《Mother_tongue的全文 分段 原文及翻译》mother 第一篇 Mother Tongue (母语) by Amy Tan Amy Tan The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.—by Ruth Benedict 个人的生命历程，首当其冲，是对其传统文化模式和标准的接受—鲁思.本尼迪克特 I am not a scholar of English or literature .I cannot give you much more than personal opinions on the English language and its variations in this country or others. 我既不是英语语言学家，也不是文学专家。我只能就英语及其在美国和其它国家的变化谈些个人观点，仅此而已。 I am a writer. And by that definition, I am someone who has always loved language. I am fascinated by language in daily life. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the way it can e