600個悅學生用英語怎麼說
1. 各位英語高手幫幫忙！急！
繽紛世界精典短篇文選八則
吃剩快餐貽鼠患？
Fast Food Scraps Threaten Rat Plague?
Britain is facing a sharp rise in its rat population as growing numbers of people leave fast food scraps in the street, an environment group warned. Keep Britain Tidy said the rodents were abandoning their traditional haunts underground and were roaming the streets, enticed by discarded remnants of burgers, pizzas and crisps. "The rat population is on the rise and soon it'll be as common to see a rodent on our street as it is to see a dog or a cat," said group Director, Sue Nelson. The practice of mping fast food litter and scraps on the street rather than in the trash - with young men the worst offenders - was behind the rise. According to the National Rodent Survey in 2001, Britain's rat population has grown by nearly one quarter since 1998 and is now estimated at 60 million, two million more than the human population. On average a rat can give birth every 24-28 days and just a single pair of rats can proce a colony of 2,000 a year. Around 200 Britons a year contract Weil's Disease - an infection which can lead to kidney or liver failure and eventually death and which is carried in rat's urine. To highlight the issue, Keep Britain Tidy launched a cinema advert entitled "How close do you want them to get?" The ad culminates in a shocking image of a young woman sleeping in a bed of rats - echoing the nightmare scenario from James Herbert's classic horror tale The Rats, in which mutant rodents begin to prey on humans.
一個環保組織發出警告：由於越來越多的人把吃剩的快餐扔在大街上，英國的老鼠數量正在急劇上升。「保持英國清潔」組織說，人們拋棄的漢堡包、比薩餅和土豆條殘渣正在誘使習慣在地下活動的鼠類轉而到大街上漫步。「老鼠數量正在增長，很快在街上看到老鼠就會和看到貓狗一樣平常，」該組織負責人蘇-尼爾森說。老鼠增多的背後是往大街上而不是垃圾箱里亂扔快餐垃圾和殘渣的行為--年輕人是其中的罪魁禍首。根據2001年的國家鼠類調查，英國的老鼠數量自1998年來增長了將近1/4，目前估計為6千萬只，比英國人口還多2百萬。老鼠平均每24至28天就可生產一次，僅僅一對老鼠一年就能繁殖出一個2000隻的鼠群。每年大約有200個英國人感染威爾氏症--一種能導致腎或肝功能衰竭直至死亡的傳染病，病源在老鼠的尿液中。為引起人們對這一問題的注意，「保持英國清潔」推出了名為「你希望它們靠得多近？」的影院宣傳片。宣傳片的高潮是一幅令人震驚的畫面：一個年輕婦女睡在一張滿是老鼠的床上--這是對詹姆斯-赫伯特的經典恐怖故事《老鼠》中夢魘般的景象的模擬。在那個故事中，變異的老鼠開始捕食人類。
Remarks：冒著人人喊打的風險上街的這些老鼠顯然沒有繼承到前輩的智慧--在《伊索寓言》中，一隻鄉下老鼠選擇了田間粗茶淡飯的太平日子而不是城裡擔驚受怕的奢華生活。
百歲大獎
100-Year-Old Rewards Doctor
Israel Haimowitz made a deal with his doctor 15 years ago - get me to 100 and I'll buy you a European vacation. On Sept 5, 2002, Haimowitz is celebrating his 100th birthday. And Dr. Robert Drimmer and his wife are looking forward to a trip to London next summer. "I hate to take his money," Drimmer said, but Haimowitz "would be mad if I didn't go." Haimowitz, a retired furniture salesman, said it's the least he can do. The native of Brooklyn, N.Y., is in good health, complaining only occasionally of fatigue. He moved to Florida 16 years ago. "To get a doctor down here that's considerate of his patients is difficult," Haimowitz said. He credits his longevity and health to drinking two ounces of cognac daily, along with eating five Danish butter cookies. Haimowitz, who just renewed his driver's license, said he plans to stick around awhile. "When I don't feel good, I don't want to be here. But when I feel as I do now, I want to live to 120," he said.
