用英语讲好中国故事的英语作文(20篇)

Zhuang Zhous family was poor. Once, he went to the official who supervised rivers to borrow some grain. The official said:

庄周家境贫穷。一次，他去监河侯那里借粮食，监河侯说:

"Well, wait until the end of the year when I collect the taxes from the people, then I will lend you 300 gold pieces. All right?

“好吧!等到年底，我收到了老百姓的税金时，就借给你三百金，行吗?”

When Zhuang Zhou heard this, he was so angry that the colow of his face changed. But he told the official this story:

庄周一听，气得脸色都变了，但是他却对监河侯讲了这样一件事情:

"When I came here yesterday, on the way I heard a voice calling `Help! I turned my head and saw a small crucian carp in the dried-up carriage ditch.

“我昨天来时，半路上听到‘救命’的呼喊声。我回过头来，看见干涸的车沟里有条小螂鱼。

I went over and asked: `Little crucian carp, why are you calling for help?

我走过去，问它:‘小娜鱼，你为什么喊救命?’

The little crucian carp answered: `I am a subject of the Dragon King of the East China Sea. Unfortunately I fell down here. Can you give me a little water to save my life?

小鲤鱼回答说:‘我是东海龙王的臣子，不幸落到这里。您能够给我一些水来救我活命吗?’

I said: `All right, I am just going to the south to sell ideas to the kings of the States of Wu and Yue. I will ask them to stir up the water of the Xijiang River to welcome you. Will that do?

我说:‘好吧!我正好要去南方游说吴国和越国的国王，那我就请他们激起西江的大水来迎接您，可以吗?’

When the crucian carp heard this, it got angry and said:

卿鱼听了，气得不得了，说:

`When I lose the water which is always with me, I cannot survive. Now, I want only a little bit of water so that I can survive.Yet you say such things. Then youd better go to the salt-fish shop to look for me. "

“我失去了常跟我在一起的水，就无法生存下去了。现在，我只要得到一些水，就能够生存下去;你却说出这样的话。好吧，你不如趁早到咸鱼店里去找我吧!”

有一个老人家，在他自己的门前栽了一棵树。他每天守护着它，抱着种种的期待。

他希望这棵树长得像一把大雨伞，那么他可以欣赏一种好风景，又可以乘凉。可是他也希望它长成为一种有出息的栋梁大材，那么他可以用来建造一座大楼房，又美观，又牢靠。然而他又很想要它长得又高又直，像桅杆一般，因为他的孙子已经在念书，将来中了状元，少不了要在门前竖旗杆的。不过，他也已经定好计划要造桥梁，做一件有益于人家的好事。此外，他还要制办床榻台几和一切木器;而最后，他就想到了自己年事已高，先做好一具寿材是刻不容缓的了，而这株树正是最适用的。

这个老人家，拿这棵树简直派了无穷尽的用场。而他都不是白派的，每次想到了一种用场的时候他就去抚摸一回，浇一回水，每天都如此。而这棵树呢，它也很想不辜负老人家的希望;可是，它不但喝得太多，而且精神负担也实在太重，这样，很不幸，不久它就死掉了，虽然它还很年轻。

Calligraphy is the essence of Chinese culture, which has developed into a special high-level art apart from satisfying the needs of daily writing. It has been flourishing for thousands of years in China. Shops with strong commercial atmosphere will gain some elegance if they are decorated with some quaint cultural calligraphic works. Sitting rooms, studies and bedrooms can be nice-looking with calligraphy works decorated. As a kind of art work, the writing of calligraphy is particular. The Chinese characters are written on Xuan paper which absorbs ink very well and then are mounted to hang on a wall. The calligraphy works are mostly a poem or a motto that the host of the room likes it much; if it is written by the host himself, it will demonstrate more his aspiration and interest as well as his talent.

书法是中国文化的精粹，除了满足日常书写外，它已经上升成为一门特别的高等艺术。他兴旺于中华大地数千年而不衰。商业气息浓重的店面装饰一些具有古色古香、文化色彩的书法作品就会平添几分高雅。书法作品也常常装饰客厅，书房和卧室。作为一种艺术，书法的书写是很讲究的。汉字写在吸水性很强的宣纸上，然后再装裱起来挂上墙壁。书法作品多半是居室主人所喜爱的一首诗词或是一句格言;如果这是他自己所作，那就更能显示他的志趣和才华了。

Chinese, is a long civilization; China, is a country with a population of one billion and three hundred million; Chinese, once there are hundreds of millions of poor population eat enough to eat; China, is a weak being bullied!

