My dancing life began not because I wanted to do it, but because my mother was sick and tired of seeing me running around after school doing nothing.

我开启了舞蹈生涯，不是因为自己想跳舞，而是因为我妈妈厌烦了看到我放学后无所事事到处晃悠。

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We have spent a lot of money since my mother was sick.

自从我母亲生病，我们已经花了很多钱。

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I said it was very important because my mother was sick and wouldn't have lunch ready for Phoebe and that she'd have to meet me and have lunch in a drugstore.

我说是件很重要的事，就是告诉她 我妈病了，不能给她做饭，所以她得跟我去吃便餐。

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So, when my mother told me there was an obviously sick bird in the house, I took her seriously.

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My mother was always available and willing to help others in need and would take me and my siblings to visit the sick every week and share our food with others.

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