【英语4级听力】男孩也可以跳舞-Boys Can Dance Too

 Joey Campbell was 14 years old. He had three sisters and no brothers. His father loved playing sports with him. Joey did not mind this. However, all Joey was truly¹ interested in doing was dancing. All his sisters were allowed to take ballet² classes. Joey wanted to sign up, too. His father laughed at him. He thought he was joking. "You know you belong in the football team," said his father. This made Joey angry. It was not fair that he was not allowed to dance if he wanted to. His sisters agreed. They secretly taught Joey all the moves. On the day of their ballet recital³, Joey danced with them. His father was very proud.

1 truly   

adv.真正地，真实地，真诚的，不假

参考例句：

• You must speak truly.你必须说实话。
• He is a truly good man.他是个真正的好人。

2 ballet   

n.芭蕾舞

参考例句：

• Angela studied ballet for six years.安吉拉学了六年芭蕾舞。
• She is a celebrated star of ballet.她是一个芭蕾舞明星。

3 recital   

n.朗诵，独奏会，独唱会

参考例句：

• She is going to give a piano recital.她即将举行钢琴独奏会。
• I had their total attention during the thirty-five minutes that my recital took.在我叙述的35分钟内，他们完全被我吸引了。