A BACKWARD LOOK
往期回顧
The stories you have just read are samples. In your town or school library and in magazines written especially for young American citizens,
你剛剛讀到的這些故事是樣本,在你的城鎮或學校圖書館,或是專門為年輕的美國公民撰寫的雜志上,
you will find countless stories about boys and girls like yourself. It is always interesting to learn what others like ourselves are doing.
你會發現許多與男孩女孩有關的故事,他們和你一樣,了解一些和我們一樣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.
有時我們驚訝地發現他們和我們的經歷一樣,有時我們學習了一些幫助我們的新事物和新想法。
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.
或許你了解一只棒球,籃球或足球隊,雖然他們似乎一定會輸,但它們從落后轉為了勝利。
When a team goes into a game feeling sure of victory, what danger does it face?
如果一直球隊在比賽中感覺一定會贏,那么它們會面臨什么風險呢?
In addition to Rodney, was there a person in one of these stories that you think would have made a good leader?
除了羅德尼,你認為故事中還有誰可以成為好的領導者?
You have just read about the boyhood days of two of our country's great men. Is there another great person about whose youthful days you know?
你剛剛閱讀了我國兩名偉人的少年時期的故事,你還知道其他名人的少年時期故事嗎?
It would be interesting to write a little story or prepare a little talk about that person's boyhood or girlhood days.
寫一點關于他們青少時期的小故事或準備一小段對話一定很有意思。
You have been told that young American citizens have duties to perform at home and at school.
人們說年輕的美國公民需要在家里和學校盡義務。
There are also ways in which boys and girls can help make the town or city a better place in which to live.
還有許多女孩和男孩們可以用來讓你居住的城鎮或城市變得更好的方法。
It would be worthwhile for you and your classmates to suggest and talk over some of these ways.
和你的同學談論這些方法是非常值得的。
For example, is it right to destroy or damage property on Halloween?
比如,在萬圣節毀壞公物是否是正確的?
On page 450 you will find a list of books that tell of American boys and girls. You will surely want to read some of them.
在第450頁,你會發現一些講述美國男孩和女孩的書籍單,你一定會愿意讀一讀的。