"一想到自己明天就没命了

"一想到自己明天就没命了 The smile I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I fumbled in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had escaped their search. I found one and because of my shaking hands, I could barely get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked through the bars at my jailer. He did not make eye contact with me. I called out to him ‘Have you got a light?' He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette. As he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently locked with mine. At that moment, I smiled. I don't know why I did that. Perhaps it was nervousness, perhaps it was because, when you get very close, one to another, it is very hard not to smile. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was as though a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn't want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and generated a smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but stayed near, looking at me directly in the eyes . and continuing to smile I kept smiling at him, now aware of him as a person and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to have a new dimension too. ‘Do you have kids?' he asked. ‘Yes, here, here.' I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the pictures of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that I'd never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too. "Suddenly, without another word, he unlocked my cell and silently led me out. Out of the jail, quietly and by back routes, out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town. “My life was saved by a smile." Yes, the smile―the unaffected, unplanned, natural connection between people. I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could recognize each other, we wouldn't be enemies. We couldn't have hate or envy or fear. 微 笑 “一想到自己明天就没命了，不禁陷入极端的惶恐。我翻遍了口袋，终于找到一支没被 他们搜走的香烟，但我的手紧张得不停发抖，连将烟送进嘴里都成问题，而我的火柴也在搜 身时被拿走了。 “我透过铁栏望着外面的警卫，他并没有注意到我在看他，我叫了他一声: ‘能跟你借个火吗,’他转头望着我，耸了耸肩，然后走了过来，点燃我的香烟。 “当他帮 我点火时，他的眼光无意中与我的相接触，这时我突然冲着他微笑。我不知道自己为何有这 般反应，也许是过于紧张，或者是当你如此靠近另一个人，你很难不对他微笑。不管是何理 由，我对他笑了。就在这一刹那，这抹微笑如同火花般，打破了我们心灵间的隔阂。受到了 我的感染，他的嘴角不自觉地也现出了笑容，虽然我知道他原无此意。他点完火后并没立刻 离开，两眼盯着我瞧，脸上仍带着微笑。 “我也以笑容回应，仿佛他是个朋友，而不是个守着我的警卫。他看着我的眼神也少了当 初的那股凶气，‘你有小孩吗,’他开口问道。 “‘有，你看。’我拿出了皮夹，手忙脚乱 地翻出了我的全家福照片。他也掏出了照片，并且开始讲述他对家人的期望与。这时我 眼中充满了泪水，我说我害怕再也见不到家人。我害怕没机会看着孩子长大。他听了也流下 两行眼泪。 “突然间，他二话不说地打开了牢门，悄悄地带我从后面的小路逃离了监狱，出 了小镇，就在小镇的边上，他放了我，之后便转身往回走，不曾留下一句话。 “一个微笑居然能救自己一条命。”“是的，微笑是人与人之间最自然真挚的沟通方式。 如果我们能用心灵去认识彼此，世间不会有结怨成仇的憾事;恨意、妒嫉、恐惧也会不复存 在。 背景介绍: 《微笑》是法国作家安东尼?圣艾修伯里的作品，圣艾修伯里是名飞行员，二次大战对 抗纳粹时被击落身亡，之前他也曾参加西班牙内战打击法西斯分子。他根据这次经验写了一 篇精彩的故事――《微笑》。他的代作《小王子》是美国人都很熟悉的童话故事。 I am not angel I had freed my pen for long, I don’t know why my mind always blank, perhaps keep a diary will good for me to practise my writing English, but till now I still don’t know what should I write, my brain still is empty, though there are a lot of things in our life we can write it, though my brain always running around the clock, but now except with a long sigh nothing in my mind indeed. Outside is cloudy,it seems that it will rain soon, my mood is not so good, just like such damn weather, it let me feel so sleepy, but I couldn’t take a nap in my office, for now it is my working time, what a day! I don’t like to do anything in this moment, I just indulge myself in listening music, actually I always find some cunning excuses for myself to escape from doing something, I know it is not a good habit, there are so many things waiting for me to handle it, but I just let them alone, I know I am not an angel, hoho, I love this song so much which sung by NaYing, the blue melody still haunting around me, huh, what a blue note, I am not an angel, who cares to be an angel! Love Peace Love People The sun rises in the morning, the flowers are blossoming ,the dewdrops rolling on the petals, birds begin singing. Oh, how beautiful it is! But look !The old women in the smoke of g gun power . Look the little girl starving to die .Oh! How horrible it is ! Everyone on the world is equal! Though we are in different countries now , we have the same ancester. However ,we fight with each other and kill them . If I ask you , have you ever noticed the coat of gispers? Have you ever pay any attention to the eyesight of the beggars ? Have you ever helped the disabled people ? What is your answer ? Are you brave enough to say that you have shown your mercy to these people? I dare to say, nobody want to loose his lovely home. I dare to say , nobody want to lose his relatives . I dare to say , everyone want to live a peaceful life . I dare to say , everyone want enjoy the fruit of the civilazition . So for all, for us all , let’s throw away weapons , let’s treat each other equally, let’s show our love to the poor and depressed . Once we all try our best , many things will be changed . Our sky will be bluer , our smile will be more beautiful . There won’t be war any more , there won’t be starvation , new palialism, oppression . We will have a brand-world . Everyone , love peace , love people please A Student’s Dream I have a dream. The dream is deeply rooted in my heart . I have a dream that we live in a peaceful world. Yes a peaceful world. There will be no war ,no hunger ,no depression. People of different nations, religions and races, live in together in harmony. Just like we and the foreigners in our Yan Shan University. I have a dream that we live in a beautiful world. Yes a beautiful world. The sky is blue, the water is clean, the earth is as clear as crystal. There is no dirty pollution, there is no dangerous radiation. There ,the pigeons are flying freely in the sky. There ,the rabbits and foxes play together in harmony. I have a dream that we live in a comfortable world. Yes a comfortable world. People can enjoy the convinence brought out by modern technology. By then no matter working , studying or doing housework will be a pleasant enjoyment. I have a dream that we live in a lovely world. Yes a lovely world. Everybody is polite , friendly and kind-hearted. Smile is our only expression, and happiness is our only ideal. I have a dream that we live in a free world . Yes a free word. People do not have to bear the burden of life because of the environment of social wealth. Everyone can do whatever he wants and put his dream into practise. Maybe my dream is not as great as that of Dr. M. L. King Junior, maybe my dream is a little unrealistic for today’s society. But I believe it is a dream deeply rooted in all peace loving people. I believe it is a dream that one day will come true with the effort of all the people . The garden of Eden is not an illusion. I have this dream in my heart. It’s Never Too Late Several years ago, while attending a communications course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list anything in our past that we felt ashamed of, guilty about, regretted, or incomplete about. The next week he invited participants to read their lists aloud. This seemed like a very private process, but there's always some brave soul in the crowd who will volunteer. As people read their lists, mine grew longer. After three weeks, I had 101 items on my list. The instructor then suggested that we find ways to make amends, apologize to people, or take some action to right any wrongdoing. I was seriously wondering how this could ever improve my communications, having visions of alienating just about everyone from my life. The next week, the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: While making my list, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town in Iowa. There was a sheriff in town that none of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a trick on Sheriff Brown. After drinking a few beers, we found a can of red paint, climbed the tall water tank in the middle of town, and wrote, on the tank, in bright red letters: Sheriff Brown is an s.o.b. The next day, the town arose to see our glorious sign. