語篇改寫
(1) As a young boy, my family would
live
together on every Saturday night and Mama would
divide
out money Papa brought home. Though we were
burdened
by the rent and necessary family expenses, we felt warm and
secure
because of my mother's bank account.
Nels
wanting
to go to high school put all of us in a financially tough situation. Father had to give up
work
. Nels volunteered to work in a
factory
after school. Christine and I chose to look after children for others. With joint efforts, we managed to live through the
hard
time.
Twenty years later, when I told my mother the money I made as a
deposit
in her account, she told me she
never
had an account, which left me shocked but warm.
