M: There is a movie tonight.Would you like to go and see it
W: I’m sorry.I have to prepare for tomorrow’s test.
M: Would you like to have supper with me tonight
W: Well, I don’t know. Would you mind if I let you know this afternoon
M: Would you like to come to the cinema tonight
W: I’m afraid I can’t.
M: Why not
W: I’ve got to wash my hair tonight.
M: OK. What about tomorrow night
W: I can’t go tomorrow night, either.
M: Why not
W: I’ve got to wash my hair again.
M: Do you wash your hair every night
W: It depends...
M: Depends on what
W: It depends on who asks me to go to the cinema.
W: Would you like to go to the cinema tonight
M: I’d rather stay at home and watch TV. I have to get up early to attend a meeting to- morrow.
Like all other mothers who have small children, I, too, have to steal time--from my own children at home and from the children who know me as their teacher--just to put a few words down on paper. Many times I’ve wanted to write for myself, for other women, for my parents, for my husband, and especially for my children. I would have liked to leave a legacy (遗产) of words explaining what it has meant to have twins (双胞胎). One reason there is not a great deal written about being a mother of a new baby is that there is seldom a moment to think of anything else but the baby’s needs.
With twins, I did not have a spare hand to write with.
Before my twins were born, my days were long and I had nothing to write about. After the twins’ birth I did have something to write about, but I found myself facing not a pen and paper but milk bottles.
Some nights, friends would visit. They would leave at 11 p.m. , heading for bed, and for us the night was only
A. Her role as a wife.
B. Her work as a writer.
C. Her role as a teacher.
D. Her experience as a mother.
Like all other mothers who have small children, 1, too, have to steal time--from my own children at home and from the children who know me as their teacher---just to put a few words down on paper. Many times I’ve wanted to write for myself, for other women, for my parents, for my husband, and especially for my children. I would have liked to leave a legacy (遗产) of words explaining what it has meant to have twins. One reason there is not a great deal written about being a mother of a new baby is that there is seldom a moment to think of anything else but the baby’s needs.
With twins, I did not have a spare hand to write with.
Before my twins were born, my days were long but I had nothing to write about. After the twins’ birth I did have something to write about, but I found myself facing not a pen or paper but milk bottles.
During some nights, friends would visit. They would leave at 11 pm, heading for bed, and for us the night was only ju
A. Her role as a wife.
B. Her work as a writer.
C. Her role as a teacher.
D. Her experience as a mother.
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