在这座天使塑像诞生10周年之际，盖茨黑德当地的居民被问及他们的这位天使是谁时，除了许多人说的“我妈妈”之外，还有很多出人意料的回答。
For its tenth anniversary, Gateshead folk were asked who their own particular angel was. Besides the many who said “My Mam”, there were more unexpected answers.
我记得有关我妈妈的一个故事是，她小时候经常问一些、别人无法回答的问题，并且梦想有一天能成为成功的专家。
I remembered the stories of my mother as a child, always asking the unanswerable question and dreaming to be the successful professional.
“时候到了你自然就知道了。”当我在很小的时候问我妈妈我什么时候会结婚时，她回答道。
"You'll know when it's time, " my mother told a much younger me when I asked her when I would marry.
该青年回答，从来没有，我妈总是要我多读书，再说，母亲洗衣服比我快得多。
The youth answered, never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books, furthermore, my mother can wash cloths faster than me.
就像现在的女孩一样，如果你问她们为什么穿成这样，他们的回答跟我当年回答我妈妈一个样儿：“这有什么大不了？”
As for the girls themselves, if you ask them why they dress the way they do, they'll say (roughly) the same things I said to my mother: "What's the big deal?"
今天，我走到厨房里面，不小心打碎了我妈的花瓶。我说：“事故时有发生嘛。”她回答，“对，像你的出生一样。”
Today, I walked into the kitchen and accidentally broke my mother's vase. I said, "Accidents happen. " She replied, "Yeah, like your birth. "
后来，她和她妈妈聊天时，就问妈妈，为吗做火腿饭时要先把火腿尖儿剁掉。而她妈妈回答：“我还真不知为吗，可我妈妈就一直是这么干来着。”
Later when talking to her mother she asked her why she cut off the end of the ham before baking it, and her mother replied, "I really don't know, but that's the way my mom always did it."
小姑娘声音有些颤抖，回答道：“我妈妈给我做了这件衣服后，她就得走了。”
With a quiver in her voice the little girl answered. "After Mommy made me this dress, she had to go away."
小姑娘声音有些颤抖，回答道：“我妈妈给我做了这件衣服后，她就得走了。”
With a quiver in her voice the little girl answered. "After Mommy made me this dress, she had to go away."
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