很多中国人都想知道母亲节应该送什么礼物给妈妈,但是没有多少人知道母亲节实际上是一个来自海外的节日。
Many Chinese people will wonder what presents to get for their moms on Mother's Day, but not many know Mother's Day is actually a festival from overseas.
也许没有一个完美的妈妈,但有妈妈的爱,可以解决任何事情。
There might not be a perfect mom, but there is mom's love, which can fix anything.
我妈妈觉得有人爬上了她的床。她以为是我父亲来睡觉了,但当她转身说晚安时,那里一个人也没有。
My mother felt someone climb in bed. She thought it was my father coming to bed, but when she turned over to say goodnight, there was no one there.
我听见妈妈进来了,“妈妈,”我悲伤地说,“没有一个男孩愿意和我跳舞。”
I could hear Mom come in, "Mom," I said sadly, "none of the boys would dance with me."
护理团队每隔几天就会把他和他的妹妹调换一次,这样,当一个宝宝被奶瓶喂养时,另一个宝宝就和妈妈在一起了——她从来没有怀疑过。
The nursery team switches him every few days with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed, the other is with mum—she never suspects.
“我希望我的老师知道有时我的阅读作业没有签名,是因为我妈妈不太有空。”另一个人写道。
"I wish my teacher knew sometimes my reading homework is not signed, because my mom is not free a lot, wrote another.
我妈妈曾感觉到有人爬上她的床,她还以为是我父亲回来了,但当她转过身去说晚安的时候,床上却一个人都没有,但她确实看到床上有人躺过的痕迹。
My mother had someone climb in bed with her. She thought it was my father coming to bed, but when she turned over to say goodnight, there was no one there.
我们已经有一个月没有和妈妈吃饭了。
“即使是生理上已经可以了,一个年轻的女孩心理上还没有做好当妈妈的准备。”儿童心理学家卡罗来纳·费尔南德斯警告说。
"Even if the body is ready, a young girl is not mentally prepared to become a mother," warned child psychologist Carolina fernandez.
遗憾的是,玩偶并没有一个配套的魔棒让妈妈、爸爸们去清理玩偶制造的便便。
Unfortunately, the doll does not come with a magic wand for mom or dad to clean up the messes it makes
“妈妈,”我哭着回答,“因为我的胳臂,没有一个男孩子愿意跟我跳舞。”
“Mom,” I answered, weeping, “none of the boys would dance with me because of my arm.”
如果你在约会上找到的所有能说的都是你妈妈,那么可能性就是你还和你妈住一块,而且没有一个女人愿意和一个没有属于自己住处的男人在一起。
If your mother is all you can find to talk about on a date, then the odds are that you are still living home with her, and no woman wants a man who doesn't have his own place.
这里仍然有一个词是我从来都没有让自己在我妈妈面前说过的。
There is still one word I can never bring myself to say in front of my mother.
那个鸟妈妈——我们不妨称呼她画眉鸟夫人——的数学非常不好,因此当她回来再次坐在她的蛋宝宝身上时,她并没有注意到她的窝里额外多了一个大个头的蛋。
That mother bird—we might call her Mrs. Thrush—is not very good at math. So when she returns to sit on her eggs, she doesn’t notice there is an extra large egg in the nest.
我问妈妈,为什么我们生活得那么简朴,当时完全没有意识到,对于一个带着两个儿子的单身母亲而言回答这个问题是多么痛苦。
I asked my mother why we lived with such modest means, unaware of how painful it must have been for a single parent with two young boys to field such questions.
无疑一路上我将面对更多的挑战,但在我克服了一切后,我的信心得以恢复,我知道没有什么能阻止成为一个最好的妈妈。
No doubt I will face more challenges along the way, but after everything I have overcome, my confidence is restored and I know now there is nothing stopping me from being the best mum I can be.
妈妈从来没有告诉过我说我有一个父亲。
妈妈:这个嘛,我猜是因为我们生活的这个父权社会里,没有太多关于一个妇女应该是什么样子的观念。
Mother: Well, I guess it is because we live in a patriarchal society that has created a very narrow model of what a woman is supposed to look like.
我认为我跟妈妈没有一个人可以预言如果整整一代人都有这样的想法会发生什么。
I don't think either of us could have predicted what happens when you multiply that sense of agency by an entire generation.
他们也没有为这么多妈妈留出空缺,即使我在怀孕第一个月的时候就列到了等候名单上。
They didn't anticipate any openings for many months either even though I'd put my name on the waiting list in my first month of pregnancy.
我和我妈妈谈过了,虽然她没有大房子,但是有一个空闲的房间,而且她真的很好。
I talked it over with my mom, and she doesn't have a big place, but there's a spare room, and she's really nice.
所以我没有机会去购物和一个布袋,但我通常要求我的妈妈这样做。
So I have no chance to go shopping with a cloth bag, but I usually ask my Mom to do so.
所以我没有机会去购物和一个布袋,但我通常要求我的妈妈这样做。
So I have no chance to go shopping with a cloth bag, but I usually ask my Mom to do so.
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