英语翻译August has always been difficult for me.It is the time w

英语翻译
August has always been difficult for me.It is the time when I realize that the books my English teacher assigned to me are not going to read themselves and that I have a difficult month in front of me.
You might think that I don’t want to spend my summer reading,but that’s not the problem:I love reading.On the first day of my summer holidays this year,I went to the library and got “A Gathering of Old Men” by African-American writer Ernest Gaines.I enjoyed it very much.I read all the magazines that my parents subscribe to and spend about 30 minutes every day with the morning paper.So why do I hate summer reading for school?Because the books on summer reading lists are often slow-going and just uninviting.Teachers and librarians don’t understand that summer reading can be entertaining as well as educational.They choose books that a friend of my mother’s calls “spinach books”:good for you,but not much fun to take in.Every summer,I read them,hate them and get bitter about the experience.
This bitterness started three years ago when I was about to begin high school.As preparation,my English teacher told me to read “The Age of Innocence” by American author Edith Wharton.I’m sure there are many people who enjoyed “The Age of Innocence”—some might even say it’s their favorite book.
But I don’t think any of these people read it as a 14-year-old boy on his summer vacation.
“The Age of Innocence” is the story of a forbidden romance in New York 100 years ago.At 14,my only experience with romance was my love for baseball.I couldn’t imagine being in love,much less being in love in 1900.“The Age of Innocence” was totally different to my life.
Most of my required summer reading has been like that—books written in a style that plays up the adjectives and plays down the verbs.I guess teachers don’t think exciting plots make for “good literature”.To me,though,a good writer describes events and characters in a way that makes the reader want to know what happens next.
If I were making up a summer reading list,it would include “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” by George V.Higgins,“The Right Stuff” by Tom Wolfe,and “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer.These are all books that have literary value but,just as important,can also entertain kids on vacation.If the teachers could stand a little fun in the books they assign,my Augusts would be a lot more enjoyable

八月对我来说是一种煎熬,在那个时候我会意识到老师给我的阅读任务真是十分讨厌,摆在我面前的是艰难的一个月.
你可能会觉得我惧怕度过我的阅读夏天,但对我来说这不是问题：我喜欢读书.今年暑假的第一天,我去图书馆借了一本由非裔美国作家Ernest Gaines写的《老男人们》我非常喜欢,我会看所有父母所订阅的杂志并且每天早上花三十分钟看早报,所以我为什么会讨厌学校的阅读暑假呢?因为学校的阅读书目都很老土而且了无生趣.老师和图书管理员们根本不了解暑假阅读也可以既有教育意义又能是一种娱乐.正如我妈妈的一个朋友所说他们挑选书籍“绿色（教育）书籍”,对你们有益,但是却没有什么了子让别人接受它.我每个暑假都看那些书,对其厌恶的感觉是逐年加剧.
这种痛苦的经历从三年前我上高中就开始了作为准备,我的英语老师让我读美国作家伊迪丝·华顿的《纯真年代》,我确信有很多人都喜欢《纯真年代》,有人甚至会说那是他们最喜欢的书,但我想这本书决不是这些人不是在他们14岁的暑假读的,《纯真年代》是一个100年前发生在纽约的被禁忌的爱情故事,14岁的时候,我唯一的浪漫经历就是对篮球的爱,我无法想象在1900年那少的可怜的爱是怎么回事,《纯真年代》和我的生活真的是相隔千山万水了.
大多数要求的阅读书目都是像这样——宣扬无比华丽的词藻,而不倡导贴荡起伏的情节,我觉得老师并不觉得一个有令人惊心动魄的情节的书是一本好书.然而,对我来说,一个好的作家就是可以描写那些牵引你的兴趣继续读下去的故事情节.
如果让我做一个阅读书目,他会包含乔治-希金斯的《线人》,汤姆-乌尔夫的《太空英雄》,或者的乔恩·科莱考尔《荒野生存》这些书都很有文学价值,但更重要的是,他能让孩子有个快乐的假期.如果老师们能给孩子列点有乐趣的书,我的八月或许会更愉快的吧.