20.陀螺

Lesson Twenty

Spinning Top

1.In my hometown, the spinning top is called “Bing Gar”, just as its name implies, it is a little toy on the ice.

2.It is made of wood, including willow, elm, pine, jujube wood and pear wood.

3.The best place to play Bing Gar is in a frozen and snow-covered land in winter, especially on the ice.

4.A good Bing Gar has a roll ball embedded in the tip, which can make the action more charming when it turns.

5.An iron nail is also OK.Otherwise, the tip will crack after a few turns.

6.No matter whether it is embedded with balls or nailed with iron nails, it won’t crack, and you can whip tops to the fullest, making it spinning and dancing on the ice.

7.Little friends who play Bing Ger love to compete.

8.They often stand in a place, and try their best to whip their tops to make them collide with each other.

9.At this time, you can see that the two rotating tops fought bravely and slammed into their opponents like a whirlwind.As soon as they touched each other, they flashed to one side and then regrouped and fought again-

10.It didn’t come to an end until one of them was knocked over.

11.In each case, the heavier one gains the upper hand.

12.Therefore, most people who only have small tops play in their own yards and do not take them to the road to fight.

13.Besides, the small top has an ugly nickname called “Jiao Zhui”, which means small and thin.

14.Most people who whip the “Jiao Zhui” are little children.They are interested in whipping, and do not care about the quality of the tops.

15.When I was young, I desired to be second to none.So I didn’t want to lose a war in the competition like Jin Troops defeated by Yue Fei’s Troops.

16.Thus, I looked around for wood, and in order to make the best Bing Ger, I just didn’t bring the chair legs for “waste utilization”.

17.I don’t know how much times I was scolded by parents because of this, but I never stopped it.

18.However, a child can’t make a high-quality top anyway.Therefore, for a long time, I thought my world was filled with dark clouds, and happiness, like a swallow in winter, flew away to a place that no one could see it.

19.This chagrin finally caught the attention of the elders.

20.My uncle, a very childlike young policeman, promised to give me a spinning top on my birthday.

21.This news has kept me in a trance all day, always imagining the heroic charm of the top.

22.Uncle’s gift is awesome!

23.This top was not cut by hand, but rotated by a carpenter on a turning lathe.It was round and smooth, like a duck egg.

24.Although it was not as beautiful as I imagined, I was very happy t when I got it.

25.Especially when I saw that a big roll ball had been embedded in the lower end of this “duck egg”.I was pleased to dance, and I couldn’t wait to show my talents on the road immediately!

26.As soon as I showed my top, it was laughed at.

27.Indeed, compared with all kinds of handsome spinning tops, my top was neither fish nor fowl.It didn’t look what it should look like, nor did it show any ability to compete with other

28.This had greatly demoralized me.I just whip around and dare not challenge anyone.

29.However, many things in the world are unpredictable.My pursuit of “peace” was only my personal wish.My friends were unwilling to be lonely, and the master of a big top began to arrogantly challenge me.

30.The big top bobbed its head and rushed over and over again, while my “duck egg” ducked quietly.

31.Again and again, they finally bumped into each other!

32.Strangely, my spinning top was small, but incredibly tenacious!

33.It was obviously knocked aside, and it turned around as it did.

34.It has a round head, as if it can find supporting points up and down, left and right.

35.As a result, the big top was completely defeated by this invincible opponent.

36.This was a brilliant moment!

37.I tasted victory and the sweetness of luck.

38.The “honor” inadvertently obtained, although as small as dust, was enough for a competitive child to be intoxicated for a long time-

39.It is a powerful proof that I can write down these words with great interest until now.

40.My Bing Ger, a small piece of wood spun by carpenters, as ugly as the duck egg born by an ugly duckling gave me great joy and heartfelt pride on a winter day in my childhood.

41.This is true of the old saying that one’s worth cannot be measured by looks just as sea water cannot be measured in liters.