用英语讲好中国故事的英语作文汇编20篇

玉器和瓦罐

韩昭侯平时说话不大注意，往往在无意间将一些重大的机密事情泄露了出去，使得大臣们周密的计划不能实施。大家对此很伤脑筋，却又不好直言告诉韩昭侯。

有一位叫堂谿(xi)公的聪明人，自告奋勇到韩昭候那里去，对韩昭侯说：“假如这里有一只玉做的酒器，价值千金，它的中间是空的，没有底，它能盛水吗?”韩昭侯说：“不能盛水。”堂豁公又说：“有一只瓦罐子，很不值钱，但它不漏，你看，它能盛酒吗?”韩昭侯说：“可以。”

于是，堂谿公因势利导，接着说：“这就是了。一个瓦罐子，虽然值不了几文钱，非常卑贱，但因为它不漏，却可以用来装酒;而一个玉做的酒器，尽管它十分贵重，但由于它空而无底，因此连水都不能装，更不用说人们会将可口的饮料倒进里面去了。人也是一样，作为一个地位至尊、举止至重的国君，如果经常泄露臣下商讨有关国家的机密的话，那么他就好像一件没有底的玉器。即使是再有才干的人，如果他的机密总是被泄露出去了，那他的计划就无法实施，因此就不能施展他的才干和谋略了。”

一番话说得韩昭侯恍然大悟，他连连点头说道：“你的话真对，你的话真对。”

从此以后，凡是要采取重要措施，大臣们在一起密谋策划的计划、方案，韩昭侯都小心对待，慎之又慎，连晚上睡觉都是独自一人，因为他担心自己在熟睡中说梦话时把计划和策略泄露给别人听见，以至于误了国家大事。

堂谿公开导韩昭侯的故事告诉我们，有智慧的人很善于说话，能从日常生活中的小事引出治国安邦的大道理;能够虚心接受意见、不唯我独尊的人，才是明智的领导者。

中国寓言故事：高山流水

春秋时期，俞伯牙擅长于弹奏琴弦，钟子期擅长于听音辨意。有次，伯牙来到泰山(今武汉市汉阳龟山)北面游览时，突然遇到了暴雨，只好滞留在岩石之下，心里寂寞忧伤，便拿出随身带的古琴弹了起来。

刚开始，他弹奏了反映连绵大雨的琴曲;接着，他又演奏了山崩似的乐音。恰在此时，樵夫钟子期忍不住在临近的一丛野菊后叫道：“好曲!真是好曲!”原来，在山上砍柴的钟子期也正在附近躲雨，听到伯牙弹琴，不觉心旷神怡，在一旁早已聆听多时了，听到高潮时便情不自禁地发出了由衷的赞赏。

俞伯牙听到赞语，赶紧起身和钟子期打过招呼，便又继续弹了起来。伯牙凝神于高山，赋意在曲调之中，钟子期在一旁听后频频点头：“好啊，巍巍峨峨，真像是一座高峻无比的山啊!”伯牙又沉思于流水，隐情在旋律之外，钟子期听后，又在一旁击掌称绝：“妙啊，浩浩荡荡，就如同江河奔流一样呀!”伯牙每奏一支琴曲，钟子期就能完全听出它的意旨和情趣，这使得伯牙惊喜异常。他放下了琴，叹息着说：“好呵!好呵!您的听音、辨向、明义的功夫实在是太高明了，您所说的跟我心里想的真是完全一样，我的琴声怎能逃过您的耳朵呢?”

二人于是结为知音，并约好第二年再相会论琴。可是第二年伯牙来会钟子期时，得知钟子期不久前已经因病去世。俞伯牙痛惜伤感，难以用语言表达，于是就摔破了自己从不离身的古琴，从此不再抚弦弹奏，以谢平生难得的知音。

这个故事告诉我们：人之相知，贵在知心

中国寓言故事：以羊替牛

古时候，人们每到一定的日子，都要在祠庙里举行一种祭祀仪式，以表示对神灵的虔诚、求得神灵的庇佑，这种祭祀仪式叫“祭钟”。每逢祭钟时，不是要杀一头牛，就是要杀一只羊，然后将牛的头或者羊的头用大木盘子盛放在祭神的供桌上，人们就站在供桌前祈祷。

有一天，齐国都城里来了一个人，他牵着一头牛从皇宫大殿前走过。这时，恰值齐宣王在大殿门口看见了，命人叫住那牵牛的人，便问道：“你打算把这头牛牵到那里去呢?”那人回答说：“我要牵去宰了用来祭钟。”

齐宣王听了后，看了看那头牛，然后说：“这头牛本来没有罪过呀，却要白白地去死，看着它那吓得颤颤抖抖、哆哆嗦嗦的样子，我真不忍心看了。把它放了吧!”

那个牵牛的人说：“大王您真慈悲，那就请您把祭钟这一仪式也废除了吧?”

“这怎么可以废除呢?”齐宣王严肃起来，接着说：“这样子吧，就用一只羊代替这头牛吧!”

这篇寓言故事告诉人们：杀牛和杀羊都是屠杀生命。对牛的怜悯与对羊的残忍在本质上是一样的，都不能算是仁慈。齐宣王的以羊替牛只不过是骗人的把戏，可见他的虚伪。

中国寓言故事：鲁国少人才

鲁哀公对拜见他的庄子深有感慨地说：“咱鲁国儒士很多，唯独缺少像先生这样从事道术的人才。”

庄子听了鲁君的判断，却不以为然地持否定态度：“别说从事道术的人才少，就是儒士也很缺。”

鲁哀公反问庄子：

“你看全鲁国的臣民几乎都穿戴儒者服装，能说鲁国少儒士吗?”

庄子毫不留情地指出他在鲁国的所见所闻：

“我听说在儒士中，头戴圆形礼帽的通晓天文;穿方形鞋的精通地理;佩戴五彩丝带系玉玦(jue)的，遇事清醒果断。”庄子见鲁王认真听着，接着表示自己的见解：“其实那些造诣很深的儒士平日不一定穿儒服，着儒装的人未必就有真才实学。”

他向鲁王建议：“您如果认为我判断得不正确，可以在全国范围发布命令，宣布旨意，凡没有真才实学的冒牌儒士而穿儒服的一律问斩!”

鲁哀公采纳了庄子的谏言，在全国张贴命令。不过5天，鲁国上上下下再也看不见穿儒服的“儒士”了。唯独有一男子汉，穿戴儒装立于国宫门前。鲁哀公闻讯立即传旨召见。鲁哀公见来者仪态不俗，用国家大事考问他，提出的问题五花八门千变万化，对方对答如流，思维敏捷，果然是位饱学之士。

庄子了解到鲁国在下达命令后，仅有一位儒士被国君召进宫，敢于回答问题。于是他发表自己的看法：“以鲁国之大，举国上下仅只一名儒士，能说人才济济吗?”

这篇寓言很有讽喻意味。真才实学不是靠衣着来装扮的，形式不能取代实质。一种思想、学说或职业吃香与流行后，就会有人弄虚作假，附庸风雅，借以谋取私利。

导语：说到中秋想必大家想到的就是月饼了，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

There is this story about the moon-cake. during the Yuan dynasty China was ruled by the Mongolian people. Leaders from the preceding Sung dynasty were unhappy at submitting to the foreign rule, and set how to coordinate the rebellion without being discovered. The leaders of the rebellion, knowing that the Moon Festival was drawing near, ordered the making of special cakes. Backed into each moon cake was a message with the outline of the attack. On the night of the Moon Festival, the rebels successfully attached and overthrew the government. Today, moon cakes are eaten to commemorate this legend and was called the Moon Cake.

