新高级阅读前（双语）37（1093）

PASSAGE THIRTY-SEVEN

Justice is sweet

1.Peanuts to This Proudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes.

2.Confused, I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raised the report I had slaved over, hoping to hide myself.

3.“What could be causing everyone to act this way?” Quickly, I flashed back to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task.

4.This was the first real talk I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington.

5.Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country, I had never heard of that name before.

6.As I searched the name of this fellow, it became evident that there were two people bearing the same name who looked completely different!

7.One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts,while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant.

8.I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice; flip a coin.Heads—the commander, and tails—the peanuts guy.

9.Ah! Tails, my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.

10.Weeks later, standing before this unfriendly mass, I was totally lost. Oh well, I lowered the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong.

11.As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American Revolution.”

12.The whole world became quite! How could I know that she meant that George Washington?

13.Obviously, my grade was awful. Heartbroken but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to Miss Lancelot, but she insisted: No re-dos; no new grade.

14.I felt that the punishment was not justified, and I believed I deserved a second chance. Consequently, I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year.

15.Ten months later, that chance unfolded as I found myself sitting in the headmaster’s office with my grandfather, now having an entirely different conversation.

16.I smiled and flashed back to the embarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my option to skip the sixth grade. Justice is sweet!

第三十七篇

正义是甜蜜的

1.我骄傲地读着我的话，环视了一下教室，只见同学们脸上都是笑容，眼里是憋笑泪水。

2.我困惑地瞥了一眼面无表情的老师。无奈之下，我慢慢地举起了苦心钻研的报告，希望把自己藏起来。

3.“是什么导致每个人都这样做?”我迅速回想起兰斯洛特小姐给我任务的那天。

4.这是我在新学校接受的第一次真正的演讲。这似乎很简单:上网查找一个名叫乔治·华盛顿的人的信息。

5.因为我对历史的认识来自祖国的一位历史老师，所以我以前从来没有听说过这个名字。

6.当我搜索这个家伙的名字时，很明显有两个同名的人，他们看起来完全不同!

7.其中一个发明了花生的数百种用途，而另一个则带领着一支军队穿越美国。我盯着屏幕，不知道老师说的是哪一个。

8.我打电话给祖父，征求他的黄金建议;抛硬币。正面是指挥官，反面是花生男。

9.啊!反面，我的报告将是关于发明花生酱的伟人，乔治·华盛顿·卡弗。

10.几周后，站在这群不友好的人群面前，我完全迷失了。哦，好吧，我放下报纸，坐在书桌前，急切地想找出我做错了什么。

11.当一个同学开始他的报告时，一切都变得清晰起来:“我的报告是关于乔治·华盛顿的，他是发动美国革命的人。”

12.整个世界变得安静了!我怎么知道她指的是乔治·华盛顿?

13.显然，我的成绩很糟糕。我伤心欲绝，但无所畏惧，我决定扭转局面。我和兰斯洛特小姐谈过了，但她坚持说:不能重来;没有新成绩。

14.我觉得惩罚是不合理的，我认为我应该得到第二次机会。因此，在这一学年剩下的时间里，我全身心地投入到我的学习中。

15.十个月后，机会来了，我发现自己和祖父坐在校长办公室里，进行着完全不同的谈话。

16.我笑了笑，回忆起年初校长告诉我可以跳过六年级的尴尬时刻。正义是甜蜜的!