My mother gave birth to me with quite difficult labor. Father received an emergency notice and was faced with a choice between the adult and me. Of course, the adult. So my coming into this world was an unexpected fortune at the price of Mother’s painful insistence (坚持). Thus my 15 years began like this, my mother made every effort to give me love, but I returned her with few words to express my thanks from the bottom of my heart.
　　 When my mother asked me to learn English when I was young, I refused to spell a single word. For the first time in my life, Mother beat me; but it was not long before I came to know this was another form of her love.
　　 Now I am so grateful (感恩) to my mother for everything she has taught me. As a little boy, I used to write my thanks to my mother in class. Unexpectedly, Mother was so moved that she cried in front of me. From then on, I knew how deeply mother loves me!
　　 Today, this speech is for my great mother and for her only. I wish to let her know her son’s love and gratitude. I wish she could hear, “I love you, Mother.”
　　
　　 母親生我时，异常难产。父亲收到了病危通知书，要在我和母亲之间做一个选择。当然，是大人。因此，我降临于这个世界完全是要归功于母亲疼痛坚持要求的代价。因此，以这种方式的开头，15年来，母亲无微不至地爱我，而随着我的成长，我却很少用“只言片语”表达我心底对母亲的爱。
　　 当我很小的时候，母亲让我学习英语，我不愿意开口说一个字母。那也是我平生的第一次，母亲打了我。但是不久,我便认识到这其实是母爱的另一种表现形式。
　　 如今，对这样一个母亲，我充满了无限地感恩，她教会了我所有的东西。孩提时代，课堂上曾经写过一篇关于感恩母亲的作文。出乎我意料的是，母亲是如此地感动以致于在我面前她竟然哭了。从那时起，我懂得了母亲对我爱的是如此深沉。
　　 今天，这篇演讲是为我伟大的母亲的，仅仅为她。我希望她能够知道儿子对她的爱和感恩。我希望她此时此刻能够听到我的声音：“妈妈，我爱你！”。
　　
　　练习
　　
　　根据释义和首字母补充单词，完成句子，所填词均来源于本文。
　　1. I received an u_________ birthday gift at the party.
　　2. You have made little e_________ to improve your English.
　　3. Tom was totally m_________ when he heard that touching story.
　　4. Every child is l_________ by both his mother and father.
　　
　　Keys: 1. unexpected 2. effort 3. moved 4. loved