伊斯里爾-海莫威茨與他的醫生達成了一項交易--讓我活到100歲，我就送你去歐洲度假。2002年9月5日，海莫威茨在慶祝他的百歲壽辰，而羅伯特-德雷默醫生和他的妻子也在期待著來年夏天的倫敦之旅。「我真的不想花他的錢，」德雷默說，可是海莫威茨「會因我不去而發瘋。」退休傢具推銷員海莫威茨說這是他所能做的最起碼的事。海莫威茨是紐約布魯克林人，他健康狀況良好，只是偶爾為疲勞所苦。16年前，海莫威茨搬到了佛羅里達。他說：「在這兒找一個會悉心照料病人的醫生可不容易。」海莫威茨把自己的長壽和健康歸功於每天的兩盎司白蘭地和5塊丹麥牛油曲奇。剛剛更新了駕駛執照的海莫威茨說，他打算再活上一段時間。「如果感覺不好，我就不想再逗留了。不過，在感覺如現在般良好的時候，我希望活到120歲，」他說。
Remarks：也許這位老先生沒有意識到：「感覺良好」才是他長壽的真正秘訣--如果活得沒了感覺，想「逗留」也不太容易哩。
生在秋天的好處
People Born in Autumn Live Longer
People born in the autumn live longer than those born in the spring and are less likely to fall chronically ill when they are older, according to an Austrian scientist. Using census data for more than one million people in Austria, Denmark and Australia, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in the northern German town of Rostock found the month of birth was related to life expectancy over the age of 50. Seasonal differences in what mothers ate ring pregnancy, and infections occurring at different times of the year could both have an impact on the health of a new-born baby and could influence its life expectancy in older age. "A mother giving birth in spring spends the last phase of her pregnancy in winter, when she will eat less vitamins than in summer," said Gabriele Doblhammer, one of a team of scientists who carried out the research. "When she stops breast-feeding and starts giving her baby normal food, it's in the hot weeks of summer when babies are prone to infections of the digestive system." In Austria, alts born in autumn (October-December) lived about seven months longer than those born in spring (April-June), and in Denmark alts with birthdays in autumn outlived those born in spring by about four months. In the southern hemisphere, the picture was similar. Alts born in the Australian autumn - the European spring - lived about four months longer than those born in the Australian spring. The study focused on people born at the beginning of the 20th century, using death certificates and census data. Although nutrition at all times of the year has improved since then, the seasonal pattern persists, Doblhammer said.
一位奧地利科學家認為，秋天出生的人比生在春天的人活得長，在上了年紀的時候也更不容易得慢性病。馬克斯-普朗克人口研究學院位於德國北部城市羅斯托克，該學院的科學家們通過分析奧地利、丹麥和澳大利亞3國超過100萬的人口普查數據得出結論，人們50歲以後的平均壽命與出生月份之間存在關聯。母親在懷孕期間所吃的東西因季節而有不同，一年裡不同時間流行的傳染病也不一樣，兩者都會對新生兒的健康發生影響，並進而影響他們到老年時的平均壽命。進行此項研究的科學家小組成員加布里埃爾-多布哈默說：「春天分娩的母親孕期的最後階段適逢冬季，因此她攝入的維生素要比夏季時少。她停止哺乳開始讓嬰兒正常進食的時候又正好趕上夏天最熱的那幾個星期，這時候嬰兒容易發生消化系統感染。「在奧地利，秋天(10至11月)出生的成人大約要比春天(4至6月)出生的多活7個月，而在丹麥這一差異大約是4個月。南半球的情況也差不多。生於澳洲秋天--歐洲的春天--的成人壽命比春天出生的長大約4個月。研究者們使用死亡證明和人口普查數據作為參考資料，主要對象是20世紀初出生的人。多布哈默說，盡管人們在一年中各個時期的營養狀況與那時相比都已經有所改善，這樣的季節性差異卻依然存在。
Remarks：換一個說法，也就是天秤座和天蠍座的人通常比金牛座和雙子座的人長壽，你相信嗎？
同病相憐
Love Means Sharing the Same Diseases
Married couples share more than their homes, cars and finances - they are also likely to have some of the same diseases, experts say. If a spouse suffers from asthma, depression, peptic ulcers, high blood pressure or raised cholesterol levels, the chances are their partner will be afflicted with the same illness. "Partners of people with specific diseases are at increased risk of the disease themselves - at least 70 percent increased risk for asthma, depression and peptic ulcer disease," Julia Hippisley Cox of the University of Nottingham in northern England said. Cox and her team said the most likely reason for the shared diseases was environment. Married couples usually eat the same foods, are exposed to the same allergens and often have similar exercise patterns, all of which contribute to ailments such as allergies, high blood pressure and raised cholesterol. The scientists studied the medical history of 8,000 married couples, aged 30 to 74. "The findings could have implications for targeting screening or disease prevention measures at partners of participants with one of these diseases," Cox added.
