阿妈

Some of my sources are: Mrs. Huang, an amah in my family who has all the ideas that go into the breeding of a good woman in China; a Soochow boat-woman with her profuse use of expletives; a Shanghai street car conductor; my cook's wife; a lion cub in the zoo; a squirrel in Central Park in New York; a deck steward who made one good remark; that writer of a column on astronomy; all news in boxes; and any writer who does not kill our sense of curiosity in life or who had not killed it in himself… how can I enumerate them all?

我的写作素材来源如下：我家保姆&黄阿妈&，一位恪守妇道的中国妇女；粗话连篇的苏州船娘；有轨电车售票员；我家厨子的夫人；动物园里的幼狮；纽约中央公园的松鼠；一度言之有物的甲板服务员；天文专栏作家；我收集的一箱箱剪报；任何作家，只要他不扼杀我们对生活的好奇心，或他本人的好奇心尚未泯灭……来源之广，何胜枚举？

Yet we were never given enough freedom from our amahs' supervision to relax with children we knew and develop anything approaching genuine friendship.

但是阿妈们从来没有给过我们足够的自由，让我们可以和认识的孩子们一起轻松地玩，建立类似真诚的友谊。

Preparing for baby is an exciting process that can be as unique as childbirth for first time grandmothers.

准备婴儿是一个令人兴奋的过程，可以作为独特的分娩为第一次阿妈。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。