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had my two pals and me in his office. My friends confessed and I lied, denying the truth. No one ever found out. Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown's name appears on my list. I didn't even know if he was still alive. Last weekend, I dialed information in my hometown back in Iowa. Sure enough, there was a Roger Brown still listed. I dialed his number. After a few rings, I heard: ‘Hello?' I said: ‘Sheriff Brown?’ Pause. ‘Yup.’ ‘Well, this is Jimmy Calkins. And I want you to know that I did it.’ Pause. ‘I knew it!’ he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a lively discussion. His closing words were: ‘Jimmy, I always felt badly for you because your buddies got it off their chest, and I knew you were carrying it around all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.’ Jimmy inspired me to clear up all 101 items on my list. It took me almost two years, but became the springboard and true inspiration for my career as a conflict mediator. No matter how difficult the conflict, crisis or situation, I always remember that it's never too late to clear up the past and begin resolution. Failure and Success Nothing down, nothing up. I do not think anybody can make smash in his life without failures.In another word ,if we want to be successful, we must accept failures, because we can study something useful from them and correct our ways tocontinue our work. I have never heard some greatman can be successful easily, so we must have a right attitude towards failures: success is what we want, but please do not refuse failures .Because failure is the key to the door of success, and we have no idea how to refuse them, if somebody want, there is only one way---- do nothing. To somebody, failure may be a horrible impact. If so, I will comfort him: don’t lose heart, sunshine will turn out after the rain, please believe there is rainbow, wild and rain are both accepted, success will be in your hand. Failure is a ladder leading to success, we must make full use of it to make our dreams come true. To another people, they have different opinions of failure :they think failure as a chance to school themselves, failure is nothing but something. How good ! If anybody can have this kind of opinion ,sunshine will always in our life. And wewill be successful sooner or later . Not only to failure, we also need to have correct attitude towards success, somebody think it is the terminus, from then on, they loose themselves in success, and have no curiosity to work, but other people think it is the gas station, harder work is needed, they will make even more great success in failure . It is not that hard to succeed, if we can have enough knowledge, focus our energy on our work, it is no doubtful that we will succeed. More knowledge, fewer failures . So why not try our best to study more? The Flight of Youth(青春的飞逝) There are gains for all our losses. 我们失去的一切都能得到补偿， There are balms for all our pain; 我们所有的痛苦都能得到安慰; But when youth,the dream,departs 可是梦境似的青春一旦消逝， It takes something from our hearts, 它带走了我们心中的某种美好， And it never comes again. 从此一去不复返。 We are stronger, and are better, 我们变得日益刚强、更臻完美， Under manhood's sterner reign; 在严峻的成年生活驱使下; Still we feel that something sweet, 可是依然感到甜美的情感， Following youth, with flying feet, 已随着青春飞逝， And will never come again. 不再返回。 Something beautiful is vanished, 美好消逝， And we sigh for it in vain; 我们枉自叹息; We behold it everywhere, 尽管在天地之间， On the earth, and in the air, 我们处处能见青春的魅力， But it never comes again! 可是它不再返回～ Life is a Box of Chocolate Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them-work, family, health, friends, and spirit, and you're keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls: family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life. How? Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you. Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless. Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life. Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. Don't be afraid to encounter risks. Itis by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it. The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly. The best way to keep love is to give it wings. Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going. Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily. Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a gift: That's why we call it - The Present. If I could catch a rainbow If I could catch a rainbow I would do it just for you And share with its beauty On the days you’re feeling blue. If I could build a mountain You could call your very own A place to find serenity A place to be alone. If I could take your troubles I would toss them into the sea But all these things I’m finding Are impossible for me. I cannot build a mountain Or catch a rainbow fair But let me be what I know best A friend that’s always there. 如果我能留住彩虹 如果我能留住彩虹 我将只为你一个人挽留 在你感到忧伤的日子 与你分享它的美丽 如果我能建造大山 你尽可把它当成你自己的 体验宁静的空间 独处的地方 如果我能带走你的烦恼 我会把它们通通扔进大海 然而我发现所有这些事情 我都无能为力 我建不成一座大山 也留不住彩虹的美丽 就让我做你最好的朋友吧 永远与你相伴 1做人的十条规则 The Rules For Being Human 1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but is will be yours for the entire period of this time around. 2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called Life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and stupid. 3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and error: Experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately "works". Noteirrelevant: adj. 不相关的 trial: n. 考验 ultimately: adv. 基本上 4. A lesson is repeated until learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson. 5. Learning lessons does not end. There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned. 6. "There" is no better than "here". When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here". 7. Others are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself. 8. What you make of your life is up to you. You hare all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours. 9. Your answers lie inside you. The answers to Life's questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen and trust. 10. You will forget all this. 2(超越卓越的自己 英文背诵——超越卓越的自己 Consider...YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a million, or a billion, or a gazillion... 试想一下„„你～一个空前绝后的你，不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一样 的人。你在历史上和宇宙中都是独一无二的。