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My?Mothers?Gift 母亲的礼物 Suzanne?Chazin 苏珊娜·蔡津 I?grew?up?in?a?small?town?where?the?elementary?school?was?a?ten-minute?walk?from?my?houseand?in?an?age?,?not?so?long?ago?,?when?children?could?go?home?for?lunch?and?find?their?motherswaiting. 我是在一个小镇上长大的，从镇上的小学校到我家，只需步行10分钟。离当前不算太太久远的那个时代，小学生可以回家吃午饭，而他们的母亲，则会老早在家等候着。 At?the?time,?I?did?not?consider?this?a?luxury,?although?today?it?certainly?would?be.?I?took?it?forgranted?that?mothers?were?the?sandwich-makers,?the?finger-painting?appreciators?and?thehomework?monitors.?I?never?questioned?that?this?ambitious,?intelligent?woman,?who?had?hada?career?before?I?was?born?and?would?eventually?return?to?a?career,?would?spend?almost?everylunch?hour?throughout?my?elementary?school?years?just?with?me. 这一切对如今的孩子来说，无疑是一种奢望了，可是那时的我，却并不以为然。我觉得做母亲的给她的孩子制作三明治，鉴赏指画，检查他们的家庭作业，都是理所当然的事。我从来没有想过：像我母亲这样一个颇有抱负又很聪明的女人，在我降生之前，她有一份工作，而且后来她又谋了份差事，可是，在我上小学那几年，她却几乎天天陪着我吃午饭，一同打发午餐时的每一分钟。 I?only?knew?that?when?the?noon?bell?rang,?I?would?race?breathlessly?home.?My?mother?would?bestanding?at?the?top?of?the?stairs,?smiling?down?at?me?with?a?look?that?suggested?I?was?the?onlyimportant?thing?she?had?on?her?mind.?For?this,?I?am?forever?grateful. 只记得，每当午时铃声一响，我就一口气地往家里跑。母亲总是站在门前台阶的最高层，笑盈盈地望着我--那神情分明表示：我便是母亲心目中唯一最重要的东西了。为此，我一辈子都要感谢我的母亲。 Some?sounds?bring?it?all?back:?the?highpitched?squeal?of?my?mothers?teakettle,?the?rumble?ofthe?washing?machine?in?the?basement?and?the?jangle?of?my?dogs?license?tags?as?shebounded?down?the?stairs?to?greet?me.?Our?time?together?seemed?devoid?of?thegerrymandered?schedules?that?now?pervade?my?life. 如今，每当我听到一些声音，像母亲那把茶壶水开时发出的尖叫声，地下室洗衣机的隆隆声，还有，我那条狗蹦下台阶冲我摇头摆尾时它脖子上那牌照发出的撞击声，便会勾起我对往事的回忆。和母亲在一起的岁月，全然没有充斥于我的生活中的、事先做好的安排往往任意改动。可是，和母亲在一起的那些岁月里，这样的现象似乎根本不存在。 One?lunchtime?when?I?was?in?the?third?grade?will?stay?with?me?always.?I?had?been?picked?to?bethe?princess?in?the?school?play,?and?for?weeks?my?mother?had?painstakingly?rehearsed?my?lineswith?me.?But?no?matter?how?easily?I?delivered?them?at?home,?as?soon?as?I?stepped?onstage,every?word?dis