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读后续写 I have been worrying for weeks now about what to give my mother for Mother's Day.

英语试题 06-18
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I have been worrying for weeks now about what to give my mother for Mother's Day. For most people, this is a little problem, solved by the purchase of a bunch of flowers or a box of candy.
For me, however, Mother's Day represents a challenge every year to do the impossible-find a gift that will make neither Mama nor me feel terrible. Expensive gifts—which Mama thinks costing over $1.98—are out, because they make Mama feel terrible. "This is awful," she says. "I feel just terrible. You shouldn't have spent the money on me. "Inexpensive presents—under $1.98—please Mama, but they make me feel terrible.
There is always the danger that a gift given to Mama will be given back to the giver. If I buy her something wearable, she thinks immediately that it could be let in here, let out there, and it would fit me perfectly. If I give her a plant, she cuts off the top for me to take home and root in a glass of water. If I give her something eatable, she wants me to stay for lunch and eat it.
Papa, a sensible man, long ago stopped trying to shop for Mama. Instead, on Mother's Day, her birthday, and other appropriate occasions, he writes a short poem in which he tells of their meeting, courtship (求婚), and marriage. After nearly 30 years of poems, Papa sometimes worries that the edge of his poetic inspiration has dulled, but Mama doesn't complain. She comes into the room while he is struggling over a gift poem and says, “It doesn't have to rhyme (押韵) as long as it's from the heart.”
This year, finally, I think I, too, have found a painless gift for Mama.
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Papa, however, decides to express love for Mama orally as a different gift for the special day.
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