英语复习最新

.

When I Grow up

In kindergarten, my class was asked,

“

What do you want to be when you

grow up?

”

Crayons danced across sheets of paper to illustrate our dream jobs.

Our

drawings were

hung in the hall way for our parents to see at Back to School Night.

I

remember

looking

down

the

line

and

seeing

pictures

of

ballet

dancers

dancing,

firefighters putting out a big fire, and spacemen leaping across the moon

—

jobs that

were seen as typical dreams of five- year-olds

My picture showed a stick figure with brown hair holding a bottle of orange

juice over something like a counter.

Underneath was my hardly readable handwriting:

When I grow up, I want to work at the Market Basket because it would be fun to

swipe

orange

juice

across

the

scanner

at

the

checkout

counter.

To

this

day

my

parents won

’

t let me forget that out of everything I could have wished to be, my

five-year-old self wished to work at the local grocery store.

When we are young, questions of what we want to be when we grow up are

common.

Yet we are not expected to respond with an answer that is likely to come

true.

When we become teens, we are asked the very same question twice as often.

The difference is that we are supposed to answer with confidence.

As teenagers, we are expected to know exactly what we want to be and how

we are going to achieve that goal.

Not all of us can be so sure. Even though I am in

精品

.

high school, I cannot answer confidently. But I don

精品

.

’

t consider that a bad thing. How am I supposed to know what I will want

to spend my time doing at age 40?

When I think about the future, I definitely don

’

t see myself working at the Market

Basket, but in reality, if that was what would make me happy, I would do i

t.

So,

the

next time someone asks me what I want to be when I grow up,

I will simply say

“

happy.

”

Happiness is a destination for everyone.

We may want to take different paths

in

life,

but

we

all

want

to

be

happy

wherever

we

end

up.

Choose

your

path,

but

don

’

t worry too much about whether your choice is right or not. Make a mistake or

two and try new things. But always remember: If you

’

re not happy, you

’

re not at

the end of your journey yet.

翻译

1

：彩 色蜡笔在纸上飞舞，描绘着我们梦想的工作。

2

：我记得放眼望去，有的画上是正在跳舞的芭蕾舞演员，

有的是正在扑灭大火 的消防员，有的是正在月球上跳跃行走

的宇航员，这些工作都是五岁孩子梦想中的工作。

3

：我画的是一个留着棕色头发的人 物线条，她站在柜台后，

手里拿着一瓶橙汁。

4

：画的下面是我那难以辨认的字：长

精品

.

大后，我想在杂货市场工作，因为在收银台旁边用扫描仪扫

橙汁的条形码会很有趣。

精品

.

5

：至今，我的父母都不会让我忘 记：在所有我可以希望拥

有的工作当中，五岁的我只是想在当地的食品杂货市场工

作。

6

：小时候， 我们通常会被问到长大了想干什么的问题。

7

：当我们十几岁时，别人问我们这个问题的次数是以前的

两倍。

8

：作为青少年，人们希望我们明确地知道自己长大 了想干

什么以及如何实现这一目标

9

：想到未来，我一定不会想象自己在杂货市场工作，但在

现实生 活中，如果那样能让我快乐，我就会去做。

10

：所以，下一次有人问我长大想成为什么样的人时，我会

简单地说一句：“成 为幸福的人。”

11

：

我们在一生中也许会走不同的路，但是无论我们最终到

达哪里，我们都希望自

己幸福。

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

1.

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a typical dream

of five-year- olds?

精品

.

A: Being ballet

dancers.

B: Being policemen.

C: Being firefighters.

D: Being spacemen.

2. Why did the writer want to work at a grocery store?

A

it was common.

B

Because it was likely to come true.

C

Because it would be fun.

D

Because it was well-paid.

3.

What is the main idea of the passage?

A

Whatever career one chooses, happiness is the real

destination.

B

One should always keep to his childhood dream.

C

One should try different things to enrich his life.

精品