Her mother is a woman with great refinement.

她母亲是一个非常文雅的女人。

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She confesses to being scared; her mother insists that being a single mother is the hardest possible job a woman can have.

她非常害怕、困惑，她母亲特别告诉她，成为一个单身母亲对一个女人来说是天下最难的事。

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Last year, a woman, whose father is Indonesian and her mother American, was crowned Miss Indonesia despite her poor command of Indonesian.

去年，一位女士摘得了印尼小姐的桂冠，她的父亲是印尼人，她的母亲是美国人，她的印尼文说得非常不好。

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"I have often said that I am all I am because of her, and I am only half the woman she is, " Sotomayor said, recognizing her mother and other family members seated in the audience as the president announced her nomination.

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But as Ms. Spar points out in her article, the life of a professional woman who is also a wife and mother IS messy, and contradictory.

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But this is not enough for Julie Bailey, the woman who set up Cure the NHS after losing her mother at Stafford Hospital.

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