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内容简介：一位女儿和母亲好友一起回忆母亲。人们常说，女人是弱小的，但母亲是强大的。儿女的眼中，母亲总是勇敢的、无所不能的女超人，用自己的翅膀保护着孩子，但为人子女的我们或许不知道，母亲也曾有过脆弱、手足无措的时候。了解更多父母的故事，会让我们更加理解他们，也感恩父母的爱。
这里再多聊几句，NPR中有一个节目就是平凡人讲述自己的故事，真实感人，定期有不同的主题，多年以前我听过一段时间'I believe in...'，后来就记住了NPR。最近做英语学习笔记，又开始听，发现NPR官网-StoryCorp页面正是这类节目，近期有reunions（重聚、团圆）的主题的，听了几个故事，也很感动，推荐给大家。感兴趣的话可以点击该链接聆听。
'I Only Knew Her As Mom': A Daughter Learns More From Her Late Mother's Best Friend
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's Friday morning, which is when we hear from StoryCorps. And on this Friday before Mother's Day, we hear from Sada Jackson, who lost her mother, Ileana, in 2016. Jackson came to StoryCorps in Kansas City, Mo., with her mom's best friend, Angela Morehead-Mugita.
SADA JACKSON: I just thought it'd be really cool to sit with one of her friends. Like, how often do you get to do that, to sit with your parents' friends and just ask questions and they don't get to jump in and say, don't tell her that?
ANGELA MOREHEAD-MUGITA: Right. Don't tell her what I said.
JACKSON: I said I want to know more about my mom as a woman because I only knew her as mom.
MOREHEAD-MUGITA: The part that most children don't see from their parents is the vulnerability. I think for the both of us, we became vaults for each other. We called them vaults. She's like, OK, I need a vault moment. As a matter of fact, she helped me when I had my son. I remember calling her the day I came home with Christopher. I sat on my couch. And I had all of these beautiful things from my baby shower. And I'm just bawling.I said, Ileana, what am I supposed to do now? And she was so clear. She's like, you're going to hold your baby. All that stuff in the living room is going to stay right here until you get yourself together. So that was the one thing about Ileana. She would never let me lose it.
JACKSON: I got emotional when you were telling this story because losing my mom to breast cancer when I was entering my eighth month of pregnancy and not having a chance to call her when I got home, it still bothers me. But at the same time, I heard her say, don't you be no sad momma for my grandbaby.
(LAUGHTER)MOREHEAD-MUGITA: Oh, yeah. She's like, I need my daughter to be strong.
JACKSON: Yeah. And I'm feeling that. I'm feeling, like, her encouraging me, saying, now you're the mother. You're a woman.
MOREHEAD-MUGITA: Oh, yeah.
JACKSON: And when my baby looks up to me and I'm singing certain lullabies that she sang to me, I'll do like a little run. And I'll be like, that was a mom run.
MOREHEAD-MUGITA: That's your mother.(LAUGHTER) Yep. I'm watching every seed that your mother sowed in life manifest in you, in your son, in your marriage. And I remember when my mother had passed away, she came to the funeral. She hugged me. She whispered in my ear. And she said, you got this.You will not break down. You will walk in there and be the legacy that your mother left you. And so I say that to you. You will not lose it. You will not break down. And you will walk in the legacy that your mother left for you.
INSKEEP: Angela Morehead-Mugita and Sada Jackson for StoryCorps. Their interview will be archived with the others at the Library of Congress.
(SOUNDBITE OF VIENNA TENG'S "CITY HALL")
知识点笔记：
1.late:dead已故的
e.g. ...the late Mr Parkin.
2.jump in: to interrupt someone or suddenly join a conversation打断
e.g. Lena quickly jumped in with a diverting remark.
3.vulnearability：脆弱
4.vault:指建筑物的拱顶，结合上下文理解，我认为这里应是比喻义，指彼此的精神支柱、支持者。
5.get oneself together:回复平静，不再失控
6.emotional: having strong feelings and showing them to other people, especially by crying
e.g. He became very emotional when we had to leave.
7.sing lullabies:唱摇篮曲
8.好句子:
- I'm watching every seed that your mother sowed in life manifest in you, in your son, in your marriage. （sow the seed这个比喻用的很好）
- You will not break down. You will walk in there and be the legacy that your mother left you.
听完这个访谈，我想到了一首歌——《天之大》，您呢？欢迎留言。