趣味阅读3-2023-2024学年六年级下册英语阅读

三年级起点六年级 趣味阅读 Do Something for Yourself As a little boy,there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons at my grandfather's farm in western Pennsylvania.Surrounded by miles of winding stonewalls,the house and barn (provided endless hours of fun for a city kid like me. I can still remember one afternoon when I was eight years old.Since my first visit to the farm,I'd wanted more than anything to be allowed to climb the stonewalls (surrounding the property.My parents would never approve.The walls were old.Some stones were missing,others were loose(松动的)and crumbling(破碎的).Still,,my yearning(渴望)to scramble across those walls grew so strong.One spring afternoon,I sum- moned (all my courage and entered the living room,where the adults had gathered after dinner. "I,uh,I want to climb the stonewalls."I said hesitantly.Everyone looked up.“Can I climb the stonewalls?”nstantly a chorus(齐声) went up from the women in the room."Heavens,no!"they cried in dismay (担t忧).“You'll hurt yourself!”I wasn't too disappointed,.the response was just as I'd expected.But before I could leave the room,I was stopped by my grandfather's booming(洪亮t的)voice..“Hold on just a minute.” I heard him say,"Let the boy climb the stonewalls.He has to learn to do things for himself..”“Scoot,.”he said to me with a wink,“and come and see me when you get back."For the next two and a half hours I climbed those old walls and had the time of my life.Later I met with my grandfather 小学英语阅读一 to tell him about my adventure ()I'll never forget what he said. “Fred,”he said,.grinning(咧嘴笑)，“you made this day a special day just by being yourself.Always remember,there's only one person in this whole world like you,and I like you exactly as you are." Many years have passed since then,and today I host the television program Mister Rogers'Neighbourhood,seen by millions of children throughout America.There have been changes over the years,but one thing remains the same:my message to children at the end of almost every vis