第一篇：最美的英語詩歌和短文摘錄

Silence

引言：

沉默本身也是一種思想和心境的流露，是靈魂的另一種形式的回聲。

Indeed, for a living thing there is no such thing as true silence, for silence itself is a revelation of the mind and the heart, an echo of the soul of a different form.Some people use silence as a disguise of the emptiness of the head.Some use it as a means to depict their disorientation and melancholy.And some use it as a way of expressing their angers and sorrows....Silence usually is ephemeral.It reminds one of the bronze bells dangling from a pagoda's eaves;on windless days they are a decoration upon the age-weathered beauty, but with wind they give out wonderful tinkling and jingling metallurgic sounds, as if echoing age-old stories of long, long ago...Do you not think the same of silent people?

They say that “silence is golden”, but of what nature is this “gold”? It can include integrity, honesty and kindness;it can stand for indifference to and detachment from fame and fortune;but it can also act as an excuse for hypocrisy, slyness and cowardice...the glittering of gold may not necessarily be the most brilliant lustre in the world Can it be that permanent silence is only represented by death?

Perhaps even death cannot represent true silence, for the carrier of the soul can turn into dust, so that the sincere and wise voices from the bottom of the heart will trigger long-lasting echoes in the seas of human hearts...沉默

其實，對活著的生命而言，真正的沉默是不存在的。沉默本身也是一種思想和心境的流露，是靈魂的另一種形式的回聲。

有的人以沉默掩飾思想的空虛。

有的人以沉默敘述迷茫和惆悵。

有的人以沉默表達內心的憤怒和憂傷。

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沉默常常是暫時的。就像古塔檐角下的銅鈴，無風時，它們只是一種古色古香的裝飾，一起風，它們便會發(fā)出奇妙的金屬音響，似乎是許多古老故事的悠遠的回聲……

沉默的人們不也一樣?

“沉默是金”，是怎樣的一種“金”呢? 這個“金”字中，可以包含正直、善良，可以代表淡泊、超脫，也可以是虛偽、圓滑、怯懦的一種托辭……金子的光澤，未必是世界上最動人的光澤。

是不是只有死亡才是永遠的沉默?

也許，死亡也未必是真正的沉默，靈魂的載體可以化為塵土，那些真誠睿智的心聲，卻會長久地在人心的海洋中引起悠長的回聲……

1℃ love

In a cold winter, a couple had to move out from the luxury villa because of bankruptcy.The husband worked day and night to support the family but with no care of his wife.So she thought, “he doesn't love me any more, he just cares his business...not me”.One day, she began to take a bath, he stopped her at the door, “Let me take it first, okey?”

“Why not let me shower first,” she asked.“I was tired, sweetie, you take it later, okey?” She was totally depressed.On a morose day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer, a few words blurred her eyes...it was his diary:

Today, I was quite sad, she asked me why I was always taking the bath first, and I said to her, I was exhausted.She was unhappy, in her mind, I treated her not as well as usual, but how can I do? I was not as rich as before!We moved to the small apartment, there was only a shower in the bathroom, it was so cold to take a shower in such a freezing winter.But I found that if one person took the shower first, the room could get a little warm, so every time I rushed to the bathroom first.I was thinking that, when she took the shower, the room would get warmer, at least 1℃, 2℃ or 3℃

Now I can't give her comfortable life, bring her the luxury restaurant, buy expensive dresses for her, but at least, I can give her 1℃ love.1℃的愛情

一個寒冷的冬天，一對夫婦因為破產，所以不得不從豪宅里搬出。丈夫每天辛勤工作以維持家庭開支，但很少顧及到妻子。于是，妻子暗自想道：“他不再愛我了，他只在乎他的事業(yè)，而不是我?！?/p>

一天，妻子準備洗澡，可丈夫叫住了她，“讓我先洗吧?！薄盀槭裁床蛔屛蚁认茨?？”“親愛的，因為我很累，你之后再洗吧”妻子為此很不開心。

一天，妻子無所事事，郁郁寡歡，于是打開了丈夫的電腦。上面的幾行字讓她的眼睛濕潤了，那是他的日記。

今天，我很不開心，因為她問我為什么總是我先洗澡，而我對她說，因為我太累了，想先洗。她肯定不高興了，覺得我對她不像以前那么好了。但是我該怎么做呢？我不像以前那么有錢呀！我們搬到了一個小公寓，只有一個洗澡間，在這樣的冬天洗澡真是凍死人了。但我發(fā)現，如果一個人先洗的話，浴室就會暖和的，所以每次我都第一個沖進浴室。我想，等她進去浴室時，至少暖和一兩度吧。

現在，我不能給她舒適的生活，帶她去高級餐廳，給她買漂亮的衣服，但至少我還能給她1℃的愛情.A little Girl

Sitting on a grassy grave, beneath one of the windows of the church, was a little girl.With her head bent back she was gazing up at the sky and singing, while one of her little hands was pointing to a tiny cloud that hovered like a golden feather above her head.The sun, which had suddenly become very bright, shining on her glossy hair, gave it a metallic luster, and it was difficult to say what was the color, dark bronze or black.So completely absorbed was she in watching the cloud to which her strange song or incantation seemed addressed, that she did not observe me when I rose and went towards her.Over her head, high up in the blue, a lark that was soaring towards' the same gauzy cloud was singing, as if in rivalry.As I slowly approached the child, I could see by her forehead, which, in the sunshine seemed like a globe of pearl, and especially by her complexion, that she was uncommonly lovely.Her eyes, which at one moment seemed blue-gray, at another violet, were shaded by long black lashes, curving backward in a most peculiar way, and these matched in hue her eyebrows, and the tresses that were tossed about her tender throat and were quivering in the sunlight.All this I did not take in at once;for at first I could see nothing but those quivering, glittering, changeful eyes turned up into my face.Gradually the other features, especially the sensitive full-lipped mouth, grew upon me as I stood silently gazing.Here seemed to me a more perfect beauty than had ever come to me in my loveliest dreams of beauty.Yet it was not her beauty so much as the look she gave me that fascinated me, melted me 小女孩

在教堂的一扇窗下長滿綠草的墳堆上，坐著個小女孩。她仰著頭，望著天空，唱著歌兒。她的小手指點著一朵飄浮在她頭頂的金色羽毛般的小彩云。突然間，陽光顯得格外燦爛，照在她光澤的頭發(fā)上，給它涂上一層金屬似的光彩，很難說出它突竟是什么顏色，是深褐色，還是黑色。她是那么全神貫注地望著彩云，她那奇妙的歌聲，或可說是喃喃自語，似乎是對著那彩云而發(fā)的。因而她沒有注意到我站起身來朝她走去。在她上空高高的藍天里，一只展翅飛向那朵輕盈透明的彩云的云雀也在歌唱，似乎在與她比賽。我慢步向小女孩走去，她那在陽光下如同珍珠一樣圓潤的前額，特別是她那膚色，使我感到她真是異?？蓯?。她那黑黑的長睫毛非常別致地朝后彎曲著，掩映著一雙一會兒像是藍灰色的，一會兒又像是紫羅蘭色的眼睛。她的長睫毛同她的眉毛和頭發(fā)色澤調和，披拂在她嬌嫩的脖子上的發(fā)綹，在陽光里輕輕飄動。我并沒有馬上領略到這一切，因為我一開始只注意了那雙閃閃發(fā)光、富于表情、盯著我看的眼睛。我佇立在一邊默默地注視著她，才漸漸地看清了她容貌的其他部分，特別是那張靈敏而又豐滿的小嘴。呈現在我眼苧的這一美的形象似乎比我在最美好的夢境中所見過的更美。然而，與其說是她的美麗，不如說是她朝我看的那種眼神，更使我著迷，更使我陶醉．

At Home in the Savanna

My name is Dopal.I’m eleven years old and I live in Tanzania in the heart of the African Savanna.I’m a Masai.Masais are nomads who travel all over with their animals, looking for pasture.Our most wonderful and valuable possession is our herd.I’ve never been to school.My father teaches me everything I have to know.He explains to me how to lead our herd.My own animals are in the middle of the herd.Every Masai gets a cow, a lamb, and a goat the day he’s born.Our most beautiful goat belongs to my father.Her name is Olliye.I love her, even though she’s not always easy to handle.Olliye is going to have a baby very soon.My father knows Olliye is my favorite, but he always reminds me that we must love all our animals as if they were our children.My father knows all about nature.He shows me some cheetah tracks.Our herds have lots of predators like hyenas, lions, and leopards.A Masai has to be ready to risk his life for his herd.A shepherd must always listen for different sounds and watch to make sure the animals walking behind don’t get lost All Masais have their own animals, even the girls.They become their dowry when they get married.The animals are also used in trade for food in the market.My people have always been shepherds.We’re not farmers.For us, the earth is sacred, and we mustn’t hurt it by planting things.Like all boys, I dream of becoming a warrior.A warrior has to be strong and intelligent.He’s the one who defends the herd against wild beasts.He sometimes travels long distances to bring back lost animals, and he also watches over our safety.Masais go through three stages: childhood, warrior, and elder.I’ll be a warrior from thirteen to twenty-five years old, before I become an elder like my father.Then I can get married and have children.草原上的家

