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练案[8] UNIT 1 TEENAGE LIFE
Section Ⅳ 写作指导
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
I attended a Catholic (天主教的) grammar
school for nine years. Later I decided to go to the
public high school that I now attend. Why did I
choose a public high school?
The main purpose of going to school is to
receive a good education that will help us become
successful in the future. Both private and public
schools give this opportunity. But public schools
and private schools each give an entirely different
social experience. The social experienceꎬ in my
opinionꎬ is much more important than the
academic (学业的) experienceꎬ especially for a
boy like me.
In my grammar schoolꎬ most of the people I
met were whiteꎬ Catholicꎬ and of the same
learning ability. Every day at schoolꎬ students were
expected to wear uniform (统一的) clothesꎬhave
uniform hairstyles and learn at the same pace.
Growing upꎬ this is what I expected all schools
were like. For nine years I didnt know that people
of different religions (宗教) and learning paces
existed in the real world. But the fact is that there
are more types of people than Catholics and quick
learners. For this reasonꎬ I decided to try
something new by attending a public high school.
My freshman year of high school was an
amazing eye ̄opener for me. I met different types of
people. I have met people with long hairꎬ short
hairꎬ black hair and purple hair. I have met people
who are two years ahead of everyone elseꎬ and
others who are two years behind. There are
musiciansꎬ bookworms and others with interests
outside the school. People can be whoever they
want to be.
Meeting so many different students and
teachers with so many different interests made me
much more interested in meeting more people. This
experience made me know how important the social
part of a public high school really is. In the futureꎬ
when I go to college and begin my careerꎬ I will be
meeting and working with people who have
different backgrounds. For this reasonꎬ I will never
regret the decision I have made.
1. Why