哇～想想吧，你是万里挑一、亿里挑一、兆里 挑一的。 You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity! 在无穷无尽的宇宙中，你是举世无双的～～～ You're amazing! You're awesome! And by the way, TAG, you're it. As amazing and awesome as you already are, you can be even more so. Beautiful young people are the whimsey of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art. But you don't become "beautiful" just by virtue of the aging process. 你是了不起的～你是卓越的～没错，就是你。你已经是了不起的，是卓越的，你还可以 更卓越更了不起。美丽的年轻人是大自然的奇想，而美丽的老人却是艺术的杰作。但你不会 因为年龄的渐长就自然而然地变得“美丽”。 Real beauty comes from learning, growing, and loving in the ways of life. That is the Art of Life. You can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you. Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers. You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today. 真正的美丽源于生命里的学习、成长和热爱。这就是生命的艺术。你可以只听天由命, 慢 慢地学，有时候或许会很痛苦。又或许你可以选择加速自己的成长，故意地挥霍生活及其提 供的一切。你就是手握今日之刷描绘自己未来的艺术家。 Paint a Masterpiece. 画出一幅杰作吧～ God gives every bird its food, but he doesn't throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, it's truly up to you. 上帝给了鸟儿食物，但他没有将食物扔到它们的巢里。不管你想要去哪里，不管你想要 做什么，真正做决定的还是你自己。 3.The Nails and the Fence 钉子与篱笆 There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence. 以前，有个小男孩，脾气很坏，他爸爸就给他一包钉子，让他每次发脾气的时 候就往篱笆上钉钉子。 The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. 就在第一天，小家伙就已经在篱笆上钉了37个钉子。 Then it gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. 慢慢地，他钉的越来越少了，原来他发现控制住自己的脾气要比往篱笆上钉钉 子容易得多。 Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. 最后，终于有一天，小家伙脾气都不发了。他对爸爸说了这件事，可爸爸却建 议他每天再从篱笆上拔出一颗钉子，这样他的脾气就能控制住了。 The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. 日子一天天过去，最后，那个男孩告诉他爸爸说钉子他都拔完了。爸爸就牵着 他的手，带他去篱笆那儿。爸爸说:“儿子，你做的很好。但是，你看看篱笆上的 小洞，每根篱笆都绝不会相同的。每次你发脾气的时候，它们都会就像这个一样留 下伤疤。你用刀刺伤一个人，可以把刀拔出来。 但是，无论你说多少遍对不起都是 没用的，因为伤还在那里。言语里的伤害和身体上的伤害都同样糟糕。 Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us. Show your friends how much you care. 事实上，朋友是珍贵的珠宝。他们给你欢笑，给你走向成功的鼓励;他们倾听 你的心声，分享成功的欢乐;而且，他们始终都向你敞开他们的胸怀，这些都说明 你应该更加珍惜你的朋友。 4.坚持你的方向Direction 很多人会说失败是成功之母，但真正面对失败时，却很少有人会想起这句话;同样， 人们也常会承认理想的重要性，而现实生活中确常是目标常常因地因时而有所转变。 What would you do if you failed? Many people may choose to give up. However, the surest way to success is to keep your direction and stick to your goal. On your way to success, you must keep your direction. It is just like a lamp, guiding you in darkness and helping you overcome obstacles on your way. Otherwise, you will easily get lost or hesitate to go ahead. Direction means objectives. You can get nowhere without an objective in life. You can try to write your objective on paper and make some plans to achieve it. In this way, you will know how to arrange your time and to spend your time properly. And you should also have a belief that you are sure to succeed as long as you keep your direction all the time. 中文翻译 如果失败了你会怎么做,很多人可能会选择放弃。然而，要想成功，最可靠的方法 就是坚持你的方向和目标。 在通往成功的路上，你必须坚持你的方向。它就像一盏灯，在黑暗中为你指路，帮 助你度过难关。否则，你很容易就会迷失方向或犹豫不前。 方向意味着目标。人生如果没有目标，将一事无成。 你可以试着把你的目标写在纸上，并制定实现目标的计划。这样，你就会懂得 如何合理安排时间，如何正确地支配时间。而且你还要有这样的信念:只要你一直 坚持自己的方向，你就一定可以成功。 5.你要知道什么是生活的乐趣 Joy in living comes from having fine emotions, trusting them, giving them the freedom of a bird in the open. Joy in living can never be assumed as a pose, or put on from the outside as a mask. People who have this joy don not need to talk about it; they radiate it. They just live out their joy and let it splash its sunlight and glow into other lives as naturally as bird sings. We can never get it by working for it directly. It comes, like happiness, to those who are aiming at something higher. It is a byproduct of great, simple living. The joy of living comes from what we put into living, not from what we seek to get from it. by A.T. Rowe 生活之乐趣来源于良好的情绪，信赖这些情绪，并任由它们如同鸟儿高翔 于天空般地自由自在。 生活的乐趣是无法靠姿态摆出来的，也无法用戴上一张面具来伪装。 拥有 这种乐趣的人们无需挂在嘴边，他们自然会焕发出快乐的气息。他们自己生活在快 乐当中，也将这样的快乐自然而然地感染着他人，犹如是鸟儿就必将歌唱。 直接追求生活的乐趣却只会使乐趣远离我们，它与幸福一样青睐胸有大志 的人们。生活过得高雅、简单便会产生出乐趣。它是我们对生活的投入，而非所求。 6.什么是成功What's success What Is Success What is success? To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; This is to have succeeded. 注释: 1、intelligent adj. 聪明的、有才智的 2、affection n. 友爱、热爱 3、appreciation n. 感激、感谢、欣赏 4、critic n. 批评家、评论家 5、betrayal n. 出卖、辜负 6、redeem v. 补偿、恢复、挽回 什么是成功 什么是成功, 成功就是更多的微笑; 成功就是赢得智者的尊敬和孩子的喜爱; 成功就是得到诚实的批评家的欣赏，承受得住虚伪的朋友的背叛; 成功就是欣赏生活的美; 成功就是发现他人的好; 成功就是养育一个健康的孩子，开辟一块馨香的花园，或改善我们的社会环境，让这个世界变得更美一些; 成功就是确知有一个生命是因你的存在而生活得更加轻松; 这就是成功。 7.鼓励与信任让人变得强大 Encouragement Some of the greatest success stories of history have followed a word of encouragement or an act of confidence by a loved one or a trusting friend. Had it not been for a confident wife, Sophia, we might not have listed among the great names of literature the name of Nathaniel Hawthorne. When Nathaniel, a heartbroken man, went home to tell his wife that he was a failure and had been fired from his job in a customhouse, she surprised him with an exclamation of joy. "Now," she said triumphantly, "you can write your book!" "Yes," replied the man, with sagging confidence, "and what shall we live on while I am writing it?" To his amazement, she opened a drawer and pulled out a substantial amount of money. "Where on earth did you get that?" he exclaimed. "I have always know you were a man of genius," she told him. "I knew that someday you would write a masterpiece. So every week, out of the money you gave me for housekeeping, I saved a little bit. So here is enough to last us for one whole year." From her trust and confidence came one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter. 编者按:当一个人陷入困境时，来自所爱的人或是朋友的鼓励与信任有着另人难 以想象的强大力量。作家纳撒尼尔-霍桑在妻子的鼓励下成功写出世界名著《红字》 的故事就是一个有力的说明。 8.念亲恩:母爱无价 Love Cost of Love One night when my wife was preparing dinner, our little son took a piece of paper to her which read: For washing the car....................................................$5.00 For making my own bed this week..............................$1.00 Going to the provision shop........................................$0.50 Playing with little sister................................................$0.25 Taking out the rubbish................................................$1.00 Getting a good report card..........................................$5.00 And for sweeping the common corridor.......................$2.00 Total............................................................................$14.75 His mother looked at him standing there expecting payment. I could see a thousand memories flashed through her mind. So she picked up the pen and turning the paper over, this is what she wrote: For 9 months I carried you, growing inside me.............................No Charge For the nights I sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you.....No Charge For the toys, food and clothes and wiping your nose...................No Charge When you add it all up, the full cost of my love............................No Charge Well, when he finished reading, he had great big tears in his eyes. He looked at his mother and said, "Mummy, I love you." Then he took the pen and in great big letters wrote on the "bill" "All paid." 中文: 一天晚上，妻子在厨房准备晚餐的时候，我们的小儿子拿着一张纸走向他母亲。 