Love Notes
From the time when each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch that I packed for them, I put a note, often written on a napkin. The note might be a thank-you for a special moment, a reminder of something we were happily looking forward to, or a bit of encouragement for a coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they loved their notes—they wrote something on them after school as a reply, and they even put notes in my lunches! But as the kids grew older they became self-conscious, and my older son, Marc, after being laughed at by his classmate for the notes, told me that he no longer needed my daily missives but I continued the tradition until the day when he graduated.
Marc is now a successful doctor in Washington DC. Last November, Marc called me and asked me if he could stay with us for two months. It was six years since he began to work. This year his younger sister was leaving for college, his younger brother, Sam, will be a senior in high school. Sam, too, told me that he is too old for notes. But like his elder brother and sister, he will receive those notes till the day he graduates.
I was especially excited and pleased to have Marc coming back home.
During those two months, I was still making lunch every day for his younger brother. Of course, I packed one for Marc, too, then he could have his lunch on the way back to his home. Imagine my surprise when I got a phone call from my 30-year-old son, Marc, complaining his lunch from his home. “Did I do something wrong? Aren’t I still your kid? Don’t you love me any more, Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I laughingly asked him what was wrong.
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
— Adapted from Love Notes by Antoinette Kurita
阅读下面短文, 完成下列小题。
【小题1】填空：①Love Notes was written by
②the tradition means
【小题2】选择：missives 的同义词是：________
| A．lunches | B．letters | C．Words | D．notes |
【小题4】找出同义句：they knew themselves and their action and thought well
【小题5】用英语回答问题：Why did Marc call his mother when he returned to his home?
【小题6】假如你是Marc, 给妈妈写一张明信片. 50 词左右。
| Dear Mom, How time flies! I am 30 years old. And I can well remember that you However, So now… |
Learning to understand your mother well is what you should do. Here are the best steps towards a better relationship with her. They are not necessarily surprising, but they have worked for many people. Try them.
| ※Remember your mother’s age As children, we often do not think of our mother as having an age. Knowing our mother’s age, not just in numbers of years but in terms of her psychological and physical state, often helps us to understand her better. ※Listen to your mother I have found that sometimes the things my mother told me long ago are pretty useful. If you respect her point of view, even if you do not share it, it will help your mother feel close to you. ※Ask your mother about your childhood history. If you are lucky enough to have living family, think of your life as a jigsaw puzzle and ask as many questions as you can to put the picture together. Understanding your roots and your childhood can help you know more clearly who you are, as part of a family which you share with your mother. |
Taking any measure to understand our mother is the topic of how we understand ourselves. We should follow the way of her life. When we are able to accept our mother — with all her failings, we can understand her better and it can also help us to know about our shortcomings. Remember that understanding our mother is really about understanding ourselves.
【小题1】Should we learn to understand our mother well?【小题2】What can help us understand our mother better?
【小题3】How do we make our mother feel close to us?
【小题4】Why do we ask our mother about our childhood history?
【小题5】What does the writer want to tell us?
Joan is a middle school student. Most of her classmates take food for lunch to school. Joan often has lunch with her friend Jenny. Jenny’s food is very simple. When they eat , Jenny sometimes finds hair in the food. Joan thinks Jenny’s mother is not careful.
One day, Jenny invites Joan to her home. When Joan gets to Jenny’s home, Jenny says happily, “Mum, this is my friend Joan.” Then Joan sees a woman standing near the door. Joan is surprised because she finds the woman can’t see anything. Joan thinks of Jenny’s lunch. That is not only lunch, but also Jenny’s mother’s love. Even the hair in the food is her mother’s love too.
Best title: Mum's love  |
| Joan and Jenny usually have lunch at |
| Sometimes Jenny can find |
| Joan thinks Jenny’s mother be not |
| Joan’s mother can’t |
| Jenny’s lunch is her mother’s |
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