美国小学英语教材5:第209课 内容回顾

A BACKWARD LOOK

内容回顾

Now read again the pledge of the Athenian boys. In what ways did the boys and girls in these stories live up to that pledge? Who would not desert his comrade? Who was loyal and true? Who was faithful to his duty? Who taught someone else to be careful?

现在再读一遍雅典男孩的誓言。这些故事中的男孩和女孩在哪些方面实现了这一承诺？谁不抛弃他的同伴呢？谁是忠诚和真实的？谁忠于职守？谁教别人要小心?

You have probably been told many times that you should be loyal and brave, but have you ever stopped to think what loyalty¹ and bravery are? Does loyalty mean unselfishness, too? Try to think of a way in which a person would have to be unselfish in order to be loyal. Does bravery mean not being afraid, or does it mean something more than that? Are there other kinds of bravery than daring to do something that may injure or kill you? Perhaps you can answer this by telling how Josie was brave.

你可能已经被告知许多次，你应该忠诚和勇敢，但你有没有停下来想一想什么是忠诚和勇敢？忠诚也意味着无私吗？试着想想一个人为了忠诚而必须无私的方式。勇敢意味着不害怕，还是意味着更多？除了敢于做可能伤害或杀死你的事情之外，还有什么其他的勇气吗？也许你可以用乔西的勇敢来回答这个问题。

It may be that you have never thought of yourself as a real citizen of the United States. You may have thought that you had to wait until you were grown up before you could be a citizen. But that is not true. You are a citizen just as much as your father and mother. Learning your lessons at school, playing games hard and fairly, doing the little jobs around the home faithfully and cheerfully, you are doing your part in making your home and your country a better and more beautiful place in which to live.

也许你从来没有想过自己是一个真正的美国公民。你可能认为你必须等到长大了才能成为一名公民。但事实并非如此。你是一个公民，就像你的父母一样。在学校里学习功课，公平努力地玩游戏，忠实而愉快地做家务，你正在为使你的家和你的国家成为一个更美好、更美丽的居住地尽自己的一份力量。

Did you read any of the stories that are named at the ends of the stories in this part? Did you find any names to add to your honor roll of Good Citizens? You may want to go on and read some more stories of boys and girls at work and at play. Your book list on page 433 will help you to find such stories.

你读过这部分结尾的故事吗？你找到好公民的名单上的名字了吗？你可能想继续读一些关于男孩和女孩在工作和玩耍的故事。你在433页的书单会帮助你找到这样的故事。

1 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。