上面写道: 洗车---------------------------------5美元 本周整理我的房间----------------1美元 为你去商店-------------------------0.5美元 照管小妹妹-------------------------0.25美元 外出倒垃圾-------------------------1美元 成绩单获得良好--------------5美元 打扫通道----------------------------2美元 总计----------------------------------14.75美元 他母亲看着他儿子满怀希望地站在那儿等着拿钱。我能看到她脑子里翻腾着记 忆的浪花。她拿起钢笔把儿子写过的纸翻过来。在上面写道: 你呆在我的腹中，我为你怀胎九月------------------------------免费; 晚上陪伴着你，为你求医，为你祈祷----------------------------免费; 为你准备玩具、食物、衣服甚至为你擦鼻涕--------------------免费， 你把以上所有的累加起来，我为你付出的全部的爱------------免费。 儿子读完母亲写的话，双眼含着豆大的泪花，他看着他的妈妈说:“妈妈，我爱你。”他拿出钢笔在他的“帐单”上写了几个大大的字:“全部要偿还。” 9.感动心灵:请珍惜你的朋友 A Friend is.... ( A to Z ) Accepts you as you are 接受原本的你 Believes in "you" 相信你这个人 Calls you just to say "Hi" 打电话给你只是想说声"嗨" Doesn’t give up on you 从不放弃对你的信心 Envisions the whole of you 预期你总是尽全力 Forgives your mistakes 原谅你的过错 Gives unconditionally 无条件地付出 Helps you 帮助你 Invites you over 邀请你 Jest "be" with you 静静地在你的身旁 Keeps you close at heart 靠近你的心 Loves you for who you are 因你本来的样子而爱你 Makes a difference in your life 使你的生活与以往不同 Never judges 从不评价你 Offers support 支持你 Picks you up 扶你一把 Quiets your fears 止息你的恐惧 Raises your spirits 鼓舞你的心灵 Says nice things about you 跟别人述说你好的一面 Tells you the truth when you need to hear it 当需要时会告诉你实情 Understands you 了解你 Values you 重视你 Walks beside you 与你同行 X-plain things you don’t understand 为你解惑 Yells when you won’t listen 当你不理智时叫醒你 Zaps you back to reality 把你拉回现实 Maybe you have many friend, But how many of them can finish A to Z? 也许你有很多“朋友”，但真正能做到 A 到 Z 的又有几个呢, Please have good care for your good friends. 请珍惜你身边的好朋友～ Show your friends how much you care. 告诉你的朋友你有多在乎他们。 10.做到如下十点，你将更幸福 HOW TO BE HAPPIER Happiness, like cholesterol level, is a genetically influenced trait. Yet as cholesterol is also influenced by diet and exercise, so our happiness is to some extent under our personal control. 1. Realize that enduring happiness doesn’t come from financial success. People adapt to changing circumstances—even to wealth or a disability. Thus wealth is like health: Its utter absence breeds misery, but having it (or any circumstance we long for) doesn’t guarantee happiness. 2. Take control of your time. Happy people feel in control of their lives, often aided by mastering their use of time. It helps to set goals and break them into daily aims. Although we often overestimate how much we will accomplish in any given day (leaving us frustrated), we generally underestimate how much we can accomplish in a year, given just a little progress every day. 3. Act happy. We can sometimes act ourselves into a frame of mind. Manipulated into a smiling expression, people feel better; when they scowl, the whole world seems to scowl back. So put on a happy face. Talk as if you feel positive self-esteem, are optimistic, and are outgoing. Going through the motions can trigger the emotions. 4. Seek work and leisure that engages your skills. Happy people often are in a zone called "flow"—absorbed in a task that challenges them without overwhelming them. The most expensive forms of leisure (sitting on a yacht) often provide less flow experience than gardening, socializing, or craft work. 5. Join the "movement" movement. An avalanche of research reveals that aerobic exercise not only promotes health and energy, it also is an antidote for mild depression and anxiety. Sound minds reside in sound bodies. Off your duffs, couch potatoes. 6. Give your body the sleep it wants. Happy people live active vigorous lives yet reserve time for renewing sleep and solitude. Many people suffer from sleep debt, with resulting fatigue, diminished alertness, and gloomy moods. 7. Give priority to close relationships. Intimate friendships with those who care deeply about you can help you weather difficult times. Confiding is good for soul and body. Resolve to nurture your closest relationships: to not take those closest to you for granted, to display to them the sort of kindness that you display to others, to affirm them, to play together and share together. 8. Focus beyond self. Reach out to those in need. Happiness increases helpfulness (those who feel good do good). But doing good also makes one feel good. 9. Be grateful. People who keep a gratitude journal—who pause each day to reflect on some positive aspect of their lives (their health, friends, family, freedom, education, senses, natural surroundings, and so on.) experience heightened well-being. 10. Nurture your spiritual self. For many people, faith provides a support community, a reason to focus beyond self, and a sense of purpose and hope. Study after study finds that actively religious people are happier and that they cope better with crises. 幸福，就像人体的胆固醇含量，是一个受受基因影响的特性。但就像胆固 醇含量是受饮食和锻炼影响的一样，从某种程度上来讲，幸福也是可以个人控制的。 一、要明白，持久的幸福并非来自经济上的发达; 二、控制好时间; 三、快乐地做事; 四、从事能够发挥你的技能的工作和休闲活动; 五、参加真正的“运动”——有氧运动; 六、有充足的睡眠; 七、优先考虑亲密的朋友; 八、不要只关注自我，多做有益于他人的事; 九、心存感激; 十、培养积极的精神、态度。 Passage 1 Wealth, Success and Love A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said, "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat." "Is the man of the house home?", they asked. "No", she replied, "He's out." "Then we cannot come in", they replied. In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. "Go tell them I am home and invite them in!" The woman went out and invited the men in. "We do not go into a House together," they replied. "Why is that?" she asked. One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his friends, "and he is Success, and I am Love." Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home." The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. "How nice!", he said. "Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!" His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?" Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Wouldn't it be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love." "Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to his wife. "Go out and invite Love to be our guest." The woman went out and asked the three old men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest." Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?" The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!" Passage 2 Three passions Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair. I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy –ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness--that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what- at last- I have found. With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flu. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved. Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer. This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me. 三种激情 -----罗素 三种激情虽然简单，却异常强烈，它们统治着我的生命，那便是:对爱的渴望，对知识的追 求，以及对人类苦难的难以承受的同情。这三种激情像变化莫测的狂风任意地把我刮来刮去， 把我刮入痛苦的深海，到了绝望的边缘。 我曾经寻找爱，首先是因为它能使我欣喜若狂——这种喜悦之情如此强烈，使我常常宁愿为 这几个小时的愉悦而牺牲生命中的其他一切。我寻求爱，其次是因为爱能解除孤独——在这 种可怕的孤独中，一颗颤抖的良心在世界的边缘，注视着下面冰凉、毫无生气、望不见底的 深渊。我寻求爱还因为在爱的融合中，我能以某种神秘的图像看到曾被圣人和诗人想象过的 天堂里未来的景象。这就是我所追求的东西，虽然这似乎对于人类的生命来说过于完美，但 这确实是我最终发现的东西。 我怀着同样的激情去寻找知识，我曾渴望着理解人心，我曾 渴望知道为何星星会闪烁，我还企图弄懂毕达哥拉斯所谓的用数字控制变化的力量，但在这 方面，我只知道一点点。 爱的力量和知识的力量引我接近天堂，但同情之心往往又把我拉回大地。痛苦的哭泣回响、 震荡在我的心中。饥饿的儿童，被压迫、受折磨的人们，成为儿孙们讨厌的包袱的、无助的 老人们，充斥着整个世界的孤独的气氛，贫穷和苦难，所有这一切都是对人类生活原本该具 有的样子所作的讽刺。我渴望消除一切邪恶，但我办不到，因为我自己也处于苦难之中。 这 就是我的生活，我认为值得一过。而且，如果有第二次机会，我将乐意地再过一次。 Passage 3 奥哈拉给女儿的信 这是奥哈拉写给女儿的一封信。