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Dear God，
Now that I am no longer young， I have some friends whose mothers have passed away（去世）．I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated(感激) their mothers until it was too late to tell them．
I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive．I appreciate her more each day．My mother does not change，but I do．As I grow older and wiser，I realize what an extraordinary(异常的；非凡的)person she is．How sad that I am unable to speak these words in her presence(在场, 存在)，but they flow easily from my pen．
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself？For the love，patience and just plain（无私的） hard work that go into raising a child？For running after a toddler（蹒跚学步的孩子），for understanding a moody（情绪不定的） teenager， for tolerating a college student who knows everything? For waiting for the day when a daughter realizes her mother really is？How does a grown woman thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother？For being ready with advice（when asked）or remaining silent when it is most appreciated？For not saying：“I told you so”，when she could have uttered（发出, 做声）these words dozens of times？For being essentially（本质上, 本来）herself －－loving， thoughtful， patient， and forgiving（宽大的, 慈悲的）？
I don’t know how，dear God，except to bless my mother as richly as she deserves and to help me live up to the example she has set．I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother looks in mine．
A daughter
亲爱的上帝：
如今我已不再年轻，一些朋友的母亲已经去世了。我曾听这些子女们说过，他们从没有向母亲充分地表示过他们的感激之情，而等到要表达的时侯却为时已晚。
幸运的是，我亲爱的母亲依然健在。我对她的感激之情与日俱增。母亲没有变，而我却变了。随着年岁和心智的增长，我认识到她是个非常了不起的人。这些话在她面前我难以启齿，但在笔下却可以轻易地写出来，这令我感到多么难过。
女儿该怎样开口感谢给予她生命的母亲？感谢她在抚养孩子时所付出的爱、耐心和无私的辛勤劳动？感谢她跟在蹒跚学步的孩子身后的奔跑，对情绪不定的少女的理解，以及对一个自以为是的大学生的宽容？感谢她等待女儿认识到她真是一位好母亲的这一天？一个成年女子该怎样感谢始终如一地对待她的母亲呢？感谢在被问到时她会及时提供的良言，和在不需要时她会保持的沉默？感谢她本来可以说上许多次但却没有说过一次的：“我告诉过你”?感谢她始终不变的爱心、体贴周到、耐心与宽容厚道？
我不知道该怎样来表达，亲爱的上帝，除了请求你好好地保佑我的母亲——那是她该得到的——并帮助我向她一样。我祈愿在孩子的眼里我会如同母亲在我眼里一般好。
一个女儿
记忆词卡
1.extraordinary 异常的，非凡的
2.presence 在场, 存在
3.utter 发出, 做声, 发表
4.essentially 本质上, 本来
5.forgiving 宽大的, 慈悲的
6.patient 耐心的
Now that I am no longer young， I have some friends whose mothers have passed away（去世）．I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated(感激) their mothers until it was too late to tell them．
I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive．I appreciate her more each day．My mother does not change，but I do．As I grow older and wiser，I realize what an extraordinary(异常的；非凡的)person she is．How sad that I am unable to speak these words in her presence(在场, 存在)，but they flow easily from my pen．
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself？For the love，patience and just plain（无私的） hard work that go into raising a child？For running after a toddler（蹒跚学步的孩子），for understanding a moody（情绪不定的） teenager， for tolerating a college student who knows everything? For waiting for the day when a daughter realizes her mother really is？How does a grown woman thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother？For being ready with advice（when asked）or remaining silent when it is most appreciated？For not saying：“I told you so”，when she could have uttered（发出, 做声）these words dozens of times？For being essentially（本质上, 本来）herself －－loving， thoughtful， patient， and forgiving（宽大的, 慈悲的）？
I don’t know how，dear God，except to bless my mother as richly as she deserves and to help me live up to the example she has set．I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother looks in mine．
A daughter
亲爱的上帝：
如今我已不再年轻，一些朋友的母亲已经去世了。我曾听这些子女们说过，他们从没有向母亲充分地表示过他们的感激之情，而等到要表达的时侯却为时已晚。
幸运的是，我亲爱的母亲依然健在。我对她的感激之情与日俱增。母亲没有变，而我却变了。随着年岁和心智的增长，我认识到她是个非常了不起的人。这些话在她面前我难以启齿，但在笔下却可以轻易地写出来，这令我感到多么难过。
女儿该怎样开口感谢给予她生命的母亲？感谢她在抚养孩子时所付出的爱、耐心和无私的辛勤劳动？感谢她跟在蹒跚学步的孩子身后的奔跑，对情绪不定的少女的理解，以及对一个自以为是的大学生的宽容？感谢她等待女儿认识到她真是一位好母亲的这一天？一个成年女子该怎样感谢始终如一地对待她的母亲呢？感谢在被问到时她会及时提供的良言，和在不需要时她会保持的沉默？感谢她本来可以说上许多次但却没有说过一次的：“我告诉过你”?感谢她始终不变的爱心、体贴周到、耐心与宽容厚道？
我不知道该怎样来表达，亲爱的上帝，除了请求你好好地保佑我的母亲——那是她该得到的——并帮助我向她一样。我祈愿在孩子的眼里我会如同母亲在我眼里一般好。
一个女儿
记忆词卡
1.extraordinary 异常的，非凡的
2.presence 在场, 存在
3.utter 发出, 做声, 发表
4.essentially 本质上, 本来
5.forgiving 宽大的, 慈悲的
6.patient 耐心的