mother

MOTHER

Written by Howard Johnson

"M" is for the million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold,
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER",
A word that means the world to me.
--Howard Johnson


“母亲”的含义
“M”代表她所给予我的无数，
“O”的意思是她在日渐老去，
“T”是她为抚育我洒下的泪，
“H”指她有像黄金一样的心灵，
“E”就是她的眼睛，里面洋溢着爱的光芒，
“R”的意思是正确，因为她永远都是对的。
将以上字母串在一起就是“母亲（mother）”，
这个词说出了我整个的世界。
--霍华德8226;约翰逊


美国抒情诗人霍华德·约翰逊(1887 - 1941)的这首小诗将“母亲”的形象惟妙惟肖地刻画在读者眼前。作者巧妙地将“mother”一词中的每一个字母和单词联系起来，并描绘出母亲的典型特征，既寓意深刻又耐人寻味。正是平凡的母亲用青春、泪水、心血和关爱给了我们鲜活的生命、丰富的生活和广阔的世界，才使得我们在忙碌之余、在匆匆之中，时时被心中对母亲的牵挂、惦念和感恩温暖着、鼓舞着。

文章来自《疯狂英语》，音乐来自youtube 《Thank You Mom Poem》