For generations, moon cakes have been made with sweet fillings of nuts, mashed red beans, lotus-seed paste or Chinese dates(枣子), wrapped in a pastry. Sometimes a cooked egg yolk can be found in the middle of the rich tasting dessert. People compare moon cakes to the plum pudding and fruit cakes which are served in the English holiday seasons.

Nowadays, there are hundreds varieties of moon cakes on sale a month before the arrival of Moon Festival.

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有关于月饼的故事。中国在元朝是由蒙古人民统治。前宋朝的领导人不愿意服从外国的统治，并决定如何协调叛乱而不被发现。起义的领导人知道中秋节即将到来，就下令制作特制的蛋糕。回到每个月饼是一个信息的轮廓攻击。在中秋节的晚上，反叛者成功地推翻了政府。今天，月饼被用来纪念这个传说，被称为月饼。

一代又一代，月饼有坚果甜馅料，红豆泥，莲子糊和大枣(枣子)，酥皮包裹。有时煮熟的蛋黄中可以找到丰富的品尝甜点中间。人们把月饼和葡萄干布丁和水果蛋糕在英国的节日里进行比较。

现在中秋节到来前一个月就有数百种月饼出售。

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故事1：囫囵吞枣

古时候，有一个医生，很喜欢给别人介绍水果的吃法。有一次，他在介绍生梨和枣子的功用时，说道：“吃生梨对人的牙齿有好处，但是对人的脾脏有害处。吃枣子则恰好相反，对脾脏有好处，对人的牙齿却有害处。”旁边有一个呆子听了之后，马上自作聪明地说：“我倒是有一个好办法，既可以收到生梨和枣子的功效，又可以避免它们的害处。”

那位医生很感兴趣，便问道：“你有什么好办法呢？”呆子得意地说：“我吃生梨的时候，只用牙齿咀嚼，而不咽到肚子里去，这不是可以让生梨有益于牙齿，而避免了它对脾脏的伤害吗？”旁边有人听了这话就问：“那么枣子怎么吃才好呢？”呆子不以为然地说：“这还不简单吗？等我吃枣子的时候，我就不用牙齿咬，一口吞到肚子里就是了。这样就可以让枣子对脾脏起到好的作用，又不至于伤害牙齿。”

医生听了反问道：“你吃生梨不咽，肠胃没有吸收，怎么能有益于牙齿呢？你吃枣子一个一个地囫囵吞下去而不咀嚼，肠胃能消化吗？又怎么能对人的脾脏有好处呢？”这个呆子无话可说了。

故事2：两败俱伤

战国时期，有一个叫陈轸（zhěn）的人。他非常聪明，遇事总是能想出很多好办法。有一次，他受到楚王的派遣，出使到秦国去。当时，韩、魏两国互相攻打，打了一年多，仍然没有分出胜负。秦惠王打算出兵干涉，可一时也拿不定主意。秦惠王知道陈轸很有见识，便向他请教。

于是，陈轸讲了卞（biàn）庄子刺虎的故事。从前，有一个叫卞庄子的人看见两只老虎正要咬一头牛，卞庄子见了，马上拔出剑来，想冲过去与老虎搏斗。

旁边的人劝他说：“这两只老虎正在争吃一头牛，争着争着就会互相撕咬，结果一定是小的被咬死，大的也会受伤。到那时，你再去刺杀那只受了伤的，一下子就把两只老虎都解决了。”

卞庄子觉得这个人讲得很有道理，就远远地看着那两只老虎。不一会儿，两只老虎果然互相打斗起来，小老虎被咬死了，大老虎也受了很重的伤。这时，卞庄子冲上去，刺死了受伤的大老虎，一下子就把两只老虎都消灭了。

陈轸讲完了这个故事，然后对秦惠王说：“现在韩、魏两国长期战争，最后必然是弱国灭亡，强国受到很大的打击。到时候如果您乘机把遭到削弱的强国打垮，不就一下子灭掉了两国吗？”秦惠王听从了陈轸的意见，果然取得了最终的胜利。

故事3：力不从心

东汉时期，北部的匈奴不断骚扰汉朝边境，并凭借军事力量统治西域的弱小国家。公元73年，汉明帝刘庄为了联合西域各国共同抵御匈奴的侵犯，就派著名的外交家、军事家班超出使西域。

班超在西域前后生活了三十年。他克服了许多艰难险阻，为祖国北部边境的安宁，建立了卓越的功勋，朝廷将他封为定远侯。

班超年近七十岁的时候，感到身体渐渐衰弱，又非常思念家乡，便上书汉和帝刘肇（zhào），请求把自己调回玉门关以内，以免老死西域。

班超的妹妹班昭也递给汉和帝一份奏折，说：“班超现在衰老多病，满头白发，两只手也不听使唤了，耳朵聋了，眼睛花了，走路必须要拄拐杖才行。

一旦出现突发事件，班超的力量已经不能使他按照自己所想的那样去做了。（原文是：‘如有卒暴，超之气力，不能从心。’）这不仅损害了国家世世代代积累下来的功绩，而且忠臣也无法尽力效忠，这多么让人痛心啊！”

汉和帝看到这份奏折后深受感动，于是就把班超从西域召了回来，让他安度晚年。班超回到洛阳后，由于旧病复发，不久就病逝了，终年七十一岁。

Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"

He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don‘t get it! You can‘t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.‘ I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."

"Yeah, right, it‘s not that easy," I protested.

"Yes it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It‘s your choice how you live life."

I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I‘d be twins. Wanna see my scars?"

I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live.

"Weren‘t you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, ‘He‘s a dead man. " I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. ‘Yes,‘ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply.. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Bullets!‘ Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."

Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.

大山总是站着，很累!大山很想有一张软软的大床，躺下好好地睡一觉。可是怎么可能呢?躺下就是倒下了，大山是不能倒下的，倒下了就不叫大山了。大山就只能整天站着，它把头伸进云层，靠着软软的白云打盹儿。

山的不远处就是海了，海喜欢唱歌和舞蹈，海似乎永远有使不完的劲儿，它不停地唱着跳着。好静的大山就好恼怒：“没完没了地唱，叫人好好地睡一觉也不行。烦死啦!”

不唱歌还能叫海吗?那就只能是死海了，海可不想当死海，海照样唱自己的歌，跳自己的舞。没有谁能阻止它唱歌跳舞的。

“还唱是吧?我要把你填了，看你还唱不唱?”山对海说。

“好呀!你来吧!欢迎你来。因为我会把你吞到肚子里。”海笑嘻嘻的。一点也不怕。还故意把嘴巴张得大大的。

“我要把你噎死!”山就真的跳进海里。可是山并没有把海填平。而海也没有把山吞下。而是青青的山中有蓝蓝的海，蓝蓝的海里有青青的山。

“山中有海，海中有山。真美呀!”每一个旅者看到山海共存的奇观都会由衷地赞叹。

听到旅者的赞叹，山看看海，海看看山。

“真的，山和海在一起真的好美!”山和海都笑了。

海照旧唱它的歌、跳它的舞。而山就舒舒服服躺在海的怀里，海浪轻轻地摇着，山就陶醉在海的歌声里。嘿!真好听!

One morning a fox saw a cock. He thought, "This is my breakfast." He came up to the cock and said," I know you can sing very well. Can you sing for me?" The cock was glad.He closes his eyes and began to sing.The fox saw that and caught him in his mouth and carried him away. The people in the field saw the fox. They cried, "Look, look! The fox is carrying the cock away." The cock said to the fox, "Mr Fox,do you understand? The people say you are carrying their cock away. Tell them it is yours. Not theirs." The fox opened his mouth and said, "The cock is mine,not yours."Just then the cock ran away from the fox and fled into the tree.

