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Six days a week, up and down the red hills of northeast Georgia, my grandfather brought the mail to the folks there. At age 68, he retired from the post office, but he never stopped serving the community.
On his 80th birthday, I sent him a letter, noting the things we all should be thankful for – good health, good friends and good outcomes. By most measurements he was a happy man. Then I suggested it was time for him to slow down. At long last, in a comfortable home, with a generous pension, he should learn to take things easy.
“Thank you for your nice words,” he wrote in his letter back, “and I know what you meant, but slowing down scares me. Life isn’t having it made; it’s getting it made.”
“The finest and happiest years of our lives were not when all the debts were paid, and all difficult experiences had passed, and we had settled into a comfortable home. No. I go back years ago, when we lived in a three-room house, when we got up before daylight and worked till after dark to make ends meet. I rarely had more than four hours of sleep. But what I still can’t figure out is why I never got tired, never felt better in my life. I guess the answer is, we were fighting for survival, protecting and providing for those we loved. What matters are not the great moments, but the partial victories, the waiting, and even the defeats. It’s the journey, not the arrival, that counts.”
The letter ended with a personal request: “Boy, on my next birthday, just tell me to wake up and get going, because I will have one less year to do things – and there are ten million things waiting to be done.”
Christina Rossetti, an English poet, once said: “Does the road wind uphill all the way? Yes, to the very end.” Today, at 96, my grandfather is still on that long road, climbing.
参考答案（官方）
He was a postman.
采分点（据官方参考答案拆解，非官方原文）
答出“邮递员 / 邮局工作者”这一身份即得分：postman / post office worker / mail carrier 均可。主谓完整、不超过 5 词。
参考答案（官方）
He advised him to slow down (and take things easy). / He advised his grandfather (should) slow down.
采分点（据官方参考答案拆解，非官方原文）
核心信息＝“建议爷爷放慢生活节奏、别再操劳”。advise him to slow down / take things easy 即得分，不超过 10 词。
参考答案（官方）
The process is more important than the result. / Life isn’t having it made; it’s getting it made. / It’s the journey, not the arrival, that counts.
采分点（据官方参考答案拆解，非官方原文）
爷爷的人生观＝“过程 / 旅途比结果重要，活着是去奋斗而非坐享其成”。能用自己的话转述这一主旨即得分，不超过 10 词。
参考答案（官方）
The grandfather is still busy doing meaningful things. / He is still living an active life. / He is still involved in whatever he can do.
采分点（据官方参考答案拆解，非官方原文）
句意理解＝“96 岁仍在人生长路上攀登”：爷爷虽年事已高，仍积极生活、忙碌做有意义的事。转述出这层意思即得分，不超过 10 词。
参考方向 A（同意，官方示例）
Yes. One should always be full of passion in his life no matter how old he is. / People should make full use of their time to do something meaningful.
参考方向 B（不同意，官方示例）
No. It is more sensible for people to slow down and enjoy an easy life in their old age. / Slowing down contributes to better health and longer life.
采分点（言之成理方向，非官方原文）
开放题：须先亮明同意 / 不同意，再给一条理由。同意＝无论多老都要充满热情、充分利用时间做有意义的事；不同意＝年高宜放慢节奏享受安逸、有益健康长寿。观点明确、理由合理、不超过 20 词即可自评“答对了”。
参考答案来源：掌上高考（gaokao.cn）2015 天津卷英语官方参考答案 PDF；采分点为据官方参考答案原文拆解，非官方逐字评分细则。
