Unit 1 PERIOD ONE TOPIC TALK(讲义)-【红对勾讲与练】2022-2023学年新教材高中英语必修第一册(北师大版)

　 　 2020 年, 43 岁的蒙古族牧民娜日娜与 儿子一同参加高考, 两人双双被录取, 23 年终圆大学梦。 Naran from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, will never forget the day she received her university admission offer. “ I􀆳ve been waiting for this day for 23 years,” said Naran, who was supposed to take part in the gaokao in 1997. In spite of excellent performance in school, Naran had to give up the exam to look after her mother, who got hearing impaired(受损) and even became unable to walk and care for herself after a serious illness. She􀆳s lived the life of a herdswoman since she married and had two children. The routines of herding and taking care of her children have kept her occupied over the years. But her university dream never faded. 　 　 Fast forward to 2019 and her elder son, Tulga, was about to take gaokao the following year. Naran was determined to seize this chance and decided to sit ( 参 加 ) the gaokao along with her son. She took tutoring classes in Hohhot for half a year, when she got up at 5 am and studied until about midnight every day. When the results were released, Naran was too stressed to check her own score. Luckily, her efforts didn􀆳t fail her. On Aug. 17, she was admitted as a tourism management major at the Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics. Some people voiced doubt about whether Naran would really attend the university after being admitted. She said the answer is definitely a yes. “ Sitting the gaokao and going to university has always been my dream,” Naran said. “ If possible, I􀆳m planning to earn a doctorate,” she told