世界纷纷扰扰，如果我们静下心来也许可以发现新知，让我们跟随作者一起探索手语的魅力！
While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life,college sets the stage for (使某事成为可能) that exploration. I myself went through this 41.searching process and found something that has changed my 42.experience at college for the better: I discovered ASL-American Sign Language(美式手语).
I never felt an urge to 43.learn any sign language before. My entire family is hearing,and so are all my friends.The 44.spoken languages were enough in all my interactions(交往). little did I know that I would discover my 45.love for ASL.
The 46.story began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club 47.performed their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very 48.idea of communicating without speaking 49.attracted me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the 50.past .This newness just left me 51.wanting more.
After that, feeling the need to 52.explore further, I decided to drop in（顺便拜访） on one of ASL club`s meetings. I only learned how to 53.sign （v.打手势） the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my 54.slow progress, I was excited. I then made it a point （n.要点；核心问题）to 55.attend those meetings and learn all I could. attend meetings 参加会议【固定用法】
The following term, I 56.register for an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was 57.prohibited （v.禁止）【阅读常考词汇】. I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. 58.Instead , if there had been any talking, it would have 59.caused us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the 60.new way of communication it opens.
register for /sign up for 注册/报名（参加）；登记【固定用法】
手语字母表
小编试译：
高中通常不鼓励学生去探索生活的新领域，但是大学使得探索成为可能。我自己就经历了这样的探索过程并发现了让我的大学经历变得更好的事物。我发现了美式手语。
之前，我从未有过学习手语的渴望。我的家人和朋友都是听力正常的人。口语完全可以满足我的一切日常交流。我没想到会发现对手语的热爱。
故事开始于我大学的第一周。我看到了手语俱乐部表演他们翻译的一首歌。手部的动作和无言交流的想法吸引来了我。我所看到和我过去所经历的完全不同。正是这种新奇让我想要了解更多。
此后，我感觉应该进一步探究，因此我决定顺便旁听手语俱乐部的一些集会。那天我只学会了如何用手语表达字母表。然而我并没有因为我进步很慢就感到受挫，反而很兴奋。然后我决定把参加那些集会当成要事并尽我所能学习。
接下来的一个学期，我注册了手语课程。教授是个聋哑人，课堂上禁止一切谈话。我很快明白了，沉默并不无趣，相反地，如果有谈话，会让我们学的更少。现在，我很感激这种沉默以及它所开启的新的交流方式。
佳句赏析：
1. Little did I know that I would discover my 45.love for ASL.
半倒装句式，little表示否定，几乎不
2. This newness just left me 51.wanting more.
leave sb. doing sth. 使某人处于一种...的状态 leave在此处不是留下或者离开的意思
3. Yet instead of being discouraged by my 54.slow progress, I was excited.
4. I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. 58.Instead , if there had been any talking, it would have 59.caused us to learn less.
这两个句子很好地诠释了instead及instead of在语境中意思：相反地（通常是否定一方而肯定另一方，有上下文两方面的语境）如第三句：我没有因为进步慢而受挫，而是很兴奋。第四句：我不认为沉默是无趣的，相反地，要是有谈话就让我们学的少了。
文末福利-手语“我爱你”
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