I've never met Alan's mother except from pictures.

好友的母亲，我其实只见过照片。

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The line was quiet except for the cries of the mother.

电话线那端沉默了，只能听到母亲的抽泣声。

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In my mind, my mother is good at doing everything except cooking.

在我看来，我的妈妈擅长做任何事情，除了做饭。

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And, if you skip over to 215, this image comes back of this mother: "All cars had disappeared except his station wagon. His pregnant young wife was now getting into it with her baby and the other more or less canceled child."

还有，如果你翻到215页，这个妈妈的形象会再次出现：,“所有的车都不见了，只剩下他的小汽车，他,他怀孕的妻子正抱着婴儿上车，那个惹是生非的小男孩,也上去了“

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But if you step back and reflect on it, "Well, let's see, I was eating a sandwich and suddenly the sandwich was the Statue of Liberty, except the Statue of Liberty was my mother.

但当你退一步,仔细回想,让我想想,我当时在吃三明治,然后突然,三明治变成了自由女神像,不过这个女神是我的母亲

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South Dakota's governor signed a controversial measure that bans abortion in the state (except where the mother is at risk).

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No one seemed to have a stronger viewpoint against abortion than Brownback, who opposes the procedure in every instance except to save the mother's life.

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It was a wonderful and strange little Christmas party, with us speaking no Dutch and the nuns speaking no English, except for the tiny bit Mother Superior knew.

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