女儿将从中学毕业，这就意味着她将不再是小孩了。在这人 生关键时刻，作为父亲，他既对女儿过去的表现表示满意，也对女儿的将来充满信心。然而， 他却不忘再次重复自己对女儿立身行事的一句忠告:真诚地对待自己。这是要求女儿具有自 信、自助、自律、自尊、自爱的品质。这句话显然是作者丰富的生活阅历和人生经验的总结， 也是对女儿的谆谆教诲，赋予思想一种真切动人的感情力量。虽然信是写给予自己女儿的， 但是这句忠告却具有普遍性的教育意义，是天下父母对子女的最真挚的希望。作者的语言温 馨自然，平和亲切，看似叙述家常，却在平常中显示了令人惊叹的智慧，又让人产生一种贴 心的感觉。 John O'hara to His Daughter TLS,1 p.Mrs. Doughty Quogue, Long Island 16 September 1962, Sunday My dear: Well, here we are — but not here. You at St. Tim's, Sister in Princeton, and me in Quogue, and another brand new year is about to start for you. For me, too. I always seem to approach the autumn in the frame of mind that spring induces in most people. The excitement of new things; the new plays, the new books, new clothes, etc., At the same time the autumn for me is a season of a sweet melancholy that is hard to explain. I love the early evenings, the leaves burning, the lights in houses. It is the beginning of a big year for you, in many respects your biggest so far. By the time June comes around you will be 18, and graduating from school. In the past week or so I have called you ―Kid‖ but subconsciously I have been doing that because your kid days are over, or just about. I suspect that you are going through the experience of first love, and no matter what else happens, after that experience you are never a kid again. Most of the nice things we associate with being a kid are okay — while you are still kid. But you gain more than you lose. You gain in understanding standing, in appreciation of people, in understanding and appreciation of yourself. You begin to see the wisdom in that quotation I have so often repeated to you: to thine own self be true. Every year at this time I have repeated that quotation to you, and the time is not really too far distant when you will be passing it on to your own children. It is probably the best single piece of advice I can give you, or you can give them. You have done well, and I am pleased with you, not only for what you have done, but for what you are. As Miss Finnegan said to Sister, ―Wylie has the right reactions.‖ So good luck in your Senior Year, and always know that the old man loves you very much. Always Dad passage 4 Thoughts for a new year Most of us look away when we pass strangers. It is the expectional person who stops to help the woman maneuvering her kids and groceries up the staircase. We rarely give up in line or on the subway or bus. Locked into our automobiles, we prefer gridlock to giving way. These daily encounters, when they are angry or alien, diminish our lives. When they are pleasant, we feel buoyed. Yet when we sit at home and make resolutions, we think about what we can accomplish in private spaces: home, work. Too many have given up the belief that they control the shared, the public world. As individuals we can change the contour of a day, the mood of a moment, the way people feel. The demolition and reconstruction of public life is the result of personal decisions made every day:the decision to give up a seat on the bus;the decision to be patient or pleasant against all odds; the decision to let that jerk take a left,hand turn from a right,hand lane without rolling down the window and calling him a jerk. It's the resolution to be a civil, social creature. This may be a peak period for the battle against the spread of a waistline and creeping cholesterol. But it is also within our will power to fight the spread of urban rudeness and creeping hostility. Civility doesn't stop nuclear holocaust and doesn't put a roof over the head of the homeless. But it makes a difference in the shape of a community, as surely as lifting weights can make a difference in the shape of a human torso. 新年沉思 当我们与陌生人擦肩而过时～多数人往往把目光移开。要是有人停下来帮妇女 哄她的小孩和帮她把食品搬上楼梯～反而会被人看成另类。无论是排队还是乘地 铁或公共汽车～我们很少让位于他人。坐在自己的汽车里～我们宁愿堵塞交通也 不愿给人让路。 这些日常接触～要是气冲冲的或是使人反感的～那便会减少我们生活的乐趣～要 是它们令人愉快～那便会使我们精神振奋。然而～当我们坐在家里做出各种决定 的时候～我们考虑的仅是在个人天地--家庭和工作里可以实现人天地--家庭和工 作里可以实现的目标。太多的人已经放弃了他们也管理着共享的、公共的世界这 一信念。 作为众人的一员～我们可以改变一天的面貌～一时的情绪～以及人们对某件事的 感觉。公共生活的毁坏和重建是人们每日所做的种种个人决定的综合结果。这些 决定包括:公共汽车上让座～面对逆境而能容忍或具有乐观精神,让那个笨蛋从 右车道往左拐而不摇下车窗骂他蠢货。 这是做一个文明的、社会的人的决定。今天也许是人们为减少腰围和降低胆固醇 而斗争的高峰期。然而～反对城市野蛮行为和人际敌对态度的蔓延～也是我们只 要愿做就能做到的事。有礼貌不能制止核战争～也不能为无家可归者提供栖身之 所～但它的确能改变一个社会群体的面貌～犹如举重定能改变一个人的体形一样。 ,摘自The World of English , Passage 5 马丁(路瑟(金 一件微不足道的小事(也许你做这些事时并无意识)，会改变一个人的命运…… Everybody can be great . . . because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed that the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark discovered that the boy's name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talk, then Mark went home. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both gradated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long awaited senior year came, and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk. Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. "Do you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother's sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life." Passage 6 Catch of a Lifetime He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family’s cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. On the day before the bass seasonopened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and perch with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure and practiced casting. The lure struck the water and caused colored ripples in the sunset, then silver ripples as the moon rose over the lake. When his peapole doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock. Finally, he very gingerly lifted the exhausted fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass. The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.-- two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. “You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said. “Dad!” cried the boy. “There will be other fish,” said his father. “Not as big as this one,” cried the boy. He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could tell by the clarity of his father’s voice that the decision was not negotiable. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the black water. The creature swished its powerful body and disappeared. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish. That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. His father’s cabin is still there on the island in the middle of the lake. He takes his own son and daughters fishing from the same dock. And he was right. He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he landed that night long ago. But he does see that same fish-again and again-every time he comes up against a question ofethics. For, as his father taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is looking? Do we refuse to cut corners to get the design in on time? Or refuse to trade stocks based on information that we know we aren’t supposed to have? We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren. Not about how we had a chance to beat the system and took it, but about how we did the right thing and were forever strengthened. 他11岁那时，只要一有机会，就会到他家在新汉普郡湖心岛上的小屋的码 头上钓鱼。 鲈鱼季节开放的前一天晚上，他和父亲早早开始垂钓，用小虫作饵钓太阳鱼 和鲈鱼。他系上鱼饵，练习如何抛线。鱼钩击在水面，在夕阳中漾起一片金色的 涟漪，夜晚月亮升出湖面时，涟漪就成了银色。 当鱼杆向下弯的时候，他知道线的另一端一定钓到了一条大鱼。父亲看着他 技巧纯熟地在码头边沿和鱼周旋，眼神充满赞赏。 