我叫多培爾，十一歲了，住在坦桑尼亞熱帶草原的中心。我是馬賽人。馬賽人是趕著牧群四處尋找牧地的游牧民族。我們最寶貴的財產就是我們的牧群。

我從沒上過學。我爸爸教會我所應該知道的一切。他告訴我怎樣引導牧群。我自己的牲口在牧群中間。每個馬賽人在出生的那天都會得到一只母牛、羊羔或山羊。我們最漂亮的一只母山羊就是我爸爸的。它叫奧萊亞。我喜歡它，雖然它有時候不太聽指揮。奧萊亞很快就要當媽媽了。爸爸知道我最喜歡奧萊亞，他總是提醒我說我們要愛護所有的動物，就好像愛護自己的孩子一樣。我爸爸知道自然界的一切事情。他教我看豹子留下的蹤跡。我們的牧群有許多天敵，如鬣狗、獅子和美洲豹。馬賽人要時刻準備著為牧群而犧牲。放牧人必須時刻留神著各種聲音，并看管好跟在身后的牧群，保證沒有一只丟失 所有的馬賽人都有自己的牲口，女孩也有。她們結婚時，牲口就成了她們的嫁妝。牲口還可以用來在市場上換食物。我的族人都是牧人，沒有農夫。在我們眼里，土地是神圣的，不可以在上面種植東西傷害它。

和所有的男孩一樣，我夢想成為一名武士。武士必須強壯而機智。他守衛(wèi)牧群不受野獸的襲擊。有時他會跋涉遙遠的路程找回失散的牲口，他還保衛(wèi)著人們的安全。馬賽人一生有三個階段：兒童時代、武士時代和成年時代。從十三歲到二十五歲這段期間，我會成為一名武士，然后成為像爸爸一樣的成人。然后我就結婚生孩子。

Beliefs 信念

Your beliefs are very powerful and have the power to create or to destroy your life.In most cases, whatever you believe is what you will become.If you believe that you are loser, that you never get a break in life, that you can’t accomplish anything, these things will be your reality.Believe that you are unlimited, that you can do anything you commit to doing, and when you do, your accomplishments will know no bounds.You control your beliefs, and that is how you ultimately control of your life.This is a very important point.So how do you develop beliefs that will empower you?

Many of our beliefs come from our environment, the world we live in on a daily basis.If your environment is limiting your beliefs, then work very hard on changing it.If you are constantly around people who are negative and limiting, find other people to hang out with.Get around positive, successful people.Beliefs also come from past experiences That is why it is so important to experience success on a regular basis.Set small, achievable goals, and then try your best to reach them.“I will finish this project by early afternoon.”

”I will make six calls on the phone in the next hour.”

“I will exercise for 20 minutes tonight.”

When you start to experience success, then you start to believe in success, and that leads to more and bigger successes.Beliefs come from knowledge.The more you learn, the more things you will know to be possible.Always take advantage of opportunities to learn something new.It will bring new possibilities into your beliefs and your life.Most importantly, you can develop new beliefs by setting and visualizing goals for your life.Define your goals clearly and with precision.Then, in your mind, see yourself achieving them in all of their sensory details.Mentally live the experience, see the sights, hear the sounds, smell the aroma, feel the feelings.Your nurtured beliefs will lead you to their reality.信念

信念的力量是非常強大的，它可以創(chuàng)造，也可以毀掉你的生活，在大多數情況下，你相信你會是怎樣的，最終就會變成什么樣子。如果你認為自己是個失敗者，那你的一生就永遠不會有突破，也不會取得任何成就，你所認為的就都會變成現實。相信你的能力是無限的，你就可以做到你想做的一切，而一旦你去做，你將不斷取得成就。[ 你控制自己的信念，也就是說你最終控制自己的生活，這點非常重要。因此，你會怎樣引導自己的信念給自己注入力量？

我們的許多信念都來源于我們所處的環(huán)境，來源于我們每天生活著的世界。如果你的環(huán)境制約著你的信念，你就要努力來改變它。如果你身邊的人都是些消極低落、縮手縮腳之徒，那你就應該找些積極、成功的人為伴。

信念還來源于過去的經歷，這就是為什么人常理上說有些成功經歷顯得很重要。定一些小的、可實現的目標，然后努力達到這些目標。“我今天下午要早些時候完成這個項目”“我一個小時后要打6個電話”“今晚我要鍛煉20分鐘”。當你開始經歷成功，你就會開始相信它，然后你就會取得更多、更大的成功。

信念來源于知識。讀得越多，你就越會知道很多事情都是可能的。要經常抓住機會學一些新的東西。它將給你的信念和生活帶來新的可能性。最重要的是，你可以通過確定和設想人生目標來確立新的信念。清晰準確的確定你的目標。然后在你的腦海里設想一一取勝。心存記憶，看其香味、感同身受，你勃發(fā)的信念會讓一切都變成現實。

Growing Roots

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr.Gibbs.He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known.He never yelled at us for playing in his yard.I remember him as someone who was a lot nicer than circumstances warranted.When Dr.Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees.His house sat on ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it a forest.The good doctor had some interesting theories concerning plant husbandry.He came from the “No pain, no gain” school of horticulture.He never watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional wisdom.Once I asked why.He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you water them, each successive tree generation will grow weaker and weaker.So you have to make things rough for them and weed out the weenie trees early on.He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of moisture.I took him to mean that deep roots were to be treasured So he never watered his trees.He’d plant an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper.Smack!Slap!Pow!I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.Dr.Gibbs went to glory a couple of years after I left home.Every now and again, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant some twenty-five years ago.They’re granite strong now.Big and robust.Those trees wake up in the morning and beat their chests and drink their coffee black.I planted a couple of trees a few years back.Carried water to them for a solid summer.Sprayed them.Prayed over them.The whole nine yards.Two years of coddling has resulted in trees that expect to be waited on hand and foot.Whenever a cold wind blows in, they tremble and chatter their branches.Sissy trees.Funny things about those trees of Dr.Gibbs’.Adversity and deprivation seemed to benefit them in ways comfort and ease never could.Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons.I stand over them and watch their little bodies, the rising and falling of life within.I often pray for them.Mostly I pray that their lives will be easy.But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer

This change has to do with the inevitability of cold winds that hit us at the core.I know my children are going to encounter hardship, and I’m praying they won’t be naive.There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere.So I’m changing my prayer.Because life is tough, whether we want it to be or not.Too many times we pray for ease, but that’s a prayer seldom met.What we need to do is pray for roots that reach deep into the Eternal, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be swept asunder.成長的樹根

在我還是小孩子的時候，我有一個老鄰居叫吉布斯醫(yī)生。他不像我所認識的任何一個醫(yī)生。我們在他的院子里玩耍，他從不對我們大喊大叫。我記得他是一個非常和藹的人。

吉布斯醫(yī)生不拯救人性命的時候就去種樹。他的住所占地10英畝，他的人生目標就是將它變成一片森林。

這個好醫(yī)生對于如何持家有一番有趣的理論。他來自一個“不勞無獲”的園藝學校。他從不澆灌他新種的樹，這顯然與常理相悖。有一次我問為什么，他說澆水會毀了這些樹，如果澆水，每一棵成活的樹的后代會變得越來越嬌弱。所以你得把它們的生長環(huán)境變得艱苦些，盡早淘汰那些弱不禁風的樹。

他還告訴我用水澆灌的樹的根是如何的淺，而那些沒有澆水的樹的根必須鉆入深深的泥土獲得水分。我將他的話理解為：深根是十分寶貴的。

所以他從不給他的樹澆水。他種了一棵橡樹，每天早上，他不是給它澆水，而是用一張卷起的報紙抽打它。“啪！噼！砰！”我問他為什么這樣做，他說是為了引起樹的注意。

在我離家兩年后，吉布斯醫(yī)生就去世了。我常常經過他的房子，看著那些25年前我曾看著他種下的那些樹。如今它們已是像石頭般硬朗了。枝繁葉茂、生氣勃勃。這些樹在早晨醒過來，拍打著胸脯，啜飲著苦難的汁水。

幾年前我也種下兩三棵樹。整整一個夏天我都堅持為它們澆水。為它們噴殺蟲劑，為它們祈禱。整整9平方碼大的地方。兩年的悉心呵護，結果兩棵樹弱不禁風。每當寒風吹起，它們就顫抖起來，枝葉直打戰(zhàn)。嬌里嬌氣的兩棵樹。

吉布斯醫(yī)生的樹真是有趣。逆境和折磨帶給它們的益處似乎是舒適和安逸永遠無法給予的。

每天晚上睡覺前，我都要看看兩個兒子。我俯視著他們那幼小的身體，生命就在其中起落沉浮。我總是為他們祈禱，總是祈禱他們的生活能一帆風順。但后來我想是該改變我的祈禱詞的時候了。

這改變是因為將吹在我們要害的不可避免的寒風。我知道我的孩子們將遇到困難，我祈禱他們不會幼稚而脆弱。在某些地方總會有寒風吹過。

所以我改變了我的祈禱詞。因為不管我們愿不愿意，生活總是艱難的。我們已祈禱了太多的安逸，但卻少有實現。我們所需要做的是祈禱深植我們的信念之根，這樣我們就不會被雨打風吹所傷害。

Hold Fast to Dreams

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow How Germans See Others

The Germans generally adore England and have suffered in the past from unrequited love.England used to be the ultimate role model with its amazingly advanced political,social, industrial and technological achievements.The Germans regard the English as being very nice and mostly harmless, almost German.They admire Americans for the(un-German)easygoing pragmatism and dislike them for their un-German superficiality.For the Germans,the United States is the headmaster in the school of nations, and accord due respect if not always affection.Germans are strong believers in authority.If you know how to obey, then you can also be a master runs the refrain.With the Italian Germans have a close understanding because they have so much history in common.Through wars, invasion and other forms of tourism, a deep and lasting friendship has been established.Italian art treasures, food and beaches are thoroughly appreciated.There is also a connection arising from the fact that Italy and Germany both achieved nationhood in the last century, and are still not entirely sure that this was a good thing The French are admired for their sophisticated civilization, and pitied for their inferior culture.The French may have higher spirits, but the Germans have deeper souls.Despite this, Francophilia is widespread among Germans, especially those living close to the French border.Like a wistful child looking over the garden fence, Germans envy Mediterranean people for more relaxed attitudes, cultural heritage and warm climate.But only when they are on holiday.The only people to whom the Germans readily concede unquestioned superiority of Teutonic virtues are the Swiss.No German would argue their supremacy in the fields of order, punctuality,diligence, cleanliness and thoroughness.They have never been to war with the Swiss.If experience has taught them one thing, it is that there is not future outside the community of nations.No other nation has a stronger sense of the importance of getting along with others.Tolerance is not only a virtue, It’s a duty.德國人如何看待別國

