【导语】英语四级考试中，作文是考生复习的重点和难点，日常关注一些作文素材有助于作文得高分，下面是四六级频道为大家整理的《2018年英语四级美文：I Want to Know》一文，希望给大家带来帮助，预祝大家高分通过考试。

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　　I Want to Know

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　　It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.

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　　I want to know what you ache for,

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　　and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

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　　It doesn’t interest me how old you are.

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　　I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love,

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　　for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.

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　　It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon.

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　　I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow,

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　　if you have been opened by life’s betrayals

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　　or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain!

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　　I want to know if you can sit with pain,

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　　mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.

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　　I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own,

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　　if you can dance with wildness

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　　and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes

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　　without cautioning us to be careful,

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　　be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.

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　　It doesn’t interest me if the story you’re telling me is true.

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　　I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself,

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　　if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul.

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　　I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore be trust worthy.

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　　I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty every day,

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　　and if you can source your life from god’s presence.

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　　I want to know if you can live with failure,

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　　yours and mine,

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　　and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon,

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　　“Yes!”

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　　It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have.

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　　I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair,

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　　weary and bruised to the bone,

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　　and do what needs to be done for the children.

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　　It doesn’t interest me who you are, how you came to be here.

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　　I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me

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　　and not shrink back.

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　　It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.

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　　I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.

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　　I want to know if you can be alone with yourself,

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　　and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

[英语四级美文听力原文]2018年英语四级美文：I Want to Know

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