一天早上，一只狐狸看到了一只公鸡。他想：这是我的早餐。 他朝公鸡走来，对他说：“我知道，你能唱得非常好听，你能唱 给我听么?”公鸡很高兴。他闭上眼睛开始唱歌。狐狸看到这些 抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。 在田地里的人们看到了狐狸。 大喊大叫：“看，看!狐狸抓住公鸡逃走了。”公鸡对狐狸说：“狐 狸先生，你能理解么?人们认为你叼走了公鸡。告诉他们这是你 的，不是他们的。” 狐狸张开她的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的。”就在那时，公鸡逃离了狐狸的嘴巴，跑到了树底下。

李达出生于1905年，陕西眉县人。李达之所以能够长期担任参谋长要职，主要有以下四个原因：一是科班出身，胸有谋略。李达早年毕业于冯玉祥的西北军第二军官学校，后在冯玉祥的26军团任过排长、连长、参谋官等职，长于军事战术，素质过硬;二是做事干练，预判准确。能够料敌在先，这在歼灭石友三部的战斗中可见一斑;三是素质过硬，记忆力惊人。邓小平称他为“活地图”;四是甘居人次，心胸宽广。作为参谋助手，与上级和同志们处好关系，尽职不越位很关键。李达被认为是中国建军史上最好的参谋长，这是一个很重要的原因。

一、凿壁偷光

汉朝元帝时的匡衡，从小喜好读书。可是家里很穷，连饭都吃不饱，哪有钱上学读书呢？匡衡只好白天干活，晚上自己学习。家里没有钱买灯油，怎么办呢？匡衡没有向困难屈服，想出了一个办法：在墙壁上凿了个小洞，借邻居家照射过来的微弱灯光看书学习。匡衡勤奋刻苦，学到了许多知识，后来做了宰相。

比喻：在艰苦的条件下设法坚持学习的精神。

二、悬梁刺股

汉朝的孙敬刻苦好学，每天一早就起来就读书，直至深夜。由于疲劳瞌睡，常会不知不觉打起盹来。孙敬就把绳子的一头悬在屋梁上，一头系着头发。这样，一打盹，头皮就会被扯痛。后来，孙敬终于成为儒学大师。

战国时的苏秦由于游说秦国失败，家里人不理孙敬，就发愤自学。每当瞌睡时，就拿锥子刺自己的股（大腿），直至鲜血淋漓。后来孙敬成为有名的学问家。

后人将两人的事迹合在一起，用"悬梁刺股"形容刻苦自学。

三、李白的故事

李白小时候很贪玩，经常逃学。 一次，李白从学堂跑出来，到河边玩，看到一位老婆婆正拿着一根铁棒在石头上磨来磨去，李白很惊讶，就问老婆婆磨铁棒做什么。老婆婆说："我在磨针。"李白又问"这么粗的铁棒何时能磨成针呢？"老婆婆说："只要有恒心，铁棒一定能磨成针。"李白听完很惭愧，从此刻苦学习，终于成为伟大的诗人。

四、映雪夜读

孙康，晋代京兆（今河南洛阳）人，官至御史大夫。

孙康幼时酷爱学习，常常感到时间不够用。孙康想夜以继日攻读，可家中贫穷，没钱购买灯油。一到天黑，便没有办法读书。特别到了冬天，长夜漫漫，孙康有时辗转很久，难以入睡。实在没有办法，只好白天多看书，晚上睡在床上默诵。

一天夜里，孙康一觉醒来，突然发现从窗外透进几丝白光。开门一看，原来下了一场大雪。屋顶白了，地上白了，树上也白了。整个大地披上一层银装，闪闪发光，使孙康眼花缭乱。孙康站在院子里欣赏银装素裹的雪后美景，突然心中一动：映着雪光，可否读书呢？孙康急急忙忙跑回到屋里，拿出书来对着雪地的反光一看，果然字迹清楚，比一盏昏黄的小油灯要亮堂得多呢！

从此孙康不再为没有灯油而发愁。整个冬天，孙康夜以继日地读书，不怕寒冷，也不感到疲倦，常常一直读到鸡叫。即使是北风呼号，滴水成冰，孙康也从来没中断学习。功夫不负有心人，孙康砥砺求进，学有大成，终于成为一位很有名望的学者。

五、闻一多醉书

闻一多读书成瘾，一看就“醉”，就在闻一多结婚的那天，洞房里张灯结彩，热闹非凡。大清早亲朋好友都来登门贺喜，直到迎亲的花轿快到家时，人们还到处找不到新郎。急得大家东寻西找，结果在书房里找到了闻一多。闻一多仍穿着旧袍，手里捧着一本书人了迷。怪不得人家说闻一多不能看书，一看就要“醉”。

六、华罗庚猜书

著名数学家华罗庚读书的方法与众不同。华罗庚拿到一本书，不是翻开从头至尾地读，而是对着书思考一会，然后闭目静思。他猜想书的谋篇布局，斟酌完毕再打开书，如果作者的思路与自己猜想的一致，华罗庚就不再读了。华罗庚这种猜读法不仅节省了读书时间，而已培养了自己的思维力和想象力，不至于使自己沦为书的奴隶。

七、侯宝林抄书

相声语言大师侯宝林只上过三年小学，由于侯宝林勤奋好学，使侯宝林的艺术水平达到了炉火纯青的程度，成为有名的语言专家。有一次，侯宝林为了买到自己想买的一部明代笑话书《谑浪》，跑遍了北京城所有的旧书摊也未能如愿。后来，他得知北京图书馆有这部书，侯宝林就决定把书抄回来。适值冬日，侯宝林顶着狂风，冒着大雪，一连十八天都跑到图书馆里去抄书，一部十多万字的书，终于被他抄录到手。

八、张广厚吃书

数学家张广厚有一次看到了一篇关于亏值的论文，张广厚觉得对自己的研究工作有用处，就一遍又一遍地反复阅读。这篇论文共20多页，张广厚反反复复地念了半年多。由于张广厚经常的反复翻摸，洁白的书页上，留下一条明显的黑印。张广厚的妻子对他开玩笑说，这哪叫念书啊，简直是吃书。

导语：你有没有喜欢的运动员呢?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

The Chinese sport shooter I like best is Wang Yifu who was in terms of Olympic medals one of the most successful sport shooters of all times. He specializes in the 50 m Pistol and 10 m Air Pistol events.

Wang won his first Olympic medal in the Los Angeles games at the age of 23. After this, the Air Pistol event was added to the program, and this is where he has achieved his greatest accomplishments. He won the 1992 gold medal only days after a new medal in the 50 m event. His three attempts to repeat the victory have provided impressive results and very tight duels:

In the 2004 competition, Wang scored 590 once more, but lost the Olympic record to Mikhail Nestruev who achieved 591. However, Wang Yifu chased quickly and eventually won by a margin of 0.2 points to get his second Olympic gold.

I like Wang Yifu, and I also like his great sprite.

