【全程复习方略】2014版高考英语 passage 14 making sandcastles双语美文集锦素材

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1、Passage14MakingSandcastlesAlittleboyisonhiskneesscoopingandpackingthesandwithplasticshovelsintoabrightbluebucket.Thenheupendsthebucketonthesurfaceandliftsit.And,tothedelightofthelittlearchitect,acastletoweriscreated.Allafternoonhewillwork，scoopingoutthemoatandpackingthewalls.Bottletopswill

2、besentries.Stickswillbebridges.Asandcastlewillbebuilt.Bigcity,busystreets,rumblingtraffic.Amanisinhisoffice.Athisdeskheputspapersintostacksandassignstasks.Thephoneisonhisshoulderandheisknockingthekeyboardwithhisfingers.Contractsaresignedandmuchtothedelightoftheman,aprofitismade.Allhislifeh

3、ewillwork，formulatingtheplans,forecastingthefuture.Profitswillbesentries.Capitalgainswillbebridges.Anempirewillbebuilt.Twobuildersoftwocastles.Theyhavemuchincommon.Theyshapelittlepebblesintograndbuildings.Theyarediligentanddetermined.Andforboththetidewillriseandtheendwillcome.Yetthatiswher

4、ethesimilaritiesstop.Fortheboyseestheendwhilethemanignoresit.Asthewavesnear,thewisechildjumpstohisfeetandbeginstoclap.Thereisnosorrow.Nofear.Noregret.Heknewthiswouldhappen.Heisnotsurprised.Andwhenthegreatbreakercrashesintohiscastleandhismasterpieceissuckedintothesea,hesmiles,picksuphistool

5、s,takeshisfather’shand,andgoeshome.Thegrownup,however,isnotsowise.Asthewaveofyearscollapsesonhiscastleheisterrified.Hetriestoprotectthesandymonument.Heblocksthewavesfromthewallshehasmade.Salt-watersoakedandshiveringhesnarlsattheincomingtide.“It’smycastle,”heprotests.Theoceanneednotrespond.

6、Bothknowtowhomthesandbelongs...Idon’tknowmuchaboutsandcastles.Butchildrendo.Watchthemandlearn.3Goaheadandbuild,butbuildwithachild’sheart.Whenthesunsetsandthetidestake——applaud.Salutetheprocessoflifeandgohome.堆沙堡的小男孩一个小男孩跪在那儿用塑料铲挖沙子，并把沙子装在一个鲜艳的蓝桶里。然后他把蓝桶倒扣在地上，把它提起。让这小建筑师高兴的是：一座城堡的塔楼就这样诞生了。他

7、会干一下午：挖护城河，建城墙，用瓶盖做岗哨，用木棍做桥，就这样，一座城堡建成了。某个大城市，喧嚣的街道，川流不息的交通。办公室里有一位男士。坐在办公桌前，他把文件堆叠在一起，布置任务。他将电话夹在肩头，手指敲击键盘。合同签字生效，让这位男士高兴的是，一笔利润就这样到手了。他一生都会工作：构想计划，预测未来。利润就是岗哨，资本收益就是桥梁。一个帝国就这样建成了。这两座城堡的建筑者有许多共同之处。他们会把细小的沙石变成宏伟的建筑。他们很用心也很有决心，而对于他们两个而言，涨潮都会发生，一切都会结束。然而，共同点到此为止