2018年高考(新课标卷II&III)英语听力真题 短文

My name is Emily. I had been a dancer for quite a long time.

I started studying ballet when I was six years old. By the time I was nine, I was dancing five days a week.

When I was eighteen, I decided that I really preferred contemporary dance and that I wanted to do it professionally. So I applied successfully for the training program at the school of Toronto Dance Theatre, and moved to Toronto to attend the program.

That was the period of time I enjoyed most in Toronto. I graduated on scholarship and danced professionally for ten years.

But after all, those years, I found that dance was gradually becoming something that felt like more of a burden than a joy. I found myself increasingly unwilling to drag myself to dance performances, so I quit.

I do miss dance, often. But it makes me happy think that I'll never have to go to another training session again.