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你大概想表达的意思：
我的妈妈曾对我说，自信源自品质，而不是长相。
小时候时，她注意到我瞥了一眼镜子，于是她决定遮住家里的所有镜子，立即扼杀我的臭美之心。
她说动人的赞美是：“你品质优秀”，而不是“你很美”。
她还觉得品质源自于做家务。
于是我不是在给羊圈除粪，就是在剪羊毛、换轮胎、刷马桶、做志愿者、铲雪。
她认为辛苦劳动会培养自信。
TED中超强组织语言
当你大概想表达的意思不会组织语言的人说的TED原文
我的妈妈曾对我说，自信源自品质，而不是长相。
My mom once told me that what can make us confident is our character, not our looks.
❌ 典型的啰嗦表达
My mother told me “confidence comes from character, not our looks”.
小时候时，她注意到我瞥了一眼镜子，于是她决定遮住家里的所有镜子，立即扼杀我的臭美之心。
When I was a kid, she saw me looking at the mirror, so she covered all the mirrors at once.
When she noticed me glancing in the mirror as a kid, she decided to nip that in the bud immediately by covering up all the mirrors in the house.
glance /ɡlɑːns//ɡlæns/v. 瞥一眼；匆匆一看；扫视；浏览；n. 一瞥；扫视
nip /nɪp/v. 夹；捏；咬；剪断；阻止；削减；冻伤；夹住；n. 捏；夹；咬；严寒
bud /bʌd/v. 发芽；萌芽；开始生长；发展；形成；n. 芽；苞；花蕾；老兄
她说动人的赞美是：“你品质优秀”，而不是“你很美”。
She said a nice praise should be about character, not looks.
She said ‘A loving compliment is: You have wonderful character. Not ‘You're beautiful’.’
她还觉得品质源自于做家务。
She also thought that doing housework can make us better.
She also thought character was built by doing chores.
于是我不是在给羊圈除粪，就是在剪羊毛、换轮胎、刷马桶、做志愿者、铲雪。
So I was always busy with housework.
（这些家务我猜你一个都不会说 😂）
When I wasn't mucking out the goat barn, I was shearing sheep, changing tires, scrubbing toilets, volunteering, shoveling snow.
她认为辛苦劳动会培养自信。
She believed hard work brings confidence.
She believed that hard work breeds confidence.
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