專家指出，已婚夫婦共同分享的不僅是房子、車子和金錢--他們還容易同時患上一些病症。如果其中一方得了哮喘、抑鬱症、消化性潰瘍、高血壓或是膽固醇過高，那麼另一方就很可能會遭受同樣疾病的折磨。英格蘭北部諾丁漢大學的朱麗葉-希皮斯利-科克斯說：「某些特定疾病患者的配偶罹患同樣病症的機率(比別的人)要高--就哮喘、抑鬱症和消化性潰瘍這幾種病來說，其機率要高70%。」科克斯和她的研究小組認為，「共享疾病」最可能的原因是環境。一般說來，已婚夫婦吃同樣的食物、接觸同樣的過敏原，鍛煉的模式通常也差不多，而這些都是造成過敏症、高血壓以及高膽固醇等症。科學家們分析了8000對30到74歲的已婚夫婦的病歷。「這一發現可能意味著我們應該對這類疾病患者的配偶實行定向隔離或採取預防措施。」
Remarks：為什麼要隔離或預防呢--這樣不是離「同年同月同日死」的目標更近了嗎？
情書公告牌
Paris Invents New Love Messages
Declarations of undying devotion will flash across Paris's municipal bulletin boards every 20 seconds next month as the French capital invents a new way to say "I love you" on Valentine's Day. Bertrand Delanoe, the left-wing mayor known for his innovative city festivals, said the electronic boards would carry the best short love letters on February 14 - Valentine's Day - and throughout that weekend, adding that they would "help Parisians tell each other 'I love you'". He urged Parisians to send in their messages with a note indicating which neighbourhood they wanted them to be posted in. A special committee would pick out the best ones to display. The illuminated boards, which normally announce everything from city festivals to traffic warnings, stand at key squares and intersections all around the French capital.
法國首都巴黎發明了一種在情人節這天說「我愛你」的新方法，下個月中巴黎市各處的市政公告牌上每20秒就會有表達不渝熱愛的宣言閃過。以喜歡組織新奇的城市節慶活動著稱的左翼巴黎市長伯特蘭-迪拉諾說，這些電子公告牌將會在2月14日情人節這天以及此後的周末刊載最動人的簡短情書，並宣稱它們會「鼓勵巴黎人對彼此說『我愛你』」。他敦促巴黎人交來他們的愛情訊息，同時註明他們希望在哪個地段公布訊息。一個特別委員會將選出最好的一些情書進行展示。這些發光的公告牌分布在巴黎各個主要廣場和十字路口，通常被用於公告從城市節慶活動到交通警示的各類事項。
Remarks：市政當局活躍氣氛的動機無可非議，只是我以為，就個人來說，這種「愛要讓全世界知道」的做法不過是一種輕浮的炫耀或著內心虛弱者的壯膽行為--如果他/她不是真的失蹤了的話。
影院的浪漫角落
Romance Blooms in Cozy Corners of Cinemas
Lovers have it tough in India's teeming financial capital, but some of the city's cinemas are playing Cupid to couples longing for time away from prying eyes. For the first time in Bombay, three upmarket cinemas have each set aside a dozen seats, called "Close-Up Corners," for couples wishing to watch a film together. The seats - priced the same as other cinema seats - are bigger and designed for two people with no arm rests between them. In conservative India, where public displays of affection are frowned upon, young men and women rarely dare to even hold hands for fear of censure or getting a "bad name." "This is the ideal place for couples to spend time together," said Hameed Shaikh, general manager of a suburban cinema, adding the "corners" were proving popular with college students. "This is a progressive step. We can't have culture cops dictating how we should behave," said 21-year-old college student P. Vijay outside a movie hall. "It's stupid to be prudish. This should be extended to more theaters in Bombay." Kamal Sharma, manager of another movie hall, said the romantic corners were a big hit even with married couples who often live in cramped, one-room homes that offer little privacy.
