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I was surprised to learn that my 72-year-old mother dared to drive 900 miles in a 12-year-old car to visit me.When asked how she made out，she told me just fine...until her second night. She had filled the gas tank and didn't have the money for a motel room.
當(dāng)聽說我72歲的母親居然開著12年的舊車行駛了900英里來看我時(shí)，我真有些吃驚。在我問她是如何做的時(shí)候，她告訴我她一切都好，只是到了第二天晚上，給汽車加油后卻沒有住旅館的錢。

"What did you do?"I asked.“
那你怎么辦了?”我問道。

" Well，"she began，“I was driving through this small town and feeling very sleepy. A policeman pulled me over and asked if I had been drinking.? When I told him no，he wanted to know why I was weaving all over the road，I explained my situation,’‘Follow me，”he ordered.We then drove to a motel where the nice officer paid for my night's lodging.
她說:“嗨，我開到這個(gè)鎮(zhèn)子時(shí)，感到很困，一位警寨叫住了我。他問我是
否喝了酒，我說沒喝。警察問我為什么開車在路上打晃晃。于是我解釋了我的情況。他命令道:“跟我走?！本瓦@樣，我們就開到了一個(gè)汽車旅館。警察替我付了住店費(fèi)。

"As he was leaving,"Mother continued,”he turned to me and said,I Ma'am，the next time you have to visit your daughter，please take another route.'”
媽媽接著說:“他離開時(shí)，轉(zhuǎn)過身，沖著我說:‘夫人，你下次要看兒女時(shí)，請(qǐng)走另一條路線吧！’”