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浙江高考英语阅读理解d篇翻译 浙江高考英语阅读理解d篇翻译 PAGE / NUMPAGES 浙江高考英语阅读理解d篇翻译 2016 年浙江高考英语阅读理解 D 篇翻译 Two things changed my life: my mother and a white plastic bike basket. Two things changed my life: my mother and a white plastic bike basket. I have thought long and hard about it and it ’s true. I would be a different person if my m om hadn’t turned a silly bicycle accessory into a life lesson I carry with me today. My mother and father were united in their way of raising children, but it mostly fell to my mother to actually carry it out. Looking back, I honestly don’t know how she di d it. Managing the family budget must have been a very hard task., but she madeit look effortless. If we complained about not having what another kid did, we ’d hear something like, “I don’t care what so –and –so got for his birthday, you are not getting a TV in your room a car for your birthday a lsvish sweet 16 party. ” We had to earn our allowance by doing chores around the house. I can stil l remember how long it took to polish the legs of our coffee brothers can no doubt remember hours spent cleaning the house .Like the two little girls growing up at the White House,we made our own beds (no one left the house unitil that was done)and picked up after had to keep track of our belongings ,and if something was lost ,it was not replaced. It was summerand ,one day ,my mother drove me to the bike shop to get a tire fixedand there it was in the window, White, shiny, plastic and decorated with flowers ,the basket winked at me and I knew I knewI had to have it. “It ’s beautiful, ” my mother said when I pointed it out to her, ”What a neat basket. ” I tried to hold off at first ,I played it cool for a short then Iguess I couldn ’t atand it any longer: “Mon, please can I please ,please get it I ‘ll do extra chores for as long as you say, I ’ll do anything ,but I need that basket,I love that ,Mom .Please ” I was desperate. “You know, ” she said ,gently rubbing my back while we both stared at what I believ