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After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally. 在21年的婚姻后，我的妻子希望我带另一个女人出去吃饭和看电影。我妻子希望我拜访的另外一个女人是我的母亲，她守了19年的寡，但我的工作需求和三个孩子令我只能偶尔去拜访她一下。 That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel’s. 那个下周五下班后，我开车去接她，我有点紧张。她穿着外套等在门内。她卷了头发，穿着她穿去庆祝最后一次结婚纪念日的裙子。她像天使一样容光焕发地微笑着。 After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through theentrees, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. “It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small,”she said. 我们坐下来后，我开始读菜单。她的眼睛只能看放大的字体。主菜吃到一半的时候，我抬头看见母亲坐在那儿看着我。她的嘴边有一丝怀旧的笑容。“在你小的时候，曾经读菜单的那个人是我，”她说。 | 