德國人普遍對英格蘭人懷有好感，而且過去曾受過這份“單相思”的煎熬。英格蘭曾是世界頂級角色的典范，有著令人驚嘆的先進的政治，社會，工業(yè)和技術的成就。德國人認為英國人很友好，基本上沒有惡意，幾乎和德國人一樣。

他們欣賞美國人那種（非德國式的）悠閑隨和的實用主義，同時又討厭美國人那種（非德國式的）膚淺。對德國人來說，美國是國際學校的校長，那么對校長即使不熱愛的話，也要給予相應的尊重。德國人是忠實的信徒。他們時常重復的一句話就是：如果你懂得如何服從的話，你也就可以成為成功之路的主人。

德國人對意大利人的了解頗深，因為兩國有如此相似的歷史。通過戰(zhàn)爭，侵略，以及各種形式的旅游，兩國間建立了深厚而持久的友誼。意大利的藝術家，食物及海濱深得德國人的贊賞。兩國間還有一種聯(lián)系，即意大利和德國都是在上個世紀（19世紀）取得了主權地位，而且至今都不很肯定這究竟是不是一件好事。

德國人欣賞法國人精妙深奧的文明，同時又惋惜其文化的低劣。相比之下，法國人可能精神層次較高，而德國人則有更深邃的靈魂。除此之外，有親法情緒的德國人還是很普遍的，特別是那些住在法國邊界的人。

德國人就像一群不知足的孩子，喜歡眺望花園籬笆外的世界。他們嫉妒地中海地區(qū)的人們所有輕松的生活態(tài)度，文化遺產和溫暖的氣候，但那只是在他們度假時才有的心態(tài)。

德國人只肯承認瑞士毫無疑問地比他們自己更具有日耳曼民族的美德。瑞士人講究條理，守時，勤奮，清潔又嚴謹，沒有一個德國人會對他們在這些領域的至高地位持有異議。而且，他們從來沒有和瑞士人發(fā)生過戰(zhàn)爭。

如果以往的經驗曾經教會他們一件事，那就是：脫離國際社會就沒有前途。沒有一個國家比德國更深刻地認識到與人友好相處的重要性。寬容不僅是一種美德，它也是一種責任。If I Die Today

If I die today, how would I feel about my life?

Life is fragile.A good friend of mine called me today and shared that his girlfriend”s brother passed away last night.He was married, with two young children.He died of a massive heart attack in the middle of the night.And he was only 44 years old.“It could never happen to me,” we think.“I”m too young to die.“ But how young is ”too young to die?“

We really don”t know how many days or years we will live.An accident, such as by plane, automobile, or other mishap could claim our life.Or perhaps, an unusual illness.Or a vital organ could fail.So what would we say if our life were to end today? Would we be satisfied? Would we know that we had lived our life fully, on purpose? Could we feel we “did it right?”

It is hard question to answer.I recently had a cousin pass away from cancer.I don“t know how she would have answered this question.But I”m 99% positive she wasn“t ”ready“ to go.Not with two little ones and a loving huaband and so much life ahead of her(she was 35 years old).If we live our life completely every day, we still may not be thrilled with the thought of death.However, death is really only a passing from one physical body to our more complete spiritual one(not that our spirit isn”t the core essence of who we are now).Are there things we can be doing better? Are there people we can love better? Can we live our aspirations today? If we know the answer, what are we waiting for to make us do it? Death? Life is fragile.Now is the time to live fully and bless those friends and family who grace us with their love.如果我今天死去

如果我今天死去，我會怎樣評價我的生民旅程呢？

生命是脆弱的。

我的一位好朋友今天打電話給我,告訴我他女朋友的哥哥昨天晚上去世了。這位哥哥已經結婚,留下兩個孩子，他于半夜死于嚴重的心臟病，年僅44歲。

“這種事情永遠不會發(fā)生在我身上”，我們都這樣認為，“我們還年輕，不會死的。”但是多年輕才算“太年輕”呢?

我們真的不知道我們可以活多少天、多少年。一次空難、一次車禍或一次災難就可能奪去我們的生命?；蛟S我們會染上一種奇怪的病，或許我們身體的一個重要的器官出了問題。

所以，如果我們的生命將在今天結束，我們會說寫什么呢？我們會滿足嗎？我們會不會認為已經盡力讓自己的生活過得充實了？我們會不會想，我們做的對嗎？

這是一個很難回答的問題。我的一個堂姐最近因癌癥去世了。我不知道她會如何回答這個問題。但我99%的肯定她并不想死。她有兩個孩子，有愛她的丈夫，有很長的路要走（她只有35歲）。

如果我們的生活每天都很充實，也許我們想到死就不會害怕了。但是，死亡確實只是從物質實體向更加完整的精神實體的過度（這不意味著靈魂不是我們現在的核心本質）。[ 有沒有一些事情我們可以做的更好？有沒有一些人我們可以給予更多的愛？今天我們可不可以實現愿望？如果我們知道答案，還等什么來采取行動呢？死亡？生命是脆弱的。從現在開始我們就要讓我們的生活變得更充實，祝福那些深愛我們的朋友和家人。

Kiss of Reality

引言：

成和敗全都在你的思想，下定決心你就可以支配你的命數，管制你的思想就可以改變自己的命運...To talk of illusions, aren’t they great? Illusion or day dreaming help us to think of what we want to become in life.We literally see how life revolves us in that position.It's an entirely different world of pleasure, comfort and imagination.Most of our day dreaming or illusions make us more and more egocentric.The word ego means self.Hence by dreaming and visualization we become self-centered.We never realize that things we dream of can be achieved by us by programming ourselves to work for it.But somehow the pleasure of dreaming ourselves as someone important takes us away from the realistic approach to achieve that level of self-satisfaction and self-accomplishment.This leads to an increase in the frustration levels of our mind.Why frustrations? This is because what we are, and what we dream of are totally different We raise ourselves to a very high pedestal and we see that we are not able to live up to our expectations.And when this happens, we become mentally restless.The vital solution that will dissolve all our problems is to make up our minds to get realistic.This approach will make us come in terms with reality.And there is no better road to self-improvement rather than the path of reality.When you gauge yourself, you subconsciously make two columns in your mind.One consists of the things that you are good at , and the other consists of the areas where you can improve.And believe it will boost us to work on our weak areas and strengthen them.Fortifying your weak areas will harness your conscience and improve you convert would be to must be.And when something must happen, it always happens.This new you will improve you for the better and increase your levels of self-esteem.It will change your outlook to things.I would like to type the thoughts that have just sprung up in my mind.Read and ponder on each line.I admit that it's a sad aim at poetry, but I am allowing my mind to control my typing If you want to achieve what you couldn't have

If you want to be what you want to be

If you want to do what you can do，but aren't doing

If there is a place, you want to be

but haven't been

You will get there, become the one and do it

Cos its all in a state of mind.Make up your mind and rule the stars.Control your mind and make your fate.I hope this conveys my thoughts with clarity.So it's some advice and suggestion to all those eyeballs running through this part of the book, to keep their heads on their shoulders without using heads and shoulders!And believe me guys;you guys have it in you to make it big.Just don't let that teenage iconoclastic habit rule over sense.幻想對于我們來說不美妙嗎？在我們一生中，是幻想，或者是說，是白日夢，讓我們去思考成為什么樣的人．我們認真的觀察我們的生命是循著怎樣的一條軌道．那時嚴格完全不同的世界，它充滿了愉悅、輕松和創(chuàng)意．我們的大多數幻想和白日夢會使得我們越來越以自我為中心．＂ＥＧＯ＂這個詞的意思是自我．由于幻想，我們變得以自我為中心．我們從未有意識到，我們所夢想的事情是可以通過我們周詳的計劃去實現的．但不知何故，幻想成為某個著名人物的愉悅，卻使我們遠離了能夠與滿意和成就真實接觸的機會．

無邊際的幻想導致我們挫折感越來越強．為什么會這樣？那是因為現實中的我們和幻想中的我們完全不同．我們把自己提到一個很高的層面，但實際上，我們根本不可能心如所愿．而每每想到這，我們便會焦慮不按．

要想解決所有的這些問題，我們必須讓自己變得現實些，這樣將使得我們接觸現實．沒有比了解實際情況更能夠提高我們自己的了．當你評價你自己的時候，在我們腦海中，會下意識的用兩種不同的方式．一種包括我們所擅長的方面，另一種則是我們能夠有所改進的．相信我這是一個好的開始，它將促使我們不斷的改進、完善自我．這就像給我們的良知套上了韁繩，使我們的不足的方面得到改善，提高我們的自信．有了自信，我們就會收獲我們想要的結果．當某些事情要發(fā)生的時候，它總會發(fā)生的．嶄新的，充滿自信的我們又會促進我們的發(fā)展，并且提高我們的自信心．這將會改變我們對事物的看法

