课时作业4 Information Technology-（课时作业）【红对勾讲与练】2024版新高考英语大一轮复习全新方案（北师大版）

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#4 　 必修第二册 课时作业 4　 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Ⅰ. 阅读理解 " (2022·江苏镇江高三期末考试) Last month, I was sorting through an old box when I came across a time capsule, in purple and green floss (丝线) . Faded (褪色的) and worn, it was a friendship bracelet ( 手链)—an important part of my teenage summers. Holding it in my hand made me think about those precious memories of childhood, which my kids will never know firsthand. My handiwork wasn􀆳t beautiful. But what I remember is the beauty of the offering: slipping something into a friend􀆳s hand and knowing it would always be with them. The experience was intoxicating; physical and concrete, like the serious business of exchanging wedding rings, it was a symbol of an unbreakable bond. Those bracelets represented how much we meant to each other, at a time when our friends were becoming the center of our lives. I slept with my bracelets and showered with them. I wore them all summer long at camp. And I acquired new bracelets from friends there— friends who received carefully crafted bracelets from me in return, as we said our tearful end-of- summer goodbyes. I thought having them helped ease the pain of leaving my friends. But now I see that they were really helping me to leave behind childhood. My kids don􀆳t go to summer camp. They certainly don􀆳t exchange anything as uncool as bracelets with their friends. They hang out on Discord (一种聊天软件) in chats that only pause but never end. Our eldest son endlessly texts on his cellphone as he and his friends mak