1. My mother has dressed my sister and me in our best clothes — identical navy blue dresses with sailor collars and gray coats.
    我母亲给我和我妹妹穿上了我们最好的衣服——两人的衣服是一样的——都是有水手领的海军蓝裙子和灰色外套。

2. My mother is a U.S. immigrant, and my father is the son of one.
    我母亲是美国的一个移民，而我父亲则是移民的儿子。

3. My mother called last week to tell me that my grandmother is dying.
    上星期，妈妈打电话告诉我外婆快要死了。

4. Mostly to make my mother happy, I told myself (certain patterns being hard to break).
    主要是为了让妈妈开心，我对自己说（有些规矩是很难打破的）。

5. My great-grandfather on my mother's mother's side invented the toodle.
    我的外曾祖父发明了芥末筒。

6. My mother uses hers as an onion bag, an idea she says she invented.
    我妈妈用她的长筒袜来做洋葱袋，说是她发明的新办法。

7. My grandmother on my mother's side invented the shoe pocket.
    我的外祖母则发明了鞋底袋。

8. My mother insists that “you can tell a lot about the family just from the way they serve coffee”.
    我妈妈坚持认为"从上咖啡的方式，就能了解这个家庭的许多情况。"

9. My mother is dying slowly and painfully after suffering a massive stroke.
    我的母亲得了严重中风，现正缓慢而痛苦地朝着死亡走去。

10. John had not much love for his mother and sisters, but he really hated me.
    约翰对他的母亲和姐妹没有多少感情，对我则是恶狠狠的样子。