疯狂英语口语绝招-语音突破经典第19课
Grandma Ruby
by Lynn Robertson
Being a mother of two very active boys, ages seven and one, I am sometimes worried about their making a shambles of my very carefully decorated home. In their innocence and play, they occasionally knock over my favorite lamp or upset my well-designed arrangements. In these moments when nothing feels sacred, I remember the lesson I learned from my wise mother-in-law, Ruby.
Ruby is the mother of 6 and grandmother of 13. She is the embodiment of gentleness, patience and love.
One Christmas, all the children and grandchildren were gathered as usual at Ruby's home. Just the month before, Ruby had bought beautiful new white carpeting after living with the "same old carpet" for over 25 years. She was overjoyed with the new look this gave her home.
My brother-in-law, Arnie, had just distributed his gifts for all the nieces and nephews - prized homemade honey from his beehives. They were so excited. But as fate would have it, eight-year-old Sheena spilled her tub of honey on Grandma's new carpeting and trailed it throughout the entire downstairs of the house.
Crying, Sheena ran into the kitchen and into Grandma Ruby's arms. "Grandma, I've spilled my honey all over your brand new carpet."
Grandma Ruby knelt down, looked tenderly into Sheena's tearful eyes and said, "Don't worry sweetheart, we can get you more honey."
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奶奶鲁比
林恩•罗伯逊
我有两个好动的男孩，一个七岁，一个才一岁，作为他们的母亲，我有时候担心他们会把我精心布置的家搞得乱七八糟。孩子们天真好玩，偶尔他们会碰倒我特别喜爱的灯，或者搞坏我费尽心思设计的摆设。有时，我觉得我的东西不受尊重时，我就会想起我从我聪明的婆婆鲁比身上学到的。
鲁比是六个孩子的母亲，她有十三个孙子孙女。她是温柔、耐心和爱的化身。
有一个圣诞节，所有的孩子和孙辈都像以往那样聚集在鲁比的家。就在一个月前，鲁比换了用了二十五年的地毯，白色的新地毯给她的家带来了新面貌，鲁比异常高兴。
阿尼是我的小叔，他刚刚给他的小侄子和小侄女派完礼物——家里蜂巢自制的蜂蜜。孩子们都很高兴。不过，就像是天意，八岁的希娜不小心把蜂蜜弄到奶奶的新地毯上，还一直拖到整个楼下的地毯上。
希娜哭着跑进厨房，扑到鲁比奶奶的怀里，“奶奶，我弄得你的新地毯全是蜂蜜。”
鲁比奶奶跪下来，温柔地看着希娜两只眼泪汪汪的眼睛，说：“不要着急，亲爱的，我们再给你一点蜂蜜。”
