介绍:
knack [næk] n. 诀窍，窍门
resonate [ˈrɛzəˌnet] v. 共鸣或共振，回响
giggle [ˈɡɪɡəl] v. 咯咯的笑，傻笑
mortgage [ˈmɔrgɪdʒ] vt. 抵押，抵押单据
shingle [ˈʃɪŋɡəl] n. 木瓦板，小招牌
A STAND-UP WOMAN
My mom had a great sense of humor and a knack for making everything fun. One thing that resonated with me, even as a small child, was how much she seemed to enjoy her own company and found ways to entertain herself. As a kid, I remember her giggling when paying bills. What was so funny about bill paying?
She would put humorous notes in the reference section of the check: For the electric bill, she might put “You light up my life,” and for the mortgage she’d write “Four shingles closer to owning it all.”
我妈有着强烈的幽默感和让任何事变得有趣的能力。她似乎非常享受一个人独处的时间，她总能找到方式让自己开心。这是让我即使在年幼的时候也能产生共鸣的一件事。当我还是个孩童的时候，我记得她在付账单的时候一直咯咯地笑。付账单有什么可笑的呢？
她会在账单的备注部分写下好玩的注解：电费账单上，她会写“你点亮了我的生活”，房贷账单上，她会写“又有了四个瓦片了！离完全拥有房子又近了一步！”
