英语长篇阅读Teaching My Grandmother to Read全文翻译

英语长篇阅读Teaching My Grandmother to Read全文翻译

TEXT C "See Spot Run": Teaching My Grandmother To Read 　 When I was 14 years old and very impressed with my teenage status (looking toward to all the rewards it would bring), I set for myself a very special goal —— that to differentiate me from my friends that I dont believe I told a single one. As a teacher, I was expected to have deep, dark secrets, but I was not supported to keep them from my friends. 　 My secret was a project that I undertook every day after school for several months. It began to when I stealthily made my way into the local elementary school —— horror of horrors should I be seen; I was now in junior high. I identified myself as a graduate of the elementary school, and being taken under wing by a favorite fifth grade teacher, I was given a small bundle from a locked storeroom —— a bundle that I quickly dropped into a bag, lest anyone see me walking home with something from the "little kids" school. 　 I brought the bundle home —— proudly now, for within the confines of my home, I was proud of my project. I walked into the living room, and one by one, emptied the bag of basic reading books. They were thin books with colorful covers and large print. The words were monosyllabic and repetitive. I sat down to the secret task at hand. 　 "All right", I said authoritatively to my 70-year-old grandmother, "today we begin our first reading lesson". 　 For weeks afterwards, my grandmother and I sat patiently side by side roles reversed as she, with a bit of difficulty, sounded out every word, then read them again, piece by piece, until she understood the short sentences. When she slowly repeated the full sentence, we both would smile and clap our hands —— I felt so pound, so grown up. 　 My grandmother was born in Kalamata, Greece, in a rocky little farming village where nothing much grew. She never had the time to go to school. As she oldest child she was expected to take care of her brother and sister, as well as the house and acclimating exceptions, and he