2009年高考英语北京卷 - 阅读理解A

How I Turned to Be Optimistic
我是如何变得乐观

I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.
那年冬天的晚上，当我和父母从姑姑家回来时，母亲说我们可能很快就要去美国了，我开始感觉长大了。那时我们在公交车上。我哭了，公交车上的一些人转过身来看着我。我记得我无法忍受再也听不到我每天早上听的学校儿童广播节目。

I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see－the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.
我忘记了自己是否因为这又一次哭泣。实际上，我想当我向朋友和亲戚告别时，我很少哭。我们离开时，我想到了我要去的所有地方——那些我只从书本和图片中知道的奇怪和神奇的地方。那时我几乎忘记了我要离开再也不能回来的国家。

The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost－having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me．Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times."
接下来的四年教会了我乐观的重要性，但我并没有立刻意识到。在纽约的前两年，我真的很迷茫——由于家庭搬迁，我不得不在三所学校学习。我不太知道我怎么样或应该怎么样。母亲再婚，对我来说，事情变得更加复杂。在我和继父习惯彼此之前，经历了很长一段时间。我经常感到悲伤，感觉“艰难时刻”永无止境

My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives．
由于我的英语比家里其他人都好，所以我在家庭中的责任增加了很多。我写信，填写表格，与移民官员面谈时翻译，带我的祖父母去看医生并在那里翻译，甚至与公司代表讨论电话账单。

From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.
从我的经历中，我学到了一条重要的规则：几乎所有的常见问题最终都会消失！只要你不放弃，稍等片刻，一定会有好事发生！我相信我的生活会好起来的，尽管没那么容易。