“grandma ’s just getting old,” Mother said

“奶奶只是老了，”妈妈说。

“You’re the girl who brings me the ice cream,” grandma said

“你是那个给我送来冰淇淋的女孩，”奶奶说。

“ There’s nothing you can do, ” said my grandma .“You’ 11 just have to tell him that you can’t help with the corn this year.

“没有别的办法，”奶奶说。“你只能告诉他今年不能帮他收玉米了。

It’s an exzample of speech assimilation to pronounce“grandma ” as “grammar”

把“grandma”读成“grammar”是语音同化的一个例证。

Dad explained that Grandma ’s failing health did not allow her to live alone any longer.

爸爸解释说，我外婆日渐衰弱的健康状况使她不再能独自生活下去了。

What you do, you do better than any other Grandma . Happy Mother’s Day.

不论您做什么,都比其他的奶奶做得好。母亲节快乐。

But after Grandma moved into the baby’s room, everything seemed to be all right. Grandma’s presence calmed us all.

但是外婆搬进婴儿室之后，一切似乎都不错。外婆的来到使我们大家都平静了下来。

When I met father in Xuzhou, the sight of the disorderly mess in his courtyard and the thought of grandma started tears trickling down my cheeks

到徐州见着父亲，看见满院狼藉的东西，又想起祖母，不禁籁籁地流下眼泪。

On the second day we sleep in, but not too late, because in the afternoon we still need to go to grandma ’s house.

第二天睡个懒觉，但也不能起得太晚，中午还得去孩子的奶奶家。

Oh right, Little D, don’t forget, when the time comes, call C’s fraternal grandpa and grandma , and wish them a Happy New Year, and extend our greetings to them.

对了，小D呀，你可别忘了，到时候给C的爷爷奶奶挂个电话拜拜年，代我们问个好。

To the world’s number one Grandma .

给全天下最棒的奶奶。

To Grandpa and Grandma : Merry New Year!

给爷爷和奶奶:新年快乐!

The boy was coaxed away by his grandma with toys.

孩子被奶奶用玩具给哄走了。

During the winter holidays I stayed at my grandma ’s for over a week.

寒假期间我在外祖母家呆了一个多星期。

Now when you see grandma , smile and tell her how nice she looks.

好吧，你见到奶奶时要微笑，并告诉她她气色有多好。

“Forget flying to see grandma on January 1 2000,” warns Whitehouse

怀特豪斯警告说:“不要想着在2000年1月1日乘飞机去看望祖母了。

And,the personal handwritten note from General Pershing is even more valuable than the stamps. Have a loving, bountiful life. God bless you. “I love you, Grandma Elsie. ”

还有，潘兴将军的亲笔信比那些邮票更贵重。愿你的一生充满爱心，慷慨宽厚。愿上帝保佑你。“我爱你，姥姥埃尔西”

A faw days later, the book was still missing. What was worse, Grandma lost more books. She was worried and so was the librarian. “I’m afraid I’ll have to pay for the lost books.” Said Grandma sadly.

几天后，这本书依然没有找到。更糟糕的是，奶奶丢了更多的书。她很是担心，管理员也一样。“恐怕我得赔偿这些丢掉的书了。”奶奶伤心地说。

A few days later I woke in the morning to see my dad sitting on my bed. “Grandma died just a little while ago, ” he whispered.

几天之后的一个早晨当我醒来时，我看见爸爸坐在我床上。他悄声说:“外婆刚刚去世。”

Capable and warm-hearted, she is always helping my grandma with the housework.

她能干而且热心，总是帮助我姐姐做家务。

She likes to chat with grandma over the phone.

她喜欢用电话和祖母聊天。

She invited me to attend the mother-daughter banquet with her at her church on Saturday night. So that’s why she had asked Kathy to baby-sit! Grandma had been right again.

她邀请我参加星期六晚上在教堂举行的母女宴会。原来这就是她叫凯西照看孩子的缘由。外婆又说对了。

And so a few days later, after a long shift at the factory,my grandpa made his way to the field where my grandma met him in the truck with dinner and a steaming thermos of strong, black coffee.

就这样，几天之后，在工厂加班加点忙了一整天的爷爷来到了那片玉米地。奶奶在卡车里等着他，带着晚餐和一暖瓶浓浓的苦咖啡。

Come and help grandma with her things.

来帮奶奶搬东西。

Grandma said, “shut up, you! ”, and leaned forward promptly to chastise me with one of her casual, back-handed slaps on my mouth

姥姥说“你给我住嘴!”而且身子猛地向前一倾，随随便便地就用一只手背打我的嘴巴来惩罚我。

It had been so since her girlhood in the Piemonte mountains of northern Italy, where she learned its secret from her nonna(grandma ), who had inherited it from generations of nonnas.

妈妈的老家在意大利北部的皮埃蒙特山脉，她还是一个小姑娘的时候，就已经从她的祖母那里学到了这个世代相传的秘密。

Without Grandmas, mamas wouldn’t be possible. Thank you Grandma .

没有姥姥,就不会有妈妈。谢谢您,姥姥。

Mother’s Day is to honor all mothers not just your own. Happy mother’s day, Grandma .

母亲节是为了向所有的母亲致敬，并非只是自己的母亲。母亲节快乐，外婆。

Mother’s Day is to honor all mothers, not just your own. Happy Mother’s Day Grandma .

母亲节是为了向所有的母亲致敬,而不是只向自己的母亲致敬。母亲节快乐,奶奶。

Misfortunes never come singly. In the winter of more than two years ago, grandma died and father lost his job. I left Beijing for Xuzhou to join father in hastening home to attend grandma’s funeral

那年冬天，祖母死了，父亲的差使也交卸了，正是祸不单行的日子，我从北京到徐州，打算跟着父亲奔丧回家。