Born A Crime - (18-2) My Mother's Life

New Vocabulary:

1.berate: If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.

原文：Abel had been berating one of his workers in the yard

造句：Control yourself and do not berate your parents anytime.

2.intertwine: If two things intertwine, they are twisted together or go over and under each other.

原文：I didn’t know how easily sex and hatred and fear can intertwine.缠绕在一起

造句：The roots of old trees intertwine together in the rain forest.

3.puff out one's chest/cheeks: to make one's cheeks or chest bigger by filling them with air

原文：He didn’t puff out his chest and get defensive or anything like that

造句：He puffed out his chest proudly.

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Sentence:

I was bawling my eyes out and laughing hysterically at the same time.

that was the final straw for me.

my body just let go.

I broke in two.

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Thought:

When mom told Trevor "Because if I leave he’ll kill us.", I can not understand. But when I read that mom was shot by Abel, I see it. How easily love and hatred can intertwine! Abel relied on mom, but thought mom ruined his life. 

When Trevor hesitated whether used all the money to save his mom or not, when he must make a choice between his mom's life and his brothers's future life, I was impressed. Poverty causes this dilemma. And similar case is not unusual nowadays. Luckily, mom survived. 

Even mom was shot in the face, she also saw the bright side. How great she is!

"You cannot blame anyone else for what you do. You cannot blame your past for who you are. You are responsible for you. You make your own choices."