我喜歡把那些從我大腦里跳出來的每一個想法記錄下來．我靜靜的讀并且認真思考每一行，我承認它也許不是一首好詩，但是，我可以說，我記錄下來的都是我思想的每一個微粒．

如果你想要做到你能力之外的事情

如果你想要成為你所期望的樣子

如果你想要做你能夠做的，但你沒有做

如果有一個地方，你想要去

但卻沒有去

你今后一定會到那里，成為那個成功到達的人

因為成和敗全都在你的思想

下定決心你就可以支配你的命數

管制你的思想就可以改變自己的命運

我希望這些話，清楚的表達了我的思想．對正在觀看這部分書的人來說它是建議和忠告，使他們能夠有自己的想法，無須提醒．相信我，你們身上也有這些讓幻想成為現實的潛能．不要讓十幾歲的叛逆心理控制了自己的理智

Knowledge and Virtue

Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another;good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility, nor is largeness and justness of view faith.Philosophy, however enlightened, however profound, gives no command over the passions, no influential motives, no vivifying principles.Liberal Education makes not the Christian, not the Catholic, but the gentlemen.It is well to be a gentleman, it is well to have a cultivated intellect, a delicate taste, a candid, equitable, dispassionate mind, a noble and courteous bearing in the conduct of life--these are the connatural qualities of a large knowledge;they are the objects of a university.I am advocating, I shall illustrate and insist upon them.But still, I repeat, they are no guarantee for sanctity or even for conscientiousness, and they may attach to the man of the world, to the profligate, to the heartless, pleasant, alas, and attractive as he shows when decked out in them.Taken by themselves, they do but seem to be what they are not;they look like virtue at a distance, but they are detected by close observers and in the long run;and hence it is that they are popularly accused of pretense and hypocrisy;not, I repeat, from their own fault, but because their professors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not, and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have no claim.Quarry the granite rock with razors, or moor the vessel with a thread of silk, then may you hope with such keen and delicate instruments as human knowledge and human reason to contend against those giants, the passion and the pride of man.知識與美德

知識是一回事，美德是另一回事。好意并非良心，優(yōu)雅并非謙讓，廣博與公正的觀點也并非信仰。哲學，無論多么富有啟迪和深奧莫測，都無法駕馭情感，不具備有影響力的動機，不具有導致生動活潑的原理。文科教育并不造就基督教徒抑或天主教徒，而是造就了紳士。造就一個紳士誠為美事。有教養(yǎng)的才智，優(yōu)雅的情趣，正直、公正而冷靜的頭腦，高貴而彬彬有禮的舉止 — 這些是與淵博的學識生來固有的品質, 它也是大學教育的目的。對此我提倡之，并將加以闡釋和堅持。然而我要說的是，它們仍然不能確保圣潔，或甚至不能保證誠實。它們可以附庸于世故的俗人，附庸于玩世不恭的浪子。唉，當他們用它偽裝起來時，就更增加了他們外表上的冷靜、快活和魅力。就其本身而言，它們似乎已遠非其本來面目，它們似乎一遠看的美德，經久久細察方可探知。因此它們受到廣泛的責難，指責其虛飾與偽善。我要強調，這絕非是因為其自身有什么過錯，而是因為教授們和贊美者們一味地把它們弄得面目全非，并且還要殷勤地獻上其本身并不希冀的贊頌。如若用剃刀就可以開采出花崗巖，用絲線即能系泊位船只，那么，也許你才能希望用人的知識和理性這樣美妙而優(yōu)雅的東西去與人類的情感與高傲那樣的龐然大物進行抗爭。

On Changes

Change is the only absolute

in the world，the only thing

that you can depend on.Nothing stays the same.Tomorrow will come，bringing with it

new beginnings and sometimes

unexpected endings.You can hold on to the past

and get left in the dust;

or, you can choose to

jump on the ride of life

and live a new adventure

with perseverance

and an open mind.論變化

艾琳·鄧萊普

變化是世界上

唯一絕對的東西，是唯一

你能相信的事情。

沒有什么能一成不變，明天將來臨，它會帶來新的開始，并且有時

還會帶來意想不到的結局。

你可以抓住過去，蒙受遺棄；

或者，你可以選擇

躍上生命之車

進行一次新的冒險，憑借堅持不懈

和廣闊的胸懷。

Self-confidence is essential to success

Nothing succeeds like confidence.When you are truly and justifiably confident, it radiates from you like sunlight, and attracts success to you like a magnet.It“s so important to believe in yourself.Believe that you can do it under any circumstances, because if you believe you can, then you really will.That belief just keeps you searching for answers, and then pretty soon you will get them.Confidence is more than an attitude.It comes from knowing exactly where you are going, exactly how you are going to get there.It comes from acting with integrity and confidence.It comes from a strong sense of purpose.It comes from a strong commitment to take responsibility, rather than just let life happen.One way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experience behind you.Confidence is compassionate and understanding.It is not arrogant.Arrogance is born out of fear and insecurity, confidence comes from strength and integrity.Confidence is not just believing you can do it.Confidence is knowing you can do it.Knowing that you are capable of accomplishing anything you want, and live your life with confidence.Anything can be achieved through focused, determined effort, commitment and self-confidence.If your life is not what you want it to be, you have the power to change it, and you must make the changes on a moment by moment basis.Live your priorities, live with your goals and your plan of action, live each moment with your priorities in mind.Act with your own purpose, and you will have the life you want 自信是成功的決定因素

信心成就一切，當你真正自信時，它就像燦爛的陽光一樣從你身上散發(fā)出來，就像磁鐵一樣將成功吸引到你身上。

相信自己非常重要。要相信自己無論在任何情況下都會成功。因為如果你相信你能做到，那么你就真的會做到。這種信念促使你不斷的去尋找答案，而不斷的探索就意味著你很快就會找到答案。

信心不只是一種態(tài)度，它來源于你確切地知道自己要去干什么并且確切地知道怎么去干。它來源于正直和自信地去行動。它來源于強烈的目標感。它來源于強烈地勇于承擔責任的許諾，而不是讓生命放任自流。

培養(yǎng)自信的一種方法是去做你害怕做的事情，并將它做成功。

信心是富有同情心和善解人意的。它一點都不傲慢自大。傲慢是由于害怕和缺乏安全感才產生的，而信心則出于堅強的決心和誠實正直。

信心并不是僅僅認為你可能會成功，而是確信你一定能成功。確信你有能力實現自己的愿望，并充滿信心的生活著。

如果你足夠專心、堅決和自信，那么任何事都能做成。如果生活不像你預想的那樣，你有力量去改變它，并且你必須一步一步的去實現這些改變。銘記你生命中最重要的事情。有目標并且有計劃的去生活。為你的目標而奮斗，你就會擁有自己想要的生活。

The first snow

The first snow came.How beautiful it was, falling so silently all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the living, on the graves of the dead!All white save the river, that marked its course by a winding black line across the landscape;and the leafless trees, that against the leaden sky now revealed more fully the wonderful beauty and intricacies of their branches.What silence, too, came with the snow, and what seclusion!

Every sound was muffled, every noise changed to something soft and musical.No more tramping hoofs, no more rattling wheels!Only the chiming of sleigh-bells, beating as swift and merrily as the hearts of children.初雪

初雪飄臨。多么美啊！它整日整夜那么靜靜地飄著，落在山嶺上，落在草地上，落在世人的屋頂上，落在死才的墳墓上！在一片白茫茫之中，只有河流在美麗的畫面上劃出一道曲曲彎彎的黑線；還有那葉兒落凈的樹木，映襯著鉛灰色的天空，此刻更顯得枝丫交錯，姿態(tài)萬千。初雪飄落時，是何等的寧謐，何等的幽靜！

一切聲響都趨沉寂，一切噪音都化作柔和的音樂。再也聽不見馬蹄得得，再也聽不見車輪轔轔！唯有雪橇的鈴鐺，奏和諧的樂聲，那明快歡樂的節(jié)拍猶如孩子們心房的搏動。

The value of time

To realize the value of one year:

Ask a student who has failed a final exam.To realize the value of one month:

Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.To realize the value of one week:

Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.To realize the value of one hour:

Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.To realize the value of one minute:

Ask a person who has missed the train, bus or plane.To realize the value of one second:

Ask a person who has survived an accident.To realize the value of one millisecond:

Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.Time waits for no one.Treasure every moment you have.時間的價值

——凱瑟琳.桑

要想知道一年的價值

就去問期末考試不及格的同學

要想知道一個月的價值

就去問生那早產兒的母親

要想知道一周的價值

就去問問周報的編輯

要想知道一小時的價值

就去問等待相會的戀人

要想知道一分鐘的價值

那就去問問誤了火車汽車或飛機的人

要想知道一秒的價值

就去問大難不死的人

要想知道一毫秒的價值

就去問問奧運會獲得銀牌的人

時間不等人

你擁有的每一分每一秒都要珍惜

Out of the question is possible

When Henry ford decided to produce his famous v-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design in one for the engine.The design was placed on paper, but the engineers agreed, to a man, that it was simply impossible to cast an eight-cylinder engine-block in one piece.Ford said, “Produce it anyway.”

“But,” they replied, “It’s impossible!”

“Go ahead.” Ford commanded, “And stay on the job until you succeed, no matter how much time is required.”

The engineers went ahead.There was nothing else for them to do, if they were to remain on the ford staff.Six months passed and nothing happened.Another six months passed, and still nothing happened.The engineers tried every conceivable plan to carry out the orders, but the thing seemed out of the question: “impossible!”[

At the end of the year ford checked with his engineers, and again they informed him they had found no way to carry out his orders.“go right head,” said ford, “I want it, and I’ll have it.”

They went ahead, and then, as if by a stroke of magic, the secret was discovered.The ford determination had won once more!