Due to the decline of country, for many years, Chinese suppressed by foreigners ridiculed as the "sick man of East asia". It caused our anger. Our ancestors after more than 100 years of waging struggle, finally made Chinese in Chinese under the leadership of the Communist Party, the sleeping lion rise up from a nightmare, stand proudly roaring. The thirty years after the reform and opening up, in China under the leadership of the Communist Party, we found the correct road of building socialism with Chinese characteristics; these thirty years, we make two hundred million people out of poverty, the realization of food and clothing, the whole society has entered a well-off stage; in the thirty years, the development speed of China is unprecedented; the thirty years we, the national strength has greatly increased, no one said China is "sick man of East Asia", no one any insult us; this thirty years, we make all attempts to lure and force Chinese go astray, limit the development China dream "bankruptcy" since then, Chinese strong!

China changed from a weak country to become a person who despised the coveted power.

In October 16, 1964, China successfully exploded the first atomic bomb in the western region. This is a major achievement in Chinas national defense construction. In April 1970, Chinese first man-made earth satellite Dongfanghong launch success. This is an epoch-making event in the history of Chinas spaceflight. In October 1969, China built the first underground railway - the Beijing subway, which brought convenience to peoples lives. In February 15, 1985, the Antarctic Antarctic expedition team China built Great Wall Railway Station in georgia. The establishment of the Antarctic scientific expedition has enabled Chinese scientists to contribute to the protection and peaceful use of the Antarctic. In February 1998, Beijing established the first high-tech agricultural base in China. It changed for thousands of years, people have to rely on agriculture on the traditional concept of planting and breeding. In October 15, 2003, the Shenzhou five manned spacecraft launched by ourselves was launched successfully, sending our astronaut Yang Liwei into space and returning to the ground safely on the 16 th. The first manned space flight in China has achieved a successful success and realized the flying dream of the Chinese nation. The successful launch of "Shenzhou five" has broken the situation that a few countries monopolize the space technology in the world, and help the human beings to make peaceful use of space resources and so on.

The clothes that people wear in the past are monotonous and have a single style. Now the clothes, the color and the style are colorful. People can choose their favorite clothes according to their own personality and preferences. In the past, it was often a few generations to live in a house, and it was very simple. Now its spacious and the room is more elaborate. Are these examples not enough to explain the changes in China?

Ah! China, Im proud of you! I want to use my "grass inch heart" to repay your "apartments"! I want to make your glory!

话说中国历史上的唯一女皇武则天登基后，她想给自己取一个非常适合自己的名字，中国要名字要表达出自己的独特之处，并且把自己的光辉也展现出来。可是取什么字才能让自己显得与众不同呢?如果用一些熟悉的汉字肯定不能体现，于是武则天想自己造一个从来没有的字出来，这样肯定就没有重复了。说造就造当时对日月有一种封建迷信，都觉得日月是神圣的，武则天就把自己比喻成了日月，想让自己和日月一样永远高挂在天空，所以就有了那个字，日月在天空上面：曌.。

曌：zhao

曌字的意思：大概有日月当空、明亮阔大的意思吧。

专心致志

Yi Qiu was known as the most famous expert at chess throughout the land.

Once he gave lessons on chess to two men. One of them was netpletely absorbed in

his teaching, listening attentively to Yi Qiu while the other, who seemed to be

listening, had his mind on something else. In fact, he was having a fancy that a

swan was flying towards him and he had in his hands a bow and an arrow, ready to

shoot. As a result, though he was having the same lesson together with the first

man, yet he turned out a much inferior(差的，自卑的) pupil.

If one does not give single-hearted devotion to it, no skills will be

learned.

欲速则不达 子夏，姓卜名商，春秋时晋国人，是孔子的得意门生之一。子夏比孔子小44岁，是孔子后期学生中的佼佼者。他才思敏捷，文学素养很高，经常得到孔子的称赞。 有一年，子夏因为才能出众，被派到莒父(当时是鲁国的一个县，大概位于山东省莒县境内)去做地方官。 临走之前，他专门去拜望孔子，向老师请教说：“请问老师，怎样才能治理好一个地方呢?” 孔子十分热情地对子夏说：“治理地方，是一件十分复杂的事。可是，只要抓住了根本，也就很简单了。” 孔子向子夏交代了应注意的一些事后，再三嘱咐说：“无欲速，无见小利。欲速，则不达;见小利，则大事不成。”这段话的意思是，做事不要单纯追求速度，不要贪图小利。单纯追求速度，不讲效果，反而达不到目的;而只顾眼前小利，不讲长远利益，那就什么大事也做不成。 子夏深深鞠躬，说道：“谢谢老师的教导，我一定按照老师的教导去做。”然后告别孔子，到莒父上任去了。 这段话被记载在《论语·子路》中，从这段话中产生了成语“欲速则不达”，人们常用它来说明如果干一件事情的时候，过于性急图快，不讲求效果，反而会适得其反，不能达到目的。欲，想要;速，快速;达，达到，完成。

