上语文课时，老师讲到严厉两个字，我脑海里顿时浮现出了妈妈的样子，不苟言笑，目光严厉。妈妈因为工作的原因，所以平时不笑的时候，看起来特别严厉。
During the Chinese class, when the teacher mentioned the word 'strict', my mind suddenly came up with my mother's image, serious and stern. My mother looks particularly strict when she doesn't laugh due to work reasons.
有一次，妈妈做饭时让我自己写作业。我看妈妈走进了厨房，就偷偷拿出平板儿玩儿了起来。妈妈做完饭后叫我吃饭，看见我在玩儿平板儿，她就发了火，脸色很难看。她说一心不可二用，该学习时好好学习，该玩儿的时候好好玩儿。然后又罚我这周不可以玩平板看电视，又给我讲了很多道理，吓得我赶紧专心写作业，再也不敢偷偷玩儿了。
Once, my mother asked me to do my homework while cooking. I saw my mom walk into the kitchen and secretly took out her tablet to play. After finishing dinner, my mother called me to eat. When she saw me playing with a tablet, she became angry and looked very ugly. She said that one mind cannot be used twice, study hard when necessary and play hard when necessary. Then he punished me by not being able to play on my tablet and watch TV this week, and told me many truths, which scared me to focus on my homework and never dare to play secretly again.
妈妈是学校的一名教官，管学生时也很严厉。有一次晚上，我去她那儿，看到她正在给学生们开会。妈妈的脸上没有一点笑容，还在大声说着一些批评的话，感觉整个走廊悄无声息的，同学们都老老老实实听话的站着，吓得我赶紧跑。
My mother is an instructor at school and is also very strict when it comes to managing students. One evening, I went to her place and saw her giving a meeting to the students. My mother didn't have a smile on her face and was still loudly saying some critical words. It felt like the entire hallway was silent, and my classmates were always standing obediently, which scared me and made me run away quickly.
但那些小朋友的衣服脏了，妈妈会帮他们洗衣服，有的小朋友生病了，妈妈还会给他们买药吃，有的孩子想家了，妈妈会把她叫到自己的宿舍，陪她们一起睡觉，和她们做游戏。那时我才知道，原来妈妈的严厉只是表面上的呀！
But when those children's clothes get dirty, their mothers will help them wash them. Some children get sick, and their mothers will buy them medicine. Some children miss home, and their mothers will call them to their own dormitories to sleep with them and play games with them. At that moment, I realized that my mother's strictness was only on the surface!
我的妈妈到底是严厉的还是温柔的呢？
Is my mother strict or gentle?