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新高考高中英语学习——读名篇5,学英语,积累作文素材2:假如再回到童年
(含生词、难句、语法等知识点拓展)
说明:这些都是精选的美文和分析(主要选自voa, bbc, cnn经典语篇)。
当然,我不仅仅是提供单纯的语篇,一般列出所有的生词、难句并配上相关拓展。
读者:高中或以上(基本上都是经典名篇,我努力选取易懂的)(孙三五编辑)
今天的经典美文是富兰克林写的,估计读者对这篇非常熟悉了,不妨拿出来再把玩一遍。
一首《时间都去哪儿了》不知触动了多少听者的心,更是引发了以此歌名为话题的全民讨论,从父母的关爱到现实的忙碌,无不令人为之动容。人们都想顺着时间的藤蔓,去追寻那飞逝的流年。如果你有机会可以重新回到小时候,你会想要做些什么?
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If I Were a Boy Again假如我又回到了童年
Benjamin Franklin本杰明·富兰克林
If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was hard or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. “There are only two creatures,” says a proverb, “who can surmount the pyramids—the eagle and the snail.”
If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once.
If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the