缘木求鱼 公元前 319年，孟子周游列国，第二次来到齐国。这时候，齐宣王为了扩张自己的领土，正准备攻打邻国。孟子反对战争，想宣扬自己的“仁政”思想。可怎么才能说服固执的齐宣王呢?于是，孟子与齐宣王进行了一段有趣的对话。 孟子问：“大王心中最大的愿望是什么?”齐宣王知道孟子要来说服自己，所以他笑而不答。孟子接着问：“是因为食物不够肥美，衣服不够轻暖，还是色彩不够艳丽，音乐不够美妙?要不就是因为身边伺候的人不够使唤吧?这些，臣子们都全部能给您提供，难道您还真是为了这些吗?”宣王说：“不，我不是为了这些。”孟子接着说：“那您最想要的，一定就是开拓疆土，收服秦国、楚国，统治中国，安抚边疆。不过，以您现在的做法，就像爬到树上去捉鱼一样啊(原文是：犹缘木而求鱼也’)。”齐宣王吃了一惊，忙问：“为什么?” 孟子连忙说：“大王想一统天下，是以弱击强，只会给自己带来灾祸。可如果大王能施行仁政，使天下做官的人都想到您的朝廷里来做官，天下的农民都想到您的国家来种地，天下做生意的人都想到您的国家来做生意……这样，天下还有谁能够与您为敌呢?” 成语“缘木求鱼”意思是爬到树上去找鱼，它常被用来比喻做事情时，如果方向、方法错误，就一定达不到目的。缘，沿着，顺着。

约法三章 秦朝末年，人民苦于沉重的捐税、繁重的徭役和严酷的刑罚，纷纷揭竿而起。公元前 206年10月，刘邦率领大军攻入关中，到达离秦朝皇都咸阳只有几十里的灞上。仅当了46天秦王的子婴向刘邦投降。刘邦接受大将樊哙和张良的建议，下令封闭王宫，并留下少数士兵保护王宫和藏有大量财宝的库房，随即还军灞上。 为了取得民心，刘邦把关中各县父老、豪杰召集起来，郑重地向他们宣布道：“百姓苦于秦朝的严刑苛法已经很久了，应该全部废除。现在，我与父老乡亲们约法三章：一是杀人的判处死刑，二是伤人的治罪，三是抢劫的受罚。我到这里来，是为了替父老乡亲们除害，不是来侵害你们的，请大家放心。”父老乡亲们都表示拥护约法三章。 接着，刘邦又派人到各县各乡，将约法三章通告于百姓。百姓得知后都非常高兴，纷纷带着牛、羊、酒、食前来犒劳刘邦的军队。刘邦一再谦让不肯接受，说：“我们的军粮并不缺乏，不想再麻烦百姓了。”百姓们更加高兴，唯恐刘邦不做王。由于坚决执行约法三章，刘邦得到了百姓的信任、拥护和支持，最后取得天下，建立了西汉王朝。 成语“约法三章”即指规定出几条共同遵守的条款。约，协商，议定;章，指条目。

Chinese new year is a chinese traditional festival. We also call it the spring festival. It is on lunar january 1st.

On new years eve, all the people sit around the desk and have a big family dinner. There are some vegetables, some fish, some meat, some fruits and some drink like juice, coke, pepsi and some nice wine. Overall, this is a good and delicious dinner. After dinner, we always watch tv new year progammes. We have a wonderful evening on new years eve.

On the first day of the spring festival, most of people get up early and say “happy new year” to each other. for breakfast, people often eat dumplings and baozi. After breakfast, people often make many delicious foods, and children often play cards, computer games and fireworks. On the second and third day, we visit friends and relatives.

Everyone is busy on chinese new year, and everyone is happy, too.

春节是中国的传统节日。我们也称它为春节。它是在农历1月1日。

在新年前夕,所有人围坐在桌子上,有一个大的家庭晚餐。有一些蔬菜,一些鱼,一些肉,一些水果和一些喝果汁、可口可乐、百事可乐和一些不错的葡萄酒。总的来说,这是一个很好的和美味的晚餐。晚饭后,我们总是看电视节目。我们有一个美好的晚上在新年前夕。

在春节的第一天,大部分的人早起,说“新年快乐”。早餐,人们经常吃饺子和包子。早餐后,人们常常做出许多美味的食物,和孩子经常打牌,电脑游戏和烟火。第二和第三天,我们拜访亲戚、朋友。

