2023年山东省济南市中考 - 阅读理解B

Like most parents, mine spent much time advising me to take part in activities outside school. However, they never forced me, and I never found anything I was interested in. Then one day a friend at school told me about a local dance group and asked if I wanted to go with her. So after school we went to talk to the dance teacher. She explained everything to us and we both decided to join.
和大多数父母一样，我的父母花了很多时间建议我参加校外活动。然而，他们从未强迫我，我也没有找到我感兴趣的。然后有一天，学校的一个朋友告诉我当地有一个舞蹈团，问我是否想和她一起去。放学后，我们去和舞蹈老师交流。她向我们解释了一切，我们俩都决定加入。

My parents were really pleased to hear I’d finally chosen dancing. They think if you develop an interest in doing something yourself, it will be easier to succeed.
听说我终于选择了跳舞，我父母真的很高兴。他们认为，如果你对自己做某事产生兴趣，成功会更容易。

I’ve now been attending the dancing classes for 3 years and I really enjoy it. We are organized into age groups, and at 16 I’m now in the oldest class. There are classes of swing dance, ballet, street dance and folk dance. I practice street dance and I’m quite good at it. I also help out leading some of the younger children.
我已经上舞蹈课3年了，我真的很喜欢。我们按年龄分组，16岁的我现在是在最年长的班上。有摇摆舞、芭蕾舞、街舞和民族舞等课程。我练习街舞，我很擅长。我还帮助带领一些年幼的孩子。

We also take part in events like local and even national dance shows, and relatives turn up to see their children perform. My parents are proud of me as they tell me all the time.
我们还参加了当地甚至全国性的舞蹈表演等活动，亲戚们也会来看他们的孩子表演。我的父母一直告诉我，他们为我感到骄傲。

Now I’ll be too old to continue dancing with the group. However, I have already made plans to continue with them. The dance school has become very successful and is opening new classes. The director has asked if I’d like to be one of the group leaders and of course I said “yes”!
现在我年纪太大了，不能继续和这个团体跳舞了。然而，我已经制定了继续实施这些的计划。这所舞蹈学校非常成功，正在开设新的课程。负责人问我是否愿意当组长，我当然愿意了！

— By Julie, 16