最后他小心翼翼地将筋疲力尽的鱼提出水面。这是他所见过的最大的一条， 还是一条鲈鱼。 男孩和他父亲看着这条漂亮的鱼，它的鱼鳃在月光下一张一翕。父亲点燃一 根火柴，看了看表。十点了--离开禁还有两个小时。他看了看鱼，又看了看男孩。 “你得把它放回去，孩子，”他说道。 “爸爸～”男孩叫道。 “还有其他的鱼嘛，”父亲说道。 “但没这么大，”男孩叫道。 他环视了一遍湖。月光下附近没有其他的渔民或船只。他又看了看他父亲。 从父亲不可动摇的语气中，他知道这个决定没有商量余地，即使没有人看到他们， 更无从得知他们何时钓到了鱼。他慢慢地将鱼钩从大鲈鱼的唇上取下，然后蹲下 将鱼放回水中。 鱼儿摆动着它强健的身躯，消失在水中。男孩想，他可能再也看不到这么大 的鱼了。 那是34年前的事了。现在，男孩是纽约的一个成功的建筑师。他父亲的小 屋依然在湖心岛上，他带着自己的儿女仍然在同一个码头上钓鱼。 他猜得没错。自那次以后，他再也没有见过那么大的鱼了。但每次他面临道 德难题而举棋不定的时候，他的眼前总是浮现出那条鱼。 他父亲曾告诉他，道德即是简单的对和错的问题，但要付诸行动却很难。在 没人瞧见的时候，我们是否仍始终如一，一丝不苟,为了将图纸及时送到，我们 是不是也会抄近路,或者在明知道不可以的情况下，仍将公司股份卖掉, 在我们还小的时候，如果有人要我们把鱼放回去，我们会这样做，因为我们 还在学习真理。正确的决定在我们的记忆里变得深刻而清晰。这个故事我们可以 骄傲地讲给朋友和子孙们听，不是关于如何攻击和战胜某种体制，而是如何做正 确的决定，从而变得无比坚强。 passage 7 Discovery Diane Ackerman The word ―discovery‖ literally means, uncovering something that’s hidden from view. But what really happens is a change in the viewer. The familiar offers comfort few can resist, and fewer still want to disturb. But as relatively recent inventions such as the telescope and microscope have taught us, the unknown has many layers. Every truth has geological strata, and you can’t have an orthodoxy without a heresy. The moment a newborn opens its eyes, discovery begins. I learned this with a laugh one morning after delivering a calf. When it lifted up its fluffy head and looked at me, its eyes held the absolute bewilderment of the newly born. A moment before it had the even black nowhere of the womb, and suddenly its world was full of colour, movement and noise. I’ve never seen anything so shocked to be alive. ―发现‖一词，字面上是指揭开某种视线以外的隐藏的事物。不过其实是观察者自身 发生了变化。很少人能抗拒熟悉事物带来的舒适，愿意扰乱这种舒适的人更少。然而，正如 望远镜、显微镜这些较为近期的发明所揭示给我们的，求知事物具有多种层次。每个事实都 有地质层次，没有异端也就无所谓正统。 新生儿睁开双眼的那一刻起，发现也就开始了。我是在一天清晨给一头小牛犊接生 的时候突然意识到这一点的，不禁大笑。小牛仰起毛茸茸的脑袋看着我，目光中透出这个新 生命对世界的一无所知。片刻这前，它还呆在母体里某个黑暗而平静的地方，突然，它的世 界变得五光十色，变得活泼而喧闹。我从未见过任何东西在获得生命时是如些的惊异。 Passage 8 Just for today Just for today I will try to live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime. Just for today I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that ―Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.‖ Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my ―luck‖ as it comes. Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration. Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways. I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out: If anybody knows of it, it will not count. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do—just for exercise. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt: they may be hurt, but today I will not show it. Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, and try not to improve or regulate anybody but myself. Just for today I will have a program, I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision. Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life. Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me. 就为了今天，我将尽力只度过今天而不立刻去解决终身的问题。对一件令我沮丧而又必须坚 持一辈子的事，我只能坚持十二个小时。 就为了今天，我会很快乐。亚伯拉罕?林肯说过，―大多数人都是决定想怎么高兴就怎么高兴。‖ 这已经被认为是真理。 就为了今天，我会做自我调整适应事物本来的面目，而不是想方设法使每一件事满足自己的 欲望。当机会来临的时候我会抓住它。 就为了今天，我会尽力心强志坚。我会学习，学一些有用的东西。我不会做一个精神上的流 浪汉。我会读一些需要努力、思考和注意力集中的东西。 就为了今天，我会用三种方法来磨炼我的灵魂。我会做对某人有利的事但不能被发现，若有 人发现了就不算数。我将会做至少两件我不愿做的事情——只为了磨练。我不会让任何人感 到我的感情受到了伤害:它们可能受到了伤害，但今天我不想表现出来。 就为了今天，我会过得很惬意。看起来我达到了最佳状态，穿着得体、讲话谦虚、行为礼貌、 一点不吹毛求疵，尽量改进和调节自己而不是别人。 就为了今天，我会制定一个计划，我也许不会严格地遵守它，但我一定要有计划。我会避免 两种错误:仓促行事和优柔寡断。 就为了今天，我将会独自静静地呆上半小时放松。在这半小时里，某个时刻，我会日后对我 的生活有个更好的看法。 就为了今天，我将不再害怕。尤其我不会再害怕享受美丽的事物，并且相信我给予世界的， 世界也会给予我。 Passage 9 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. 在我还是小孩子的时候，我有一个老邻居叫吉布斯医生。他不像我所认识的 任何一个医生。我们在他的院子里玩耍，他从不对我们大喊大叫。我记得他是一 个非常和蔼的人。 吉布斯医生不拯救人性命的时候就去种树。他的住所占地10英亩，他的人 生目标就是将它变成一片森林。 这个好医生对于如何持家有一番有趣的理论。他来自一个“不劳无获”的园 艺学校。他从不浇灌他新种的树，这显然与常理相悖。有一次我问为什么，他说 浇水会毁了这些树，如果浇水，每一棵成活的树的后代会变得越来越娇弱。所以 你得把它们的生长环境变得艰苦些，尽早淘汰那些弱不禁风的树。 他还告诉我用水浇灌的树的根是如何的浅，而那些没有浇水的树的根必须钻 入深深的泥土获得水分。我将他的话理解为:深根是十分宝贵的。 所以他从不给他的树浇水。他种了一棵橡树，每天早上，他不是给它浇水， 而是用一张卷起的报纸抽打它。“啪～噼～砰～”我问他为什么这样做，他说是 为了引起树的注意。 在我离家两年后，吉布斯医生就去世了。我常常经过他的房子，看着那些 25年前我曾看着他种下的那些树。如今它们已是像石头般硬朗了。枝繁叶茂、 生气勃勃。这些树在早晨醒过来，拍打着胸脯，啜饮着苦难的汁水。 几年前我也种下两三棵树。整整一个夏天我都坚持为它们浇水。为它们喷杀 虫剂，为它们祈祷。整整9平方码大的地方。两年的悉心呵护，结果两棵树弱不 禁风。每当寒风吹起，它们就颤抖起来，枝叶直打战。娇里娇气的两棵树。 吉布斯医生的树真是有趣。逆境和折磨带给它们的益处似乎是舒适和安逸永 远无法给予的。 每天晚上睡觉前，我都要看看两个儿子。我俯视着他们那幼小的身体，生命 就在其中起落沉浮。我总是为他们祈祷，总是祈祷他们的生活能一帆风顺。但后 来我想是该改变我的祈祷词的时候了。 这改变是因为将吹在我们要害的不可避免的寒风。我知道我的孩子们将遇到 困难，我祈祷他们不会幼稚而脆弱。在某些地方总会有寒风吹过。 所以我改变了我的祈祷词。因为不管我们愿不愿意，生活总是艰难的。我们 已祈祷了太多的安逸，但却少有实现。我们所需要做的是祈祷深植我们的信念之 根，这样我们就不会被雨打风吹所伤害。 passage 10 Genius at Work 天才在工作 Henry Ford didn’t always pay attention in school. One day ,he and a friend took a watch apart. Angry and upset, the teacher told him both to stay after school. Their punishment was to stay until they had fixed the watch. But the teacher did not know young Ford’s genius. In ten minutes, this mechanical wizard had repaired the watch and was on this way home.. Ford was always interested in how things worked. He once plugged up the spout of a teapot and placed it on the fire. Then he waited to see what would happen. The water boiled and, of course, turned to steam. Since the steam had no way to escape, the teapot exploded. The explosion cracked a mirror and broke a window. The young inventor was badly scalded Ford’s year of curiosity and tinkering paid off. He dreamed of a horseless carriage. When he built one, the world of transportation was changed forever. 亨利.福特在学校里常常心不在焉。有一天，他和一个小朋友把一块手表拆开了。老师 很生气，让他们放学后留下来，把表修好才能回家。当时这位老师并不知道小福特的天才。 只用了十分钟，这位机械奇才就把手表修好，走在回家的路上了。 福特对各种东西的工作原理总是很感兴趣。曾有一次，他把茶壶嘴用东西堵住，然后 把茶壶放在火炉上。他便站在一边等候着会出现什么情况。当然，水开后变成了水蒸气。因 为水蒸气无处逸出，茶壶便爆炸了，因而打碎了一面镜子和一扇窗户。这个小发明家也被严 重地烫伤了。 多年后，福特的好奇心和他的动手能力使他得到了回报。他曾经梦想着去制造一辆无 马行进的车。他造成了一辆这样的车后，运输界发生了永久性的变化。 (A) Sleep Struggle DR. MARJORIE SEIDENFELD ANSWERS YOUR HEALTH QUESTIONS I have such a terrible time falling asleep every night that I’m always tired and it’s affecting my schoolwork. What should I do? --- Mindy in Nevada One in every five young people has a sleep problem, so you’re not alone. Getting enough sleep has become as important as eating vegetables and exercising regularly. It’s very important for your body. Most young people only get seven hours of sleep each night, when they actually need nine hours. And making up for lost sleep during the week by sleeping in on weekends doesn’t really work. In fact, sleeping late on weekends may actually do you more harm than good, if you have sleep problems. What happens if you don’t get enough sleep? If your sleep problem continues for a few nights, you could suffer serious problems. Lack of sleep can affect learning and memory. Worse, if your sleep difficulties last a long time, that could lead to anxiety or depression(抑郁). Therefore, you’ve got to have some healthy sleep habits. Below are some suggestions: GO TO BED AT THE SAME TIME --- including weekends, if possible. WAKE UP AROUND THE SAME TIME EVERY MORNING When you sleep late just one morning during the week, it may disturb your body clock. This will make it hard for you to sleep that night. DO SOMETHING RELAXING before going to bed. EXERCISE DURING THE DAY. Don’t exercise right before going to bed. AVOID DRINKING ALCOHOL. Alcohol makes you excited. This prevents you from falling asleep or wakes you up during the night. DON’T SMOKE. Smoking is always bad for the body. Smoking before bedtime keeps you awake. If trying these tips over a couple of weeks does not help you, speak to your doctor. Do not take any sleeping pills without first asking your doctor. Many have strong side effects. 