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When I was very young, people in our village lived by planting fruit trees. My grandmother always took me to the orchard on the hill. At that time, they had to carry water from the river at the foot of the hill to halfway up the hill. Even though we worked so hard, the production level of fruit was still low because it was short of water there.
One day, two young men led a group of workers to our village. They learned about the difficulties we faced, and later, canals and other projects began to be built in my village. “Who are they?” I asked. “They are good men from our government,” my grandma replied.
Later, I moved to another city for my junior high school. The only reason why I ever came back to my hometown was my grandma.
One day, my family and I made time to return. We were surprised because everything had changed. The canal ran past every orchard so villagers didn't have to go up and down the hill any more. The river was now so clean that fish swam happily in it. When we arrived home, my grandma took out some fresh pears and apples. She told us a policy was made to encourage more people to increase the fruit production with clean water in the river.
Thank those good men for devoting themselves to the development of our countryside.
Nowadays, people work hard to live in a big city. However, we should not forget where we are from.
词汇
orchard /'ɔ:tʃəd/ n. 果园
canal /kə'næl/ n. 灌溉渠
policy /'pɒləsi/ n. 政策
increase /ɪn'kri:s/ v. 增加
devote /dɪ'vəʊt/ vt. 致力于
句型
1. Even though we worked so hard, the production level of fruit was still low because it was short of water there. 尽管我们很努力地干活，水果的生产水平仍然很低，因为那里缺水。
be short of 意为“缺少，缺乏”。
⇒ The little boy is not short of excuses when things go wrong.
2. Thank those good men for devoting themselves to the development of our countryside. 感谢那些致力于我国农村发展的好人们。
devote... to 意为“致力于……”，其中 to 为介词。
⇒ He devoted his life to helping poor people.
理解
1. Why was the production level of fruit still low though the villagers worked hard?
2. What changes have taken place in your hometown in the past few years? List some.
When I was very young, people in our village lived by planting fruit trees. My grandmother always took me to the orchard on the hill. At that time, they had to carry water from the river at the foot of the hill to halfway up the hill. Even though we worked so hard, the production level of fruit was still low because it was short of water there.
One day, two young men led a group of workers to our village. They learned about the difficulties we faced, and later, canals and other projects began to be built in my village. “Who are they?” I asked. “They are good men from our government,” my grandma replied.
Later, I moved to another city for my junior high school. The only reason why I ever came back to my hometown was my grandma.
One day, my family and I made time to return. We were surprised because everything had changed. The canal ran past every orchard so villagers didn't have to go up and down the hill any more. The river was now so clean that fish swam happily in it. When we arrived home, my grandma took out some fresh pears and apples. She told us a policy was made to encourage more people to increase the fruit production with clean water in the river.
Thank those good men for devoting themselves to the development of our countryside.
Nowadays, people work hard to live in a big city. However, we should not forget where we are from.
词汇
orchard /'ɔ:tʃəd/ n. 果园
canal /kə'næl/ n. 灌溉渠
policy /'pɒləsi/ n. 政策
increase /ɪn'kri:s/ v. 增加
devote /dɪ'vəʊt/ vt. 致力于
句型
1. Even though we worked so hard, the production level of fruit was still low because it was short of water there. 尽管我们很努力地干活，水果的生产水平仍然很低，因为那里缺水。
be short of 意为“缺少，缺乏”。
⇒ The little boy is not short of excuses when things go wrong.
2. Thank those good men for devoting themselves to the development of our countryside. 感谢那些致力于我国农村发展的好人们。
devote... to 意为“致力于……”，其中 to 为介词。
⇒ He devoted his life to helping poor people.
理解
1. Why was the production level of fruit still low though the villagers worked hard?
2. What changes have taken place in your hometown in the past few years? List some.
答案：1. Because it was short of water there.
2. - Canals were built and ran past every orchard, so villagers didn't have to carry water up and down the hill.
The river became so clean that fish swam happily in it.
A policy was made to encourage more people to increase fruit production.
2. - Canals were built and ran past every orchard, so villagers didn't have to carry water up and down the hill.
The river became so clean that fish swam happily in it.
A policy was made to encourage more people to increase fruit production.
解析：
1. 根据文中“Even though we worked so hard, the production level of fruit was still low because it was short of water there.”可知答案。
2. 从文中“The canal ran past every orchard so villagers didn't have to go up and down the hill any more. The river was now so clean that fish swam happily in it.”及“a policy was made to encourage more people to increase the fruit production”可总结变化。
2. 从文中“The canal ran past every orchard so villagers didn't have to go up and down the hill any more. The river was now so clean that fish swam happily in it.”及“a policy was made to encourage more people to increase the fruit production”可总结变化。