欧美人文风情第41篇:献给母亲的一首诗

 Life with kids can be a mess, 有孩子的生活会是一团糟，

With kids to wake and shake and dress, 要叫孩子起床、摇醒他们、还要帮他们穿衣服，

With meals to make and things to clean, 要料理三餐还有东西要清洗，

And cats and dogs and other things. 以及猫猫狗狗和其他事情。

With broken toys and hurts to mend, 有坏掉的玩具和伤口要修补，

Sometimes needing rules to bend. 有时候需要改变一下规则。

With naps¹ that never will be yours, 午睡永远不会是你的工作，

Because of lunches thrown on the floors. 因为那些掉到地上的午餐。

You always plan your time for you, 你总是为自己安排时间，

When we are all sleeping in our rooms, 当我们全都在房里熟睡时，

To read a book or watch the news, 读本书或是看看新闻，

But seldom is it ever true. 但那很少成真。

And just when you might think you're done, 正当你可能认为工作做完了，

We all come home and need a snack, 我们全都回家了且要吃点心，

Or need a ride or need a chat, 或是需要接送、或是需要聊天，

Or cry or laugh or this or that. 或是哭哭笑笑，这个那个的。

You somehow manage every task, 你不知怎么办到的处理好每件工作，

And travel like a garden gnome², 像花园小精灵一样东奔西跑，

And still you always ask my dad, 但你仍总是会问候我爸爸，

"How was your day?" when he comes home. “今天过的如何啊？”当爸爸回家的时候。

My mother's work is never done. 我妈咪的工作永远做不完。

Her sentences are life-long one. 她的判决是一辈子的。

But even as the years have changed, 但即便一年一年更迭，

I never once heard her complain. 我从未听过她抱怨。

Have an awesome³ Mother's Day. 享受一个超棒的母亲节!

 

1 naps   

n.小睡，打盹( nap的名词复数 )；珠皮呢

参考例句：

• My grandfather naps in his armchair. 我祖父在扶手椅子上小睡。 来自辞典例句
• The baby's regime included two naps a day. 这婴儿的生活规律包括一天小睡两次。 来自辞典例句

2 gnome   

n.土地神；侏儒，地精

参考例句：

• The Swedes do not have Santa Claus.What they have is Christmas Gnome.瑞典人的圣诞节里没有圣诞老人，但他们却有一个圣诞守护神。
• Susan bought a garden gnome to decorate her garden.苏珊买了一个土地神像来装饰她的花园。

3 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.