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Mother’s Day is a day that we express our sincere thanks to our mother. It first started from ancient Greek, then the Americans decided that the second Sunday of May is Mother’s Day.

On this special day, the mothers will receive presents from their children. The gifts could be anything. It is a way that the children show their love and care to their mothers.

As students, we don’t have too much money to buy expensive gifts for our mothers, but it doesn’t mean that we can’t do anything to express our thanks to them. We can do something，too.

I have a few suggestions. For example, you can make a breakfast for your mother, or make a card for her. You can also do some cleaning to reduce mother’s pressure.

We can use our lucky money to buy a single carnation. What’s more, we can turn to fathers for help, I think our fathers will be willing to give us some help about what to do on Mother’s Day.

The chief thing to remember is that Mother’s Day is aimed to spend more time with our mother, and appreciate what she has done for the whole family.

I think every mother is great, and everybody should do something to let our mothers know that we love her.

Happy Mother’s Day"Happy Mother's ! " to her and gave her the flowers. My mother was very happy; she smiled and said,"How wonderful the flowers look! Thank you!”

Also, we told her we were going to do all the housework for our beloved mother, and she could take a rest for a day. In the beginning, we were excited about all the work we can do at home. Before long, we found that the housework seemed to be endless. There was cooking and washing, and cleaning to do, and there was shopping to do, too.

During the dinner hour, the kitchen seemed so busy. My father was making a salad. My sister was baking a pie for dessert, and I was washing rice and vegetables. There were still many other things to do. Finally, the dinner was ready; it was two hours behind the usual schedule. The food was not as delicious as my mother's.

Nevertheless, my mother and father enjoyed it, and felt very proud of their daughter and son.

清晨，姐姐出去买了一束漂亮的花回家。妈妈一起床，我们就对她说“母亲节快乐!”，并把花送给了她。妈妈非常高兴，她笑着说:“这些花多么好看啊!谢谢你们!”

此外，我们告诉她，我们要为我们亲爱的妈妈做所有的家务，她可以休息一天。刚开始的时候，我们对能在家里做的所有工作都很兴奋。不久，我们发现家务活似乎没完没了，有做饭，有洗衣，有打扫，还有购物。

在晚餐时间，厨房似乎很忙。我父亲正在做沙拉，姐姐在烤馅饼当甜点，我在淘米洗菜。还有许多其他的事情要做。最后，晚餐准备好了，比平常的时间晚了两个小时，饭菜没有我妈妈做的好吃。

尽管如此，我的父母还是很喜欢这顿饭，并为他们的女儿和儿子感到骄傲。

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【写给妈妈的信】

Dear Mum,

Such is sons’ nature; I really do not know how to express my thanks to you.

However, I can imagine, on the day 18 years ago, when you gave birth to me, what a complex feeling you had.

In the past few years, every day you struggle me up in the morning and prepare breakfast for me, then in the afternoon, you always welcome your only son with delicious foods after a day’s hard work.

Now your son has been 18 and will go to university soon, like a bird is leaving its parents. Nevertheless, your footprints on my heart will never ever fade and I love you mum!

your son

亲爱的妈妈：

这就是儿子的天性：不知道如何表达对你的感谢。

然而，我可以想象，在18年前的那一天，当你生下我的时候，你有多么复杂的感觉。

在过去的几年里，每天早上你都会挣扎着起床为我准备早餐，然后在下午，在一天的辛苦工作后，你总是用美味的食物迎接你唯一的儿子。

现在你的儿子已经18岁了，马上就要上大学了，就像小鸟离开父母一样。尽管如此，您的足迹留在我的心里永远不会消失，我爱你妈妈!

你的儿子