At a certain age, lots of women find tired to be a mother, but not Nina Keneally from Brooklyn. The 63-year-old woman still has lots of mothering skills that she’s happy to rent out(出租) through a special service called “Need A Mom”. Nina now spends all her time using her experience to help young people in New York. She will listen to all your problems, give advice, help you plan and shop for a dinner party, bake you a cake and do all kinds of other things that a real mother might do. She’ll even buy a present for your own mother.
许多女性到一定年龄后，会发现自身母性已经耗尽。但纽约布鲁克林的尼娜.吉妮莉可不是这样。今年63岁的她仍身负多种母爱技能，而且乐于通过特有的“NeedAMom”服务出租出去。尼娜会倾听你的所有问题、为你提供建议、帮你筹划晚宴并购买相关物品、烤蛋糕，以及任何亲妈可能做的其他事情。她甚至会给你亲妈买礼物。
Nina and her husband moved to Bushwick, Brooklyn, from Connecticut with their own two sons two years ago. She realized that young people were different in many ways. “As I started to live in the neighborhood, I noticed that a lot of young people in the neighborhood wanted to talk to me about what was going on in their lives.” Nina realized she could really help them by being a mother in their lives. And that’s how “Need A Mom” was born. It’s a new business, and about six people bought her service so far, all from Bushwick. What Nina does for you will cost $40 an hour. But she said, “Don’t expect me to clean your bedroom or wash your clothes. I’m not your maid !”
两年前尼娜和她的丈夫及两个孩子从康涅狄克州搬到纽约布鲁克林的布什威克。她意识到年轻人在很多方面的不同。“我住进小区后，我注意到邻近的许多年轻人喜欢和我谈谈他们的生活。”尼娜想到，自己可以以母亲的形象帮助他们。于是NeedAMom诞生了。这是一项新服务。到目前为止尼娜共有6名客户，均来自布什威克。Nina的收费是每小时40美元。但是她说：“别指望我给你打扫房间或者洗衣服，我可不是你家的佣人。”
