第一篇 回顾与展望 - the Educator Login page!

chlorine in it. She swam for a while, then returned to the raft and lay on it in the hazy sunlight. A wasp circledher, then landed on the raft beside her head. She knew it was there, and ordinarily would have been afraid of it.But not today. Let it walk on this raft, let it bake in the sun as I'm doing.Then the raft rocked, and she turned to see Ender calmly crushing the life out of the wasp with one finger."These are a nasty breed," Ender said. "They sting you without waiting to be insulted first," He smiled. "I've beenlearning about preemptive strategies. I'm very good. No one ever beat me. I'm the best soldier they ever had.""Who would expect less?" she said. "You're a Wiggin.""Whatever that means," he said."It means that you are going to make a difference in the world." And she told him what she and Peter weredoing."How old is Peter, fourteen? Already planning to take over the world?""He thinks he's Alexander the Great. And why shouldn't he be? Why shouldn't you be, too?""We can't both be Alexander.""Two faces of the same coin. And I am the metal in between." Even as she said it, she wondered if it was true.She had shared so much with Peter these last few years that even when she thought she despised him, sheunderstood him. While Ender had been only a memory till now. A very small, fragile boy who needed herprotection. Not this cold-eyed, dark-skinned manling who kills wasps with his fingers. Maybe he and Peter and Iare all the same, and have been all along. Maybe we only thought we were different from each other out ofjealousy."The trouble with coins is, when one face is up, the other face is down."第 248 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网