高中必修一 · 第 7 课
值得铭记的一生 A Life Worth Remembering
Lily 为爷爷写传记：一个从贫困中走出来的工程师，用一生证明了坚持和勇气的力量。
📖 21 个单词📄 416词长文📝 6+13 题
1本课单词
2课文精读：值得铭记的一生 (A Life Worth Remembering · 约416词)
Lily 为爷爷写传记：一个从贫困中走出来的工程师，用一生证明了坚持和勇气的力量。 读课文，先自己理解，再点 🔊 听朗读。
A Life Worth Remembering
Lily's English assignment was to write a biography of a person of achievement in her family. She chose her grandfather, a retired engineer whose life story she had heard a hundred times but never truly understood. 'He overcame great hardship to become a professional in his field,' she wrote in her first draft, then stopped. How could a few lines capture sixty years?
Lily 的英语作业是写一篇家族中杰出人物的传记。她选择了爷爷——一位退休工程师，他的故事她听过一百遍，却从未真正理解。“他克服重重艰难，成为所在领域的专业人士，”她在初稿里写道，然后停下了。几行字怎能写尽六十年？
Her grandfather was born in a small town where education was a luxury. His family was so poor that he studied by candlelight after working in the fields all day. He earned his way through school, obtained a diploma, and became the first graduate in his family. 'I never had a good teacher,' he once told Lily, 'so I decided to be my own.'
爷爷出生在一个教育是奢侈品的小镇。家里穷得他白天干完农活，晚上点着蜡烛学习。他靠自己挣学费读完书，拿到文凭，成为家族里第一个大学毕业生。“我从来没有遇到过好老师，”他曾对 Lily 说，“所以我决定做自己的老师。”
His career was never smooth. He faced obstacle after obstacle: failed experiments that cost years, a factory that closed overnight, and a serious illness that nearly ended everything. But he persisted. When others gave up, he started again. His persistence was rewarded with miracle after miracle — patents, promotions, and the respect of every colleague who worked beside him. Each promotion came at a price, but his family always said he never once complained.
他的职业生涯从不平坦。障碍接踵而至：耗费数年的失败实验、一夜倒闭的工厂、几乎毁掉一切的重病。但他坚持着。别人放弃时，他重新开始。他的坚持换来一个又一个奇迹——专利、晋升，以及身边每位同事的尊重。每一次晋升都有代价，但家人总说他从未抱怨过一次。
In his later years, he trained young colleagues and shared his knowledge freely. His reputation grew, yet he remained humble. 'Knowledge is not a treasure to lock away,' he liked to say. 'It is a river that must keep flowing.' He was always seeking new things to learn, even learning to use a smartphone at the age of seventy. Young engineers still call him for advice, and he answers every call with patience.
晚年时，他毫无保留地培养年轻同事、分享知识。他名声渐长，却始终谦逊。“知识不是锁起来的宝藏，”他常说，“而是必须不断流淌的河流。”他总在寻找新的东西学习，七十岁还在学用智能手机。年轻工程师至今还打电话向他请教，他每次都耐心回答。
Lily asked him the secret of his success. He smiled and thought for a long time. 'Courage is not the absence of fear,' he said slowly. 'It is moving forward in spite of it. And remember: failure is not the opposite of success; it is part of success.' Lily wrote the words in her journal, feeling that she had received a treasure greater than any prize.
Lily 问他成功的秘诀。他微笑着想了很久。“勇气不是没有恐惧，”他慢慢地说，“而是尽管恐惧仍向前走。记住：失败不是成功的反面，而是成功的一部分。”Lily 把这句话写进日记，觉得自己得到了一件比任何奖品都珍贵的财富。
When Lily finished reading the biography aloud in class, her voice trembled on the last page. The classroom was silent for a moment, and then Cozy teacher said softly, 'Your grandfather's story is a triumph of the human spirit.' Everyone applauded. Walking home, Lily felt proud — not of the applause, but of the quiet, noble life she had been lucky enough to know. The applause died down, but the pride in her heart did not.
当 Lily 在课堂上朗读完传记时，她的声音在最后一页微微颤抖。教室沉默了片刻，然后 Cozy 老师轻声说：“你爷爷的故事是人类精神的胜利。”大家鼓起掌来。回家路上，Lily 感到骄傲——不是为掌声，而是为她有幸认识的那个安静而高尚的生命。掌声平息了，但她心中的骄傲没有。
📖 读后理解（0/6）
1. Who did Lily write the biography about?
2. How did her grandfather study as a child?
3. What obstacles did he face in his career?
4. What did he say knowledge is like?
5. What did he say courage is?
6. How did the class react to Lily's reading?
3语法小课堂：非谓语动词综合 & 一般过去时叙事
非谓语动词综合（不定式 / -ing / -ed）
to do（目的/将来）/ doing（主动/进行）/ done（被动/完成）
不定式表目的：He worked hard to earn money for school. （他努力工作挣钱上学。）
-ing 表主动进行：Standing at the gate, he waited for his friend. （站在门口，他等朋友。）
-ed 表被动完成：Encouraged by his teacher, he tried again. （受到老师鼓励，他再次尝试。）
⚠️ 判断非谓语：先找逻辑主语，再判断主动还是被动，最后看动作先后。
一般过去时叙事
主语 + 动词过去式（规则 +ed / 不规则变化）
传记叙事用一般过去时：He was born in 1950 and grew up in a small town. （他 1950 年出生，在一个小镇长大。）
时间标志：in 1950 / when he was young / then / later。
两个过去动作先后：先发生的用过去完成时（had done）。
⚠️ 写人物传记时，动词时态主线 = 一般过去时，回忆更早的事用过去完成时。
👨🏫Cozy 老师说：高中语法重在「在语境中理解」——多读课文里的例句，语法自然就活了。
4课后练习（0/13）
1. ___ hard to earn money for school, he worked day and night.
2. ___ by his teacher, he tried again.
3. He was born in 1950 and ___ in a small town.
4. By the time he was 20, he ___ his first job.
5. He obtained a ___ and became the first graduate in his family.
6. career 的意思是：
7. He faced many ___ in his career.
8. ___ means to continue doing something in spite of difficulties.
9. He remained ___ in spite of his success.
10. Failure is not the opposite of success; it is ___ of success.
11. His story is a ___ of the human spirit.
12. The old man was always ___ new things to learn.
13. ___ the biography aloud, her voice trembled.