈妈说，‘别结婚。你太年轻了。走出去，体验生活所能提供的。我照做了。
My mom was sarcastic about men. She would tell me Adam was the rough draft and Eve was the final product. She was a feminist minister, an earth mom who wore a bra only on Sundays.
我妈妈对男人很刻薄。她会告诉我亚当是初稿，夏娃是最终成品。她是一位女权主义部长，一位只在周日穿胸罩的地球母亲。
My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations.
我母亲是上帝的私人朋友。他们一直在谈话。
I usually travel with a lot of people, like my dad, mom and sisters.
我通常和很多人一起旅行，像我的爸爸，妈妈和姐妹们。