晨讀英語美文100篇六級Tomorrow Will Be a Better Day

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:] [00:02.63]Passage 65 Tomorrow Will Be a Better Day [00:08.64]I'm 16. The other night while I was busy thinking about important social issues, [00:15.76]like what to do over the weekend, I overheard my parents talking about my future. [00:22.65]My dad was upset—not the usual stuff that he and Mom worry about, [00:29.10]like which college I'm going to, how far away it is from home and how much it's going to cost. [00:36.55]Instead, he was upset about the world his generation is turning over to mine. [00:43.44]He sounded like this: "There will be a pandemic that kills millions, [00:50.22]a devastating energy crisis, a horrible worldwide depression and a nuclear explosion set off in anger." [00:59.74]As I lay on the living room couch, starting to worry about the future my father was describing, [01:07.07]I found myself looking at some old family photos. [01:11.55]There was a picture of my grandfather in his uniform. [01:15.60]He was a member of the war class. [01:18.55]Next to his picture were photos of my great-grandparents. [01:23.70]Seeing those pictures made me feel a lot better. [01:27.64]I believe tomorrow will be better, not worse. [01:32.46]Those pictures helped me understand why. [01:35.41]I considered some of the awful things my grandparents and great-grandparents had seen in their lifetimes: [01:43.83]two world wars, killer flu, a nuclear bomb. [01:49.19]But they saw other things, too, better things: [01:53.56]the end of two world wars, the polio vaccine, passage of the civil rights laws. [02:01.01]I believe that my generation will see better things, too [02:05.93]—that we will witness the time when AIDS is cured and cancer is defeated; [02:11.95]when the Middle East will find peace, and the Cubs win the World Series—probably only once. [02:19.72]I will see things as inconceivable to me today as a moon shot was to my grandfather [02:27.37]when he was 16, or the Internet to my father when he was 16. [02:32.19]Ever since I was a little kid, whenever I've had a lousy day, [02:36.90]my dad would put his arm around me and promise me that "tomorrow will be a better day." [02:43.56]I challenged my father once, "How do you know that?" [02:48.27]He said, "I just do." I believed him. [02:52.54]As I listened to my Dad talking that night, [02:56.15]so worried about what the future holds for me and my generation, [03:00.86]I wanted to put my arm around him, and tell him what he always told me: [03:06.54]"Don't worry Dad, tomorrow will be a better day."

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