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8月里的一个下午,在列克星敦的一个小农场里,西奥多.帕克怯生生地问他的父亲:“爸爸,明天我可以休息一天吗?”西奥多的父亲是一位老实巴交的木匠,他制作的水车远近闻名。他惊讶地看了一眼最小的儿子,这可是活儿最忙的时候啊,小伙子少干一天,就可能影响他整个的工作计划。但是,西奥多企盼而坚决的目光让他不忍拒绝,要知道,西奥多平时可不是这样的。于是,他爽快地答应了这个要求。第二天,西奥多早早地就起来了,赶了10英里崎岖泥泞的山路,匆匆来到哈佛学院,参加一年一度的新生入学考试。从8岁
One afternoon in August, in a small farm in Lexington, Theodore Parker asked his father, timidly, “Daddy, can I rest for tomorrow?” Theodore’s father was a Honest carpenter, he made famous waterwheel. He glanced at the youngest son in astonishment, but this was the busiest time for a job, and a young man doing a little less could affect his entire work plan. However, Theodore’s hope and determination so that he could not bear to refuse, you know, Theodore is usually not the case. So he readily agreed to this request. Theodosia woke up the next morning, hurling 10 miles of rugged muddy hurdles and hurried to Harvard College for an annual freshman entrance exam. From 8 years old