★I know he‘s your husband now, but he‘s still my son。

　　我知道他現在是你老公了，那也是我兒子啊。

　　★You don‘t seem very confident about yourself. The littlest comment from me is taken as a criticism, so I‘m very careful what I say around you。

　　你對自己不太自信啊，從我嘴里說出來的一點點評論都變成批評了，所以在你身邊說話我得加倍小心。

　　★I‘ve bought and sold 13 houses in my life. Why won‘t you ask for my advice?

　　我這輩子買賣了13所房子，你咋不來問問我的建議呢？

　　★When I visit you, I‘m not coming for a white-glove inspection. I‘m just coming to see the family。

　　當我來看你的時候，我不是來戴白手套檢查的，我只是來看我的家人。

　　★My dirty little secret: I‘m afraid that if I don‘t get this right,my son will cut me off。

　　我的那點小秘密：我很怕如果我做的不好的話，兒子就不要我了。

　　★We mothers say to our children, “I want you to be happy.” And we mean that. What we don‘t say is, “But I would like to be happy too.”

　　我們媽媽都會告訴孩子，“我希望你開心。”我們的確是這么想的，但是我們沒說的是，“我自己也想開心點。”

    ★When I really want to talk to my son privately, I don‘t call your house. I call his cell phone。

　　我要是真想跟我兒子說點私密話的話，我不會往你們家打電話，我會打他的手機。

　　★I spent a couple of decades being the leading lady; now I have acharacter role. It hurts to be downsized。

　　我花了幾十年的時間才成為女主角，現在一下子又有個特定角色了，被壓低的感覺很傷人。

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