【四月情怀】经典双语杂志区— 我最难忘的人（2）20080422




My Most Unforgettable Character —我最难忘的人（2）
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She challenged us to succeed--and then showed us the way.

她激励我们要有所建树：并一直为我们指点迷津。

[6] She was beautiful too. When a local photographer used her pictures in his monthly window display, she was flattered. Her favorite portrait showed her sitting by Lake Michigan, her hair windblown, her gaze reaching toward the horizon. My mother always used to say that when you died, God gave you back your "best self". She'd show us that picture and say, "This is what I'm going to look like in heaven."

[7] My parents were married in 1944. Dad was a quiet and intelligent man who was 17 when he left Italy. Soon after, a hit-and-run accident left him with a permanent limp. Dad worked hard selling candy to Chicago office workers on their break. He had little formal schooling. His English was self-taught. Yet he eventually built a small, successful wholesale candy business. Dad was generous, handsome and deeply religious. Mama was devoted to him.

[8] After she married, my mother quit her job and gave herself to her family. In 1950, with three children, Dad moved the family to a farm 40 miles from Chicago. He worked the land and commuted to the city to run his business. Mama said good-by to her parents and friends and traded her busy city neighborhood for a more isolated life. But she never complained. By 1958, our modest white farmhouse was filled with six children, and Mama was delighted.

[9] "Think Big". My mother never studied books on parenting. Yet she knew how to raise children. She heightened our self-esteem and helped us reach our potential.

[10] One fall day, I sat at the kitchen table while Mama peeled potatoes. She spied Dad out the window on his tractor and smiled. "Your father has accomplished so much, ' she said proudly. "He really is somebody."

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[ 本帖最后由 我爱英语 于 2008-4-22 12:13 编辑 ]

Sofa 先坐了哦。。。

yeah it is my furthest!!!!!

i have read it. thank you!

Wonderful~
Smart and great parents

I love this story.

The most unforgettable person is the writer's parents.So it obvious that the parents are indeed great and wonderful.

writer's father and mother are all worth respecting.

what a harmonious famiy it is