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[难度系数】 **
【Sharing seconds】分享时刻
一把历经沧桑岁月的摇摇椅，摇出来的不仅仅是三代人的美好记忆，还有尊老爱幼、接力传承家庭文化的独特情结。
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My grandmother passed away at the age of 90. My mother and I went to her home and looked around a bit. It was the house where so many memories lived ... feeding birds in the backyard, rolling Easter eggs down the front hill, sitting on the grass playing cards and drinking lemonade. In the weeks and months after she died, it was so hard to be in the house without her.
She’d lived a simple life and hadn’t left much behind. We weren’t looking for money or anything valuable – we just wondered what kinds of things we might find.
In the living room, I saw grandma’s rocking chair. For as long as I could remember, she’d sit in that chair, knitting (编织) things and watching TV. I thought for a moment about taking it home with me, but it was far too big for my living room. Besides, I thought ... I’m not old yet. Why would I need a rocking chair?
Then my mom came in and looked at the same chair. “Ah, it’s mom’s rocking chair. You know, when I was a newborn, your grandmother would nurse me and put me to sleep while rocking in that chair. And when you were born, I did the same with you,” she said.
I had no idea about the chair’s history. For years, it stayed in our family and helped my mother and my grandmother as they dealt with the challenges of new motherhood. My husband and I had been talking recently about possibly having a child of our own ...
“I think I’ll take the chair home with me, if you don’t mind,” I said to my mother.
“Not at all,” she replied, with a knowing look in her eye.
【Treasure Box】
- valuable adj. 有价值的
- newborn n. 新生儿
- deal with 对付；应对
Difficult sentences:
For as long as I could remember, she’d sit in that chair, knitting (编织) things and watching TV.
释义：从我记事起，她经常坐在那张椅子上，织着什么，看着电视。
点拨：she’d sit 是 she would sit 的缩写，表示过去常常或者总会做的事情。knitting things and watching TV 是动词-ing形式表示伴随的用法。
例句： He would spend every penny he earned on books. 他总是会把他挣到的每一分花在买书上。
Besides, I thought ... I’m not old yet. Why would I need a rocking chair?
释义：此外，我认为……我还没老呢！为什么会需要一张摇椅呢?
点拨：besides 在此作副词，意为“此外，而且”。besides 还可作介词，后接名词，表示“除……之外还有”。
例句： She won’t mind if you’re late – besides, it’s hardly your fault.
她不会因你迟到而耿耿于怀——何况这并不是你的错。
Do you play any other sports besides basketball?
除了篮球外，你还从事别的体育活动吗？
【Comprehension test】
Choose the answer:
1. Which of the following does NOT describe the house?
A. It has a backyard.
B. It has a hill in the front yard.
C. There is grass in the yard.
D. There is a rocking chair in the yard.
2. Why did the writer and her mother go to the grandmother’s home?
A. To see how the grandmother lived.
B. To look for money that was left behind.
C. To see what they could find.
D. To find something valuable.
3. What made the writer decide to take the rocking chair home?
A. She had space for it in her living room.
B. She wanted to rock her child in it in the future.
C. She hoped to keep it for when she got older.
D. She planned to give her husband a surprise.
4. What title might the writer give this story?
A. Visiting grandma’s house again
B. Memories lost in an old house
C. Discovering a new world in an old house
D. Remembering grandma’s simple life
Vocabulary in use
Fill in the blanks:
The first rocking chair was 5. __________ (发明) in 1710 by tying two ice skates to the bottom of a chair, but it wasn’t 6. __________ 1787 that the term “rocking chair” finally entered the Oxford English Dictionary for Usage. At this time, rocking chairs were often designed for two or more people: a mother and child, or an 7. e__________ (年老的) person and his or her nurse.
There have been a number of research studies about the good of rocking, 8. i__________ improved balance, relaxation, faster healing (治愈) after surgery (手术) or birth, and so on. They are 9. __________ (common) used in birth centers, nurseries or nursing homes.
Keys:
1-4: D C B B 5. invented; 6. until; 7. elderly; 8. including; 9. commonly