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我最喜欢的中国射击运动员是王义夫，他是奥运奖牌中最成功的运动员之一。他专门从事50米手枪和10米气手枪事件。

王23岁时在洛杉矶奥运会上获得了第一枚奥运会奖牌。在此之后，空气手枪事件被添加到程序，这是他实现了他最大的成就。他赢得了1992枚金牌只有几天后，新的奖章在50米的事件。他三次重复的胜利提供了令人印象深刻的结果和很紧的决斗：

在2004场比赛中，王打进了590次，但失去的奥运会记录米哈伊尔·内斯特鲁耶夫的人达到591。然而，王义夫迅速追赶，最终以0.2分的优势赢得了第二枚奥运金牌。

我是王力可，我也喜欢他的大妖精。

1.一鼓作气

【释义】一鼓：第一次击鼓;作：振作;气：士气。作战时第一次敲鼓可以鼓起战士的锐气。比喻趁劲足时一下子把事情完成。

【语出】《左传?庄公十年》：“夫战;勇气也;一鼓作气;再而衰;三而竭。”

【人物】曹刿(guì)(又作曹沬，音mèi)，一作曹翙(huì)。生卒年不详，春秋时鲁国大夫(今山东省东平县人)，著名的军事理论家。鲁庄公十年，齐攻鲁，刿求见请取信于民后战，作战时随从指挥，大败齐师，一鼓作气之典出于此。

战后，庄公问曹刿为何直到齐军第三次击鼓进军时才要下令出击，曹刿说：“打仗主要靠士气，而击鼓就是为了鼓舞士气。第一次击鼓进攻，士气旺盛;第二次再击鼓进攻，士气就已经衰落了;待到第三次击鼓进攻，士气已消失殆尽了。而我军正是一鼓作气，勇气十足，当然就把对方打败了。”

2.一字千金

【释义】增损一字;赏以千金。形容文辞精妙;不可更改。

【语出】南北朝?钟嵘《诗品?古诗》：“文温以丽;意悲而远;惊心动魄;可谓几乎一字千金。”

【人物】战国末期，秦国有一个生意人名叫吕不韦(卫国濮阳人，原籍阳翟，今河南禹州)，有三千门客，作为他的智囊，想出各种办法来巩固他的政权。这些食客，各色各样，应有尽有。他们把见解和心得，写出二十六卷，一百六十篇文章，书名提作《吕氏春秋》。吕不韦命令把全文抄出，贴在秦国首都咸阳城门上，并发出布告：“谁能把书中的文字，增加一个或减少一个，甚至改动一个，赏黄金千两(合黄金一斤)”。

3.一字之师

【释义】纠正一个错别字或指出某一字在文中不妥处的老师。

【语出】《宋·魏庆之·诗人玉屑》：“郑谷在袁州，齐己携诗诣之。有《早梅》诗云：前村深雪里，昨夜开数枝。’谷曰：数枝’非早也，不若一枝’。齐己不觉下拜。自是士林以谷为一字师’。”

【人物】唐朝末年，诗人郑谷回到故乡江西宜春。僧人齐己性喜赋诗。一日，齐己作一首《早梅》诗，中有两句：“ 前村深雪里，昨夜数枝开。”郑谷以为梅花既已数枝开，则非早梅矣。于是将后句中“数”改为“一”。齐己深感佩服，后诸学者称郑谷为“一字之师” 。

4.一饭千金

【释义】比喻重重地报答对自己有恩的人。

【语出】西汉?司马迁《史记.淮阴侯列传》：“信钓于城下，诸漂母漂，有一母见信饥，饭信，竟漂数十日。又：“信至国，如所从食漂母，赐千金。”

【人物】韩信(江苏淮安人)在未得志时，时常往城下钓鱼，时常却饿着肚子。有一个漂母(清洗丝棉絮或旧衣布的老婆婆)同情韩信的遭遇，便不断的救济他，给他饭吃。后来，韩信替汉王立了不少功劳，被封为齐王，他想起从前曾受过漂母的恩惠，便命从人送酒菜给她吃，更送给她黄金一千两来答谢她。

5.东山再起

【释义】隐退后再度任职或失势后又重新得势。

【语出】唐?杜甫《暮秋……呈苏涣侍御》：“无数将军西第成;早作丞相东山起。”

【人物】谢安是陈郡阳夏(今河南太康)人，出身士族，年青的时候，跟王羲之是好朋友，经常在会稽东山游览山水，吟诗谈文。他在当时的士大夫阶层中名望很大，大家都认为他是个挺有才干的人。但是他宁愿隐居在东山，不愿做官。到了四十多岁的时候，他才重新出来做官。因为谢安长期隐居在东山，所以后来把他重新出来做官这样的事称为“东山再起”。

6.图穷匕见

【释义】比喻到最后露出了事物的真相或本来的目的。穷：尽;匕：匕首;短剑。

【语出】 《战国策.燕策三》：“轲既取图奉之;发图;图穷而匕首见。”

【人物】荆轲(卫国人，今河南省鹤壁、新乡一带)按秦王的要求，接过秦舞阳手里装有地图的匣子，当场打开，取出地图，双手捧给秦王。秦王慢慢展开卷着的地图，细细观看。快展到尽头时，突然露出一把匕首。荆轲见匕首露现，左手抓住秦王衣袖，右手举起匕首便刺。

7.纸上谈兵

【释义】 在纸上谈论用兵(兵：打仗;用兵)。比喻不解决实际问题的空谈。

【语出】 清.曹雪芹《红楼梦》：“现有这样诗人在此;却天天去纸上谈兵。”

【人物】 战国时期，赵国大将赵奢(河北邯郸人)曾以少胜多，大败入侵的秦军，被赵惠文王提拔为上卿。他有一个儿子叫赵括，从小熟读兵书，张口爱谈军事，别人往往说不过他。公元前259年，秦军又来犯，赵军在长平(今山西高平县附近)坚持抗敌。廉颇负责指挥全军，使得秦军无法取胜。秦国施行反间计，派人到赵国散布“秦军最害怕赵奢的儿子赵括将军”的话。赵王上当受骗，派赵括替代了廉颇。赵括死搬兵书上的条文，完全改变了廉颇的作战方案，结果四十多万赵军尽被歼灭，他自自己也被秦军箭射身亡。

8.负荆请罪

【释义】负：背着;荆：荆条;古时用来抽打犯人的刑具。背着荆条向对方请罪。表示主动向人认错赔罪;请求责罚。

【语出】《史记.廉颇蔺相如列传》记载;赵国大将廉颇与上卿蔺相如不和;蔺相如为了国家利益处处表示退让。“廉颇闻之;肉袒负荆;因宾客至蔺相如门谢罪。曰：鄙贱之人;不知将军宽之至此也。’”

【人物】战国时期，蔺相如(今河北曲阳人，一说山西临汾人)“完璧归”有功，又在渑池秦王与赵王相会维护了赵王的尊严，被提升为上卿，位在廉颇(山西太原人，一说山西平遥人)之上。廉颇对此不服。蔺相如知道后，就有意不与廉颇会面。别人以为蔺相如害怕廉颇，廉颇为此很得意。“我哪里会怕廉将军?不过，现在秦国倒是有点怕我们赵国，这主要是因为有廉将军和我两个人在。如果我跟他互相攻击，那只能对秦国有益。我之所以避开廉将军，是以国事为重，把私人的恩怨丢一边儿了!”蔺相如这话传到了廉颇耳朵里，廉颇十分感动，便光着上身，背负荆杖，来到蔺相如家请罪。他羞愧地对商相如说：“我真是一个糊涂人，想不到你能这样地宽宏大量!”两个人终于结成誓同生死的朋友。

9.卧薪尝胆

【释义】薪：柴草。睡在柴草上;经常尝一尝苦胆。比喻刻苦激励自身;坚定报仇雪耻的意志。

【语出】宋?苏轼《拟孙权答曹操书》：“仆受遣以来;卧薪尝胆;悼日月之逾迈而叹功名之不立。”

【人物】越王勾践(大禹子孙，姓姒si，名文命，今浙江绍兴人)回国以后，立志要报仇雪恨。为了不忘国耻，他睡觉就卧在柴薪之上，坐卧的地方挂着苦胆，表示不忘国耻，不忘艰苦。经过十年的积聚，越国终于由弱国变成强国，最后打败了吴国，吴王羞愧自杀。

10.揭竿而起

【释义】揭：举;竿：竹竿，指旗帜。揭竿为旗，奋起反抗。泛指人民起义。

【语出】 汉?贾谊《过秦论》：“将数百之众;转而攻秦;斩木为兵;揭竿为旗”。

【人物】几百人一下子都表示情愿豁出性命跟着陈胜(今河南省方城县东孟洼村人)、吴广(今河南太康人)一块儿干。大伙砍伐树木为兵器，高举竹竿为旗帜，对天起誓，同心协力，推倒秦二世(嬴姓，名胡亥，也称二世皇帝，秦始皇第十八子)，替楚将项燕(项羽的祖父)报仇。大家还公推陈胜、吴广做首领，一下子就把大泽乡(今安徽省宿州市南蕲县镇小刘村)占领了。大泽乡的农民一听陈胜、吴广他们起来反抗秦朝的暴政，青年子弟都纷纷拿着锄头、铁耙、扁担、木棍来营里投军。

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is called the "Ten thousand Ii Great Wall" in Chinese. In fact, it s more than 6 000 kilometres long. It winds its way from west to east, across deserts, over mountains, through valleys till at last it reaches the sea. It is one of the wonders of the world.

