★I know he‘s your husband now, but he‘s still my son。
我知道他现在是你老公了，那也是我儿子啊。
★You don‘t seem very confident about yourself. The littlest comment from me is taken as a criticism, so I‘m very careful what I say around you。
你对自己不太自信啊，从我嘴里说出来的一点点评论都变成批评了，所以在你身边说话我得加倍小心。
★I‘ve bought and sold 13 houses in my life. Why won‘t you ask for my advice?
我这辈子买卖了13所房子，你咋不来问问我的建议呢？
★When I visit you, I‘m not coming for a white-glove inspection. I‘m just coming to see the family。
当我来看你的时候，我不是来戴白手套检查的，我只是来看我的家人。
★My dirty little secret: I‘m afraid that if I don‘t get this right,my son will cut me off。
我的那点小秘密：我很怕如果我做的不好的话，儿子就不要我了。
★We mothers say to our children, “I want you to be happy.” And we mean that. What we don‘t say is, “But I would like to be happy too.”
我们妈妈都会告诉孩子，“我希望你开心。”我们的确是这么想的，但是我们没说的是，“我自己也想开心点。”
★When I really want to talk to my son privately, I don‘t call your house. I call his cell phone。
我要是真想跟我儿子说点私密话的话，我不会往你们家打电话，我会打他的手机。
★I spent a couple of decades being the leading lady; now I have acharacter role. It hurts to be downsized。
我花了几十年的时间才成为女主角，现在一下子又有个特定角色了，被压低的感觉很伤人。
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