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My mother taught me to appreciate a job well done:

母親教我如何珍惜他人辛苦勞動(dòng)：

"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning!"

"如果你們要打架，到外邊打去--我剛整理好房間！"

My mother taught me religion:

母親教我什么是宗教：

"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

"你最好祈禱那個(gè)東西能從地毯下冒出來(lái)。"

My mother taught me about time travel:

母親教我什么是時(shí)間旅行：

"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

"你要是不改，我把你一把推到下周三！"（意為：不讓過(guò)周末。）

My Mother taught me logic:

母親教我什么是邏輯：

"Because I said so, that's why."

"為什么？因?yàn)槲揖褪沁@么說(shuō)的！"

My mother taught me foresight:

母親教我什么是遠(yuǎn)見(jiàn)：

"Be sure you wear clean underwear in case you're in an accident."

"一定要穿干凈內(nèi)衣，以防萬(wàn)一你遇到事故。"

My mother taught me about contortion:

母親教我什么是柔體雜技：

"Will you look at the dirt on the back of your neck!"

"你能不能看看你脖子后面的泥！"

My mother taught me about stamina:

母親教我什么是耐力：

"You'll sit there'til all that spinach is finished."

"坐在那兒，直到把所有的菠菜吃完。"

My mother taught me about weather:

母親教我如何識(shí)天氣：

"It looks as if a tornado swept through your room."

"好像有龍卷風(fēng)席卷過(guò)你的房間。"

My mother taught me how to solve physics problems:

母親教我如何解決物理學(xué)問(wèn)題：

"If I yelled because I saw a meteor coming toward you, would you listen then?"

"如果我高聲叫喊，是因?yàn)槲铱匆?jiàn)有一顆流星正朝你俯沖而來(lái)，那你會(huì)不會(huì)聽(tīng)我的話？"

My mother taught me about envy:

母親教我什么是嫉妒：

"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do!"

"這世界上有數(shù)百萬(wàn)不幸的孩子，他們可沒(méi)有你這么好的父母。"