在中国新年每个人都很忙,每个人都是快乐的,也是。

讲好“中国抗疫故事”，阐明中国共产党的初心使命

人民立场是中国共产党的根本政治立场。党的十九大报告指出：“中国共产党人的初心和使命，就是为中国人民谋幸福，为中华民族谋复兴。这个初心和使命是激励中国共产党人不断前进的根本动力。”对于中国共产党和中国人民来说，突如其来的新冠肺炎疫情既是一次危机，也是一次大考。在大考面前，党始终把人民群众的身体健康和生命安全放在第一位，举全国之力救治患者，实现应收尽收、应治尽治，不惜代价、不计成本打赢疫情防控阻击战，为人民的生命安全和身体健康筑起坚固的“长城”。这场史诗级的伟大抗疫实践正是中国共产党初心使命的最好阐释，彰显了党把人民放在第一位的赤子之心。思政课教学要充分运用好社会大课堂思政素材，讲好党的初心故事，讲清楚中国共产党为什么“能”，引领青年学生读懂中国共产党，坚定跟党走的决心。

讲好“中国抗疫故事”，彰显中国制度的显著优势

制度优势是一个国家的最大优势，制度竞争是国家间最根本的竞争。“集中力量办大事”是中国特色社会主义制度的显著优势，是我国创造经济快速发展、社会长期稳定“两大奇迹”的重要原因。习近平总书记指出：“我们最大的优势是我国社会主义制度能够集中力量办大事。这是我们成就事业的重要法宝。”党的十九届四中全会从13个方面系统总结了我国国家制度和国家治理体系的显著优势，揭示了“中国之治”的制度密码。疫情发生以来，在党的集中统一领导下，全国一盘棋战疫情，19个省份对口支援湖北16个市州，超4万名医务工作者驰援湖北抗疫一线，诠释了“一方有难八方支援”的“中国温度”;仅用10天建成的可容纳1000张床位的火神山医院，让世界见证了“中国速度”。思政课教学要充分运用好社会大课堂思政素材，讲好中国特色社会主义制度的历史逻辑、理论逻辑和实践逻辑，讲清楚中国特色社会主义为什么“好”，引领青年学生读懂中国特色社会主义制度，增强制度自信，坚定走中国特色社会主义道路的决心。

很小的时候，妈妈手上拿着一张纸，不停地说：黑楼，黑楼，还有踢车。

我问：妈妈，什么是黑楼啊？

妈妈说：不是黑楼，是哈喽。

我以前不懂英语，后来上了幼儿园大班后才知道英语里的hello。在一年级的暑假里，我背过了英语A、B、C等26个字母。二年级时，听说下一年要学英语，我着急了，因为我不知道怎么学英语，后来上了才知道，没有我想象得那么难，英语老师也不凶，还很逗，有时她刚做完的事，转身就忘了。

有人不好好听课时，老师就叽里咕噜，叽里咕噜的，全是英语。

有一次英语课上，一个英语学得不太好的同学，在书上画小人，那个小人画得很好玩，结果被老师发现了。老师叽里咕噜一串英语数落他，逗得我们笑，那个同学摸着脑袋，听不懂老师说啥。

英语课是有趣的，让我懂得了那些美丽的单词。

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圣诞老人为奥丁神后裔。 也传说称圣诞老人由圣·尼古拉而来，所以圣诞老人也称st.nicholas。据说他原是小亚细亚每拉城的主教，名叫圣尼古拉，死后被尊为圣徒，是一位身穿红袍、头戴红帽的白胡子老头。每年圣诞节他驾着鹿拉的雪橇从北方而来，由烟囱进入各家，把圣诞礼物装在袜子里挂在孩子们的床头上或火炉前。所以，西方人过圣诞节时，父母把给孩子的圣诞礼物装在袜子里，圣诞夜时挂在孩子们的床头上。第二天，孩子们醒来后的第一件事就是在床头上寻找圣诞老人送来的礼物

chrismas father was the descendant of a deity called odin. it‘s also said that chrismas father comes from san nichola, so he is also called st.nicholas. he was the bishop of asia minor city of rafah and he was called a man of god after his death. he is an old man in red clothes and he wears a red hat.he has white mustache. he comes from the north on a blowmobile every chrismas day. he went into people‘s houses by the track and he put the presents into children‘s socks. so in western countries,parents put the gifts to their kids in kids‘ socks and put them on the head of the bed on chrismas eve. on the second day, the first thing after kids wake up is to find the presents from chrismas fathers.

[圣诞老人的小故事英语作文

It is fine today.I made an appointment with my foreign friend Peter to visit the Great Wall on Badaling.We set out early in the morning.We first took the subway and then the bus.On reaching the foot of the Great Wall,

the Ming Dynasty,and little of it remains.The Great Wall of China was originally a project of Qin dynasty designed to this wall was located much further north than the current wall built during the Ming Dynasty,and little of it remains.

