1. He wore his mother's old red stockings cut down for ankle socks.
    他所穿的短袜是从妈妈的红色长袜上剪下来的。

2. His mother was temporarily declared mad.
    他妈妈一度被诊断为精神失常。

3. He met up with my great-grandfather on my mother's side, who introduced him to the toodle, and before long, people were coming to his shop for sandwiches more than they were coming for meat.
    他偶然碰到了我的外曾祖父，知道了芥末筒这东西。没过多久，到他的店里来买三明治的人比来买肉的人更多了。

4. His mother died of cancer when he was 4, and Mr. Torres's father, who was often ill, had to give him up to the care of the state when he was 11.
    他4岁时，母亲死于癌症；多里斯的父亲时常患病，不得不在他11岁时将他送给政府照顾。

5. Dad has no misgivings when Mother takes the wheel, because she is an excellent driver.
    当母亲开车时，父亲一点也不疑惧，因为她是一优秀的驾驶员。

6. Diligence is the mother of success.
    勤奋是成功之母。

7. Among them will be Debbie´s mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.
    他们当中还会有黛比的母亲，她本人还是个姑娘时，也曾横渡过英吉利海峡！

8. Another student, a girl, said she had read a book by the same writer, but she wasn´t able to enjoy it as much as her mother did, and she didn´t know why.
    一个女生说，她读过这位作家写的一本书，但不像她母亲那样喜欢它，不知道为什么。

9. And now I´ll get down to business, Mother.
    妈妈，现在我来谈谈正事。

10. "Get off the train on the right foot," my mother tells us. "For luck in the new life."
    "为了在新生活中交好运。" "下车用右脚先着地。" 母亲嘱咐我们。