1. According to the passage, if you have sleep problems for a few nights, you could be ______. A. lonely B. serious C. forgetful D. depressed 2. The passage suggests that people with sleep problems should ______. A. eat vegetables and exercise regularly B. make up for lost sleep on weekends C. follow a fixed timetable for sleep D. sleep seven hours every day 3. We can learn from the suggestions that ______. A. getting up earlier one morning makes it easier to fall asleep that night B. listening to soft music before going to bed may help you fall asleep C. smokers and those who drink alcohol usually have no sleep problems D. exercising in the evening will help you get to sleep 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Sleep problems are serious among young people. B. Sleeping late on weekends can make up for lost sleep. C. Your eating habits will be broken due to lack of sleep. D. You’ll no longer have your sleep problem if you try the tips. Keys: CCBA (B) Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together, they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: international competitions encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred(憎恨). There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood. Not only was there the tragic incident including the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by incidents caused mainly by smaller national contests. One country received its second-place medals with visible anger after the hockey(曲棍球) final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were sure that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in great anger when he said, “This wasn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension(停赛) of the team for at least three years. Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism(爱国主义). 1. According to the author, recently the Olympic Games have ______. A. created goodwill between the nations B. brought about only false national pride C. hardly showed any international friendship D. put an end to misunderstanding and hatred 2. The underlined word “disallowed”(in Paragraph 2) means “______”. A. permitted to pass B. considered as reasonable C. won by the other side D. refused to accept 3. What did the manager mean by saying, “Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished”? A. His team would no longer take part in international games. B. Hockey and the Federation are both ruined by the unfair decisions. C. There should be no more Hockey matches organized by the Federation. D. The Federation should break up. 4. The author gives the example in paragraph 2 to show ______. A. how false national pride led to undesirable incidents in international games B. that sportsmen are often against the final decisions C. that competitiveness in the games discourages international friendship D. that unfair decisions are common in the Olympic Games 5. What conclusion can be drawn from the passage? A. The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved. B. Athletes should compete as individuals in the Olympic Games. C. A game should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game. D. More and more athletes will compete for their own honor. Keys:CDBCA C Letter 1 Dear Madam, I write to express my disagreement with the rather weak-minded attitude taken by your newspaper towards the sentence given to a certain Dennis Wilson. We expect the press to uphold the law, not to break it. I do not know the young man, but I believe he has been in trouble more than once before. Perhaps this will teach him a lesson he won’t forget. Reader Letter 2 Dear Editor, I was encouraged by the attitude taken by your newspaper on the matter of young Dennis Wilson. Far from being the danger that some people say he is, Dennis is a responsible, though high-spirited youth who is well known in the neighborhood. As he said to the judge, he was only trying to brighten up the neighborhood with a mural(壁画). I must say that I enjoy looking at the mural as I walk to work in the morning. Reader Letter 3 To the Editor, I was disappointed at the harsh and unfair reactions of many people of the community in the case of Dennis Wilson. The boy is reactive and gifted, and the work of art which he has produced is a major improvement to what was an ugly wall. To call it graffiti(乱涂乱写) is unreasonable. It might look a little strange to those people who do not appreciate modern art, but surely even they would rather look at a colorful wall than a dirty one. I believe that the judge in this case made a mistake, and I would like to take this opportunity of congratulating you for pointing this out. Reader Letter 4 Editor, I wish to cancel my subscription(订阅) to your newspaper. The attitude you took to the Wilson case has totally destroyed your credibility(信誉) as far as I am concerned. Your role is to report the facts objectively, not to express opinions. As far as I am concerned, that boy got off too lightly. He’s a danger to himself and all of those around him. Reader 1. It can be inferred that ______. A. the readers wrote the letters to please the editor B. all the four people felt sorry for Dennis Wilson C. what Dennis Wilson had done attracted the public’s attention D. a newspaper should express its opinion clearly on any matter 2. The people were against Dennis Wilson because ______. A. they thought the boy had nothing to do with them B. they expected the boy to be punished for a long time C. they didn’t like his painting on the wall D. they thought Dennis was not a good boy 3. These four letters mainly talk about ______. A. the agreement and disagreement with the sentence given to Dennis B. the attitude the newspaper took towards Dennis Wilson’s case C. how to encourage the youth to do a good deed D. how to make a newspaper educate a trouble- -maker Keys:CDB D The Americans believe that anybody can become President of the United States. In a recent Hollywood comedy(喜剧), that is exactly what happens. Dave Kovic, played by Kevin Kline, is a kind-hearted man who runs a business that finds people jobs. He leads a typical American way of life, except for one thing --- he looks exactly like the President, Bill Mitchell. In fact, the only thing that makes him different from the nation’s leader is that he is very nice! The President has started using look-alikes during some public appearances. Dave is offered a chance to “serve his country” by becoming one. However, things go wrong. The President becomes very ill and Dave ends up acting as the President forever. Director Ivan Reitman, who made the popular and successful comedies like Twins, Ghostbusters and Legal Eagles, could have gone for easy laughs by making fun of the American government. Instead, Dave is an attractive comedy about an ordinary man in extraordinary situations. Kevin Kline gives a double performance as Dave and the President, and Sigourney Weaver is at her best as his First Lady. The love story that develops between her role and Dave is a real classic. The film is 100% American. However, if you’ve ever felt that anybody could do a better job running the country than the people in power, then you’ll enjoy Dave! 1( What is the purpose of the text? A( To tell the reader about the American government. B( To discuss the Americans’ ideas about the President. C( To make a comparison between Dave and other films. D( To introduce a new film to the reader. 