You Are the Only One

　　I am in trouble, I need help. May I please get some help? Or when I am mad, who on this earth can help me? The answer is very simple. This is what Beverly asked when she was 15 years old. I was a friend of hers. She got kicked out of her family for fighting for her own independence. But when she got her independence, she felt regret. She wouldn't go back home. She wandered the streets and begged for money. Finally she realized that she needed to fight to build her own financial independence. It's a different and a harsher battle than at home. She has a strong character, so she started to feel confident about what she did. Now, she is at an age for college, but she has her own family with 2 sons and lovely husband.



　　单词: (independence n.独立; kick v.踢; financial adj.经济的; battle n.战役; character n.人物

　　　　　 confident adj.有信心的; college n.学院)





Writing your Own Comics

　　Ever thought about writing your own comics? I've read comics since I was a child. Now I am in college and studying Computer Science. I am sort of tired of all the math, and physics, so, I read cartoons for relaxation. In my free time I write my own comic strips. I first hang them on the wall. David, my classmates came to my room and suggested I should sell them it to a publisher and make extra cash. Yeah, I never thought of that, but the problem is I'm not a professional comic strip artist, and that's what publishers want.



　　单词: (comic n.喜剧; college n.学院; relaxation n.放松娱乐; sort n.种类; professional adj.专业的;

　　　　　 strip n.系列; publishers n.出版商)







Why? I Walk

　　　　　　　　　　　　　--By Carrl



　　This morning while I was cleaning up my ever-messy room, my father knocked on the door and asked if I wanted to go driving. By the tone of his voice I could tell that he wasn't going to be doing the driving, it would be me. "Sure," I said, as I began to picture myself crashing into curbs and other people's parked cars, "I guess I have to start sometime."



　　I will be among the first in my high school class to turn 18, but among the last to learn how to drive. For my friends it started years ago: the anticipation of their hands on the steering wheel, the accelerator under their foot, and especially, the freedom of the open road stretching out endlessly ahead of them.



　　While my friends were picking up their licenses sophomore year, I was picking up excuses: "I don't want to put myself or anyone else in danger," "It would only contribute to the pollution of the environment." "I can't really afford it." Though these statements all contained a certain amount of truth, they were only hiding the real reason: I simply had no desire to drive. Why? In part because I just didn't want to place my trust in that monstrous piece of man-made machinery, but what I realize now is that I was afraid of becoming dependent. For my peers, driving meant freedom. For me it represented a restraint. I didn't want to learn how to drive because then I would have to pay for insurance and gas which meant I'd have to get a job and then I'd probably have to drive to that job. I was afraid of entering a vicious circle I wouldn't be able to get out of.



　　I have walked to and from school almost every day since fifth grade. When neighbors pass, even on cold and snowy days, they rarely offer me a ride because they know I prefer to walk. For me, walking is the way I see the changing of the seasons. If I didn't have to walk through some snow, I'd feel as though I'd missed out on winter. Likewise if I didn't get to see the violets coming up from under the pine needles on the pine needles on the side of the road, I'd feel as though I'd missed out on a part of spring. Walking in the morning helps me wake up and prepare for school. In the afternoon it helps clear my mind after my classes.



　　When I walk somewhere, I become more deliberate about where I am going. I arrive at my destination with energy and focus. It helps me to appreciate the time I spend there because I know it must be worth the effort I took to get there.



　　If my father asks me again next weekend if I want to go driving, I will answer him "yes". I want to learn how to drive because I know I will have to drive. It is a skill one needs in order to function in this society. For now, though, while I can, I prefer to walk, not because it is different but because it makes sense to me, because it is part of my independence.



　　单词: (ever-messy adj.曾经凌乱的; driving v.驾驶; crashing v.碰撞; tone n.音调; anticipation n.期望;

　　　　　 steering wheel n.齿轮; accelerator n.加速器; especially adv.尤其; freedom n.自由; stretching v.延展; 　　　　　　　 endlessly adv.无休止地; licenses n.护照 ;sophomore n.大二学生; contribute v.贡献; pollution n.污染; 　　　　　　　　 environment n.环境; afford v.足以承担; statement n.陈述，声明书; contained v.使卫生; amount n.数量;

　　 　　　monstrous adj.非常的; likewise adv.而且; vicious adj.荒谬的; deliberate v.从容的; destination n.目的地; 　　　　　　 appreciate v.欣赏; function n.作用; prefer to 更喜欢; independence n独立.)

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