This story may not be described with minute accuracy, but the sum and substance of it is correct.Deduce from it, you who wish to think and grow rich, the secret of the ford millions, if you can.You’ll not have to look very far.Henry ford was successful, because he understood and applied the principles of success.One of these is desire: knowing out the lines in which the secret of his stupendous achievement have been described.If you can do this, if you can lay your finger on the particular group of principles which made Henry ford rich, you can equal his achievements in almost any calling for which you are suited.“不可能”就是“可能”

亨利福特在要制造有名的v8汽缸引擎汽車時，曾指示他手下的工程師著手設計一種引擎，要把八個汽缸全放在一起。設計的紙上作業(yè)完成了，但是工程師們都異口同聲地跟福特說，“要把八個汽缸全放在一起，壓根是不可能?！?/p>

福特說：“無論如何都要做出來?！?/p>

他們又回答：“但是，那不可能啊！”

“動手做?！备Ｌ匾宦暳钕拢安徽摶ǘ嗌贂r間，做到交差為止！”

工程師只得著手去做。如果他們還想呆在福特的公司里討生活，就別無他途可行，值得去做。過了半年，沒有動靜。又過了半年，一樣沒有半點進展。工程師們試過了所有想得出來的計劃去執(zhí)行命令，結果仍然是：“不可能！”

過了一年，福特的工程師們都沒有進展，他們再次告訴他，他們想不出有什么辦法可以做到的指示。

“繼續(xù)做，”福特說?！拔乙似滓?，就一定要做到！”

他們繼續(xù)努力，然后仿佛如有神助似的，做法出籠了。

福特的決心又打贏了一仗。

這個故事也許說的不夠詳盡，但是故事的內容卻都是“如假包換”的。要想致富的你，從這個故事可以推算出福特百萬家財的秘密何在。務須舍近求遠，就在眼前。

亨利福特了解成功的原則，也運用了這些原則，所以他成功了。這些原則中，有一項就是渴望：知道自己要做的是什么。閱讀這篇文章時，請牢記這則福特的故事，時時在字里行間尋找他了不起的原因。只要你能做到，能正確無誤地指認出福特所運用的原則，就幾乎可以在適合自己的任何行業(yè)里，和他一樣地出類拔萃

保持自我,永不放棄

Be yourself, never give up

The adolescent girl from Tennessee is standing on the stage of a drama summer camp in upstate New York.It's a beautiful day.But the girl doesn't feel beautiful.She's not the leggy, glamorous Hollywood type.In fact, she describes herself as dorky.Since she was six years old, Reese Witherspoon has wanted to be a country singer.And Dolly Parton is her idol.But this flat-chested wisp of a girl is no Dolly Parton.Nevertheless, all of this summer she's been acting, dancing and singing---giving it her best.Play to your strengths.If you're going to make it in this business, it's not going to be on sexy—that's not who you are.Better focus on what you're good at.Celebrate yourself.Despite three years of lessons, at the end of camp her coaches tell her to forget about singing.They suggest she think about another career.If Reese did have talent, it was hiding under her skinny, mousy frame and her Coke-bottle glasses.Still, she takes their words to heart.After all, why shouldn't she believe the professionals? But back at home in Nashville, her mother — a funny, happy, upbeat person — wouldn't let her mope.Her father, a physician, encouraged her to achieve in school.So she worked hard at everything and was accepted at Stanford University.And at age 19, she got a part in a low-budget movie called “Freeway”.That led to a substantial role in the movie “Pleasantville”.But her big break came with “Legally Blonde”.Well, she decided, ”if you can't sing and you aren't glamorous, play to your strengths.If you're going to make it in this business, it's not going to be on sexy — that's not who you are.Better focus on what you've good at.Celebrate yourself.“ And then came the offer that took her back to her Nashville roots — playing the wife of tormented country star Johnny Cash.A singing role.All of a sudden the old fears were back.She was so nervous on the set, a reporter wrote, she ”kept a sick bucket“ nearby and admitted she ”would go backstage after a singing scene and shake.“ But she didn't give up on the movie or herself The humor and drive she learned at home overcame the self-doubt learned on that summer stage.She spent 6 months taking singing lessons again.She learned to play the Autoharp.And the hard work built up her confidence.Last March, Reese Witherspoon walked up on another stage, the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and accepted the Oscar as Best Actress for her heartbreaking, heartwarming singing role as June Carter Cash in “Walk the Line”.Finally, as you read the accounts of Reese Witherspoon, consider the obstacles she met.The lesson of the story, I suppose, is that instead of making dozen excuses why you can not realize your dreams, think about this story, just hold on to your dream and never give up.一名少女由田納西州來到紐約北部，她站在戲劇夏令營的舞臺上，雖然天氣是那么好，她的心情卻一點也不好。因為她不是那種身材頎長、豐腴美艷的好萊塢式美女，實際上她形容自己是“土里土氣，還有點傻”。

從六歲開始，里斯?威瑟斯龐就夢想著成為一名鄉(xiāng)村歌手，多莉?帕頓是她心中的偶像。但她可一點都不像多莉?帕頓，她胸部扁平，身材纖細。

然而，整個夏天她都在盡全力地表演，跳舞和唱歌

發(fā)揮長處。如果想在這一行發(fā)展，不要走自己不擅長的性感路線。更好地專注于自己的特長，為自己喝彩。

她已經上了三年的聲樂課程，但夏令營結束時，老師們還是告訴她應該忘掉唱歌這件事兒，另謀出路。如果里斯確實有天分的話，那也是給她纖細的身材和厚如可樂瓶底兒的眼鏡遮蓋住了。

雖然心有不甘，可她還是聽從了建議，畢竟，她有什么理由懷疑專業(yè)人士呢？

但回到位于納什維爾的家里，她的媽媽—— 一名風趣、快樂、樂觀的兒科護士——可不會讓里斯感到絲毫的沮喪。她的爸爸是一名醫(yī)生，他鼓勵女兒在學業(yè)上有所成就。于是，她凡事努力，終于被斯坦福大學錄取。

19歲那年，她出演了一部低成本電影《極速驚魂》。這為她后來在《歡樂谷》中爭取到真正重要的角色奠定了基礎。而她真正的破冰之作是影片《律政俏佳人》。

她暗下決心：“既然自己沒有歌唱天分，又不是光彩照人，那就盡力演出。要想在這行做下去，就不要在性感上做文章了——自己不是那種類型的。最好在自己擅長的方面下功夫。要展示自己?！边@時，她接到片約，邀她出演約翰尼?卡什——一個飽受折磨的鄉(xiāng)村歌手——的妻子，這是個需要演員有唱功的角色，該片約又把她帶回到納什維爾的家鄉(xiāng)。

突然，舊時所有的恐懼感又回來了，一名記者報道說，她在臺上實在是太緊張了，甚至在一邊“準備了嘔吐時要用的痰盂”，她自己也承認“每唱完一幕回到后臺，自己都在發(fā)抖”。但她沒放棄那部電影，也沒放棄自己。

她用六個月的時間重新開始學習聲樂。她還學會了演奏豎琴。不懈的努力讓她重拾信心。

2006年3月，里斯?威瑟斯龐走上了另一個舞臺——好萊塢的柯達劇院。憑借在影片《一往無前》里飾演的瓊?卡特?卡什這一歌唱角色，她獲得了奧斯卡最佳女演員獎，她在片中飾演的角色令人心碎，但也讓人心暖。

最后，當你讀瑞茜威瑟彭斯的故事時，想想她遇到的挫折。我認為，這個故事告訴我們，與其找借口解釋夢想為什么不能實現，不如想想這個故事，堅持你的夢想，永不放棄。

Bill Gates’8 Rules to Students

1.Life is not fair, get used to it.2.The world won't care about your self-esteem.The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.3.You will not make 4,000 dollars a year right out of high school.You won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.4.If you think your teacher is tough ,wait till you get a boss.He doesn't have tenure.5.If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about our mistakes, learn from them.6.Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now.They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are.So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents' genernation , try ”delousing" the closet in your own room.7.Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not.In some schools they have abolished failing grades;they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer.This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to anything in real life 8.Life is not divided into semesters.You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.Do that on your own time.一、全文翻譯

比爾.蓋茨給學生的八條準則

1.生活是不公平的,要去適應它.2.這個世界并不會在意你的自尊．它指望你在自我感覺良好之前先要有所成就．

3.高中剛畢業(yè)你不會一年掙４萬美元．你不會成為一個公司副總裁，并擁有一部裝有電話的汽車，直到你將此職位和汽車電話都掙到手．

4.如果你認為你的老師嚴厲，等你有了老板再這樣想．老板可是沒有任期限制的．

5.如果你陷入困境，那不是你父母的錯，所以不要尖聲抱怨我們的錯誤，要從中吸取教訓．

6.在你出生之前，你的父母并非像他們現在這樣乏味．他們變成今天這個樣子是因為這些年來他們一直在為你付帳單，給你洗衣服，聽你大談你是如何的酷．所以你想消滅你父母那一輩子中的＂寄生蟲＂來拯救雨林的話，你還是先去清除你房間衣柜里的蟲子吧．

7.你的學校也許已經不再分優(yōu)等生和劣等生，但生活卻仍在作出類似的區(qū)分．在某些學校已經廢除不及格分，只要你想找到正確答案，學校就會給你無數機會．這和現實生活中的任何事情沒有一點相似之處．