The Great Wall has a history of over twenty centuries. The first part of it was built during the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Warring States Period, more walls were put up to defend the borders of the different kingdoms. It was during the Qin Dynasty that the kingdom of Qin united the dif ferent parts into one empire. To keep the enemy out of his empire, Emperor Qin Shi Huang had all the walls joined up. Thus, the Great Wall came into being.

The Great Wall is wide enough at the top for five horses or ten men to walk side by side. Along the wall are watchtowers, where soldiers used to keep watch. Fires were lit on the the towers as a warning when the enemy came.

It was very difficult to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines. All the work was done by hand. Thousands of men died and were buried under the wall they built. The Great Wall was made not only of stone and earth, but of the flesh and blood of millions of men.

Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest not only to the Chinese but to people from all over the world. Many of them have come to know the famous Chinese saying: "He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man."

中国的长城

中国的万里长城被称为“万里长城”。事实上，它有6000多公里长。它蜿蜒地从西向东，穿过沙漠，越过高山，穿过山谷，直到最后到达大海。它是世界奇观之一。

长城有二十多个世纪的历史。它的第一部分是在春秋时期建造的。战国时期，有更多的城墙被用来保卫不同王国的边界。正是在秦朝，秦国把帝夫的发福部分统一为一个帝国。为了把敌人赶出他的帝国，秦始皇把所有的城墙连在一起。于是，长城诞生了。

长城的宽度足以让五匹马或十个人并排走。沿着墙的是瞭望塔，士兵们常常在那里守望。当敌人到来时，在塔上点燃了火作为警告。

在古代没有任何现代机器的情况下，很难建造这样一堵墙。所有的工作都是手工完成的。成千上万的人死了，被埋在他们建造的城墙下。长城不仅是由石头和泥土建成的，而且是几百万人的血肉所组成的。

今天，长城不仅对中国人，而且对来自世界各地的人都有兴趣。他们中的许多人都知道中国著名的谚语:“没有到达长城的人不是真正的人。”

Chinese First Spaceman

When I was in high school, one day, my Chinese teacher was so excited to tell us that our country’s first spaceman had landed the space successfully. Hearing the news, all the students felt excited, too, we were so proud that we were Chinese, it meant that our country had stepped into the new stage. Chinese first spaceman was Yang Liwei, at that time, all the news was talking about him, they watched him flied to the space and then came back safely. I did not have the chance to witness the process, because I had class at that time, but I was thinking about it all the time. Now many years have passed, more and more Chinese spacemen have flied to the space successfully, every time I will feel very excited, I am so happy to see our country become stronger.

当我上高中的时候，有一天，我的语文老师很兴奋地告诉我们我国的第一个宇航员已经成功地登上了外太空。听到这个消息，所有的学生都感到很兴奋，我们为自己是中国人而感到自豪，这意味着我们的国家已经进入了新的阶段。中国的第一个宇航员叫杨利伟，在那个时候，所有的新闻都是报道了他，人们观看了他登上太空并安全返回的过程。我没有机会目睹整个过程，因为我当时有课，但是我一直在想着这件事。如今很多年过去了，越来越多的中国宇航员成功登上了太空，每一次我都会感到很兴奋，我很高兴看到我们国家变得强大。

假秀才招打

有一户有钱的人家，生了个儿子，从小没读什么书，骨子里粗俗不堪，却偏偏爱装成个文人雅士。

一次，这人要到衙门去递状子，以便追回人家欠他的债务。他心想，如果县官看自己是个知书达理的人，肯定会站在自己这一边，打赢官司就会容易多了。于是他对县官谎称自己是秀才。

县官见他跪在地上，仔仔细细地打量了好久，心中疑云顿生。县宫想：这个人獐头鼠目，形象猥琐，言语也粗俗得很，哪里像个秀才呢?接着又转念一想：人家都说“人不可貌相，海水不可斗量”，我也不能妄下判断。对了，我来考他一考吧，看他是否货真价实。

主意打定，县官便开口问他说：“既然你是秀才，那你且先说说‘桓公杀子纠’这一章应该怎么讲?”这个人哪里知道县官是在考他《论语》里的句子呢，一听这话，大惊失色，浑身吓得直抖，心想：完了，出了人命案子了，老爷怎么偏偏问我呢?难道是怀疑我跟这桩命案有什么牵连吗?于是他磕头如捣蒜，连声大叫道：“青天大老爷，我冤枉啊，小人确实不知道其中的实情啊，老爷明察!”县官听了，又好气又好笑，低声自语道：“果然是个冒牌货，竟敢骗到我的头上来了!”接着就命令手下的衙役把这人按倒在地，重打20大板，直打得他皮开肉绽，哭爹叫娘。

这人一瘸一拐地出了衙门，对他的仆人说：“这位县官太不讲理了，硬说我阿公打死了翁小九，把我打了20大板。”仆人问明是怎么回事后，就对他说：“这是书上的话呀，你姑且答应他，说你略知一二不就应付过去了吗?”这人一听，赶紧拼命摇头说：“哎呀呀，你可别再害我了，我连叫不知情都还被他打了20大板，如果说知道，那岂不是要抓我去偿命吗?”

所以说，该是什么就是什么，像这样假充内行，到处招摇撞骗的人，一遇到动真格的场合，没有不露馅出丑的。

In recent years, Sinology, the study of Chinese traditional culture, literature, history, society etc, has become increasingly popular  For instance, it is reported that many primary and secondary schools have set up courses of sinology, in which students are taught classical works by Chinese ancient educators and philosophers, like Confucius- Another good illustration is in the program CCTV Lecture Room famous scholars, eg, Yu Dan, give lectures on Chinese ancient philosophies and literatures.

Sinology becomes prevalent due to the fact that it is of vital significance for both the individuals and the society. For one thing, Sinology is the essence of Chinese civilization with more than 5,000 years. Thus, for individuals, they can enlarge their scope of knowledge , enrich their experience and adapt themselves to the complicated society. For another, it is acknowledged that the rehabilitation of Sinology can contribute to the establishment of a harmonious society.

In my opinion, all Chinese people should inherit the merits of Sinology. To do so, we can read books by ourselves or to attend lectures on this issue. Besides, we have the obUgation to popularize introducing it to the world By doing so, we can not only inherit it but also make it glorious and prosperous.

