2022年大学英语四级作文预测：葬礼布道词

　　Funeral Sermon for Mammy Caroline Barr

　　Caroline has known to me all my life.It was my privilege to see her out of hers.After my fathers death,to Mammy I came to represent the head of that family to which she had given a half century of fidelity and devotion.But the relationship between us never became that of master and servant.She still remained one of my earliest recollections,not only as a person,but as a fountain of authority over my conduct and of security for my physical welfare,and of active and constant affection and love.

　　She was an active and constant percept for decent behaviour.From her I learned to tell the truth,to refrain from waste,to be considerate of the weak and respectful to age,I saw fidelity to a family which was not hers,devotion and love for people she had not borne.She was born in bondage and with a dark skin and most of her early maturity she was passed in a dark and tragic time for the land of her birth.She went through vicissitudes which she had not caused;she assumed cares and grieves which were not even her cares and grieves.

　　She was paid wages for this,but pay is still just money.And she never received very much of that,so that she never laid up anything of this worlds goods.Yet she accepted that too, without cavil or calculation or complaint,so that by that very failure she earned the gratitude and affection of the family she had given the fidelity and devotion upon,and gained the grief and regret of the aliens who loved and lost her.She was born and lived and served,and died and now is mourned;if there is a heaven, she has gone there.

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作文地带知识拓展:

• 英语（English）属于印欧语系日耳曼语族西日耳曼语支，最早被中世纪的英国使用，并因其广阔的殖民地而成为世界使用面积最广的语言。英国人的祖先盎格鲁部落是后来迁移到大不列颠岛地区的日耳曼部落之一，称为英格兰。这两个名字都来自波罗地海半岛的Anglia。该语言与弗里斯兰语和下撒克森语密切相关，其词汇受到其他日耳曼语族语言的影响，尤其是北欧语（北日耳曼语），并在很大程度上由拉丁文和法文撰写。

  英语的英文释义：

  English 名词 uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  the language that is spoken in the UK, the US, and in many other countries

  英语

  American/British English

  美式／英式英语

  Do you speak English?

  你会说英语吗？

  English   形容词 adjective   uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  in or relating to the English language

  英语的

  an English teacher

  英语老师

  relating to or from England

  英格兰的;英国的

  English films/food/people

  英国电影／食品／人

  English law

  英格兰法律