我上星期收到了母亲的一封信。

I had a letter from my mother last week.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

我的母亲给我的寄宿家庭监护人妈妈写了一封信，说明了我的问题。

My mother wrote to my host mom about my trouble.

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我回想着本杰明·富兰克林(Benjamin Franklin)写给他母亲的信，解释为何他投入如此多时间在公众服务中：“我不怕说出来，做一个积极工作的有用的人比做一个行尸走肉般的有钱人强。”

I think about what Benjamin Franklin wrote to his mother, explaining why he had devoted so much of his time to public service: "I would rather have it said, he lived usefully, than, he died rich."

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