点亮心灵的蜡烛

By Allegra/王 玲（编）

◆语篇导读

我们常常将蜡烛搁置在抽屉中，让它蒙上灰尘，静静地等待被点亮。其实，我们的心灵就像蜡烛芯，我们可以决定是否让它辉煌地燃烧。为了更好实现自我价值，让我们点亮心灵的蜡烛，以自己想要的方式发光吧！

I have a few candles stored in a drawer in my dining room.They're put there for romantic dinners or special parties.But as life becomes ordinaryday after day，they have lain among the napkins and other things without being noticed.They are waiting to be taken out and lit tosharetheir beautiful lightwithanyone who will take time tofeel their warmth.

Arenot welikethose candles?We are quietly waiting for someone to come and let us be ourselves.We are all waiting for our own time to shine.We each have a special light，which can'tbe matched withany other.

Candlesare made up ofwax（蜡）and wicks（烛芯）.We have bodies and souls.Candles are special in their colors，shapes and designs.Our histories and experiences are the reasons which make us who we are.Our souls are like candle wicks，which make our hearts burn.Unlike the candles in my drawer,we can control our minds and how brightly we will shine.

What is your candle of soul decided by?Does itdepend onenvironment or direction?Does it hide in the drawer of sadness，worry or anything else?Make a choiceto let yourself shine in the way that you want.

◆语块收藏

day after day日复一日

share...with...与……分享……

feel one's warmth感受某人的温暖

be like相像；像……

be matched with...与……匹配

be made up of...由……组成

depend on取决于；依靠

make a choice做出选择

◆典句欣赏

1.But as life becomes ordinary day after day，they have lain among the napkins and other things without being noticed.但是随着平淡的日子一天天过去，它们躺在餐巾纸和其他杂物之间渐渐不被人注意了。

as引导时间状语从句，意为 “随着”。without being noticed是介词短语，beingnoticed作介词without的宾语，being noticed属于现在分词的被动形式。

2.They are waiting to be taken out and lit to share their beautiful light with anyone who will take time to feel their warmth.它们等待着被拿出，被点亮，并与任何一个愿意花时间去感受它们温暖的人分享光芒。

这是一个复合句。who引导的是定语从句，修饰不定代词anyone。

3.Our histories and experiences are the reasons which make us who we are.我们的历史和经历成就了我们。

这是一个复合句。which引导定语从句，修饰先行词the reasons。who we are引导的从句作make的宾语补足语。

◆理解自测

根据短文内容，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案。

1.A few candles are put in a drawer to wait for_______.

A.a special time

B.an ordinary day

C.someone

D.not being noticed

2.We are like those candles because they_______.

A.both can be lit

B.have wax

C.have wicks

D.can be matched with any other

3.Whether you can let your soul brightly shine，it_______.

A.depends on environment

B.depends on direction

C.depends on candle

D.depends on your own choice

4.What does this passage want us toknow?

A.We can burn and shine in our own ways just like the lit candles.

B.We can control our thoughts.

C.Our soul candle are decided by sadness，worry or something else.

D.Candles can burn in their own way.

◆词句微练

根据所给汉语句子，完成下列英语句子。每空词数不限。

1.当你在生活中遇到困难时，我会和你一起分担。

When you have difficulties in life，I____________________________.

2.我没有合适的鞋子与这条裙子搭配。This dress can't__________________________________.

3.地球是由七大洲和五大洋组成。

seven continents and five oceans.

4.成功取决于你付出多少。

_______________________________________how much you pay.

5.面对困难，你不得不选择是前进还是后退。

Faced with difficulties，you_________，forward or back.

6.我正在等的人是我妈妈。

The person whom__________________is my mother.

7.我愿意帮助常帮助别人的人。

I would like to help anyone who________________________.

8.你可以选择以自己喜欢的方式去生活。

You can choose to live your life in the way______________________________.