221 and 208 BC,it is now believed to have been started earlier.The 15-foot-high,25-foot-wide,1,500-mile-longan angry population rose up in rebellion against the Qin Dynasty,and in207 BC the Han Dynasty began.Because of

he Mutianyu section of the Great Wall, 70 kilometers northeast of Beijing, is linked to the Gubeikou section on the east and the Badaling section on the west. It is one of the best sections of the Great Wall.

The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is crenelatted for watching and shooting at the invading enemy. Some of the battle forts on the wall are as close as 50 metres apart.

Jinshanling Section

Located in Miyun County northeast of Beijing, the Jinshanling division of the Great Wall, like the Simatai division, belongs to the Gubeikou section of the colossal defence barrier.

The battlements in the Jinshanling division of the Great Wall are built along the ridge of a mountain, where /he soldiers can resist the invading enemy by taking advantage of the high terrain.

A decrepit battle fort at dusk often reminds one of the battles in ancient times.

Simatai Section

Located to the east of Jinshanling, the Simatai division of the Great Wall is 3,000 metres long and has 35 battle forts. The wall rises and falls with the precipitous mountain ridge, while the battle forts are located high up the hills.

Alarm was raised by means of smoke signals, at night by fire. Smoke was produced by burning a mixture of wolf dung, sulfur and saltpeter. Shots were fired at the same time. Thus an alarm could be relayed over 500km within just a few hours.

The Great Wall in Four Seasons

[写中国长城的英语作文

上帝遇到中国商人也会头晕，这是为什么?请看今天小编分享的哲理小故事，相信各位读者就会明白的。

1、天堂的门坏了，上帝要招标重修。

印度人说：3000弄好，理由是材料费1000，人工费1000，我自己赚1000。

德国人说：要6000，材料费2000，人工2000，自己赚2000。

中国人淡定地说：这个要9000，3000给你，3000我的，剩下3000给那个印度人干。

上帝拍案：中国人中标!

2、后来地狱的门也坏了，阎王吸取了上帝的教训，制定控制价3000。

德国人看了一眼，走了。

印度人报价3000。

中国人给了评标的小鬼500，报价3000，又中标了。

德国人、印度人很纳闷。之后，中国人花了500材料，500人工，修了一半宣布停工。拖了半年，阎王被逼追加投资3000，完工。

3、再后来天堂连接地狱的电梯坏了，也要重修。经过前面两次教训后，控制定价3000而且规定要一次性修好。

德国人又来，看了一下走了。

印度人报价3000。

中国人也报价3000，并称完工后有茅台送，又中标了。

拿到钱后中国人开工。材料500，人工500。完工后，上帝叫人验收。事先收了中国人红包500的验收员声称“合格”。

不久又坏了，安监、质检(都收了钱)等部门说超载所致，要重建。上帝被逼追加资金9000重建!

4、再再后来，通往人间的大门也坏了，死的上不来，投胎的下不去，上帝与阎王都着急。问题很严重。

经过前几次的教训之后，天国严格定价3000，监理、审计现场跟踪!并且免费保修1亿年。

德国人被吓跑了。

印度人报价3000。

中国人来了，报无偿修理，且免费保修2亿年，但要1亿年的管理权，上帝和阎王都同意了。

中国人修好了门后，在门口设了个收费站，死了要上天堂的收500，下去投胎每人每次500，双向收费且上不封顶，给500的投到欧洲，给1000的投胎到美国，逃费的一律投到中国。

