Doctor Spock considered his mother,Mildred Spock, to be the major influence on his personal and professional life.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

And this is based on the story, the mythical story of a king who killed his father and married his mother.

名字来自于一个故事，一则国王弑父娶母的希腊神话。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Richard's mother finds out when his brother tells on him, and the father cannot punish him.

当哥哥向母亲揭发他的恶行时，父亲却无可奈何。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

On the first day of November, John kissed his mother goodbye and left home with Seth.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

And if you look on that page, about in the middle, this is Enoch describing his foster mother: "'This woman was hard to get along with.

如果你翻到小说中间的那页，这就是阿纳克,对他养母的描述，你总是难以与这个女人相处。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

That's his motto. He has great advice: 'don't set the kitchen on fire.'" Author Mohammed Naseehu Ali shared childhood memories of his mother's kitchen in Ghana.

VOA: special.2011.08.08

He saw the sad nightingales nodding on the branches and they reminded him of his mother. A gray shroud fell over the city.

他见过悲伤的夜莺在枝头打盹,这些让他想起他的母亲，灰色的寿衣落在这城市。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

His mother,Sonya Carson, raised Ben and his older brother on her own.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

If his father resigns himself to Richard's subterfuge, his mother does not, and this is on page 12. He says: I had had my first triumph over my father.

在他击败父亲的同时，母亲以另一种方式教训他，在第十二页，他说：,“遵从父亲所说的让我第一次战胜了他。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Max is a 10-year old boy with autism. Recently,his mother called on US lawmakers to allocate more funds to find the cause and a cure.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

As time went on there were other kinds of complaints, these about accuracy. So, for instance, his mother in the book is represented as being uneducated. Well, in fact she was a schoolteacher.

随着时间的流逝不断显现，比如，书里写他的母亲没有受过教育,事实上他母亲是教师。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Just weeks ago he was a novice opposition candidate for Parliament with little recognition outside the district, which had been held by his mother Varun Gandhi quickly rocketed into the national spotlight after his recent speeches aired on national television appearing to show him mocking and threatening Muslims.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28