印度的金融中心孟買人多眼雜，情侶們的日子不太好過，不過這個城市裡的一些電影院為渴望遠離窺探眼光的愛侶們充當起了丘比特的角色。孟買的3家電影院各自為希望一起看電影的情侶們留出了12個被稱為「親密角落」的座位，這在孟買是破天荒的事情。這些座位--價錢和普通座位一樣--比較大，設計得適合兩個人坐，中間也沒有扶手阻隔。在保守的印度，當眾親昵會引人非議。由於擔心受責難或是得到「壞名聲」，年輕男女很少敢在公共場合哪怕是牽一下手。「這是愛侶們共度好時光的理想場所，」郊區一家影院的總經理哈米德-沙哈說。他還補充道，事實證明這樣的「角落」很受大學生歡迎。「這是一種進步。我們不能讓文化警察來專斷我們的舉止，」在一間影院外面，21歲的大學生P-維賈說。「蠢人才會假正經。這種做法應該在孟買更多的影院中推廣。」另一間影院的經理卡馬爾-沙馬說，浪漫角落甚至對已婚夫婦也很有吸引力，因為他們的住所往往非常狹窄，只有一個房間，幾乎沒有隱私可言。
Remarks：親密關系是否需要展覽是個人選擇問題，而尊重個人選擇的自由空氣是應當鼓勵的。
世界上最好的工作
World's Greatest Job, Up for Grabs*
Calling all chocoholics. One of Britain's most exclusive grocery stores needs a new chocolate taster - and will pay 35,000 pounds ($54,400) a year for the successful candidate. Fortnum & Mason in London's Piccadilly - one of the capital's most prestigious addresses - is looking for a chocolate buyer to travel the world, taste as much chocolate as possible and select the best for its discerning customers. Daily Telegraph newspaper said the Fortnum's personnel director Cathy O'Neill has already been bombarded with applications after she advertised the post as the "best job in the world." But not all of those interested have the right qualifications. "We only advertised it a couple of days ago," O'Neill told Daily Telegraph. "But already we have had loads of people writing in saying they have absolutely no experience, or they work in the metal instry or something, but they love chocolate."
*up for grabs：俚語，意為可得的，易得的，任何人都可能取得的。
所有巧克力愛好者請注意！英國最高檔的食品雜貨店之一需要一名新的巧克力試吃員--成功的應聘者將得到3萬5千英鎊(54,400美元)的年薪。位於倫敦皮卡迪利大街--這個都城最負盛名的地點之一--的福特納姆及梅森商店正在尋找一名巧克力采購員，其職責是環游世界，品嘗盡可能多的巧克力並為該店品味不凡的顧客們選出其中最好的品種。《每日電訊報》說，福特納姆的人事經理凱茜-奧尼爾在廣告中稱這個職位為「世界上最好的工作」，隨之而來的大量求職申請令她應接不暇。「我們幾天前才登出廣告，」奧尼爾對《每日電訊報》說。「但是我們已經收到了許多人的書面申請。他們說自己毫無經驗，或是就職於金屬行業，如此等等，但他們喜歡巧克力。」
Remarks：品嘗可解饞，旅遊可減肥，果然是好工作！
過期美味
Firm Sold Out-of-Date Food as It Was 'Tasty'
Fine wines and cheese may improve with age, but Japanese consumers were probably shocked to find that one company executive thought Chinese spring rolls did too. That, at least, is what Reiko Yoshida, head of a small food firm in western Japan, told a news conference when asked to explain why her company sold frozen spring rolls and other procts that were well past their sell-by date1. "I was told that the procts were past their expiry date, but I gave the order to sell them after I tried them and found them tasty," a spokesman for the company, Shinsho, quoted Yoshida as telling a news conference. The company sold about 2,600 frozen spring rolls to stores even though some were nearly six months past their expiry date, the spokesman said. Yoshida accepted now that the company should have thrown the food away after the sell-by date passed and that it would take care from now on. The firm has voluntarily halted business in 21 of its 23 shops around the country for an indefinite period of time. Japanese consumer confidence in food procts has been shaken by several recent scandals, include cases of mislabeling.
