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中学词汇讲解 【学习效果】 通过深入学习?24?篇文章，真正掌握画括号的方法，同时增加?1500?左 右的高频核心单词！建议?1-2?天学?1?篇，40?天内拿下这?12?篇文章！ 【建议】 把这份讲义完整打印下来，单词右边的空白处用来反复抄写单词，以尽 量熟悉每个单词的拼写。 【自学更多】 请按以下步骤，自学更多文章，不断积累单词： Step1.?遇到生词 Step2.?查手机字典 Step3.?听一下读音 Step4.?抄到本子上 Step5.?反复背这个单词 Step6.?反复读这篇文章 （以上步骤超级清楚、明确，只要照做，词汇量必有飞速提升！） 浙江卷?A?篇 Passage?1 【原文回顾】 Wealth?starts?with?a?goal?saving?a?dollar?at?a?time.?Call?it?the?piggy?bank?strategy(?策?略?).?There?are lessons?in?that?time-honored?coin-saving?container． Any?huge?task?seems?easier?when?reduced?to?baby?steps.?I?f?you?wished?to?climb?a?12,000-foot?mountain, and?could?do?it?a?day?at?a?time,?you?would?only?have?to?climb?33?feet?daily?to?reach?the?top?in?a?year.?If?you want?to?take?a?really?nice?trip?in?10?years?for?a?special?occasion,?to?collect?the?$15,000?cost,?you?have?to?save $3．93?a?day.?If?you?drop?that?into?a?piggy?bank?and?then?once?a?year?put?$1,434?in?a?savings?account?at?1% interest?rate?after-tax,?you?will?have?your?trip?money． When?I?was?a?child,?my?parents?gave?me?a?piggy?bank?to?teach?me?that,?if?I?wanted?something,?I?should save?money?to?buy?it.?We?associate?piggy?banks?with?children,?but?in?many?countries,?the?little?containers?are also?popular?with?adults.?Europeans?see?a?piggy?bank?as?a?sign?of?good?fortune?and?wealth.?Around?the world,?many?believe?a?gift?of?a?piggy?bank?on?New?Year’s?Day?brings?good?luck?and?financial?success.?Ah, but?you?have?to?put?something?in?it． Why?is?a?pig?used?as?a?symbol?of?saving??Why?not?an?elephant?bank,?which?is?bigger?and?holds?more coins??In?the?Middle?Ages,?before?modern?banking?and?credit?instruments,?people?saved?money?at?home,?a few?coins?at?a?time?dropped?into?a?jar?or?dish.?Potters(制陶工)?made?these?inexpensive?containers?from?an orange-colored?clay(黏土)?called?“pygg,”?and?folks?saved?coins?in?pygg?jars．The?Middle?English?word?for pig?was?“pigge”.?While?the?Saxons?pronounced?pygg,?referring?to?the?clay,?as?“pug”,?eventually?the?two words?changed?into?the?same?pronunciation,?sounding?the?“i”?as?in?pig?or?piggy.?A