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1、UnittwoGrowingupYouhavetodoyourowngrowingnomatterhowtallyourgrandfatherwas.____AlrahamLincalnWhenIwasaboyoffourteen,myfatherwassoignorantIcouldhardlystandtohavetheoldmanaround.ButwhenIgottobetwenty-one,Iwasastonishedathowmuchtheoldmanhadlearnedinsevenyears._____MarkTwainThedaythechildrealizest
2、hatalladultsareimperfect,hebecomesanadolescent;thedayheforgivesthem,hebecomesanadult;thedayheforgiveshimself,hebecomeswise._____AldenNaulanTextAManyteenagersbelievethatgrowingupisastruggletobeindependent.Theywanttobefreefromtheirparents’controlandtheywanttobedifferent.Readthefollowingtextandse
3、ehowayoungmanstrugglestostandonhisowntwofeet.TheDoctor’sSonHaroldEppleywithRochelleMelanderMyparentmovedtoVermontwhenIwasstillaninfant.Asoft-spokenman,myfathersettledquietlyintohismedicalpracticeinasmalltowncalledEnosburg.Soonthelocalpeopleacceptedhimasoneoftheirown.WordpassesquicklyinsmallVer
4、monttowns.Theyknowgoodpeoplewhentheymeetthem.Aroundtowntheneighborsgreetedmyfatheras“DocEppley.”AndIsoonlearnedthataslongasIlivedinEnosburgIwouldalwaysbeknownas“DoctorEppley’sson.”Onthefirstdayofschool,myclassmatescrowdedaroundmebecauseIwasthedoctor’son.“Ifyou’reanythinglikeyourfather,you’llbe
5、asmartboy,”myfirst-gradeteachersaid.Icouldn’tstopbeaming.Somewhereinthemidstofmyteenageyears,however,somethingchanged.Iwassixteenyearsoldandneighborsstillcalledme“DoctorEppley’sson.”TheysaidthatIwasgrowinguptobeanhonorableandindustriousyoungman,livinganhonestlifejustlikemyfather.Igroanedwhenev
6、erIheardtheircompliments.IwonderedhowIwouldeverfitinwithmyteenagefriends.Ihatedbeingfollowedbymyfather’sgoodname.AndsowhenstrangersaskedmeifIwasDoctorEppley’sson,Irepliedemphatically,“mynameisHarold.AndIcanmanagequitewellonmyown.”Asanactofrebellion,Ibegantocallmyfatherbyhisfirstname,Sam.“Whyar
7、eyouactingsostubbornlately?”myfatheraskedmeonedayinthemidstofanargument.“Well,Sam,”Ireplied,“Isupposethatbothersyou.”“YouknowithurtsmewhenyoucallmeSam,”myfathershouted.“Well,ithurtsmewheneverybodyexpectsmetobejustlikeyou.Idon’twanttobep
