首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
There is a window in the office where I work that overlooks the playground next door. Seated at my desk, I can look out this win
There is a window in the office where I work that overlooks the playground next door. Seated at my desk, I can look out this win
admin
2013-02-05
81
问题
There is a window in the office where I work that overlooks the playground next door. Seated at my desk, I can look out this window and am rewarded with a most delightful view. Several times during the day, the students at the elementary school are released to the always ready play are A. Children of many colors and sizes romp around the grounds, whooping and hollering and carrying on as children do. I see swings flying in the air, teeter totters balancing precariously on end, big robber balls earning new bruises on the blacktop. In the foreground are picnic benches under an aging oak tree, where little girls come to share secrets and little boys sneak up from behind to steal them away.
As I sit at my desk and observe the frenzied play of these children who are working so hard at being children, I see a small boy to my right. What catches my eye is that he is standing in the area of the soccer goal, by himself, looking down at his shoes. He picks at his navy blue sweat jacket, pulling the string ties back and forth through the casing. He stubs his Nike’d tennis shoe in the dirt, again, and again, and again. I see his lips move--he seems to be talking to himself, all alone, oblivious to the world around him. There are children at play in the background, plenty to team up with, yet he stands idle, off to himself.
Watching him, I begin to fantasize about his melancholy. Is he an only child of working parents who are so busy with their own lives they don’t have time for him? Or is he one of several children, caught in the stampede of family life, getting trampled on by the older children as they pass him up, and pulled down by the younger siblings as they compete with him. Is he loved or abused? Smart or slow to learn? What does he think about when he’s by himself? What are his dreams? His fears? Is he a new child, too shy to make friends? Or is he a victim of the cruelties of child’s play?
Days of my own childhood come flooding back to me. Remembering the days when I felt as he must be feeling now, so alone. As an adult, I can still feel that sometime hollowness. I understand these feelings even less than I did when I was his age. I ache for this small child that bas so much to learn and experience, as much potential for pain in his future as happiness. I want to reach out to him, wrap my arms around him and tell him that it’s ok, he’s not alone, that I care, as will so many others in his life to come. I want to assure him that it’s alright to feel the way he does, but that it gets better and he must look to the good things, to learn from his experiences. I want to give him all the answers to all the questions that no one ever gets until they don’t need to know anymore.
I find myself rising from behind my desk, mesmerized by the little form before me. I walk towards the window, my eyes not budging front their goal. He’s still plowing the earth with the toe of his shoe, talking away to whatever has a moment to listen. My eyes fill with tears--I can’t bear this pain any more. I reach out for the window frame, leaning into it in weariness of a life hard fought, knowing of the battle he has yet to face...
Out of the window, the author can see the following EXCEPT ______.
选项
A、a playground
B、middle school students
C、playing equipment
D、plants
答案
B
解析
细节理解题。对应文章第一段,考察对细致描写文字的把握力。ACD文中均有提及,根据...the students at the elementary school are released... 可知应选B项。teeter totter n.跷跷板
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/7fhK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtotheconversation?
WhichoneofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtotheaccident?
PerhapsthemostheatedargumentacrosstheUnitedStatestodayisthedeathpenalty.Manyarguethatitisan【C1】______deterr
Therearehiddenfactorswhichscientistscall"feedbackmechanisms".Nooneknowsquitehowtheywill【C1】______withthecha
Listeningtoothersisanimportantpartofcommunication.Manymoreerrorsanddifficulties【C1】______misunderstandingwhatyou
Certainlynocreatureintheseais【C1】______thanthecommonseacucumber.Alllivingcreatures,especiallyhumanbeings,havet
Thehumannoseisanunderratedtool.Humansareoftenthoughttobeinsensitivesmellerscomparedwithanimals,【31】thisislarg
One______symptomofthediseaseisprogressivelossofmemory.
Theproductionofthesecancerouscells______theproductionofnormalwhitebloodcells.
Themedicalexpertswarnedtheauthoritiesofthedangerofdiseaseinthe______oftheearthquake.
随机试题
A.滋水涵木B.益火补土C.培土生金D.金水相生E.水火既济
胸骨左缘第二肋间隙属于左锁骨中线内侧第五肋间处属于
法兰可以自由活动,法兰穿螺丝时非常方便,但不能承受较大压力的法兰连接是( )。
汉译英:“包装;装箱单”,正确的翻译为( )。
下列哪项相关性系数表示了最弱的线性关系
甲企业2015年已计入到成本、费用中的全年实发的合理工资、薪金总额为40000元,销售(营业)收入120000元,实现利润总额100000元,发生业务招待费3000元。根据企业所得税法律制度的规定,该企业在计算2015年应纳税所得额时,准予扣除的业务招待费
一般地说,劳动争议的解决机制包括()。
材料:某班的57名中学生参与了一个中学生心理状况调查,调查结果显示,该班超过一半的学生经常出现情绪低落的状况。不少学生表示压力太大,但不知该如何面对这些压力。“自己已经很努力了,可就是学不好”“成绩不好对不起家长”“我感到孤独、寂寞”“我总想和他
渗透性的音乐教育活动
Itisexcitingtoapplyforajobthatreallyappealstoyou.Inmakingyourapplication,thereareanumberofpointsforyout
最新回复
(
0
)