美酒和乾酪也許是越陳越好，不過日本的消費者可能會震驚於這樣的事實：一位公司主管認為這一規律也適用於中國春卷。至少，日本西部一個小食品公司的主管吉田玲子(音)在記者招待會上是這么說的，當時人們要求她解釋為何她的公司要出售已過期很久的凍春卷和其他產品。公司發言人新勝(音)引用吉田在記者招待會上的話說：「別人告訴我這些產品已經過了保質期，但我還是下令出售，因為我嘗過了，味道很好。」這位發言人說，公司賣了大約2600個凍春卷給各家商店，盡管其中一些已經過期將近半年。吉田現在承認公司應該扔掉過期食品，表示以後會對此多加註意。公司並主動無限期關閉了全國23個連鎖店中的21個。日本近日發生了幾起這樣的丑聞，包括亂貼標簽的事情，日本消費者對食品的信心因此大受影響。
Remarks：臭豬頭自然有爛鼻子的菩薩愛吃，對過期食品的個人愛好無可非議，但不管別人是否有此同好而強行推己及人的做法就有點過分了。
稻草人與籠中鳥
Scarecrow Guards Jail Birds
A judge on an inspection visit to a Brazilian jail discovered a straw scarecrow dressed in police uniform on the watchtower "guarding" some 735 jail birds, police said. The judge removed the scarecrow, which had apparently been manning the watchtower for days, and took it to the court as evidence. Police opened an investigation. "It is considered a grave breach of security rules," a police spokesman said, adding that a prison guard or a police officer should have been on the tower at all times. The Taubate Provisional Detention Center for prisoners awaiting trial near Brazil's biggest city of Sao Paulo was opened at the end of 2001 and has already had one publicized escape via an underground tunnel. Brazil's prison system is plagued with break-outs and violent riots e to extreme overcrowding, lack of funds and poor pay for prison officers.
巴西警方說，一位法官到巴西一座監獄視察，結果發現在瞭望塔中「看守」著735名囚犯的竟然是一個穿著警服的稻草人。法官拿走了稻草人--顯然它已經在這個崗位上呆了不少日子了--並將它呈上法庭作為證物。警方已經展開調查。「我們認為這嚴重違反了安全條例，」警方發言人說，並指出任何時候瞭望塔上都應該有一名監獄警衛或是警官。等候審判的陶貝特臨時拘留中心位於巴西最大城市聖保羅附近，2001年底才啟用，但這里已經發生過了一起廣為人知的犯人通過地道逃走的事件。巴西的監獄系統存在著嚴重的越獄和暴力騷亂問題，原因是監獄極度擁擠、缺乏資金以及監獄管理人員收入過低。
Remarks：挖地道逃走的犯人一定感到了莫大的恥辱--居然被稻草人嚇到了，沒敢堂而皇之地從地面上出去。
2. 英語短文
Learning：A Lifelong Career【學習：一生的事業】
As food is to the body, so is learning to the mind. Our bodies grow and muscles develop with the intake of adequate nutritious food. Likewise, we should keep learning day by day to maintain our keen mental power and expand our intellectual capacity. Constant learning supplies us with inexhaustible fuel for driving us to sharpen our power of reasoning, analysis, and judgment. Learning incessantly is the surest way to keep pace with the times in the information age, and an infallible warrant of success in times of uncertainty.
Once learning stops, vegetation sets in. It is a common fallacy to regard school as the only workshop for the acquisition of knowledge. On the contrary, learning should be a never-ending process, from the cradle to the grave. With the world ever changing so fast, the cease from learning for just a few days will make a person lag behind. What's worse, the animalistic instinct dormant deep in our subconsciousness will come to life, weakening our will to pursue our noble ideal, sapping our determination to sweep away obstacles to our success and strangling our desire for the refinement of our character. Lack of learning will inevitably lead to the stagnation of the mind, or even worse, its fossilization, Therefore, to stay mentally young, we have to take learning as a lifelong career.
