英语沙龙:Prayer for My Mother-为我的母亲祈祷

Prayer for My Mother

Dear God,

Now that I am no longer young,I have friends whose mothers have passed away.I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell them.

I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive.I appreciate her more each day.My mother does not change,but I do.As I grow older and wiser,I realize what an extraordinary1) person she is.How sad that I am unable to speak these words in her presence2),but they flow easily from my pen.

How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself?For the love,patience and just plain3) hard work that go into raising a child?For running after a toddler,for understanding a moody teenager,for tolerating a college student who knows everything? For waiting for the day when a daughter realizes her mother really is?

How does a grown woman thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother?For being ready with advice(when asked)or remaining silent when it is most appreciated?For not saying:“I told you so”,when she could have uttered4) these words dozens of times?For being essentially5) herself --loving,thoughtful,patient,and forgiving6)?

I don’t know how,dear God,except to bless her as richly as she deserves and to help me live up to the example she has set.I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother looks in mine.

A daughter

□by Ann Landers

为我的母亲祈祷

亲爱的上帝:

如今我已不再年轻,一些朋友的母亲已经去世了。我曾听这些子女们说过,他们从没有向母亲充分表示过他们的感激之情,而待到要告诉时为时已晚了。

幸运的是,我亲爱的母亲依然健在。我对她的感情与日俱增。母亲没有变,而我却变了。随着年岁的增长,我越来越懂事了,我认识到她是个非常了不起的人。这些话在她面前我难以启齿,但在笔下却可以轻易地写出来,这令我感到多么难过。

一个女儿该怎样开口感谢她的母亲所给予的生命?感谢她在抚养孩子时所付出的爱、耐心以及无私的辛勤劳动?感谢她跟在蹒跚学步的孩子身后奔跑,对情绪不定的少女的理解,以及对一个自以为是的大学生的宽容?感谢她等待女儿认识到她真是一位好母亲的这一天?

一个成年女子该怎样感谢母亲依然如故的角色?感谢在被问到时她会及时提供良言,而在不需要时她会保持沉默?感谢她没有说:“我告诉过你,”而她本来可以说上许多次?感谢她始终不变的爱心、体贴周到、耐心与宽容厚道?

我不知道该怎样来表达,亲爱的上帝,除了请求你好好地保佑她—那是她该得到的—并帮助我朝她做出的榜样看齐。我祈愿在孩子的眼里我会如同母亲在我眼里一般好。

一个女儿

NOTE 注释:

extraordinary [Ik5strC:dInErI; (?@) -dEnerI] adj. 异常的;非凡的

presence [5prezns] n. 在场, 存在

plain [plein] adj. 简单的,朴素的

utter [5QtE] vt. 发出, 做声, 发表

essentially [I5senFElI] adv. 本质上, 本来

forgiving [fE5^iviN] adj. 宽大的, 慈悲的


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