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一个语法填空
How I Turned to Be Optimistic
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I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house,and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America.We were on the bus then.I was crying,and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me.I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.
* T- N) T) K) O& A& f I do not remember myself crying for this reason again.In fact,I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives.When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures.The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.
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The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism,but the idea did not come to me at once.For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves.I did not quite know what I was or what I should be.Mother remarried,and things became even more complex for me.Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other.I was often sad,and saw no end to "the hard times."
; n* [" P( S2 }' A My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home.I wrote letters,filled out forms,translated at interviews with Immigration officers,took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there,and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.
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From my experiences I have learned one important rule:almost all common troubles eventually go away!Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up,and just wait a little!I believe that my life will turn out all right,even though it will not be that easy.
我们的语法填空中把最后一个空even————叫我们填词,答案是though.但是填if可以吗?答案说表“即使、尽管”,两者有什么区别?
空在even后面

even if与even though有区别：
even if一般引导的是把握不大或假设的事情,
even though引出的是事实.
如：Even if we achieve great success in our work,we should not be proud.
即使我们在工作中取得了巨大成绩,也不应该自满.
Even though he was late,he was not criticized by the teacher．
虽然他晚了,可他并没有受到老师的批评.
Even though he knows it,he'll not let out the secret.
（他知道这个秘密）.
Even if he knows it,he'll not let out the secret.
（不确定他是否知道这个秘密）.
though 常表示一些已经确定的消息,
而if由它本身所带的“如果”的含义,表示了一种对假设信息的不确定