上帝和阎王无语，彻底崩溃。

炎炎仲夏，我去北京旅游。带着虔诚与敬仰来到了这座古老的城市，虽然沧桑却不失辉煌，5天的时光让我喜欢上了这个魅力之都。

北京是壮阔的，它带着有历代的智慧与心血而建成的山河、寺宇、宫殿、楼阁，带着几千年而不衰的悠久文明，酝酿着坦荡而大气的民族。

北京是感性的，它富有人情味，人性化的街道，诗情画意的景致，闲逸舒适的生活，发展着美丽、纯朴的文化。

北京是和谐的，它象征着旧中国的灵魂、文化，同时又代表着新中国的开始、未来，含蓄着高调的城市生活和朴实的乡村生活的协调。

这是个壮丽的城市，从南门入城，经过一重重城门才能到达壮丽的皇宫，红瓦明墙，雕栏玉砌，飞檐楼角，历史的沧桑并未掩盖住它的浑厚。合抱的古柏，

堆砌的假山，满池的荷花，精致的石雕，倒垂的杨柳都在诉说着北京的美丽。北京是一个帝王的梦，宫殿、花园、寺庙、百尺林荫、宝塔、祭坛、太学，处处都有着皇家的印记，华丽、庄严、肃穆。而这样的北京，却充满了更多的平民气息。入夜，后海被点亮了，红色的花灯亮起，微亮的天色在古树的枝叶间若隐若现，小船闪着明晃晃的黄光在后海上摇曳着。后海热闹起来了，大把的人群出现在后海的长街上，逛街、用餐、饮酒……而传统的北京小吃总是备受欢迎，豆汁儿、葫芦串儿、烤串儿也只有在露天摊子上才能吃出味来。在我看来，霓虹灯的五颜六色是比不过茶座上亮起的点点烛光的，整条长街上晃动的光芒映在湖面上，星星点点，伴以清亮的水流声，整个后海，活灵活现的描绘出一幅古典游乐图……对北京的感慨，不是某地某景，而是它壮丽的氛围。

这是个清静的城市，方方正正、匀匀称称的北京被布局整齐得像个棋盘，以故宫为中心，九门对称，天地日月四坛相环，偶尔会有斜街，名字也很可爱，烟袋斜街，樱桃斜街。传统的四合院带着庄严肃穆，每个院子中央会有一个金鱼缸，梁上挂着一个鸟笼，院落旁会栽种着一棵石榴树，显得平和可爱。胡同与四合院是一体的，胡同两边由若干四合院连接而成，胡同有些也会编号，从两条到十二条，觉得变得太死板了，也会给胡同取名字，云居胡同，草园胡同，都十分别致。胡同常常是安静的，它远离了车水马龙，远离了喧嚣，能进胡同的只有三轮车和人，要想让一辆车开进去，实在是难为了司机。北京人容易满足，他们对物质要求不高，他们不愿离开破旧的胡同，大都安土重迁，几十年，甚至几辈子的也有，老北京们在胡同里是扎了根的。他们说话都有些源远流长，清脆的口音，极快的说话速度，语言的背后就有历史的痕迹。就算不住胡同和四合院，住在闹市附近，也能有平静闲逸的享受，高楼大厦间总会有几条老旧的步行街。想要感受那份闲适，不妨在城中任意几个公园内徘徊散步，或坐在街头的茶桌边消磨整个下午，斜倚着松树下小憩，此时此刻享受独处，品位心灵的自由。

这是个有故事的城市，过去这里是官僚贵族的世界，京城里举办的繁复而隆重的仪式渐渐孕育了一种皇族文化。这样的文化虽然壮阔凛然，但只是在腐朽中的表面辉煌。辛亥革命结束了中国漫长的封建统治，皇族的轻易没落给北京增添一分脆弱的伤感与怀旧的感伤。北京的历史旧迹很多，事物再美好也会“逝者如斯”，看着圆明园西洋楼的旧址巍峨的矗立在苍空之下，仿佛在诉说着曾经的帝国的辉煌，而在旁就散落着无数石楼的碎片，参差排放的石块中央曾经是个宽阔的喷泉，那四个大柱子间应是天子御座，唯一的残桥上曾有大块汉白玉，曾经的享受消磨，曾经的宏伟，曾经的辉煌，全都在历史的风云中消逝了。历史是反复的，经过浩大的斗争，新北京开始了，一个崭新的国家——中华人民共和国在广场上宣布成立。老北京开始与新北京融合，中国也不能老当一个古玩店，它得顺应时代，向前走。北京开始包容各种色彩——有新的色素和旧的色素。古旧的城楼和鼓楼为居民报时，无数条外环路相接舒缓着交通，有古城，古树，古桥，每一处都有沧桑的历史。有鸟巢、水立方，每一处又诞生着新的元素。

我一直认为北京是最具有中国感觉的城市，它贴近祖国，融合着民族的灵魂，谱写着中国的新历史。它涵养传统文化，又在文化中变迁，诉说着一个个关于中国古老而又传奇的故事。

In the Warring States Period, a man in the state of Chu was offering a sacrifice to his ancestors. After the ceremony, the man gave a beaker of wine to his servants. The servants thought that there was not enought wine for all of them, and decided to each draw a piecture of snake; the one who finished the piecture first would get the wine. One of them drew very rapidly. Seeing that the others were still busy drawing, he added feet to the snake. At this moment, another man finished, snatched the beaker and drank the wine, saying,"A snake doesnt have feet. How can you add feet to a snake?"

This idiom refers to ruining a venture by doing unnecessary and surplus things.

