第43课（245字 2分钟）

Passage Forty-three

（K4 level）

1. The most difficult thing for university student Shaun Rogers is opening the classroom door by himself.

2. Shaun can’t do this without help because he is only six years old.

3. He’s the youngest person ever to study at Rochester University in New York.

4. Shaun began reading at two and by the age of five he had read many books and was able to finish writing his first book.

5. Shaun said that he loved learning and that his hero was the scientist Albert Einstein because he never combed his hair or wore socks.

6. Shaun’s mother first realized that her son was different when he kept crying at playschool because he was bored with the children’s games.

7. She started teaching him at home after finding that local schools were not prepared for children who learnt at Shaun’s speed.

8. Now Shaun is studying geography at university and using the Internet to finish his high school studies.

9. However, some scientists warn that too much study can stop a child from developing normally.

10. Dr. Brain Wood said that he didn’t care how clever the kid was, six-year-olds had to play with their friends.

11. Mrs. Rogers disagreed that all her son’s time was taken up by school work.

12. Mrs. Rogers explained that he loved the violin and had many outdoor interests, such as camping, fishing, and swimming, just like other boys of his age.

生词表（New Words）

1. difficult 困难的                 thing 事情              student 学生

2. without 没有                    help 帮助               because 因为

3. youngest 最年轻的            person 人

4. began 开始                       reading 阅读                 age 年龄  

finish 完成                      writing 写

5.loved 喜欢                          hero 英雄                 scientist 科学家

combed 梳理

6. realized 意识到               different 不同的      bored 无聊的

7. prepared 准备好的                 learnt 学习

8. studying 学习                  using 使用             finish 完成

9. warn 警告                               stop 停止               developing 发展

10. care 在乎                       clever 聪明的        play 玩

11. disagreed 不同意           taken up 占据

12. explained 解释               interests 兴趣

1. 对于大学生肖恩·罗杰斯来说，最困难的事情就是自己打开教室的门。

2. 肖恩无法在没有帮助的情况下做到这一点，因为他只有六岁。

3. 他是纽约罗切斯特大学历史上最年轻的学生。

4. 肖恩两岁开始阅读，到了五岁，他已经读了很多书，并能够完成写下他的第一本书。

5. 肖恩说他喜欢学习，他的英雄是科学家阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦，因为爱因斯坦从不梳头发，也不穿袜子。

6. 肖恩的母亲第一次意识到她的儿子与众不同，是因为他在托儿所总是哭泣，因为他觉得孩子们的游戏很无聊。

7. 她在发现当地学校无法适应像肖恩这样以超快速度学习的孩子后，开始在家里教他。

8. 现在肖恩正在大学学习地理，并通过互联网完成他的高中学业。

9. 然而，一些科学家警告说，过度学习可能会阻止孩子正常发展。

10. 布莱恩·伍德博士说，他不在乎这个孩子有多聪明，六岁的孩子必须和朋友一起玩。

11. 罗杰斯夫人不同意所有时间都用来做功课的说法。

12. 罗杰斯夫人解释说，他喜欢小提琴并且有许多户外兴趣，如露营、钓鱼和游泳，就像其他同龄男孩一样。