學習之於心靈，就像食物之於身體一樣。攝取了適量的營養食物，我們的身體得以生長而肌肉得以發達。同樣地，我們應該日復一日不斷地學習以保持我們敏銳的心智能力，並擴充我們的智力容量。不斷的學習提供我們用不盡的燃料，來驅使我們磨利我們的推理、分析和判斷的能力。持續的學習是在信息時代中跟時代並駕齊驅的最穩當的方法，也是在變動的世代中成功的可靠保證。
一旦學習停止，單調貧乏的生活就開始了。視學校為汲取知識的唯一場所是種常見的謬誤。相反地，學習應該是一種無終止的歷程，從生到死。由於世界一直快速地在變動，只要學習停頓數日就將使人落後。更糟的是，蟄伏在我們潛意識深處的獸性本能就會復活，削弱我們追求高貴理想的意志，弱化我們掃除成功障礙的決心，而且扼殺我們凈化我們人格的慾望。缺少學習將不可避免地導致心靈的停滯，甚至更糟地，使其僵化。因此，為了保持心理年輕，我們必須將學習當作一生的事業。
2．heavy schoolwork【課業繁重】
In my opinion, the schoolwork now being assigned to high school students is too heavy. While it is true that students need to study, they need other things as well if they are to grow into healthy and well-rounded alts. High should be allowed more time for play. Playing is not wasting time, as some think. It gives them physical exercise, and also exercise their imagination. Which tends to be stifled by too much study. Finally, the pressure put on high school students by excessive schoolwork can cause serious stress, which is unhealthy physically and mentally. I do not advocate the elimination of schoolwork. I do think, however, that a rection of the current heavy load would be beneficial to students and to the society as a whole.
我認為目前高中生的課業實在太重了，雖然說學生的確應當念書，但是要想長大成為健全的人，他門還需要一些其它的東西，所以應該給高中生較多從事娛樂的時間。娛樂並不如某些人所想的，是在浪費時間，它可以讓學生鍛煉身體，發揮被繁重課業扼殺的想像力。最後，繁重的課業加諸在高中生身上的壓力可能引起嚴重的情緒緊張，這對身心都有害。我並非主張廢除學校課業，但是我認為減輕目前繁重的課業對於學生和整個社會都是有益的。
3．Time【時間】
Lost time is never found again. This is something which I learned very clearly last semester. I spent so much time fooling around that my grades began to suffer. I finally realized that something had to be done. It was time for a change.
Now I have a new plan for using my time wisely. I have set my alarm clock ahead half an hour. This will give me a head start on the day. I have also decided to keep a log of what I do and when I do it. Looking back on what I』ve done will give me some ideas on how to reorganize my time.
時光一去不復返，這是我上學期清楚學到的教訓。我浪費很多時間四處游盪，以致於我的成績開始退步。最後我終於了解到我必須有所作為；該是痛改前非的時候了。
現在我有一個明智運用時間的新方法。我已將鬧鍾早撥半小時，這將使我這一天的作息提前開始。我也決定將我所做的一切及做這些事的時間記錄下來。回顧我所做的事情會啟發我如何重新安排我的時間。
4．Work and Play【工作與娛樂】
Work and play do not contradict each other; in fact, they complement each other. As the saying goes, "All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy." A life burdened with work leads you nowhere, for you would get tired and bored with your daily routine work. On the other hand, proper recreation will relieve the tension and discomfort of our monotonous life because it offers you various ways to let out your pent-up emotions.
What I usually do to relax after school is jogging and seeing movies. Usually I don't spare time for exercise, but I value the physical ecation class at school. Jogging several rounds in the field certainly relieves the day's pressure. On weekends, I'll catch the morning movie for my visual enjoyment. I feel revived and energetic for another week's work-load.
工作與娛樂並不互相沖突，事實上，它們之間的關系還相輔相成。有句格言說：「整日工作而沒有休閑娛樂，會令人變得沉悶乏味。」被工作重擔壓得喘不過氣來的生活，將使你一事無成，因為你將對一成不變的例行公事感到厭煩。由另一方面來說，適度的娛樂活動能提供各種管道，來渲泄你被壓抑的情緒，減輕單調生活中的緊張與不悅。
放學之後，我最常做的休閑活動，便是慢跑與看電影。通常我並不特地撥出時間來做運動，但是我很重視學校的體育課。在操場上慢跑幾圈，無疑地可以減輕一天的壓力。在周末時，我都去看早場電影，享受視覺盛宴。如此一來，我將有如再生般的充沛活力，去面對下一星期的工作量。
5．My first Job【我的第一份工作】
My first job was at a cramming school. It was three years ago when I just graated from junior high school and finished the entrance examination. since I had nothing to do that summer, I decided to find a job, tasting the joy of independence.
