初中英语
It begins with an old man recalling the past. The old man is
Gao Shi and his story deeply impressed(给……留下深刻印象)
me. When he was a child, he had a terrible stammer(口吃) and
had trouble reading. When he read a book, he just couldn’t
concentrate(集中注意力). For him, the characters were like
tadpoles(蝌蚪) swimming on the pages. He was unable to study
alone and had to ask other children to read books for him first
so that he could understand and remember them. Although he