文档介绍：经典英语美文短篇：爱母亲甚于爱自己
说明和注解：丁克威
这是一篇动情之作，读完后掩卷而思：母亲的胸怀是博大的，母亲的心灵
是至纯的，母亲的爱是无私的。然而我们对于母亲的报答又有多少？
文章语言朴素简单，相信作为中学生的你能轻松地读下来。读到佳句妙语
处，真希望你能把它记下来、背下来。
Those Childhood Days
When you came into the world, she held you in her
hold somebody in one ’ s
arms: 把某人抱在怀中
arms.
You thanked her by weeping your eyes out.
weep one ’ s eyes ou痛t:
哭；大哭
When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed
注意 bathe在此处用作及
物动词，意为“给 ⋯ ⋯ 洗
you.
澡”。
You thanked her by crying all night long.
all night long ：整夜；如
说“整天”则是 all day
long。
When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk.
可说 teach somebody to
do something（教某人做
某事）
You thanked her by running away when she called.
When you were 3 years old, she made all your
do something with love: 带着爱意 /心做某事。
meals with love.
You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor. toss: 抛投。
When you were 4 years old, she gave you some
crayon: 蜡笔。
crayons.
You thanked her by coloring the dining room table.
color 在此句中用作动
词，表示“着色”。
When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the
dress: 给 ⋯ ⋯ 穿衣。
holidays.
You thanked her by plopping into the nearest pile of
plop: 扑通一声地掉下去。
mud.
When you were 6 years old, she walked you to
注意 walk 在此处用作及
物动词，意为“陪⋯ ⋯ 一
school.
起走”。
You thanked her by screaming, “I'm not going! ”scream: 尖叫。
When you were 7 years old, she bought you a
baseball: 棒球。
baseball.
You thanked her by throwing it through the
next-door-neighbor: 隔壁邻居。
next-door-neighbor's window.
When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice
hand somebody something:
把某物递给某人。
cream.
You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap.
drip: （液体）滴落下来。
注意形近词 drop 指“掉
下、落下” ，两者有区别。
When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano
lessons.
You thanked her by never even bothering to
bother to do something 是
一个重要短语，意为“劳
practice.
神做某事、费神做某事” 。
When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day,
one after another: 一个
接一个。有时one 后面接
from soccer to gymnastics to one birthday
party after