江苏 袁晶晶

想象力是人类创新的源泉，是创造的动力，会影响一个人的人生态度。 “我”的童年就是一段充满想象力的美好岁月。 “我”现在的积极人生态度都得益于此。

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When I was a child, I had many dreams.Sometimes, I wished I was an astronaut going up into space, finding new planets and jumping around in a cool space suit. Other times, I imagined being a cowboy in the Wild West,wearing stylish cowboy boots. On other occasions, I pretended to be a famous footballer,using my skills to score lots of goals for my team.

Looking back, I realize that imagination is a wonderful thing. I was able to create entire environments and scenarios in my head, using nothing more than my brain, and was able to adapt things in my everyday surroundings to fit the specific story of the day. Growing up with siblings (兄弟姐妹) also helped, as it meant that even bigger stories could be created, combining our ideas and putting our thoughts into action. It also allowed for more varieties in the stories, as sometimes I could be the hero while on other occasions, I would be the bad guy.

One of my all-time favorite memories as a kid was playing in my back garden. I played a role in Indiana Jones, which cleaned up at the cinema at that time, with my younger sister as my assistant and my brother as a bad person.We used everything in our garden, from the path to the fence, as part of the storyline to create obstacles that needed to be overcome, and we would keep the story going for hours!

My personal favorite game was the Stolen Easter Eggs, where my brother hid small chocolate eggs around the garden and my sister and I had to find them by answering questions or solving a puzzle. It was difficult, but eventually we found all the eggs and shared them together.

Since then, I have seen many great things and met many amazing people. The element of fun and varieties of my creative imagination are what I try to bring into every part of my positive life. So I can enjoy sharing with others and hearing about other people's stories, too.

Reading Check

1. What can we know about the author from his childhood?

A. He enjoyed living a life full of freedom.

B. He was longing to experience adventurous things.

C. He was always imagining a bright life for his future.

D. He had a clear picture of what he would do after growing up.

2. Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “scenarios” in paragraph 2?

A. Experiences.

B. Situations.

C. Positions.

D. Excuses.

3. From the passage, we know that Indiana Jones was ______.

A. an astronaut

B. a famous footballer

C. a hot film

D. a very popular book

4. What does this text mainly focus on?

A. My creative imagination.

B. My childhood.

C. My positive life today.

D. My pride in myself.

Language Study

Difficult sentence

On other occasions, I pretended to be a famous footballer, using my skills to score lots of goals for my team. 在其他时候，我假装成一名著名的足球运动员，用我的技术为我的球队踢进了很多球。

【点石成金】本句中using my skills to score lots of goals for my team为现在分词短语作伴随状语，与主语I构成主谓关系。