浙江高考英语阅读理解d篇翻译.pdf

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 mom hadn 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 ’ did it. Managing the family budget must have been a very hard task., but she made it look effortless. If we complained about not having what another kid did, we ’ something like, “Idon ’caret 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. ” 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 table.My 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 ourselves.We had to keep track of our belongings ,and if something was lost ,it was not replaced. It was summer and ,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, ” I tried to hold off at first ,I played it cool for a short while.But then Iguess I couldn atand it any longer: “Mon, please can I please ,please get it? I ‘ long a