高中英語作文範文：最無情的母親
My mother insisted upon knowing where we were at all times. You'd think we were on a chain gang3). She had to know who our friends were and where we were going. She insisted if we said we'd be gone an hour, that we be gone one hour or less - not one hour and one minute.
We had to wear clean clothes and take a bath everyday. The other kids always wore their clothes for days. We reached the height of insults4) because she made our clothes herself, just to save money.
The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by nine each night and up at eight the next morning. We couldn't sleep till noon like our friends. So while they slept - my mother actually had the nerve5) to break the Child Labor Law. She made us work. We had to wash dishes, make beds, learn to cook and all sorts of cruel things. I believe she laid awake at night thinking up mean things to do to us.
Through the years, things didn't improve a bit. We could not lie in bed, "sick" like our friends did, and missschool. Our marks in school had to be up to par6). Our friends' report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for passing, red for failing. My mother, being as different as she was, would settle for7) nothing less than8) ugly black marks.
As the years rolled by, first one and then the other of us was put to shame. We were grad uated from high school. With our mother behind us, talking, hitting and demanding respect, none of us was allowed the plea sure of being a drop-out.
My mother was a complete failure as a mother. Out of four children, a couple of us attained some higher education. None of us have ever been arrested or divorced. Each of my brothers served his time in the service of this country. She forced us to grow up into God-fearing, educated, honest adults. Using this as a background, I am now trying to raise my three children. I am filled with pride when my children call me mean. Why? Because now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the whole world.
我的母親是世界上最無情的母親。別的孩子早餐可以吃糖果,我卻必須吃穀類食品、雞蛋或烤麪包。別的孩子午餐可以喝可樂吃糖果,我卻必須吃一塊三明治。可想而知,我的晚餐也和別的孩子不同。不過,好在我不是一個人受這些苦。我還有一個姐姐和兩個哥哥,他們和我一樣有一個無情的母親。
我的母親堅持要隨時對我們的行蹤瞭如指掌。你一定覺得我們是一幫被拴在同一條鏈子上的囚犯。她必須瞭解我們的朋友們是誰、我們打算去哪裏。她強調說如果我們告訴她要出去1個小時,就只能在外面呆1個小時或少於1個小時--絕對不能是1個小時零1分鐘。
我們必須每天都穿着乾淨整潔的衣服,並且每天洗澡。而其他孩子的衣服總是一穿就好幾天。最最讓我們感到丟臉的是,爲了省錢,我們的衣服都是她自己做的。
最糟的還在後面呢。我們每晚都必須9點以前睡覺,第二天早晨8點起牀。我們不能像朋友們一樣睡到中午才起牀。所以當他們在睡覺時,我的母親實際上正在勇敢地違反童工法。她讓我們幹活。我們得洗盤子、鋪牀、學習做飯以及做其他各種各樣痛苦的事情。我相信她一定是徹夜不眠地盤算着如何殘忍地折磨我們。
這麼多年來,這樣的狀況沒有得到絲毫改善。我們不能像朋友們一樣,躺在牀上裝病來逃課。我們在學校的成績必須達標。朋友們的成績單上總是有各種漂亮的顏色,黑色表示通過,紅色表示不及格。而我的母親在這一點上仍是與衆不同,她只滿足於那些難看的黑乎乎的分數。 時間一年年地過去,母親的所作所爲讓我們各個兄弟姐妹感到無地自容。我們全都高中畢業了。由於母親在身後不停地嘮叨、打罵並要求得到尊重,我們中沒人能享受到輟學的樂趣。
作爲母親,我的媽媽是一個徹頭徹尾的失敗者。我們四個孩子中,有兩個獲得了接受高等教育的機會。我們中沒有人被捕,也沒有人離婚。我的哥哥們都服了兵役,爲國效力。 她迫使我們成長爲虔誠的、有教養的、誠實的成年人。利用這樣的人生經歷,如今的我正在努力撫養我的三個孩子。當我的孩子說我很無情時,我的心中充滿了自豪。爲什麼呢?因爲現在我每天都會感謝上帝,謝謝他賜予我一個世界上最無情的母親。
1. cereal [5sIErIEl] n. 穀類食品,穀類
2. toast [tEust] n. 烤麪包(片),吐司
3. gang [^AN] n. (匪徒、盜賊的)一夥,(囚犯的)一羣
4. insult [5InsQlt] n. 侮辱
5. nerve [nE:v] n. 膽量,勇氣
6. up to par: 達到預期標準
7. settle for: 滿足於
8. nothing less than: 肯定語氣,完全是