2. Who plays the role of the President in the film? A( Sigourney Weaver. B( Kevin Kline. C( Bill Mitchell D( Ivan Reitman. 3. The underlined word “one” (in Paragraph 3) refers to ______. A. the President B. the director C. an actor D. a look-alike 4. Which of the following is best supported by the text? A( The author makes fun of the President. B( The author thinks highly of the film. C( The author is a fan of Hollywood comedies. D( The author wishes to become the American President. Keys :DBDB E Many cities around the world today are heavily polluted. Careless methods of production and lack of consumers’ demand for environment-friendly products have contributed to the pollution problem. One result is that millions of tons of glass, paper, plastic and metal containers are produced, and that these are difficult to get rid of. However, today, more and more consumers are choosing “green” and demanding that the products they buy should be safe for the environment. Before they buy a product, they ask questions like these:“ Will this shampoo damage the environment?” “Can this metal container only be used or can it only be used once? A recent study showed that two out of five adults now consider the environmental safety of a product before they buy it. This means that companies must now change the way they make and sell their products to make sure that they are “green”, that is, friendly to the environment. Only a few years ago it was impossible to find green products in supermarkets, but now there are hundreds. Some supermarket products carry labels (标签) to show that the product is green. Some companies have made the manufacturing (生产) of clean and safe products their main selling point and emphasize it in their advertising. The concern for a safer and cleaner environment is making companies rethink how they do business. No longer will the public accept the old attitude of “buy it, use it, throw it away, and forget it”. The public pressure is on, and gradually business is cleaning up its cat. 1. It becomes clear from the text that the driving force behind green products is ______. A. public caring for the environment B. companies’ desire for bigger sales C. new ways of doing business D. rapid growth of supermarkets 2. What would be the best title for the text? A. Business and People B. Business Goes Green C. Shopping Habits Are Changing D. Supermarkets and Green Products 3. The underlined word “it” (in Paragraph 4) refers to ______. A. a selling point B. a company name C. a great demand for healthy food D. the manufacturing of green products Keys: ABD F I’m usually fairly doubtful about any research that concludes that people are either happier or unhappier or more or less certain of themselves than they were 50 years ago. While any of these statements might be true, they are practically impossible to prove scientifically. Still, I was struck by a report that concluded that today’s children are far more anxious than children in the 1950s. In fact, the analysis (分析) showed that normal children aged 9 to 17 exhibit a higher level of anxiety today than children who were treated for mental illness 50 years ago. Why are America’s kids so stressed? The report gives two main causes: increasing physical isolation (孤立) and a growing feeling that the world is a more dangerous place. Given that we can’t turn the clock back, adults can still do plenty to help the next generation. At the top of the list is helping develop a better understanding of the limits of individualism (个人主义). No child is an island. Strengthening social ties helps build communities (团体) and protect individuals against stress. To help kids build stronger connections with others, you can pull the plug on TVs and computers. Your family will thank you later. They will have more time for face-to-face relationships, and they will get more sleep. Limit the amount of virtual (虚拟的) violence within the reach of your children. It’s not just video games and movies; children see a lot of murder and crime on the local news. Keep your expectations for your children reasonable. Many highly successful people never attended Harvard or Yale. Make exercise part of your daily life. It will help you deal with your own anxieties and provide a good model for your kids. Sometimes anxiety is unavoidable. But it doesn’t have to ruin your life. 1. The author thinks that the conclusions of any research about people’s state of mind are ______. A. surprising B. reasonable C. believable D. questionable 2. What does the author mean when he says, “we can’t turn the clock back”? A. It’s impossible to slow down the speed of change. B. The social reality children are facing cannot be changed. C. Lessons learned from the past should not be forgotten. D. It’s impossible to forget what happened in the past. 3. The first and most important thing parents should do to help their children is to ______. A. provide them with a safer environment B. lower their expectations for them C. get them into more touch with other people D. set a good model for them to follow 4. What conclusion can be drawn from the passage? A. Anxiety, though unavoidable, can be dealt with. B. Children’s anxiety has been described to be far too serious. C. Children’s anxiety can be got rid of with more parental care. D. Anxiety, if properly controlled, may help fit children for life. Key: Keys:DBCA 1 Miss Gogers taught physics in a New York school.Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said tothem,“NowIhavea brother in Los Angeles.If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?” Tom at once answered,“Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.”“That’s every good,”Miss Gogers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gogers said.“Yes, Kate.” “I disagree,”Kate said.“Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.” 1.Miss Gogers was teaching her class_________. A.how to telephone B.about electricity C.about time zone(时区) D.about sound 2. Miss Gogers raised this question because she wanted to know whether______. A.it was easy to phone to Los Angeles B.her student could hear her from 75 feet away C.her students had grasped her lesson D.sound waves were slower than electricity 3.Tom thought that electricity was _________. A.slower than sound waves B.faster than sound waves C.not so fast as sound waves D.as fast as sound waves 4.Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______. A.clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York B.electricity was slower than sound waves C.Tom was not good at physics at all D.Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves 5.Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics? A.Tom’s B.Kate’s C.Bath A and B D.Neither A nor 2. The Old Cat An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she