创作并演唱这首《妈妈之歌》的，是美国一位喜剧女演员安妮塔·兰弗洛（Anita Renfroe ）。今年48岁的安妮塔是3位孩子的母亲，为了照顾小家伙们的起居，她和天底下很多妈妈一样，整天唠叨不停。一个偶然的机会，安妮塔灵光闪现：“为什么不把唠叨谱成一首歌呢？这样一定很有趣。”于是，她将自己每天常絮叨的话写成简短的歌词，配着意大利作曲家罗西尼的《威廉·泰尔序曲》唱了出来……

这首《妈妈之歌》现在在网上爆红。看完后，你会慨叹一声：原来美国的妈妈跟我们一样，也是一天到晚地唠叨啊！

细看一下，这首歌有个很好的用途：妈妈们可以学会歌词里的一句句口语，用来跟孩子在日常生活中交流。

Get up now. Get up now. Get up out of bed.  起床了，起床了，現在就起床。

Wash your face. Brush your teeth. Comb your sleepy head. 洗臉，刷牙，梳头。

Here's your clothes and your shoes.  這是你的衣服和鞋。

Hear the words I said.  听话，

Get up now. Get up and make your bed.  起床了， 叠被。

Are you hot? Are you cold? Are you wearing that? 你熱嗎？你冷嗎？你要穿那件？

Where's your books and your lunch and your homework at?  你的書和午餐和功課在哪裡？

Grab your coat and your gloves and your scarf and hat.  拿你的外套、手套、圍巾和帽子。

Don't forget. You gotta feed the cat.  別忘了喂猫。

Eat your breakfast.  要吃早餐，

The experts tell us it's the most important meal of all!  專家說早餐是最重要的一餐！

Take your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tall.  吃維他命你才會長得又高又壮。

Pleast remember the orthodontist will be seeing you at 3 today.  記得你今天下午三點要看矯牙醫師，

Don't forget your piano lesson is this afternoon so you must play.  不要忘了今天下午有鋼琴課，好好彈，

Don't shovel. Chew slowly. But hurry.  This bus is here. 不要狼吞虎咽，慢慢嚼，快点吃，校車要來了。

Be careful.小心。

Come back here.  过来。

Did you wash behind your ears?  你洗了耳朵後面嗎？

Play outside. 在外面玩儿。

Don't be rough.  别打架。

Would you just play fair?  好好玩儿。

Be polite. Make a friend.  有礼貌，交朋友，

Don't forget to share.  要学会分享。

Work it out. Wait your turn.  想辦法。耐心点等。

Never take a dare.  危险事别做！

Get along. Don't make me come down there.  和睦相處，别给我找麻烦。

Clean your room. Fold your clothes. Put your stuff away.  打扫你的房间，叠好你的衣服，收拾好你的东西。

Make your bed. Do it now.  把床整好，赶快。

Do we have all day?  我們整天有空嗎？

Were you born in a barn?  为什么房间乱得像狗窝一样？

Would you like some hay?  你要乾草嗎？

Can you even hear a word I say?  到底有没有在听我说话？

Answer the phone. Get off the line.  接電話，別上網了，

Don't sit so close. Turn it down.  (看電視)別坐這麼近，關小聲，

No texting at the table. 吃饭不准发短信。

No more computer time tonight.  今晚不准玩儿电脑

Your iPod's my iPod if you don't listen up. 再不听话iPod没收，

Where are you going? And with whom?  你要去哪？和誰去？

And what time do you think you're coming home?  你想要什麼時候回來？

Saying "Thank you", "Please", "Excuse me" makes you welcome everywhere you roam.  說謝謝、請、對不起讓你去到哪兒都受歡迎。

You'll appreciate my wisdom someday when you're older and you're grown.  等你长大了你就知道我是为了你好。

Can't wait till you have a couple little children of your own. You'll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly. 你自己有了孩子你就明白了，你就会感谢我的良苦用心。

But right now I'll thank you not to roll your eyes at me.  但是现在我要谢谢你没对我翻白眼儿。

Close your mouth when you chew we'd appreciate.  吃饭时候不要说话。

Take a bit maybe two of the stuff you hate.  不挑食，不爱吃的东西也试着吃一两口。

Use your fork. Do not burp. Or I'll set you straight.  用叉子，別打飽嗝，我會糾正你，

Eat the food I put upon your plate.  吃完盘子里的食物。

Get and "A". Get the door. Don't get smart with me.  考试要考好，去开门，別和我耍花招，

Get a grip. Get in there. I'll count to 3.  注意点，过来，我數到三。

Get a job. Get a life. Get a Ph.D. Get a dose of.  去上班。去赚钱。去拿个博士回来。下功夫，

I don't care who started it.  我不管是谁先打谁的。

You're grounded until you're 36.  你给我门禁（指晚上不能迟归）到36歲，

Get your story straight and tell the truth for once for heaven's sake.  看在老天的份上，给我长话短说，说实话。

And if all your friends jumped off the cliff? Would you jump too? 他们去死，你也去啊！

If I've said it once, I've said it at least a thousand times before that. 这话我都说你一千遍了。

You're too old to act this way. It must be your father's DNA. 多大了还不懂事。一定是你爸的遗传。

Look at me when I am talking.  我說話時看著我，

Stand up straighter when you walk.  走路的时候腰板挺直，

A place for everything and everything must in place.  东西要放好

Stop crying or I'll give you something real to cry about. (Oh!)  別哭了，不然我會真的讓你哭不出来，

Wash your face. Brush your teeth. Get your PJ's on.  洗臉，刷牙，穿睡衣，

Get in bed. Give me a hug. Say a prayer with mom.  上床了，抱一下，和媽媽陡妗�

Don't forget. I love you.  別忘了，我愛你。

And tomorrow we will do this all again  明天我还要从头再说你一遍，

because a mom's work never ends.  因为妈妈的工作永远不会结束

You don't need the reason why. 你不需要知道原因，

Because, because, because, because!  因為，因為，因為，因為，

I said so, I said so, I said so, I said so!  我说了算，我说了算，我说了算，我说了算，

I'm the mom. The mom. The mom. The mom.The mom. Ta- da 因我是你妈，我是你妈，我是你妈，我是你妈