成为一个母亲的开始英语散文

母亲的含义是什么呢?谁能够告诉小编呢?接下来，小编给大家准备了成为一个母亲的开始英语散文,欢迎大家参考与借鉴。

The day I became a mom was not the day my daughter was born, but seven years later. Up until that day, I had been too busy trying to survive my abusive marriage. I had spent all my energy trying to run a "perfect" home that would pass inspection each evening, and I didn't see that my baby girl had become a toddler. I'd tried endlessly to please someone who could never be pleased and suddenly realized that the years had slipped by and could never be recaptured.

Oh, I had done the normal "motherly" things, like making sure my daughter got to ballet and tap and gym lessons. I went to all of her recitals and school concerts, parent-teacher conferences and open houses - alone. I ran interference during my husband's rages when something was spilled at the dinner table, telling her, "It will be okay, Honey. Daddy's not really mad at you." I did all I could to protect her from hearing the awful shouting and accusations after he returned from a night of drinking. Finally I did the best thing I could do for my daughter and myself: I removed us from the home that wasn't really a home at all.

That day I became a mom was the day my daughter and I were sitting in our new home having a calm, quiet dinner just as I had always wanted for her. We were talking about what she had done in school and suddenly her little hand knocked over the full glass of chocolate milk by her plate. As I watched the white tablecloth and freshly painted white wall become dark brown, I looked at her small face. It was filled with fear, knowing what the outcome of the event would have meant only a week before in her father's presence. When I saw that look on her face and looked at the chocolate milk running down the wall, I simply started laughing. I am sure she thought I was crazy, but then she must have realized that I was thinking, "It's a good thing your father isn't here!" She started laughing with me, and we laughed until we cried. They were tears of joy and peace and were the first of many tears that we cried together. That was the day we knew that we were going to be okay.

Whenever either of us spills something, even now, seventeen years later, she says, "Remember the day I spilled the chocolate milk? I knew that day that you had done the right thing for us, and I will never forget it."

That was the day I really became a mom. I discovered that being a mom isn't only going to ballet, and tap and gym recitals, and attending every school concert and open house. It isn't keeping a spotless house and preparing perfect meals. It certainly isn't pretending things are normal when they are not. For me, being a mom started when I could laugh over spilled milk.

　　扩展：高铁相关词汇

business class 商务座

speed cut 减速

test period 测试期间

technical reliability 技术可靠性

dual-speed system 双速制

run chart 运行图

trial operation/run 试运行

intercity high-speed rail 城际高铁

dedicated rail link 铁路专线

non-stop train 直达列车

staggered parking 交错停车

track 铁轨

rolling stock 轨道车辆

track maintenance worker 养路工

protective fence 防护栏

passenger flow 客流量

standard seat 普通座

luxury train seats 豪华座

derailment coefficient 出轨系数

bullet train 动车

trial price 试行运价

real-name purchasing system 实名购票

replacement ticket 补票

ticket scalping 倒票

gapless rail 无缝钢轨

ballastless track 无碴轨道

on-schedule rate 正点率

Train Set With Power Car 动车组

vehicle type 车型

passenger rail transport 铁路客运

track gauge 轨距

at-grade crossings 铁道交叉口

conventional high-speed rail 常规高速铁路