I was responsible for answering the telephone and taking the message. I worked eight hours a day, six days a week. The work was not difficult nor heavy to me and I guess I did well. The most delighted thing was perhaps that I could spend the money I earned all by myself.
我的第一份工作是在一家補習班做事。那是三年前我剛從國中畢業，考完聯考時的事了。既然我那整個夏天都閑著沒事，倒不如找份差事，嘗嘗獨立賺錢的快樂。
我負責接聽電話且紀錄留言的工作。我一天工作八小時，一星期工作六天。那份工作對我而言既不困難亦不沉重，所以我想我還滿稱職的。而最令人快樂的事大概莫過於花全部由自己賺來的錢了！
6．My Favorite Sports【我最喜愛的運動】
Sports help everyone to keep healthy, happy, and efficient. So I pay special attention to games, especially table-tennis. Table tennis is my favorite game. I play it almost every day.
Table-tennis is an ideal game us because it brings the whole body into action. It strengthens our muscles, expands our lungs, promotes the circulation of the blood, and causes a healthy action of the skin. Besides, it is very amusing and does not cost us much money. Table-tennis is very moderate; it is not so rough as football. It is an indoor game and can be played even on rainy days. Thus, it is my favorite kind of exercise.
運動能幫助每一個人保持健康、快樂和有效率。所以我特別重視運動，特別是撞球，撞球是我最喜歡的運動。我幾乎每天玩。
撞球對我們而言，是一項理想的運動，因為它可以使我們全身運動，它可以增強我們的肌肉，擴張我們的肺部，促進血液循環，並且使肌膚產生健康作用，此外，它很有趣而且所費不多。撞球是相當溫和適中的，它不像足球那麼粗野。它是一種室內運動，甚至在下雨天也能玩。因此，撞球是我最喜愛的一種運動。
Fox and cock
One morning a fox sees a cock.He think,"This is my breakfast.''
He comes up to the cock and says,"I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins to sing.The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away.
The people in the field see the fox.They cry,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''
The cock says to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.''
The fox opens his mouth and says,"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.
狐狸和公雞
一天早上，一隻狐狸看到了一隻公雞。他想：這是我的早餐。
他朝公雞走來，對他說：「我知道，你能唱得非常好聽，你能唱給我聽么？」公雞很高興。他閉上眼睛開始唱歌。狐狸看到這些抓住它放到自己的嘴裡走了。
在田地里的人們看到了狐狸。大喊大叫：「看，看！狐狸抓住公雞逃走了。」公雞對狐狸說：「狐狸先生，你能理解么？人們認為你叼走了公雞。告訴他們這是你的，不是他們的。」
狐狸張開她的嘴說：「公雞是我的，不是你們的。」就在那時，公雞逃離了狐狸的嘴巴，跑到了樹底下。
