Unit1 The Fourth of July The first time I went to Washington D
was on the edge of the summer when I was supposed to stop being a child
At least that’ s what they said to us all at graduation from the eighth grade
My sister Phyllis graduated at the same time from high school
I don’ t know what she was supposed to stop being
But as graduation presents for us both, the whole family took a Forth of July trip to Washington D
, the fabled and famous capital of our country
我第一次到华盛顿的时候是初夏那时我想我不应该再当一个孩子
至少这是他们在八年级的毕业典礼上对我们说的
我的姐姐菲利斯在同一时间从高中毕业
我不知道她应该不再当一个什么
但当作是送给我们俩的毕业礼物,我们全家在国庆日前往华盛顿旅游,那是传奇而著名的我国首都
It was the first time I’ d ever been on a railroad train during the day
When I was little, and we used to go to the Connecticut shore, we always went at night on the milk train, because it w