This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother.

这是我第一次（也是最后一次）胆敢违抗我母亲。

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This beautiful skirt belonged to my sister, and my mother bought it for her 2 years ago.

这条漂亮的裙子是我姐姐的，我妈妈两年前给她买的。

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And then this: She is not my mother.

所有的这些都向我说明：她不是我的亲生母亲。

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Bella, this is Esme.My mother for all intents and purposes.

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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

Because of this my mother used to make Jell-o that had fruit suspended in it, and the fruit doesn't sink to the bottom like you'd expect it to sink through water, but it stays suspended inside.

正因为如此,当我母亲以前做,那种加水果的果冻的时候,水果并不会沉到果冻底部来,你以为它会像在水里那样,但水果是悬在果冻里的

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

We talked to the IRC and they helped us again to find an apartment and this time my mother and father found jobs.

BBC: Hidden Lives: The Untold Story of Urban Refugees

And so when I went back to Yellowstone, with Ken and my daughters -- that was the first time they had been -- and I'm standing there -- I'm thinking not only about them and the first time they're seeing this, but I'm also remembering back to when my grandmother and my mother had shown me this amazing country so many years before.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks at Conference on Conservation

So after a few months, my mother's people sent me and my brother back to this little village in Arkansas to my grandmother, my father's mother who was raising me, and she used to braid my hair.

CNN: Maya Angelou: It's time to lift America's spirit