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.
After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."
【譯文】
城裡老鼠和鄉下老鼠
從前，有兩只老鼠，它們是好朋友。一隻老鼠居住在鄉村，另一隻住在城裡。很多年以後，鄉下老鼠碰到城裡老鼠，它說：「你一定要來我鄉下的家看看。」於是，城裡老鼠就去了。鄉下老鼠領著它到了一塊田地上它自己的家裡。它把所有最精美食物都找出來給城裡老鼠。城裡老鼠說：「這東西不好吃，你的家也不好，你為什麼住在田野的地洞里呢？你應該搬到城裡去住，你能住上用石頭造的漂亮房子，還會吃上美味佳餚，你應該到我城裡的家看看。」
鄉下老鼠就到城裡老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的東西也為他們擺好了。可是正當他們要開始吃的時候，聽見很大的一陣響聲，城裡的老鼠叫喊起來：「快跑！快跑！貓來了！」他們飛快地跑開躲藏起來。
過了一會兒，他們出來了。當他們出來時，鄉下老鼠說：「我不喜歡住在城裡，我喜歡住在田野我的洞里。因為這樣雖然貧窮但是快樂自在，比起雖然富有卻要過著提心吊膽的生活來說，要好些。」
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《談生命》冰心
我不敢說生命是什麼，我只能說生命像什麼。
生命像向東流的一江春水，他從最高處發源，冰雪是他的前身。他聚集起許多細流，合成一股有力的洪濤，向下奔注，他曲折的穿過了懸崖峭壁，沖倒了層沙積土，挾卷著滾滾的沙石，快樂勇敢地流走，一路上他享受著他所遭遇的一切：
有時候他遇到巉岩前阻，他憤激地奔騰了起來，怒吼著，迴旋著，前波後浪的起伏催逼，直到他過了，沖倒了這危崖他才心平氣和的一瀉千里。有時候他經過了細細的平沙，斜陽芳草里，看見了夾岸紅艷的桃花，他快樂而又羞怯，靜靜地流著，低低的吟唱著，輕輕地度過這一段浪漫的行程。
有時候他遇到暴風雨，這激電，這迅雷，使他心魂驚駭，疾風吹捲起他，大雨擊打著他，他暫時渾濁了，擾亂了，而雨過天晴，只加給他許多新生的力量。
有時候他遇到了晚霞和新月，向他照耀，向他投影，清冷中帶些幽幽的溫暖：這時他只想憩息，只想睡眠，而那股前進的力量，仍催逼著他向前走……
終於有一天，他遠遠地望見了大海，呵！他已到了行程的終結，這大海，使他屏息，使他低頭，她多麼遼闊，多麼偉大！多麼光明，又多麼黑暗！大海庄嚴的伸出臂兒來接引他，他一聲不響地流入她的懷里。他消融了，歸化了，說不上快樂，也不有悲哀！
也許有一天，他再從海上蓬蓬地雨點中升起，飛向西來，再形成一道江流，再沖倒兩旁的石壁，再來尋夾岸的桃花。然而我不敢說來生，也不敢相信來生！
生命又像一顆小樹，他從地底聚集起許多生力，在冰雪下欠伸，在早春潤濕的泥土中，勇敢快樂的破殼出來。他也許長在平原上，岩石上，城牆上，只要他抬頭看見了天，呵！看見了天！他便伸出嫩葉來吸收空氣，承受陽光，在雨中吟唱，在風中跳舞。
他也許受著大樹的蔭遮，也許受著大樹的覆壓，而他青春生長的力量，終使他穿枝拂葉的掙脫了出來，在烈日下挺立抬頭！他遇著驕奢的春天，他也許開出滿樹的繁花，蜂蝶圍繞著他飄翔喧鬧，小鳥在他枝頭欣賞唱歌，他會聽見黃鶯清吟，杜鵑啼血，也許還聽見梟鳥的怪鳴。
他長到最茂盛的中年，他伸展出他如蓋的濃蔭，來蔭庇樹下的幽花芳草，他結出累累的果實，來呈現大地無盡的甜美與芳馨。秋風起了，將他葉子，由濃綠吹到緋紅，秋陽下他再有一番的庄嚴燦爛，不是開花的驕傲，也不是結果的快樂，而是成功後的寧靜和怡悅！
終於有一天，冬天的朔風把他的黃葉干枝，卷落吹抖，他無力的在空中旋舞，在根下呻吟，大地庄嚴的伸出臂兒來接引他，他一聲不響的落在她的懷里。他消融了，歸化了，他說不上快樂，也沒有悲哀！
也許有一天，他再從地下的果仁中，破裂了出來。又長成一棵小樹，再穿過叢莽的嚴遮，再來聽黃鶯的歌唱，然而我不敢說來生，也不敢信來生。
宇宙是個大生命，我們是宇宙大氣中之一息。江流入海，葉落歸根，我們是大生命中之一葉，大生命中之一滴。在宇宙的大生命中，我們是多麼卑微，多麼渺小，而一滴一葉的活動生長合成了整個宇宙的進化運行。要記住：不是每一道江流都能入海，不流動的便成了死湖；不是每一粒種子都能成樹，不生長的便成了空殼！生命中不是永遠快樂，也不是永遠痛苦，快樂和痛苦是相生相成的。等於水道要經過不同的兩岸，樹木要經過常變的四時。在快樂中我們要感謝生命，在痛苦中我們也要感謝生命。快樂固然興奮，苦痛又何嘗不美麗？我曾讀到一個警句，它說「願你生命中有夠多的雲翳，來造成一個美麗的黃昏」。