康熙甲寅五年，陕西提督王辅臣在平凉起兵反叛。叛乱被平息后，王辅臣重新投降了朝廷。不过，王辅臣知道，这一次，康熙皇帝不会饶了他。于是，他做了下列一系列事情：

先找了一个莫须有的事由，与媳妇干了一仗，并高调宣布休了她。等老丈人来，王辅臣悄悄把老丈人拉到一边，叮嘱老丈人，此地不宜久留，赶紧领着女儿远走高飞。

拿出手中的所有银子来，分成若干份。然后召集所有的将卒仆役，说，你们死心塌地地跟了我这么长时间，枪林弹雨，风霜雨露，辛苦了，这些银子，你们各自领一份，赶紧逃命去。但，无论去哪里，千万不要说从前跟过我。

他看到一个盛鱼的银碗。想，给谁呢?正好看到一个送茶的童子。问，娶妻了吗。童子摇头。王辅臣取银碗送与童子，说，回去卖了，娶媳妇去吧，不要再回来了。

这样，王辅臣的手下仅余数人，召来，与之共饮，一直喝到深夜，喝着喝着，王辅臣哭了。他说，我，一叛逆之臣，死是必然的了，与其死在刽子手的刀下，不如有尊严地自杀。但是，我想过了，无论用刀自刭，上吊自杀，还是喝药而死，都会留下自杀的痕迹。这样，就会连累到你们，以及本省的经略大人以及督抚大人。

众人面面相觑，不知道他想要说什么。

王辅臣说，我想出了一个主意，就是等我喝酒喝到烂醉之后，绑上我的手足，用纸盖在我的脸上，然后，含凉水在嘴里，以水喷面，即刻便死。这种死法，看起来，像得病暴死一样。这样，你们去报官，就不会连累你们了。

我为什么要讲这个故事呢?

话说有一个叫蔡三的老头，患重病，将死。但苟延残喘，就是不咽气。他每天嘴里念叨的，是一个人的名字。谁呢?欠他钱的一个人。这个人家境凄惶，老的老，残的残，病的病，真正是一贫如洗。他怕这个人还不了他的钱。

欠钱的人听说后，跑到蔡三的病床前，当着他全家的面，说，蔡叔，欠你的账，我记着呢，等有钱了，一定还你。

蔡三当面说不急不急，但心里总是放不下。有时候，病得昏昏迷迷，嘴里还是不断念叨着这件事。

欠钱的人急了，磕头下跪，四处筹借，总算把钱凑够了。他赶紧跑去还给了蔡三。蔡三虽病态恹恹的，表现出一脸的不高兴，唠叨说，难道我还在乎你这些个钱。等着欠钱的人走了，蔡三示意儿子把钱藏在米柜里。

然后，一抿嘴，死了。

王辅臣是清朝一代名将，骁勇善战，却也反反复复，起起落落，争议颇多。但是，他赴死之前所做的这一切，让人看到了他心底的仁义与良善。蔡三呢，是老家附近的一个人，活一辈子，心胸不过芝麻粒大小，到死，也没做出件荡气回肠的漂亮事。

在齐白石的众多绘画作品中，蔬果类题材占了很大的比重，蔬果类中他又对白菜情有独钟。

齐白石在乡下时对白菜有着很深的感情，所以在下笔时，他总是能抓住白菜肥大、嫩白、翠绿的特点入画，画出的白菜甚是鲜活，“通身蔬笋气”。

有位画家私下里学齐白石画白菜，总是画不出白菜的神韵，便向齐白石请教画白菜的诀窍，齐白石毫不客气地说：“你通身无蔬笋气，怎么能画得和我一样呢?”

齐白石画有一幅《清白传世图》，淡雅的画面上一棵白菜，三个柿子。几笔淡墨挥写出菜叶，再用较浓的墨勾出叶筋，然后以几笔淡墨画出菜头和菜根须，一棵青鲜的白菜便跃然纸上。作为与白菜形成对照的三个柿子，则用加了稍许淡墨的橙色圈写出，再以浓墨点出柿蒂，呈现出柿子的成熟甜美。极为平常的白菜和柿子和谐地搭配在一起，成就了一幅素雅、生动的《清白传世图》。柿子有“食之可清火”之意，寓意“清”，白菜则寓意“白”，两者同处一图，象征着齐白石清白于世的人生理想。

齐白石也爱吃白菜，他说大白菜“越嚼越香”。在他读到曾国藩“鸡鸭汤煮萝卜白菜，远胜满汉筵席二十四味”时，他又补充道：“余谓文正公此语犹有富贵气。不若冬笋白菜，不借他味，满汉筵席真不如也。”

有一次，一位客人带着卤肉去齐白石家，卤肉外包裹着大白菜的叶子。齐白石仔细把白菜叶子抖干净，不舍得扔。他吩咐家人把这些菜叶子切切，用盐码上，再加点油，得意地说，中午又是一顿美味。

据说还有一次，齐白石想用一张“白菜画”，换小贩的一车大白菜，小贩根本不知道这个老头是何许人，不屑地说：“我的白菜可以吃，你的白菜能吃吗?”齐白石只好黯然离开。

齐白石一生起伏跌宕，但是唯一不变的是，他对生活的那颗平常心。正像他自己所言：饱谙尘世味，尤觉菜根香。

Ji Anlived at the time of Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D.24). He was respected for being upright and just and for daring to speak the truth. He did not bother about amall matters in personal behaviour and in being an official. He was particular about actual effects and ,although he did not cause a stir ,he could keep the prefecture he governed in perfect order. Because of this. the imperial court transferred him to the central government from being the perfect of the Donghai Prefecture to being a commander in charge of the appointment and dismissal of the local officals.

Once,Emperor Wudi said that he would implement the policy of benevolence and justice of Confucianism and would do good turns to the people.Emperor Wudi Had hardly finished his remards when Ji An said that there was no need for the emperor to say so.Why should the emperor bother,Ji An said, about pretending to implement the policy of benevolence and justice since he was so greedy and avaricious within himself? This choked the emperor off. The emperor suddenly Changed his countenance and declared the meeting over. All the civilian and military officers at court were breathless with anxiety for fear that Ji An might bring disaster upon himself because of this. After returning, Emperor Wudi said to the people around him that Ji An was a little too rude and too straightforward.

For this reason ,Ji An was never promoted again. When he was the commander in charge of the appointment and dismissal of the local officials, both Gongsun Hong and Zhang Tang were low -ranking lfficials of little importance. Later ,they were promoted continuously. Gongsun Hong became the prime minister and Zhang Tang became the imperial censor. However, JiAns post remained thesame. One day, Ji An said to Emperor Wudi that the way the emperor used his ministers was just like piling up firewood, which meant that the latecomers surpassed the old-timers. Of course, Emperor Wudi could see that Ji An was complaining. So,turning to his ministers, Emperor Wudi said, "It is true that no one can stop learning.You see, Ji An is making more and more indiscreet remarks."

This story comes from The Historical Records. Later generations use the set phrase "the latecomers surpass the old-timers " to indicate that successors can cxcel the predecessors, which is quite different from the original idea when Ji An said that the latecomers surpassed the old-timers.

汲黯是西汉武帝时代人，以刚直正义、敢讲真话而受人尊重。他为人和做官都不拘小节，讲求实效。虽然表面上不那么轰轰烈烈，却能把一个郡治理得井井有条，因此，朝廷把他从东海太守调到朝廷当主爵都尉——一种主管地方吏任免的官职。

有一次，汉武帝说要实行儒家的仁义之政，为老百姓办好事了。没等皇帝把话说完，汲黯就说：“陛下内心里那么贪婪多欲，表面上却要装得实行仁政，这是何苦呢？”一句话把皇帝噎了回去。汉武帝登时脸色大变，宣布罢朝，满朝文武都为汲黯捏着一把汗，担心他会因此招来大祸。武帝回到宫里以后，对身边的人说，汲黯这个人也未免太粗太直了。

从此以后，汲黯的官职再也没有提升。他当主爵都尉的时候，公孙弘、张汤都还是不起眼的小官，后来，他们一个劲儿住上升，公孙弘当上了丞相，张汤做上了御史大夫，可他汲黯还蹲在原地没动窝。有一天，汲黯对武帝说，陛下使用群臣，跟码劈柴一样，是“后来者居上”啊！汉武帝当然听得出这是发牢骚。于是，转脸对臣下们说：“人真是不能不学习啊！你们听汲黯说话，越来越离谱了！”