公元105年，中常侍(侍从皇帝的官员)、尚方令(负责朝政的官员)蔡伦奏请东汉和帝准予将他的造纸术向民间推广，他还挑选出挺括良好的纸，进献给汉和帝。汉和帝试用以后，非常满意，当场赞扬了蔡伦的这一创造发明，同时立刻下令把这个造纸技术推广开去。

从此，中国的造纸技术进入了先进的行列。在此之前，商朝把汉字刻在龟甲兽骨上，但是甲骨的来源很有限，而且不便携带、保存，所以人们后来把汉字刻在简牍上。简和牍是用竹片或木片做成的，狭长的称“简”，略宽的称“牍”。由于一片简只能刻几个字，因此写一篇文章就要用许多简，写完之后人们再用绳子把简串起来，成为“册”。虽然做简牍的材料遍地都是，但是它们也太笨重了，据说秦始皇每天批阅用简牍写的奏折重达一石(约五十斤左右)。后来人们用丝帛作为书写材料，它柔软轻便，易于书写，可惜量少价高，这一致命弱点使它难于推广使用。

在京城洛阳的皇宫里当官的蔡伦，当时主管监督制造宫中用的各种器物。他非常聪明，很会动脑子，经常和工匠们一起研究制作工艺。蔡伦看到皇帝每天要批阅堆成小山般的简牍，非常不方便，他就琢磨着要制作出一种轻便易用的书写材料，来取代笨重的简牍。

对于新的书写材料，蔡伦的第一个要求是轻便。因此用竹、木制成的简牍首先被排除在外，而丝帛倒是符合的，可惜原材料稀少。于是，蔡伦仔细观察了丝帛的生产过程，从分析丝帛的结构入手，发现它是由纤细的短纤维互相粘成的。于是，他把新材料定位在结构与丝帛相似、取材容易、价格低廉，从此时时处处留意着、寻觅着这种新材料。

有一天，蔡伦和几个小太监来到城外游玩。这是一个十分幽静的山谷，一条小溪潺潺流过，溪边垂柳依依，景色宜人。

小太监们一路打打闹闹，嘻嘻哈哈，十分快活，惟独蔡伦心事重重，东张西望。忽然，他两眼一亮，快步走到溪边，蹲着不动了。

小太监们觉得非常奇怪，都围拢过来。只见蔡伦手里捧着湿湿的、破破烂烂的、像棉絮一样薄薄的东西发呆。

一个小太监忍不住说：“我还以为是什么好东西呢，原来是这破玩意儿!快扔了吧!”

蔡伦却仿佛什么也没听见，仍然痴痴地捧着。

那个小太监一个箭步走上去，抓起那棉絮一样的东西就要往水里扔。

蔡伦突然醒过来似的，紧紧抓着不放，嘴里喃喃地说：“找到了，找到了!”

小太监们都糊涂了，这蔡伦莫不是疯了、傻了，怎么把这破烂玩意儿当宝贝似的?

蔡伦双手捧着，三步并作两步，问河边的农夫：“老人家，这东西是怎么形成的?”

农夫笑着回答说：“这个呀，是漂在河里的树皮、烂麻、破渔网什么的，它们被水冲呀、泡呀，又被太阳晒，时间长了就成了这模样，到处都是呢!”

蔡伦抬头看着满山遍野的绿树，不由眉开眼笑。

回到宫里后，蔡伦马上投入了紧张的试验和制作中，他挑选出树皮、破麻布、旧渔网等，让工匠们把它们切碎剪断，放在一个大水池中浸泡。过了一段时间后，其中的杂物烂掉了，而纤维不易腐烂，就保留了下来。他再让工匠们把浸泡过的原料捞起，放入石臼中，不停搅拌，直到它们成为浆状物，然后再用竹篾把这粘乎乎的东西挑起来，等干燥后揭下来就变成了纸。

蔡伦带着工匠们反复试验，最后终于试制出既轻薄柔韧，又取材容易、来源广泛、价格低廉的纸。

人们为了纪念蔡伦，就把用这种造纸工艺造出来的纸称为“蔡侯纸”。

A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.

He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich mans house today, for I cannot get over the river."

He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.

Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.

【译文】

一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。

他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。”

他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。

不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。

杭州有个书生名叫丘浚（jun），一天，他因事到灵隐寺去见一个名叫珊的和尚。那和尚正在吃茶休息，眼见来者只是个一般书生，不是当官之人，便对他非常怠慢，爱理不理的，既不让坐也没倒茶，把丘浚凉在一边。

正好这时，杭州刺史的儿子骑着马，带着几个随从，进得寺来。那珊和尚一见来人穿戴华贵，前呼后拥，甚是排场阔气，高头大马甚是威风，便换了一副笑脸，忙不迭地起身，恭敬地走下台阶，一直迎到寺外去了。

被冷落在一边的丘浚看到这些，很是不平，心里感到这和尚十分讨厌。待那刺史的儿子走后，丘浚气愤地质问和尚道：“你这人怎么如此势利眼？见到我来，一副冷冰冰的样子；见到那有钱有势的人来，你便满脸堆笑，十二分地恭敬，我看你简直不像一个出家人！”