8.生活不分學期．你并沒有暑假可以休息，也沒有幾位雇主樂于幫助你發(fā)現自我．自己找時間做吧．

二、詞匯學習

1.self-esteem n.自尊, 自負, 自大

例句： If he failed, his self-esteem would suffer.如果他失敗，他的自尊心會受到損害。

2.tenure n.(財產、職位等的)占有(期, 權, 條件)；(土地的)使用(權, 期), 所有權

例句： He is promised a long tenure of office.他得到許諾可有一個較長的任期。

3.parasite n.寄生蟲,食客

例句：The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees.槲寄生是寄生在樹上的植物。

4.delouse [di:'laus] v.驅除虱子 Feed Your Mind

If you are hungry, what do you do? Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry.But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such absurd things.So it silently began to heed to your needs and never let itself grow.When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop.This is the aftermath of our own karma of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.Hunger of the mind can be actually satiated through extensive reading.Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood.Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to take help of reading.You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your “How to?” questions.Once you read a book, you just don't run your eyes through the lines, but even your mind decodes it and explains it to you.The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed.Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas.The same seed if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!This is nothing but creativity.More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before 別讓你的腦子挨餓

如果你餓了，你會怎么做？抓起你最喜愛的美食飽餐一頓，然后靜靜地呆在那里？而你的大腦也像你的胃，是會感到饑餓的，但它卻從不讓你知道，因為你讓它一直想著你的夢中情人、你最喜愛的明星和許多諸如此類的荒唐事。因此它只是默默地留意著你的需要卻從不讓自己成長。當思維恣意成長時，創(chuàng)造力就戛然而止。這就是我們的大腦總在考慮那些毫無價值的事情產生的后果。

事實上，思維的饑荒可以通過廣泛的閱讀為滿足。為什么是閱讀而不是選擇看電視呢？因為自孩提時代起，讀書就已經是最具教育性的工具了。正如人生發(fā)展的其他方面一樣，我們不得不求助于閱讀。世界上有無數書籍可以回答你“如何做”的問題。讀書時不僅要用眼睛瀏覽文字，還要用腦去解讀、詮釋。書中有趣的部分就會像種子一樣貯存在你的腦海里。將來你會不自覺地運用這粒種子引發(fā)新的想法。多次運用這粒種子將有助于你把許多事情聯(lián)系起來，即使你做夢都想不到這些！這不是別的，就是創(chuàng)造力！你讀的書越多，你的心智就會前所未有地開闊。

詞匯學習

1.grab v.抓取,搶去

例句：Let's grab a sandwich and go to see the film.讓我們趕快吃個三明治就去看電影吧。

2.aftermath n.不幸事件之后果, 余波

例句：The aftermath of this tragedy in Sichuan will affect not only the region, but China as a whole.四川這場悲劇的余波不僅僅影響了這個地區(qū)，也影響了整個中國．

3.innumerable adj.無數的, 數不清的

例句：There are innumerable stars in the sky.天空中有數不清的星星。

4.relate vt.敘述, 說；使聯(lián)系;顯示出...與...的關系

例句：They are related to each other.他們彼此之間有親戚關系。

Success in Life

第二篇：最美勞動者短文

把教育當作生活--最美勞動者

蕩灣張敏

不計辛勤一硯寒，桃熟流丹，李熟枝殘，種花容易樹人難。

清晨，第一縷陽光還沒有照亮校園，他已開始忙碌，檢查好校內設施，打開每個教室的門；中午下課的鈴聲響起前，每個教室前都整齊的擺好了要分發(fā)的飯菜，是他用三輪車一趟又一趟的從食堂運到教室；放學后，他仔仔細細的檢查每個教室的門窗、電子設備，在落日的余暉中鎖上校園的大門，結束忙碌的一天。他就是我校的凌甫老師。

我曾想過，怎樣的老師是最美的。凌老師讓我明白，當你不再把教師當做職業(yè)而是當做生活的時候，你就是最美的老師。

“一聲聲的老師好是世界上最動聽的聲音，教書育人是我的樂趣，做我所愛我感覺很幸?！薄Ｕ劶敖處熯@個職業(yè)，凌老師總會臉上帶著微笑的告訴我們。他在教師崗位上兢兢業(yè)業(yè)，可謂是幾十年如一日，三尺講臺，春風化雨，迎來桃李滿園。整整40年，人生有多少個40年，這是他的大半輩子。有人笑說你陪學生的時間多過陪自己家人的時間。

記得去年我上六年級的《校園生物大搜索》時，對于校園中的植物一無所知，其他老師指點我，去問凌老師?！爸行幕▔N的是十大功勞、杜鵑花、小葉黃楊，是我前幾年種上的，那邊是月月紅······”說起這校園里的一草一木，凌老師會帶著一絲淡淡的驕傲。他告訴我校園就是他的第二個家。是啊，校園的每個角落都曾留下他的身影，有他灑下的汗水。

“我離不開孩子們”當別人問起為什么退休了卻仍選擇留在學校工作時，凌老師這樣說。大半輩子與孩子們在一起，凌老師早已習慣這樣的生活，看著孩子們慢慢的懂事，慢慢的成長，對待每一個孩子都像是自己的孩子一樣。現在孩子們見到他時都會親切的打招呼，喊一聲凌爺爺，這是凌老師最開心的時刻。孩子們的天真、熱情、活力，也深深感染著他。

“捧著一顆心來，不帶半根草去”凌老師用實際行動詮釋著這句話的內涵。

第三篇：英語短文

A Wolf in sheep's clothing

（披著羊皮的狼）

A wolf wanted to eat the sheep, but he was afraid of the vigilant

shepherd and his dogs.One day the wolf found the skin of a sheep.He put it on and walked among the sheep.A lamb thought that the

wolf was its mother because his skin looked like hers.So it

followed the wolf.Soon after they had left the dogs, the wolf came

at the lamb and ate it up.For some time he succeeded in deceiving

the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals.披著羊皮的狼

狼想吃羊，但是他害怕警惕的牧羊人和牧羊犬。有一天狼發(fā)現了一塊羊皮，便披著它混入羊群。一只小羊羔把這只披著羊皮的狼誤認為自己的媽媽，被領出了羊群。狼成功地欺騙了羊群，吃掉了小羊羔。

寓意：事物的外表有時候會掩蓋它的本質，所以我們不能只憑表面現象就作判斷。

good boy(好孩子)

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents.“What did you do

with the money I gave you yesterday?”

“I gave it to a poor old woman,” he answered.“You're a good boy,” said the mother proudly.“Here are two cents more.But why are you so interested in the

old woman?”

“She is the one who sells the candy.”

小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢?！白蛱旖o你的錢干什么了？”

“我給了一個可憐的老太婆，”他回答說。

“你真是個好孩子，”媽媽驕傲地說。

“再給你兩分錢。可你為什么對那位老太太那么感興趣呢？” “她是個賣糖果的?！? Naughty monkey(調皮的猴子)

It’s very hot.An old man is asleep on the chair.A fly comes and sits on the end of the man’s nose.The old man has a naughty monkey.He chases the fly.The fly comes back again and sits on the old man’s nose again.The

monkey chases it away again and again.This happens five or six times.The monkey is very angry.He

jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone.When the fly sits on the old man’s nose again, the monkey hits it

hard with the stone.He kills the fly and breaks the old man’s nose.天氣很熱。一位老人在椅子上睡著了。一只蒼蠅飛來落在老人的鼻子上。老人有一只頑皮的猴子。猴子在追打蒼蠅。蒼蠅再次飛落在老人的鼻子上，猴子一再追打蒼蠅。這樣往返了五六次，猴子很生氣。他跳著跑到花園，撿起一塊大石頭。當蒼蠅再次落在老人的鼻子上時，猴子用石頭擊中老人的鼻子上的蒼蠅。他砸死了蒼蠅也打破了老人的鼻子.

第四篇：英語經典短文

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英語經典短文

一、How to use an English-Chinese dictionary? When you are reading something in English, you may often come across a new word.What’s the best way to know it? You may look it up in an English-Chinese dictionary.It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word.But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly? First, all the English words are arranged in the alphabetical order.In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the Ietter A, then B,C,D,E…That means if there are two words “desert”and “pull”,” “desert”will be certainly before“pull”.Then if there,are two words both beginning with the same letter,you may look at the second letter.Then the third, the fourth…For example, “pardon”is before “plough”, “judge”is before “just”,etc.Do you understand how to look up a word in a dictionary? The dictionary will be your good friend,I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English learning.二、Travel by bike

If you go to visit London, you’ll see a lot of buses and cars on the road.You’ll also see a lot of bikes because more people travel by bike.There are a lot of reasons for this.First, it is very cheap to buy a bike, and it is quick, too.You often have to wait for a bus for half an hour.When the bus comes, there are so many other buses and cars on the roads that the bus moves very slowly.I traveled to work by bus for about four years.I often arrived at work late and tired.Then one day, about two years ago, a friend of mine said, “ I go to work by bike.Why don’t we travel together?”

“Because my bike is old.” I answered, “And there are so many buses and cars on the roads.I’ll feel frightened

“You needn’t feel frightened!” said my friend.“If you follow me and we ride slowly, you’ll be fine.”

