当我还是个孩子的时候,我经常头疼,我的祖母总是为我做这个。
When I was a child, I got a lot of headaches and my grandmother always did this for me.
我的祖母非常之节俭,她会一次又一次地缝补她穿破了的衣服然后穿上。
My grandmother is so plain that she would sew up her worn-out clothes and wear them again and again.
我的祖母和外祖母都是寡妇。
医生警告了 我的祖母,并看着她担忧的脸。
The doctor warned my grandmother and looked at her worried face.
说着这些话,我的祖母起身离开了医生的办公室。
With these words, my grandmother got up and left the doctor's office.
这个地方对我如此重要的主要原因是我的祖母。
The main reason why this place is so important to me is my grandmother.
听到这些,我的祖母哭了起来,这和我预想的不一样。
Hearing this, my grandmother began to cry and it was not what I expected.
实际上,我的祖父是美国人,我的祖母是中国人。
Actually my grandfather is an American and my grandmother is a Chinese.
我每年夏天都去那里,去看望我的祖母,离开城市,放松一下。
I go there every summer, to visit my grandmother, get away from the city and relax.
我的祖母有一个可爱的花园,我们总是坐在树下,喝甜茶聊天。
My grandmother has a lovely garden and we always sit under the trees, drinking sweet tea and chatting.
经过仔细的检查,一位著名的医生告诉我的祖母:“你的心脏病病情严重,你应该接受手术。”
After a careful examination, a famous doctor told my grandmother, "You have such a serious heart condition that you should have an operation."
我的祖母非常惊讶,很快就说:“医生,既然你在谈论这些可能性,那么我也有一种可能性给你:你有100%的可能性不会给我做手术!”
My grandmother was terribly surprised and quickly said, "Doctor, since you're talking about these possibilities, I have one for you: there is a 100 percent possibility that you won't operate on me!"
今天我要做一个实验,来纪念我的祖母。
And in honor of my grandmother I'm going to bring this today to a test.
我的祖母就是那些在度假时还要做事的人之一。
My grandmother is one of those people who just have to be doing something even when she is on vacation.
今天,为了我心理学课程的研究报告,我采访了我的祖母。
Today, I interviewed my grandmother for part of a research paper I'm working on for my Psychology class.
我的祖母汤姆森甚至叫我小里克,尽管我没有看出她看出来的相似性。
My Grandma Thompson even called me Little Rick, though I did not see the similarities that she saw.
客人们都在静静地看着,我的祖母实在太霸道了,根本没有人敢为我说话。
The guests watched and winced in absolute silence. So forceful was my grandmothers personality that no one dared stand up for me.
客人们都在静静地看着,我的祖母实在太霸道了,根本没有人敢为我说话。
The guests watched and winced in absolute silence. So forceful was my grandmother s personality that no one dared stand up for me.
客人们都在静静地看着,我的祖母实在太霸道了,根本没有人敢为我说话。
The guests watched and winced in absolute silence. So forceful was my grandmother's personality that no one dared stand up for me.
我的祖母额头或是手臂上的痣如果变得跟平时不一样,她就要贴上创可贴。
My grandmother always has these little round bandages on her forehead or her arms where moles she's had her whole life didn't look right.
去年八月,由于胰腺癌她失去了丈夫,几个月之后,她的母亲(我的祖母)也去世了。
She lost her husband to pancreatic cancer the August before last, and a few months later, her mother (my grandmother) passed away.
让我的祖母恼怒的是,我反问了她一个问题,“但是祖母,马哈迪为什么不这样呢?”
To my grandmother's annoyance, I responded with the question: "But grandmother, what about Mahad?"
我的祖母确信。,她也曾告诉过我。,一个站着的人,没有一个躺在床上的人高。
My grandmother used to tell me that... at least she believed it... that someone who is lying in bed is longer than someone who stands up.
我一直都很羡慕20世纪30年代名人的生活。 我知道,我的祖母那一代人就是用这个牌子的。
帕特·希区柯克(女儿):我的祖母——也就是我父亲的母亲埃玛真是令人吃惊,我是说,她太厉害了!
Pat Hitchcock (Daughter) : my grandmother, my father's mother, Emma, was a wonderful character, I mean, absolutely!
她面向教堂的会众,带着自信地说,“我希望我的祖母能有一个教堂,她不能走路,所以她和我祖父必须呆在家里。”
As she looked out at the congregation, she spoke confidently, "I would like for my grandma to have church." She cannot walk, and she and my grandpa have to stay at home.
在美国也许会更常见,因为美国人非常“善解人意”,哪怕并不信拖拉者的借口(“我的祖母上周去世了”),也不会责怪他们。
And there may be more of it in the U.S. than in other countries because we are so nice; we don't call people on their excuses (" my grandmother died last week ") even when we don't believe them.
她说,人们倾向于通过注意已知统计资料之外的特殊情况来将坏习惯合理化,例如“它还没有伤害到我,”或者“我的祖母终生吸烟而活到了90岁。”
People tend to justify bad habits, she says, by noting exceptions to known statistics, such as: "It hasn't hurt me yet, " or, "My grandmother smoked all her life and lived to be 90."
她说,人们倾向于通过注意已知统计资料之外的特殊情况来将坏习惯合理化,例如“它还没有伤害到我,”或者“我的祖母终生吸烟而活到了90岁。”
People tend to justify bad habits, she says, by noting exceptions to known statistics, such as: "It hasn't hurt me yet, " or, "My grandmother smoked all her life and lived to be 90."
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