自考英语讲义0402.docxVIP

经典word整理文档，仅参考，双击此处可删除页眉页脚。 本资料属于网络整理，如有侵权，请联系删除，谢谢！ II. Text Learning Work Is a Blessing ① I grew up in Lakeland, Louisiana, one of 12 children. We all lived on my parents subsistence farm（自给自足的农场）. We grew cotton, sugar cane, corn, hogs, chickens and had a large garden, but it didnt bring in much cash. So when I was 12, I got a part-time job on a dairy farm down the road, helping to milk cows. We milked 65 cows at 5 in the morning, and again at 2 in the afternoon, seven days a week. ② In the kitchen one Saturday before daylight, I riiber complaining to my father and grandfather about having to go milk those cows. My father said, Ya know, boy, to work is a blessing. ③ I looked at those two men whod worked harder than I ever had - my father eking out a living on that farm, and my grandfather farming and working as a carpenter during the Depression. (1)I had a feeling I had been told something really important, but it took many years before it sank in（. 承上、 总结的话） ④ Going to college was a rare privilege for a kid from Lakeland, Louisiana. My father told me if I picked something to study that I liked doing, Id always look forward to my work. But he also added, Even having a job you hate is better than not having a job at all. I wanted to be a farmer, but I joined the ROTC（美）后备军官训练队，预备役军官训练营（Reserve Officers Training Corps） program to help pay for college. (2)And what started out as an obligation to the Army became a way of life that I stayed committed to for 37 years, three months and three days. 本部分重点及难点： 隐藏重难点解析 1. I had a feeling I had been told something really important, but it took many years before it sank in. 我有种感觉--父亲跟我说了一些确实 重要的东西，但许多年后我才真正理解。 sink in: be understood It took many years for the teachers words to sink in. 2. And what started out as an obligation to the Army became a way of life that I stayed committed to for 37 years, three months and three days. (1) an obligation to the Army 对于部队的义务 (2) a way of life 生活方式 (3) stay / be committed to 致力于 He has b