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第168章

Guidance for Reciting

A mother's love is like a circle,it has no beginning and ending. It keeps going around and around ever expanding,touching everyone who comes in touch with it. Engulfing them like the morning's mist,warming them like the noontime sun,and covering them like a blanket of evening stars.

“M”is for the million things she gave me,

“O”means only that she's growing old,

“T”is for the tears she shed to save me,

“H”is for her heart of purest gold,

“E”is for her eyes,with the love-light shining,

“R”means right,and right she'll always be,

Put them all together,they spell“MOTHER”,

A word that means the world to me.

Notes

1.pure [pjur /pjuE] a.纯的

2.shine [Fain] v.照耀,发亮

母亲

诵读导言

母爱就像一个圆环,没有起点也没有终点。它源源不绝,广阔无边,感染着每个接触到它的人。它如晨雾的笼罩,如正午太阳般温暖,又如夜星,照耀着人们。

“M”代表她所给予我的无数,

“O”的意思是她在日渐老去,

“T”是她为抚育我洒下的泪,

“H”指她有像金子一般的心灵,

“E”就是她的眼睛,里面洋溢着爱的光芒,

“R”的意思是正确,因为她永远都是对的。

将以上字母串在一起就是“母亲(mother)”,

这个单词意味着我整个的世界。

口语点津

母亲节已经来到,父亲节也已不远(6月的第三个星期日),我们只有一对父母亲,珍惜能够和他们在一起共度的时光。

有人说,FAMILY正是“Father And Mother,I Love You!”的首字母缩写。在日常生活中,这种缩写经常可以幽默地衍生出好多令人会心一笑的寓意。比如SARS意味着“Smile and Remain Smiling”;MBA是“Married But Available”,而USA则代表“Unmarried,Still Available”。