故事出自《史记汲郑列传》。成语“后来居上”，往往指后起的可以胜过先前的。和汲黯说这话的原意，大不相同。

从前，世界上没有鸟类。百鸟王和王后生养了百鸟。八哥公主和孔雀王子都是他们的儿女，不过它们的羽毛都不是现在这个样子。

一天，百鸟王把儿女都叫到身边，他对百鸟说：“孩子们，你们都一天天地长大了，父王我也一天天地老了。你们每人都可以从我这里领取一样宝物，或者学到一样本领。”

百鸟王的儿女们都十分兴奋，他们依次走到父王和王后身边，或领取一样宝物，或学一样本领。老鹰学会了捕兽，鱼鹰学会了捕鱼，百灵学会了唱歌，黄莺得到了一副好嗓子……

最后，百鸟王只剩下一样宝物和一样绝技了，还有一件黑色衣裙，它根本称不上什么宝物。那件宝物是宝石般的羽衣，那样绝技是善讲人言的本领。没有得到宝物和绝技的只剩下八哥公主和孔雀王子了。

百鸟王对孔雀王子和八鸽公主说：“孩子们，谁要是得到宝石羽衣，谁可以继臣我得王位;谁要是学到讲人言的本领，谁就担任鸟类和人类交往的使者，但是那只能披那件黑衣服。”

孔雀王子和八哥公主为难了，谁先挑呢?公主和王子平日十分友爱，怎能为这事争先呢?

八哥公主说：“哥，你先挑吧!”

孔雀王子说：“妹，你先挑吧!”

八哥公主想来想说：“好的!”她绕过宝石羽衣，拿起那件根本称不上宝物的黑色衣裙披在身上，黑色衣裙立刻变成了黑色的羽毛，她向百鸟王学到了讲人话的本领。

百鸟都惊呆了。孔雀王子冲过去抓住八哥公主的手说：“我的好妹妹，这件宝石羽衣本该是你的呀，你为什么不要呢?”

八哥公主说：“哥，你的本事比我大，应该继承父王的位置，当百鸟之王。”

百鸟王死了。孔雀王子继承父位当了百鸟王。新百鸟王派八哥公主担任鸟类和人类之间交往的使者。

人们都很喜爱善解人意的八哥，因为她有一身黑色的羽毛，人们都亲切地叫她“黛翎公主”。

Snow-white

Once there was a Queen. She was sitting at the window. There was snow outside in the garden-snow on the hill and in the lane, snow on the hunts and on the trees: all things were white with snow.

The Queen was making a coat for a little child. She said, "I want my child to be white as this cloth, white as the snow. And I shall call her Snow-white."

Some days after that the Queen had a child. The child was white as snow. The Queen called her Snow-white.

But the Queen was very ill, and after some days she died. Snow-white lived, and was a very happy and beautiful child.

One year after that, the King married another Queen. The new Queen was very beautiful; but she was not a good woman.

A wizard had given this Queen a glass. The glass could speak. It was on the wall in the Queens room. Every day the queen looked in the glass to see how beautiful she was. As she looked in the glass, she asked: "Tell me, glass upon the wall, who is most beautiful of all?" And the glass spoke and said: "The Queen is most beautiful of all."

Year went by. Snow-white grew up and became a little girl. every day the Queen looked in the glass and said, "Tell me, glass upon the wall, who is most beautiful of all?" And the glass said, "Snow-white is most beautiful of all."

When the Queen heard this, she was very angry. She said, "Snow-white is not more beautiful than I am. There is no one who is more beautiful than I am."

Then the Queen sat on her bed and cried.

After one hour the Queen went out of her room. She called one of the servants, and said, "Take Snow-white into the forest and kill her."

The servant took Snow-white to the forest, but he did not kill her, because she was so beautiful and so good. He said, "I shall not kill you; but do not go to the Kings house, because the Queen is angry and she will see you. If the Queen sees you, she will make some other man kill you. Wait here in the forest; some friends will help you." Then he went away.

Poor Snow-white sat at the foot of a tree and cried. Then she saw that night was coming. She said, "I will not cry. I will find some house where I can sleep tonight. I cannot wait here: the bears will eat me."

She went far into the forest. Then she saw a little hut. She opened the door of the hut, and went in. In the hut she saw seven little beds. There was a table, and on the table there were seven little loaves and seven little glasses. She ate one of the loaves. Then she said, "I want some water to drink." So she drank some water out of one of the glasses. Then she fell asleep on one of the seven little beds.

The hut was the home of seven Little Men. When it was night, the seven Little Men came to the hut. Each Little Man had a big beard, and a little blue coat. Each Little Man came into the hut, and took his little lamp. Then each Little Man sat down, and ate his little loaf, and drank his little glass of water.

But one Little Man said, "Someone has eaten my little loaf." And another Little Man said, "Someone has drunk my little glass of water." Then the seven Little Men went to bed, but one Little Man said, "Someone is sleeping on my little bed." All the seven Little Men came to look at Snow-white as she slept on the Little Mens bed. They said, "She is very beautiful."

Snow-white awoke, and saw the seven Little Men with their big beards standing near her bed. She was afraid. The Little men said, "Do not be afraid. We are your friends. Tell us how you came here." Snow-white said, "I will tell you." Then she told them her story.

They said, "Do not be afraid. Live here with us. But see that the door shut when we are not in the house with you. Do not go out. If you go out, the bad Queen will find you. Then she will know that you are not dead, and will tell someone to kill you." So Snow-white lived in the hut with the seven Little Men.

After some days Snow-white went into the garden. One of the Queens servants was going through the forest, and he saw her. He went and told the Queen, "Snow-white is in a hut in the forest." The Queen was very angry when she heard that Snow-white was not dead.

The Queen took an apple. She made a hole in the red side of the apple, and put some powder into the hole. Then she put on old clothes and went to the hut. She called, "Is any one there?" Snow-white opened the door, and came out to her. The Queen said, "I have some pretty apples. Eat one of my pretty apples." Snow-white took the apple and said, "Is it good?" The Queen said, "See, I will eat this white side of the apple; you eat the red side. Then you will know that it is good."

Snow-white ate the red side of the apple. When the powder was in her mouth, she fell down dead. The Queen went back to her house. She went into her room. she looked into the glass and said, "Tell me, glass upon the wall, who is most beautiful of all?" The glass said, "The Queen is most beautiful of all." Then the Queen know that Snow-white was dead.

The Little Men came back to the hut. When they saw that Snow-white was dead, the poor Little Men cried. Then they put Snow-white in a box made of glass. They took the glass box to a hill and put it there, and said, "Everyone who goes by will see how beautiful she was." Then each Little Man put one white flower on the box, and they went away.

Just as they were going away, a Prince came by. He saw the glass box and said, "What is that?" Then he saw Snow-white in the box. He said, "She was very beautiful: but do not put her there. There is a hall in the garden of my fathers house. It is all made of white stone. We will take the glass box and put it in the hall of beautiful white stone."

The Little Men said, "Take her." Then the Prince told his servants to take up the box. They took up the box. Just then one of the servants fell down. The box fell, and Snow-white fell with the box. The bit of apple fell out of her mouth: she awoke, and sat up, and said, "Where am I?"

The Prince said, "You are with me. I never saw anyone as beautiful as you. Come with me and be my Queen."

The Prince married Snow-white, and she became his Queen.

A man went and told this to the bad Queen. When she heard it she was so angry that she fell down dead.

Snow-white lived and was very happy ever after. And the Little Men came to see her every year.

