第33章 竞赛当天

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她深吸一口气，试图平复内心的情绪，同时也在努力搜寻着关于城乡差距的点滴记忆和思考。

李丽深吸了一口气，鼓起勇气，开始用英语分享她对城乡差距的个人见解和记忆。

她的声音虽然一开始是颤抖的，但随着她深入讲述自己的故事，声音变得稳定了。

“i grew up a sall vil, where i had firsthand experience of the stark ntrast beeen urban and rural life for , the ost proent difference lies the opportunities for education and reurces the vil, i lived a thatched tta that leaked durg ray days, and the school nditions were eally arduo– a few worn-out desks and chairs, and a ottled bckboard, nstituted our entire teachg facilities

regardless of the weather, i had to walk several iles every day to t there teachers were scarce, and one teacher would teach all subjects we didn''t have english csses before the fourth grade; by the fifth or sixth grade, we were jt startg to learn the abcs of english

the enoic disparity was al evident the vil, i ually had a re fifty cents of pocket oney a day, and a nch stg a few yuan was barely enough to fill y stoach there were no extracurricur books, no pygrounds, no video gas; the only nnection to the outside world for children was a television set the happiest onts were when our parents returned fro work to visit durg those tis, the vil children would proudly parade their new clothes and toys bought by their parents

due to transferrg to a city school, i gradually gaed aess to a uch broader world filled with skyscrapers, cars, libraries, and ore the city, educational reurces are abundant and astonishg the schoo