Love your mother more than you love yourself
资源所属专业类别：英语资源名称：Love yourmother more than you love yourself资源说明：本文来源于资源关键字：childhood daysteenage years old and gray资源作者：不详资源类型：文本类素材资源语言：英文 Love your mother more than you love yourselfThose Childhood Days When youcame into the world, she held you in her arms. You thanked her by weeping youreyes out.When youwere 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you. You thanked her by crying allnight long.When youwere 2 years old, she taught you to walk. You thanked her by running away whenshe called.When youwere 3 years old, she made all your meals with love. You thanked her by tossingyour plate on the floor.When youwere 4 years old, she gave you some crayons. You thanked her by coloring thedining room table.When youwere 5 years old, she dressed you for the holidays. You thanked her by ploppinginto the nearest pile of mud.When youwere 6 years old, she walked you to school. You thanked her by screaming, “I'm not going!”When you were 7 years old, she bought you abaseball. You thanked her by throwing it through the next-door-neighbor'swindow.When you were 8 years old, she handed youan ice cream. You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap.When you were 9 years old, she paid forpiano lessons. You thanked her by never even bothering to practice.When you were 10 years old, she drove youall day, from soccer to gymnastics to one birthday party after another. Youthanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back.When you were 11 years old, she took you andyour friends to the movies. You thanked her by asking to sit in a differentrow.When you were 12 years old, she warned younot to watch certain TV shows. You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.Those Teenage YearsWhen youwere 13, she suggested a haircut that was becoming. You thanked her by tellingher she had no taste.When youwere 14, she paid for a month away at summer camp. You thanked her byforgetting to write a single letter.When youwere 15, she came home from work, looking for a hug. You thanked her by havingyour bedroom door locked.When youwere 16, she taught you how to drive her car. You thanked her by taking itevery chance you could.When youwere 17, she was expecting an important call. You thanked her by being on thephone all night.When youwere 18, she cried at your high school graduation. You thanked her by stayingout partying until dawn. Growing Old and GrayWhen youwere 19, she paid your college tuition, drove you to campus, carrying yourbags.Youthanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassedin front of your friends.When youwere 20, she asked whether you were seeing anyone. You thanked her by saying, “It's none of your business.”When youwere 21, she suggested certain careers for your future. You thanked her bysaying, “I don't want to be like you.”When youwere 22, she hugged you at your college graduation. You thanked her by askingwhether she could pay for a trip to Europe.When youwere 23, she gave you furniture for your first apartment. You thanked her bytelling your friends it was ugly.When youwere 24, she met your fiance10 and asked about your plans for the future. Youthanked her by glaring and growling, “Muuhh-ther,please!”When youwere 25, she helped to pay for your wedding, and she cried and told you howdeeply she loved you. You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.When youwere 30, she called with some advice on the baby. You thanked her by tellingher, “Things are different now.”When youwere 40, she called to remind you of a relative's birthday. You thanked her bysaying you were “really busy right now.”When youwere 50, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her. You thanked her byreading about the burden parents become to their children.And thenone day she quietly died.Andeverything you never did came crashing down like thunder.“Rock me baby, rock me all nightlong.”“The hand who rocks thecradle...may rock the world”.Let us take a moment of the timejust to pay tribute and show appreciation to the person called mom though somemay not say it openly to their mother. There's no substitute for her. Cherishevery single moment. Though at times she may not be the best of friends, maynot agree to our thoughts, she is still your mother!!! She will be there foryou...to listen to your woes, your braggings, your frustrations, etc. Askyourself...have you put aside enough time for her, to listen to her “blues” ofworking in the kitchen, her tiredness? Be tactful, loving and still show her duerespect though you may have a different view from hers. Once gone, only fondmemories of the past and also regrets will be left.Don't take for granted the thingsclosest to your heart. Love her more than you love yourself. Life ismeaningless without her. 资源评价：第一次看到这篇文章的时候，就觉得它的布局很新颖，特别是在“童年”和“青少年时期”，作者将每个具体的年龄段都列举出来了。现在这样布局的文章不太多见，因为这样布局很容易让读者感觉冗长厌烦。但是读完这篇文章读者不但不会有那样的感觉，反而觉得意犹未尽。就语言而言，这篇文章语言并不华丽，也没有煽情的文字，讲的都是一些具体的事例，但是就是这些有代表性的，贴近读者生活的事例往往更容易打动读者。第三点，本文是用第二人称写作的，这样写的好处是会让读者会情不自禁地融入到文章中去，把自己当成文章中的主人公。还有一点就是这篇文章的教育意义很强，母亲为我们付出了她的一生，而我们这些做子女的又是怎么回报她的呢？在读这篇文章的时候，我们不妨好好反思一下我们自己对母亲的行为。
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