The next day I brought myself a new bike.Although we went slowly, we arrived ai work quickly.It took 40 minutes to go to work by bus, but only half an hour by bike!Now I don’t feel afraid.I love going go work by bike.I take a different road every day.I arrived at work very quickly.I’ve got a little more money now, and more important, I feel healthy.Many people think in the same way as I do.That’s why you see a lot of bikes on the road.Next year you’ll see more, I am sure.Perhaps in the future we will have roads for bikes only.I hope so.三、American food habits

Generally speaking, American food is rather bland and inspired.Salads are popular and are served all the year round.Many American people are “calorie” conscious.This is evident in menus offering “l(fā)ow calorie” or “weight watchers” meals.In markets one can find “No Cal” drinks(meaning without calories)such as ginger ale or cola.“Diet” foods without sugar or salt are also available in food stores.Waiters in American restaurants tend to assume that everyone drinks coffee.If a waiter suddenly asks “Now or later?” what he means is “Do you want coffee with your meal now or later?” Many American drinks

Coffee with their meal.When dining out in the US we can ask for tea, milk,coke,bear and so on, if we prefer these to coffee, American restaurants cannot serve beer, wine, or liquor unless they are licensed to do so.The main course in American meals is usually meat, fowl, or fish, but rarely is more than one of these

上海寶茁教育濟南學習中心

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七、Insects We often think of insects as being harmful.This is not quite true.Many insects are harmful.For example, flies carry disease.Other insects carry disease, too.Farmers are at war with insects most of the time.Hungry insects kill plants in the fields.Farmers spray the fields to get rid of these insects.Does this mean that all insects are harmful? No.Many are of great help to man.Bees make honey.Without bees and other insects, many trees would have no fruit.Silkworms make silk.Some insects eat other insects that kill fruit trees.Have you ever seen a praying mantis? People who do not know about the praying mantis sometimes kill it.They think it is harmful.But this insect is of great help to farmers and gardeners.It eats insects that kill plants.Long ago, many people thought of most insects as enemies.Today, we know the difference between harmful insects and those that help us.八、Special language Can you see the rabbit’s tail? When a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away.Its tail is white and moves up and down as it runs.Other rabbits see the tail moving, and they run, too.They know that there is something danger.The rabbit has told them something without making a sound.It has given them a signal.Many other animals use this kind of language.When a cobra is angry, it raises its hood and makes itself look fierce.This warns other animals.When a bee has found some food, it goes back to its home.It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air.This tells the others where the food is.Some animals say things by making sounds.Sometimes we humans speak in the same way.But we have something that no animal has-a large number of words.No animal has the wonderful power of language.People living in different countries make different kinds of words.Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world.The words you know are called your vocabulary.You should try to make your vocabulary bigger.Read as many books as you can.When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary.Your dictionary is your most useful book.九、A good idea Mike and Tom had studied in the same class.After they had finished middle school, Mike went to college but Tom found work in a factory.The young man likes smoking very much and it’s bad for his health.Now he coughs day and night and he’s too weak to work.So he was sent away.He spent all money on smoking and sometimes he has little food to eat.Once Tom met Mike in the street.Mike finished college and began to work in a post office and was paid much.When Tom knew about it, he asked Mike to lend two hundred dollars to him.Mike found it was difficult to refuse and agreed.A year later Mike was going go marry and needed a lot of money.He told Tom about it.Tom said he would pay off the debt the next month.But three months passed and Tom did not pay off his debt.And one day Mike went to his house again and said, “Haven’t you found any ideas to pay off your debt?”

“Yes, I have.” Answered Tom.“ If you help me, I’ll pay off my debt at once.” “what’s it?”

“Please lend me five hundred dollars again.” Said the man.“I shall pay you back two hundred dollars, and I’ll pay Mr.White back two hundred dollars, and I’ll spend one hundred dollars on some bread and a newer coat.上海寶茁教育濟南學習中心

