高频通用词 第 91 级 · 阅读短文

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In our town, harvest time was a shared effort.在我们镇上，收获时节的活是大家一起出力的事。 Every family worked in the fields near the river.每家人都到河边的田里干活。 An old rule said that people who did not help were punished.一条老规矩说，不来帮忙的人要受到「惩罚」。 The punishment was three days of labour on a neighbour's farm.「惩罚」是去邻居的农场多干三天「劳动」。

My grandmother had many stories about those days.我奶奶有许多关于那些日子的故事。 Her best tool was a small book with a cloth cover.她最好的工具是一本布面的小书。 Inside it was a recipe for bread we all loved.书里写着一个我们大家都喜欢的面包「做法」。 She wrote it in a colour that was nearly red.她用一种「接近」红色的「颜色」写了下来。

One year a poster announced a machine that changed our daily work.有一年，一张「海报」宣告一台机器来了，改变了我们每天的活。 It could mix flour far beyond our old speed.它调面粉的速度远远「超过」我们从前的手工。 The young workers wanted to use it for everything.年轻的工人们想什么都用它来做。 My grandmother said yes, but she asked for one thing.奶奶答应了，但她提了一个要求。 "Pardon," she said, "keep one thread of the old way."她说了一声「对不起」，又说要留住老办法里的那根「线」。

Today most of our bread is made by that machine.如今我们大部分面包都是那台机器做的。 Still, every Sunday we follow her recipe by hand.不过每个星期天，我们还是照她的做法用手做。 The town does not punish anyone now, and no punishment is needed.镇上现在不「惩罚」任何人了，也不再需要「惩罚」。