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　　A colony of small waterbugs living in a pond noticed that every once in a while, one of their fellow bugs would climb up a lily stem and never be seen again. They agreed that if this should ever happen to one of them, they would return to tell the others about their journey. Sure enough, the day came when one of the bugs found himself going up the stalk and crawling onto the lily pad at the top. He fell asleep in the warm sunshine, and when he awakened, he stretched himself, only to hear a crackling sound as his old outer fell off. He sensed that somehow he was lager, cleaner, and freer than ever before. Spreading his wings, he flew into the air as a beautiful green dragonfly. Suddenly he remembered his promise. But then he realized why none of the others had ever returned. He couldn’t go back and tell his friends what to expect because he was no longer a part of their world. Besides, one day they, too, would experience the wonderful freedom he now enjoyed.

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I. Summarize

　　A story of a colony of dragonflies living in a pond and they will face a transformation every once in a while. But no one knows what the world outside of the little pond like, and why no one returned after their transformation. So some of them made a promise that no matter which one of them once had their transformation, they must return to tell others their feelings. One day a dragonfly woke up and found out that his transformation but also found out that he was not belonged to the part of the pond anymore. He finally realized why there was no one returned.


II. Vocabulary words and phrases

i. new words/phrases
waterbug noun 『昆蟲』水蟲, 水生椿象
a colony of 一群
pad noun (睡蓮等水生植物的) 浮於水面的大葉

ii. useful / phrases
realize verb 了解; 完全知道
spread verb 張開; 伸直


III. The reason I chose this article

　　I don’t like bugs in fact. But I had the memory of playing with flying bugs when I was little. My father caught some flying bugs like dragonflies and beetles, and tight a cotton thread on it. Then he gave to me, so I can “fly” it like flying a kite. It’s kind of cruel but when I was a child, there were bugs every where.