妈妈的语气

类别：成长

作者在催促儿子穿衣时惊觉自己神似母亲，终于理解了当年母爱的温度。

时长 60 秒 · 语速 146 wpm

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This morning, my son ran to the door without his coat. 今天早上，我儿子外套都没穿就往门口跑。

It was freezing outside. 外面冷得要命。

"Put your coat on," I said. “把外套穿上，”我说，

"Now. “现在就穿。

I'm not going to say it again." 我不想再说第二遍了。”

And I froze. 然后我整个人愣住了。

That wasn't my voice. 那根本不是我的声音。

I mean, it came out of my mouth. 我的意思是，话确实是从我嘴里说出来的，

But the words, the rhythm, 但那用词，那节奏，

the little rise at the end, that was my mother. 还有句尾微微上扬的语调，完全是我妈。

Exactly my mother. 跟我妈一模一样。

For eighteen years I heard that sentence every winter morning, 整整十八年，每个冬天的早晨我都听着这句话，

and I rolled my eyes every time. 而且每一次我都会翻白眼。

I promised myself I would never sound like her. 我曾向自己保证过，我绝不要说话像她一样。

My son rolled his eyes. 我儿子翻了个白眼。

He put on the coat. 他穿上了外套。

After he left, I stood in the hallway and laughed. 他走了之后，我站在走廊里笑出了声。

Then I thought about her, 然后我想到了她，

standing in a hallway just like this one, 想着她也曾像这样站在走廊里，

watching me walk away annoyed. 看着我不耐烦地走开。

She wasn't nagging. 她当时并不是在唠叨。

I see that now. 我现在明白了。

She was just cold on my behalf. 她只是在替我觉得冷。

I called her at lunch. 中午的时候，我给她打了个电话。