第五篇：英語短文

初中英語 Everyone has their own dreams, I am the same.But my dream is not a lawyer, not a doctor, not actors, not even an industry.Perhaps my dream big people will find it ridiculous, but this has been my pursuit!My dream is to want to have a folk life!I want it to become a beautiful painting, it is not only sharp colors, but also the colors are bleak, I do not rule out the painting is part of the black, but I will treasure these bleak colors!Not yet, how about, a colorful painting, if not bleak, add color, how can it more prominent American? Life is like painting, painting the bright red color represents life beautiful happy moments.Painting a bleak color represents life difficult, unpleasant time.You may find a flat with a beautiful road is not very good yet, but I do not think it will.If a person lives flat then what is the point? Life is only a short few decades, I want it to go Finally, Each memory is a solid.翻譯： 每個人都有自己的夢想，我也一樣。但是我的夢想不是律師，不是醫(yī)生，不是演員，甚至不是一種行業(yè)！我的夢想也許大人們會覺得可笑，但是，這是我一直追尋的！我的夢想是想要自己有一個七彩的人生！我要它成為一幅美麗的畫，它不但要有鮮明的顏色，也要有暗淡的顏色，我不排除這幅畫有一部分的黑色，我反而會很珍惜這些暗淡的顏色！不是嗎，試問一下，一幅色彩鮮艷的畫，如果不加一點暗淡的顏色，又怎能更突出它的美呢？人生就象畫一樣，畫中鮮艷的顏色就代表著人生美麗快樂的時光。畫中暗淡的顏色就代表著人生遭遇困難，不愉快的時候。也許你會覺得擁有一條平坦美麗的路不是很好嗎，但我并不覺得。一個人如果一生平坦那有什么意思呢？人生只有短短幾十年，我要他走到最后時，每一個回憶都事充實的！A friend is a person who can let you feel warm when you are depressed.I have many friends.But XXX is my best friend.He is as old as me.He taller than me.Basketball is his favorite sport.We are in the same class.He is good at study.So his study is very good.We learn from each other and help each other.He will help me if i got in trouble.I will help he as much as I can.I hope our friendship will forever and ever.A friend is someone who can let you feel warm when you are depressed.I have many friends.However I only have one best friend and it's XXX.He is the same age as me.He is taller than me.Basketball is his favourite sport.We are in the same class.He likes studying and is good at it, so he gets high marks.We learn from each other and help each other.He will help me if I ever get into troubles.So will I.I hope our friendship will last forever and ever 翻譯：朋友是當你在沮喪消沉的時候能給你溫暖的人。因此我又很多朋友。XXX是我最好的朋友。他和我一樣大卻比我高。他最喜歡的運動是打籃球。我們是同班同學。他的學習很棒，因此他的成績很好。我們相互學習相互幫助。我有困難的時候他會幫我，而他又困難我也會盡力幫他。我希望我們的友誼能天長地久。My best friend and I get along with each other quite well.But we are so different.He is funnier, more outgoing than I am and i'm more serious.He is more athletic and likes to play all kinds of sports but I am smarter on study.My friend is wilder than me and I am calmer.He is tall, thin, strong,with short hair, And sometimes he is very careless and lazy.On the other hands, I am short, fat, weak, with shorthair.He is very helpful because I am very lazy and don't want to do any sports.And I will help him with his study.I think our friendship will last forever.翻譯：我和我最好的朋友相處的非常好，但是我們卻各有不同。他比我更有趣，更外向，而我很嚴肅。他是運動型的，各種體育運動都很喜歡，而我更擅長于學習。我的朋友相對狂野而我相對沉靜。他又高又瘦，但是很結實，留著短發(fā)。一些時候他馬虎又懶散。與他相比，我顯得矮胖，而虛弱。我也是短頭發(fā)。他很樂于助人，因為我很懶不想做仍和運動。我會在學習上幫助他。我希望我們的友誼能夠持續(xù)到永遠 Today, good sunny weather, always a hundred flowers......“ I head swimming glasses, I sing a little song, walked meteor big, went to Zhoushan Middle School swimming pool.Wow thiazolyl!Today, many people can really ah!A group of three students, five pile, in the pool, pushing and shoving, no better happy!I already have lost Hing son, traveling light.”Thump!“ I caught a spring, water ducks to water generally swim a.......Nice to feel the water!I have a moment like a free fish fry for a while yet also seemed a carefree birds.Sometimes wildly breaststroke frog forward, sometimes into freestyle, rolls toward the deep water.I kept the swinging hands, feet not live playing the water splashes like a bit graceful girl, and like one a lovely boy, beautiful great!I jumped up, roll forward.”Wow!“ The water was cold and deep water, thrilled!”Crash......“ my original” Deep Somersault "began.I pushed the hands, feet Yi Deng, jumped backward, turn sideways for a more perfect performance ah!I am in the midst of cheers, air to drill into the water.At this time, the students are coming to my swim.Suddenly, the pool open swim posture: breaststroke, butterfly, dog plane, everything.Overtake each other, with each side.Laughter, playfulness sound into a......Tired, I lay quietly on the water: If water every day as partners, so the fish do my friend, my teacher, my job is only swimming......it was nice to ah!When the sun sets, my classmates and I still play pool slapstick.Finally, the shore, and the evening's setting sun dragging our very, very long shadow.Happy swimming, I like!翻譯：“今天天氣好晴朗，處處百花香……”我頭頂游泳眼鏡，口哼小曲，邁著流星大步，向舟山中學游泳池走去。哇噻！今天人可真多啊！學生們三個一群，五個一堆，在泳池里推推搡搡，好不快活！我早已耐不住興子，輕裝上陣?！皳渫ǎ　蔽铱v身一躍，如水鴨子一般去水里暢游了……。水里的感覺真好！我一會兒像一條自由自在的小魚，一會兒又似一只無憂無慮的水鳥。時而青蛙似地蛙泳前進，時而自由泳進，向著深水區(qū)進發(fā)。我的雙手不停著擺動著，兩腳不住地打著水，濺起的水花如一位位婀娜多姿的少女，又像一個個活潑可愛的男孩，美麗極了！我跳躍著，翻滾著?！巴?！”深水區(qū)的水好涼、好爽！“嘩啦......”我的獨創(chuàng)“深水空翻”開始了。我雙手一推，兩腳一蹬，向后一躍，側身一轉，多完美的表演??！我在一片喝彩聲中，神氣地鉆入水里。這時，同學們都向我游了過來。頓時，泳池里游姿開放：蛙泳、蝶泳、狗刨、應有盡有。你追我趕，互不相讓。歡笑聲、嬉鬧聲響成一片......累了，我靜靜地躺在水面上：要是天天與水為伴，讓魚兒做我的朋友，當我的老師，我的作業(yè)只有游泳......那該多好啊！夕陽西下時，我和同學們還在泳池里嬉戲打鬧。終于，上岸了，黃昏的殘陽把我們的影子拖得很長很長?？鞓返挠斡?，我喜歡！I love my family,because I have a happy family.My father is an English teacher.His name is Jacky.He is thirty-eight.He likes playing basketball.What’s my mother jop?Is she a teacher?Yes,you’re right!My mother is very kind and nice,she is thirty-seven.My mother is always laborious work.I love my parents!On Staurday and Sunday,I often go to the library and play the piano,My father go to play basketball.Sometimes,we watch TV and listen to music at home.I love my family.Because I’m very happy to live with my parents together!翻譯: 我的家庭 我愛我的家庭,因為我有一個快樂的家庭.我的爸爸是一名英語教師,他的名字叫Jacky.他今年38歲.他非常喜歡打籃球.我的媽媽是趕什么呢?她是一名教師嗎?是的.你說對了!我的媽媽是一個很親切、友善的人,她今年37歲.我媽媽總是勤勞的干活.我愛我的父母.在星期六和星期天里,我經常去圖書館和彈鋼琴.我爸爸去打籃球.有時侯,我們都在家看電視和聽音樂.我愛我家.因為我和爸爸媽媽一起生活得很開心!I what busied one day, the body that dragging exhaustion sits silently on the balcony to syare blankly, come stealthily towards evening, late wind slowly had blown, left the cool trace of filar silk.But the balcony that also cannot bake sun broil hair is very hotly is wrapped cool.Dark, bird is less and less also, the damage that a string of bird left in the sky cries.The sun that worked one day also took off coverall, it is no longer in that way dazzling.The tender broadness that the sun that changes new clothes also changes is elegant, lovely.Tell the truth the sun can be met really choose color.The clothes that you see her wear is much more beautiful, red is blaze that one the most beautiful one color in the layer.Withered and yellow is squashy orange just was picked on the tree that orange is yellow.Foil in so beautiful color the cheek that issued arch to give a piece of peaceful.She seems to be being monitored by others same, stealthily move is moving pace, appear that kind is lightsome.Knowing at this moment is who is make a practical joke, in her that is high and scatter on luxuriant clothes went up prepared Chinese ink makes her dress becomes bit more full of stains or spots, ased if to throw one Jiao in wallow.Right now she is like a girl bashful and same, blush so that resemble squashy persimmon.Perhaps she feels embarrassed to used white gauze cloak to live then half face.Passed for ages, perhaps be she feels to be done so also of no help cowardly cowardly ground comes out to appear that kind is bashful.Then she thinks 36 plan--go for the best thing to do, be smooth!Apparent its speed appears than a moment ago much faster, she is floating die of small blush Pang is in then later hilltop.The sky appears deserted.Again scan widely hopes horizon appeared again her form, hey!How be like two different people with foregoing the setting sun, move close to again look, it is the moon that Yin Guangshan shows so.Dark, appear soundless in that way all around.翻譯： 忙碌了一天的我,拖著疲勞的身體靜靜的坐在陽臺上發(fā)呆,傍晚悄悄來臨,晚風緩緩的吹過,留下了絲絲的涼意.但也不能將太陽炙烤得發(fā)燙的陽臺裹涼.天黑了,鳥兒也愈來愈少,天空中留下了一串鳥的殘鳴。工作了一天的太陽也脫下了工作服，不再是那樣刺眼。換上新裝的太陽也變的溫柔闊雅，楚楚動人。說實話太陽可真會挑顏色。你看她穿的衣服多漂亮，紅的是火焰那一層一層中最美的顏色?？蔹S的是樹上剛摘下來熟透的桔子那桔黃。在這樣美麗的顏色襯托下拱出了一張?zhí)耢o的臉蛋。她好像被別人監(jiān)視著一樣，悄悄的挪移著步伐，顯得那般輕盈。這時不知道是誰在搞惡作劇，在她那高貴而又華麗的衣裳上撒上了墨汁使她的衣服變得斑斑點點，仿佛在泥坑里摔了一跤。此時她好像一個小姑娘害羞一樣，臉紅得象熟透的柿子。也許她覺得難堪于是便用白紗遮掩住了一半臉。過了好久，也許是她覺得這樣做也無濟于事便怯怯地出來顯得那般羞澀。于是她便想三十六計——走為上策，溜！顯然它的速度顯得比剛才快多了，之后她那泛著微紅臉龐消逝在山頭。天空則顯得空蕩蕩的。再放眼一望天際又出現了她的身影，哎！怎么跟先前的夕陽判若兩人，再湊近一看，原來是銀光閃閃的月亮。天黑了，四周則顯得那樣靜悄悄。I have a goodfriend,He is a boy,he has a very nice name—Robert.He comes from England.He has big eyes,they are round and cute.He comes to China with his parents.We know each other since last year.From then on,we become goodfriends.At weekends,we often get together to play basketball,he plays it very well,and,he sings well,too.He teaches me English and I teach him Chinese.We are goodfriends forever.翻譯：我有一個好朋友，他是一個男孩，他有一個非常好聽的名字—羅伯特。他來自英格蘭，他有一對大眼睛，它們很圓很可愛。他和他的父母一起來中國。我們從去年開始認識。從那時候起，我們成為好朋友了。在周末，我們經常一起打籃球，他打得非常好，而且，他歌唱得很好聽。他教我英語然后我教他中文。我們永遠都是好朋友。My Home Town My home town is a beautiful place.It stands beside a wide river and is rich in fish and rice.But in the old days it was a poor and backward little town.Many people had no work.They lived a hard life.In 1949 my hometown was liberated.Since then great changes have taken place there.The streets have been widened.Factories, schools, hospitals, cinemas and theatres have sprung up one after another.The life of the people is greatly improved.I love my hometown.All the more I love its people.They are working hard so as to make it still richer and more beautiful.====我的家鄉(xiāng) 我的家鄉(xiāng)是個美麗的地方，它座落在一條寬寬的小河旁邊，富產魚和大米。但是在過去它是個又窮又偏僻的小鎮(zhèn)。很多人沒有工作，生活很難過。1949年解放以來，我的家鄉(xiāng)發(fā)生了很大的變化。道路拓寬了，工廠、學校、醫(yī)院、電影院和歌劇院一個接一個建成。人們生活質量大大地提高了。我愛我的家鄉(xiāng)，更愛家鄉(xiāng)的人們。他們辛勤工作保持著它的富有、美麗。OK, let me tell you something about my weekend.I am going to do many things and be very busy on the weekend.So I do my homework on Saturday morning.In the afternoon, I am going to do housework with my mother.Because I am a good girl, I am helpful at home.On Sunday morning, I am going to visit my grandparents with my parents.In the afternoon, we are going to the park together.Because there is a kite show.And my grandparents likes making kites.I think, we can see many beautiful kites there.And we are going to buy some beautiful kites, too.Then, we are going to fly the new kites, that’s fun.In the evening, we are going to have a big dinner.We are going to have fish for dinner.Because my grandparents likes eating fish.And my grandma cooks fish well.After dinner, we are going to watch TV together.We are going to be very happy.This is my happy weekend.I like my weekend very much.What about your weekend? Can you tell me?好吧,讓我來告訴你有關我周末的一些事情.我在周末將會有很多事情要做并且會很忙.所以我要在周六早上寫作業(yè).下午,我要和媽媽一起做家務.因為我是一個好女孩,在家里很有用.周日早上,我要和父母一起去看望祖父母.下午，我們要一起去公園.因為那有個風箏秀.并且我的祖父母喜歡做風箏.我認為,我們會在那看到很多漂亮的風箏.我們的也要買一些漂亮的風箏.然后我們要一起去放新的風箏,那很有趣.晚上,我們會有一個盛大的晚餐.我們會在晚餐上吃魚.因為我的祖父母喜歡吃魚.并且我的外婆很會做魚.晚飯后,我們要一起看電視.我們會非常高興.這就是我快樂的周末.我非常喜歡我的周末.你的周末是怎樣的?你能告訴我嗎？ Beijing Olympic Games is the 29th Olympic Games.It will last16 days, since August 8, 2008, carry on 28 matches of 302 little projects, sell 7 million tickets.In order to further improve the traffic environment, the expressway of Beijing will increase from present 500 kilometers to 718 kilometers,Beijing will let the going out swift, on time, security of people participating in Olympic Games.Hope Beijing Olympic Games can be succeeded in holding！北京奧運會是第29屆奧運會.自2008年8月8日起，歷時16天，共進行28個大項，302個小項目的比賽,可售門票700萬張.為進一步改善交通環(huán)境,北京的高速公路將由目前的500公里增加到718公里,北京將讓參加奧運會的人們的出行快捷、準時、安全。希望北京奧運會能夠成功舉辦！?

小學英語 Though my daily life is extremely monotonous, I try hard to adapt myself to it.Why? Because I intend to be a good student.I wish to render service to my country.I get up at six o’clock every day.After I wash my face and brush my teeth, I begin to review my lessons.I go to school at seven o’clock.After school is over, I return home.We usually have supper at seven o’clock.Then I begin to do my homework.I want to finish it before I go to bed.雖然我的日常生活十分單調，但我卻竭力設法去適應它。為什么？因為我打算做一個好學生，希望將來為國家服務。我每天六點起床、洗臉刷牙后，就開始復習功課，七點鐘我就去上學。放學后，我就回家了。我們通常在七點鐘吃晚餐，之后我就開始做家庭作業(yè)，希望在睡覺前把它做完。