2021年1月23日发(作者：typhoon)




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Unit5
A mother and her son learn more from a moment of defeat than they ever could from a victory. Her example of
never giving up gives him courage for the rest of his life.
从失败的一刻中，母亲和儿子收获了他们从成功中不曾收获到的。母亲永不 放弃的精神给他此后的人生以
很大的勇气。

The Day Mother CriedGerald Moore
Coming home from school that dark winter's day so long ago, I was filled with anticipation. I
had
a new

issue
of
my favorite sports magazine
tucked
under my arm, and the house
to myself
.
Dad
was
at work
, my sister was
away, and Mother wouldn't be home from her new job for an hour. I

bounded
up the steps, burst into the living
room and
flipped
on a light.
妈哭的那天

在很久以前一个昏暗的冬天，我放学回家，心中充满了期待。我腋下夹着 一期新的我最爱看的体育杂
志，再者，家里没有别人打扰我。爸爸在上班，妹妹不在家。妈妈刚找到新工 作，还得过一个小时才下
班。我跳上台阶，冲进起居室，啪嗒一声打开电灯。

I was shocked into
stillness
by what I saw.

Mother, pulled into a tight ball with her face in her hands, sat
at the far end of the couch.
She was crying. I had never seen her cry.
我被眼前的景象惊呆了。妈妈双手捂着脸，身子紧缩成一团，坐在长沙发的那一端哭泣着。我 看见妈
妈哭这还是第一次。

I approached cautiously and touched her shoulder.
我小心翼翼地向她走去，轻轻拍她的肩膀。< br>“
妈妈，
”
我说，
“
怎么啦
?”

She took a long breath and managed a weak smile.
lose this new job. I can't type fast en ough.
妈妈深深吸了一口气，强作微笑。
“
没什么，真的。没有什么要紧的事。只 是我这份新工作要丢了。我
字打得不够快。
”



catch on
.
a hundred times when I was having trouble learning or doing something important to me.
“
可你上班才三天，
”
我说。
“
你会熟练起来的。
”
我这是在重复她讲过上百次的一句话，每当我学习或
做 一件与自己关系重大的事情而遇到困难时，她总是这样跟我说的。


But I can't do this.
“
不成，
”
妈妈黯然神伤地说。
“< br>过去我总是讲，只要我下决心，什么事都能干成。现在我仍然认为大多
数的事我都能做。但打字这 件事我干不了。
”

I felt
helpless
and out of place. At age 16 I still

assumed
Mother could do anything. Some years before, when
we sold our
ranch

and moved to town, Mother had decided to open a
day nursery
.
She had had no training, but
that didn't
stand in her way
.
She
sent away for

correspondence
courses in child care, did the lessons and in six
months
formally

qualified
herself for the task. It wasn't long before she had a full
enrollment

and a waiting list. I
accepted all this as a perfectly normal instance of Mother's
ability
.

我感到无能为力，而且十分尴尬。我虽然十六岁了，但仍 然以为妈妈什么都能干。几年前，当我们卖
掉农场，搬到城里住的时候，妈妈决定开办日托所。她过去没 有受过这方面的训练，但这并不能阻碍她。
她写信要求参加幼托函授课程，学习了六个月就正式获得从事 这项工作的资格。不久她的日托所招生额
满，而且还有不少小孩登记等着入托呢。我觉得凭妈妈的能力， 办成这一切是理所当然的。

But neither the nursery nor the
motel
my parents bought later had provided enough income to send my sister
and me to college. In two years I would be ready for college. In three more my sister would want to go. Time was

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