美国小学英语教材6:第179课 往期回顾

（单词翻译）

A BACKWARD¹ LOOK

往期回顾

The stories you have just read are samples. In your town or school library and in magazines written especially for young American citizens,

你刚刚读到的这些故事是样本，在你的城镇或学校图书馆，或是专门为年轻的美国公民撰写的杂志上，

you will find countless² stories about boys and girls like yourself. It is always interesting to learn what others like ourselves are doing.

你会发现许多与男孩女孩有关的故事，他们和你一样，了解一些和我们一样的人做的事情是非常有趣的。

Sometimes we are surprised to find that they have experiences very much like our own; at other times we learn new things or get new ideas that help us.

有时我们惊讶地发现他们和我们的经历一样，有时我们学习了一些帮助我们的新事物和新想法。

Perhaps you know of a baseball, basketball, or football team that has come from behind and won a game when it seemed certain of defeat.

或许你了解一只棒球，篮球或足球队，虽然他们似乎一定会输，但它们从落后转为了胜利。

When a team goes into a game feeling sure of victory³, what danger does it face?

如果一直球队在比赛中感觉一定会赢，那么它们会面临什么风险呢？

In addition to Rodney, was there a person in one of these stories that you think would have made a good leader?

除了罗德尼，你认为故事中还有谁可以成为好的领导者？

You have just read about the boyhood days of two of our country's great men. Is there another great person about whose youthful⁴ days you know?

你刚刚阅读了我国两名伟人的少年时期的故事，你还知道其他名人的少年时期故事吗？

It would be interesting to write a little story or prepare a little talk about that person's boyhood or girlhood days.

写一点关于他们青少时期的小故事或准备一小段对话一定很有意思。

You have been told that young American citizens have duties to perform at home and at school.

人们说年轻的美国公民需要在家里和学校尽义务。

There are also ways in which boys and girls can help make the town or city a better place in which to live.

还有许多女孩和男孩们可以用来让你居住的城镇或城市变得更好的方法。

It would be worthwhile for you and your classmates to suggest and talk over some of these ways.

和你的同学谈论这些方法是非常值得的。

For example, is it right to destroy or damage property⁵ on Halloween?

比如，在万圣节毁坏公物是否是正确的？

On page 450 you will find a list of books that tell of American boys and girls. You will surely⁶ want to read some of them.

在第450页，你会发现一些讲述美国男孩和女孩的书籍单，你一定会愿意读一读的。