专题 34 英美文化阅读理解专项：春假+热衷读书伦敦人+斯坦福大学- 2024年高考英语常考英美文化阅读专练+素材积累

81. Spring Break春假 It is April in the United States, the time of year when most of our public schools have their Spring Breaks. Spring Break is a week's vacation during the second term of each school year. Students look forward to it as it is seen as a time of fun, a time for hanging out with your friends or taking a road trip. This is especially true for those, whose time in school is nearing an end, that is, the seniors. After Spring Break., they will only have a month and a half or so of classes left before they finish this level of education and move on to the rest of their lives. This is an exciting and bitter time for these people. Spring Break is the beginning of saying good-bye to childhood and childhood friends, though few seniors would still consider themselves children. Many seniors take a road trip for their last Spring Break. This means that they travel in a car with some friends and drive somewhere, often somewhere warm if they live in the north where it has been cold and snowy for some months. Florida is a popular place. During this time they will hang out with their friends, go to parties, and meet new people. It's a period of relaxation before the final push to finish their basic education. Then again, for some seniors, it marks something serious that teachers call "seniorities". This is not a real disease, but it is a word that describes a group of problems seen in many seniors in their last days in school. The main problem is a lack of desire to do anything other than for fun. Schoolwork becomes less and less important. After Spring Break, there are a couple of their activities that occur for seniors only. At the high school I attended, we had a senior breakfast. This was a gathering of all the seniors in the school for a breakfast. Some teachers came too. At this event, we gave out awards on which the senior class had voted. These awards included "Best Smile" and "Most Likely to Succeed", among others. (355 words) ◆Helper: hang out闲逛 re