新高考高中英语学习—读美文10学知识,积累英语作文写作素材:雷雨中的领悟（含生词、难句、语法等知识点拓展）

新高考高中英语学习—读美文10学知识,积累英语作文写作素材：雷雨中的领悟 （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） 导读 都说人生像一场旅行，旅途的目的地是梦想中的远方。于是，为了能够顺利到达，我们总是匆忙赶路，风雨兼程。然而，就像爱尔兰传说中小矮人把宝藏藏在了彩虹尽头一样，我们渴望的风景有时候也是那么近在眼前又远在天边，待到我们精疲力竭，才发现自己竟是一无所获。无论什么样的旅程，到达终点都只应该是其中的一个目的，值得我们驻足欣赏的还有那一路的风景。 正文 Discovery in a Thunderstorm雷雨中的领悟 Many years ago I was on a bicycle trip through some exceedingly picturesque countryside. Suddenly, dark clouds piled up overhead and rain began to fall, but strange to relate, several hundred yards ahead of me the sun shone brilliantly. Pedaling, however, as rapidly as I could, I found it impossible to get into the clear. The clouds with their rain kept advancing faster than I could race forward. I continued this unequal contest for an exhausting half hour, before realizing that I could not win my way to the bright area ahead of me. Then it dawned upon me that I was wasting my strength in unimportant hurry, while pay