** You're never too heavy for your mother to bear. But try, as you get older, to swap roles once in a while. 母亲从不觉得孩子是负累。不过，在你长大以后，不妨偶尔试着交换一下角色。
** Take the word 'family'. Strike out the 'm' for mother and the 'y' for youth--and all you have left is 'fail'. 看看“家庭”（family）这个字眼吧。划去代表“母亲”（ mother）的“m”和代表“青春”（youth）的“y”——你就只剩下了“失败”（fail）了。
** A mother is one through whom God whispers love to his little children. And, yes, sometimes that voice can rise above a whisper, but only because you're not listening.
上帝通过母亲向孩子们悄声传达他的爱。还有，对了，有时这声音很响亮，只因你没有倾听才认为“爱”是在悄悄传达。
** A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.男人爱情人最痴，爱妻子最深，爱母亲最久。
** If a man loves his mother, he will always love his wife. 爱母亲的男人，也将会永远爱妻子。
** The way to your mather's heart is to eat her food with relish. 能让母亲快乐的方法，就是有滋味地吃掉她做的食物。
** A mother's love is like a circle. It has no begining and no ending.母爱就像一个圆。没有起点，也没有终点。
** A mother understands what a child does not say.母亲最懂孩子心。
** Real mothers know that a child's growth is not measured by height or years or grads. It is marked by the progression of Mama to Mummy to Mother. 真正的母亲都知道，孩子的成长不是用身高、年龄或年级来衡量的。它是由孩子从“妈妈”到“妈咪”到“母亲”的称呼来记录的。
** A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. 母亲可以取代一切，母亲的地位却无人能够替代。
** A mother is a person who if she is not there when you get home from school you wouldn't know how to get your dinner, and you wouldn't feel like eating it anyway. 当你放学回家的时候，如果母亲不在家里，你就不知道该吃些什么，或者什么都不想吃。
** Of all the things that come in numbers--plenty of rainbows, stars in the sky, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins--you have but one mother. 你可以有众多的事物--缤纷的彩虹，闪耀的星星，兄弟姐妹，叔伯姨舅，但是你只有一个妈妈。
.............................................................. Notes: swap vt.(swapped; swapping)交换(通常指同类事物的交换, 所以后接复数名词); 交流; 用...作交易swap horses换马swap data交换资料swap experiences交流经验 swap vi.交换, 作交易 n.交换 swap credits互惠信货swap meet旧货物交换会 strike out v.打, 击, 冲压成, 勾销, 产生, 做成 relish n.美味; 味道; 风味/调味品, 香料, 佐料; 开胃食品/食欲, 乐趣, 爱好/吸引力, 引起兴趣的事物/含意, 意味/痕迹 have no relish for tragedy不喜欢看悲剧eat [read]with relish津津有味地吃[读]lose [lack] relish失去[没有]吸引力Hunger gives relish to any food.肚子饿时吃什么都香。 relish vt.喜欢, 爱好/津津有味地吃, 品味; 欣赏/给...调味 relish gossip喜欢闲谈relish one's food津津有味地吃东西She won't relish having to get up before dawn to catch that train.
她不喜欢黎明前起床赶那班火车。 relish vi.有...的味道或风味a conversation which relishes of wit富于机智的谈话
