Level 2 · Reading series
Lesson 59 · A Letter to Next Year's Me
Audio track 59
Listen first
Listen once before opening the English passage.
Open the English passage and hover for word help
Dear next year's me,
Do you still play basketball after school? Do you still practice piano when the song feels difficult? Did you catch a bigger fish than this year?
I hope you still like English stories. Maybe you can read faster now. Maybe you still meet words you do not know. That is okay.
Please remember this: you do not need to understand every word to keep reading. Sometimes one sentence is enough to open a new door.
From,
Me, this year
Sentence practice
Play any sentence in Dicvo’s Jenny English voice. Before playing all, choose how many times each sentence plays. A practice pause about as long as the sentence follows each play, including before the next sentence. The complete reading remains above.
Choose a sentence to begin.
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Dear next year's me,
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Do you still play basketball after school?
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Do you still practice piano when the song feels difficult?
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Did you catch a bigger fish than this year?
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I hope you still like English stories.
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Maybe you can read faster now.
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Maybe you still meet words you do not know.
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That is okay.
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Please remember this: you do not need to understand every word to keep reading.
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Sometimes one sentence is enough to open a new door.
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From, Me, this year.
Check your understanding
After reading, state the main idea in one sentence and find a line that supports it.
Chinese translation
亲爱的明年的我：
你放学后还打篮球吗？遇到难弹的曲子，你还会继续练钢琴吗？你钓到过比今年更大的鱼吗？
希望你仍喜欢英语故事。也许你现在读得更快了；也许还会碰到不认识的词。没关系。
请记住：不必懂得每一个词，才能继续读下去。有时候，只要读懂一句话，就足以推开一扇新门。
写信的：今年的我
Key words and expressions
Key terms have Chinese explanations. Hover over dotted words in the English passage for word help and pronunciation when available.
- next year's me
- 明年的我；信的收件人是未来的自己。
- still
- 仍然；询问爱好是否延续。
- after school
- 放学后；篮球活动发生的时间。
- difficult
- 困难的；形容难弹的曲子。
- bigger than
- 比……更大；比较今年和明年的鱼。
- I hope ...
- 我希望……；写给未来自己的愿望。
- read faster
- 读得更快；阅读能力可能提高。
- meet words
- 遇到词语；这里指碰到不认识的词。
- keep reading
- 继续阅读；不懂每个词也能往下读。
- open a new door
- 打开一扇新门；比喻一句话带来新发现。
Background notes (Chinese)
写给未来自己的信，既记录今天关心的事，也留下一个温和的提醒。结尾鼓励读者遇到生词时先继续理解文章，不要因为一时没看懂所有词就停下来。