[00:16.13]A Mother's Touch [00:20.17]一位妈妈的抚触 [00:27.38]The sun was unusually strong [00:30.57]as it streamed across Michael's face, [00:34.08]waking him gently. [00:36.56]There was a surreal stillness filling the room [00:39.52]as Michael lay...
Part 1 The History of Mother's Day 母亲节的历史 The earliest Mother's Day celebrations are traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During the 1600's, England celebrated a day called Motherin...
What will you do for your mum on Mother's Day? Does your mother know how much you appreciate her? Well, Mothers Day is the time to show her. Its a chance to say thank you, or to tell your mum how much you love her. In Britain, Mothers Day, or Mother...
THE STORY OF A MOTHER A mother sat there with her little child. She was so downcast, so afraid that it should die! It was so pale, the small eyes had closed themselves, and it drew its breath so softly, now and then, with a deep respiration, as if i...
On May 25th, my aunt Ellie Lyden in Ireland turns 100. I say my aunt, and she is an aunt to me, but she's not really my aunt. When I went back with my grandfather to his ancestral village of Clifden, Ireland in 1986, he was eager to search for his re...
Time now for StoryCorps. People across the country have been recording conversations with each other for this oral history project. Today Sue Hyde is interviewed by her 14-year-old daughter Jessie McGleughlin. What do you think the differences are i...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 05 April 2007 A California woman survived a personal tragedy with a commitment to help others that is keeping the memory of her late son alive. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan spoke with Valerie Sobel, who lost her son to cancer,...
I grew up in a small town where the elementary school was a ten-minute walk from my house and in an age when children could go home for lunch. At the time, I did not consider this a luxury, although t...
My mother is a kind and gentle woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher she works diligently and efficiently. As Mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort. I ha...