和尚却狡辩说：“朋友，你不要误会！你不知道，在我这里，怠慢就是不怠慢，不怠慢就是怠慢。所以说，我对你才是真正的热情呢！”

丘浚听了，哈哈笑了起来，说：“原来你跟我的习惯一样。”边说边拿起手杖在和尚脑袋上敲了几下说：“在我这里，打你就是不打，不打你就是打你，所以我只好打你了！”

和尚挨了几手杖，只好心里后悔。

这个聪明的书生以其人之道还治其人之身，惩罚了那个势利和尚，总算也出了点气。

臧谷二人都是给财主家放羊的牧童。因为家境贫寒，这两个孩子刚过记事的年龄就走上了与自己的父母一样为财主卖命的人生道路。开始放羊的时候，他们把羊看成和鸡、鸭、猪一样，都是可供驱赶的玩物，觉得和这些畜、禽相处挺有意思。山坡、路旁和荒野的青草绿茵;河渠、池塘的碧波涟漪;头顶上五彩缤纷的骄阳、蓝天和白云;以及充斥在大自然各个角落的清新空气，使这两个孩子与世上的万物和谐地融于一个时空。他们像那些家禽和家畜，五谷和百花;像山间的石头，河里的水珠，以及一切有生命和无生命的存在一样，不为自己的处境而担忧。

然而，他们毕竟是人。每当臧和谷看到富家子弟念书、玩乐，心里总是非常羡慕。经过一番琢磨，其中的一个孩子找人去借了一本书。他利用晚上的时间向别人学习认字，而在白天放羊的时候则拿出随身所带的书来练字、复习。另一个孩子用竹子削了一些色(shai)子，放羊的时候，他坐在草地上，拿5个在正方体的6个面上分别刻着1、2、3、4、5、6的不同点数的色子，抛起来又落下，落下后再抛起，聚精会神地玩着掷色子的游戏。5个色子在地面上显示着变幻莫测的点数。一个穷孩子独自一人掷色子，居然也享受到了和下棋对弈相同的趣味。

有一天太阳快下山的时候，臧和谷想起了要赶羊回家。他们把羊唤拢一点数，发现各自都丢失了一些羊。这两人回去以后，财主问他们放羊的时候干什么去了。一个回答说当时在看书;另一个回答说当时在掷色子。两个孩子丢羊的时候做的事虽然不同，但是他们丢失了羊的结果却完全一样。

一个人从事某项工作，必须忠于职守，全神贯注，否则就容易出差错。至于臧和谷是因为年纪幼小，渴望得到学习和娱乐的机会才引发了差错，则当另作别论。

Nowadays, Chinese people are everywhere, on the one hand, they like to travel and on the other hand, the population is very large. But foreigners’ impression on Chinese is not always good. The media have reported the negative incidents that were brought by Chinese tourists, and many foreigners have given their opinion and criticized the tourists’ behavior. It is true that many Chinese people haven’t realized their bad behavior, such as talking loudly in the public occasion. As we have the large population, so not every people has the chance to receive good education. What’s more, the foreign media just reported the bad side while ignoring the good side, so the foreign people always think Chinese people are rude. We admit that we are not doing well enough and we need to behave ourselves. And I believe that a wise man will make his own judgment when he communicate with Chinese.

There was a man in the State of Song who had an impatient disposition. Day and night he longed for the seedlings in the field to grow tall and strong quickly. But the seedlings grew very slowly,not as quickly as he hoped.

宋国有个人，是个急性子。他日日夜夜盼望田里的秧苗快快长高长大。可是，秧苗长得很慢，没有像他所希望的那样长得快。

One day, he hit upon a good idea. He sneaked to the field andpulled each seedling up a little bit from the soil. Seeing that all these edlings in the field were taller than before, he felt very pleased with himself.

有一天，他想出了一个好办法。他自己睁哨地跑到田里，把每一棵秧苗都从泥土里往上拔高了一些。看到田里的秧苗都比原来高了，他心里感到乐滋滋的。

He went home. Though all worn out, he told the members of his family happily:

回到家里，他虽然筋疲力尽，但是非常高兴地告诉家人说:

"I worked for a whole day today. How tired I am! But the seedlings in the field have grown a lot taller."

“今天，我干了一整天，好累啊!不过，田里的秧苗倒是长高好多了。”

When his son heard that the seedlings had grown taller, he hurried to the field to take a look. Oh, what a mess!Instead of growing taller, the seedlings had all started to wither.

他的儿子听说秧苗长高了，连忙跑到田里去看。一看，可糟啦!不是秧苗长高了，而是秧苗都开始枯萎了。