白雪公主

从前，有一个王后，她坐在窗户旁。窗外的花园里积满了雪，山上是雪，小路上是雪，树上和屋顶上也积着雪，万物一片白茫茫。她手中拿着些布和一枚针，她手中的不就像雪一样洁白。王后正在为小孩做一件上衣，她说：“我想我的孩子能够像这布一样白，想雪一样白，我要叫她白雪公主。”

几天之后，王后生了个小孩，这个孩子白得像雪一样，王后给她取名为“白雪公主”。但是，王后得了重病，几天以后就去世了。白雪公主活了下来，她是一个十分幸福和美丽的孩子。

王后去世一年以后，国王又娶了一位王后。新王后十分漂亮，但是，她不是一个善良的女人。一个巫师给了新王后一面镜子，这面镜子会说话，它挂在王后房间的墙上，每天王后照着镜子，欣赏自己多么漂亮。当她照镜子的时候，她问：“告诉我，墙上的魔镜，谁是世界上最漂亮的人？”于是魔镜开口说道：“王后是世界上最漂亮的。”

过了数年，白雪公主长成大人了。当白雪公主是一个年轻姑娘时，有一天，王后照着镜子说：“告诉我，墙上的魔镜，谁是世界上最漂亮的？”魔镜说：“白雪公主是世界上最漂亮的。”

当王后听到这些话时，非常恼怒，她说：“白雪公主没有我漂亮，没有一个人比我更漂亮。”然后，王后坐在床上哭了。一小时后，王后从她的房间走出来，她叫来一个仆人说：“把白雪公主带到森林中杀掉。”

仆人带着白雪公主到了森林，但他没有杀死她，因为她太美丽太善良了。他说：“我不会杀死你的，但是，你不能回王宫，因为，王后很生气，她会看到你的。如果王后发现你，她会让别人杀死你的。你就呆在森林里，会有朋友来帮助你的。”然后，他走了。

可怜的白雪公主坐在一棵树底下哭了，这时，她看到天快黑了，她说：“我不哭了，我要找所房子今晚好睡觉，我不能呆在这儿了，熊会吃了我的。”她往森林深处走去，这时，她发现了一座小屋，她打开小屋的门，走了进去。在小屋里，她看到七张小床，还有一张桌子，桌子上有七块小面包和七个小杯子。她吃了其中一块面包，然后说：“我想喝点水。”于是，她又喝了一个杯子中的一些水。之后，她躺在一张小床上睡着了。

这座小屋是七个小矮人的家。当天黑下来的时候，七个小矮人回到小屋。每个小矮人都留着一副大胡子，穿一件小蓝上衣。小矮人进了小屋，每个人都点上他们的小灯，然后，小矮人都坐下，开始吃面包，喝小杯里的水。

但是，一个小矮人说：“有人把我小面包吃了。”另一个小矮人说：“有人把我的小杯子里的水喝了。”然后，七个小矮人去睡觉。可是一个小矮人说：“有人正睡在我的小床上。”七个小矮人都过来看睡在小矮人床上的白雪公主。他们说：“她真漂亮。”

白雪公主醒了，发现七个留着大胡子的小矮人正站在她床旁，她很害怕。小矮人们说：“别害怕，我们是你的好朋友，告诉我们你是怎么来这儿的。”白雪公主说：“我告诉你们。”接着她就给他们讲述了自己的经历。他们说：“不要害怕。就在这儿和我们住在一起，但是，我们不在家的时候，你一定要关上门，千万别出去。如果你出去了，坏王后会发现你，这样，她知道你没有死，会让人来杀死你。”于是，白雪公主和七个小矮人在这座小屋里生活着。

几天以后，白雪公主去了一趟花园。王后的一个仆人正经过这片森林，他发现了阿。他回去告诉了王后：“白雪公主在森林的一座小屋里。”王后听说白雪公主没有死，十分恼火。

王后拿来一个苹果，她在苹果红的一边挖了一个洞，把一些毒的粉末放在这个洞里。然后，她穿上一身旧衣服，去了小屋。她喊：“屋里有人吗？”白雪公主打开门，出来见她。王后说：“我有一些漂亮的苹果，吃一个尝尝吧？”白雪公主拿着苹果说：“这好吃吗？”王后说：“瞧，我吃苹果白的一半，你吃红的一半，你会知道它味道不错。”白雪公主吃了苹果红的一半，当粉末进入她嘴里时，她倒下去死了。

王后回到家，进了自己的房间，对着镜子说：“告诉我，墙上的魔镜，谁是世界上最漂亮的。”魔镜说：“王后是世界上最漂亮的。”于是，王后知道白雪公主已经死了。

小矮人们回到小屋，发现白雪公主死了。可怜的小矮人们全都哭了。然后，他们把白雪公主放进玻璃棺材里，并把它抬到山坡上，安放在那里，说：“每位经过这里的人都会看见她是多么美丽。”接着每个小矮人在棺材上放了一朵白花，然后离开了。

他们刚刚要离开，一位王子从此经过，他看着玻璃棺材说：“那是什么？”这时，他发现白雪公主躺在里面，他说：“她太美丽了，把能把她放在这里，在父亲的王宫里有一座大厅，整个大厅都是用白石头砌成，我们把玻璃棺材搬到那所漂亮的白石大厅里。”小矮人们说：“抬走她吧。”

然后，王子告诉他的仆人抬起棺材。他们抬起它时，不巧一个仆人跌倒了。把棺材也摔到地上，白雪公主随同棺材跌了下来，那块苹果从她嘴里掉了出来，她醒了过来，坐起来说：“我这是在哪儿？”王子说：“你跟我在一起，我从来没有见过一位像你这么美丽的人，跟我来，做我的王后吧。”王子和白雪公主结婚了，她成了王后。

一个人去把这些消息告诉了坏王后，当她听到这些，气得倒下死去了。从那以后，白雪公主一直生活得很幸福。每年小矮人们都来看她。

New Words and Expressions 生词和词组：

wizard n. 男巫

hut n. 茅舍，小屋

My mother always mentions her when I was young, then wear clothing and take money to buy, only money cant buy the food; monthly supply, to the end of the month is not enough to eat or eat less food can only borrow. This situation continued the mothers whole childhood. It staped our generation of children. China was such a poor country.

Gradually with the passage of time, Chinese has carried out reform and opening up, China is no longer behind closed doors. The convening of the historic the third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee in 1978 opened a new chapter in the reform and opening up. Since then, the Chinese peoples tenacious and unyielding spirit has erupted unstoppable. From the coast of China to the river, from the east to the west, from the countryside to the city, it has come out of the planned economy. Come out of a closed and semi closed life. The dynamic market economy system makes China fast and step by step with the world.

The reform has brought great changes to China, which has made China develop rapidly with the speed of the world, and no country can compare it.

Throughout the thirty years of reform and opening up, the Chinese people are proud that China has moved from a planned economy to a market economy, from backward to rich and strong. "One country two systems", manned space flight, west east gas pipeline, "heaven" is established, the appearance has changed greatly; the world no longer underestimate China; the world economic crisis makes Chinese become the biggest "creditor", the power to dominate the world of national development in the China sit up and take notice. It all depends on Chinas thirty years of reform and opening up, or it will not be today.

After thirty years of standing and watching China, science, technology, culture and economy were all squeezed into the world power. In 2008, a remarkable year in China, the southern snow disaster, the Western earthquake, the 29 Olympic Games, the economic crisis that swept the world is coming to China. However, the Chinese people are not frightened by difficulties because of their unyielding body and stubborn character, but they become the most brilliant corner in the world.

As the children of the new age, we can not only lie in the present national strength to look to the future. We have our goal: to build a well-off society. This is the desire of Deng Xiaoping, the general designer, and the demand of the times. This makes us feel heavy on the shoulder. We have realized our mission and responsibility. Now we are making a hundred times efforts to forge ahead for a well-off society in an all-round way. Please believe us.

东汉末年，天下四分五裂，刘关张桃园结义之后，刘备广招贤能异士，于是便有了刘备三顾茅庐请隆中诸葛的故事，诸葛亮(181—234年)，字孔明，青年时代躬耕于隆中，并苦读经书，熟悉历朝兴衰的历史，潜心钻研兵法。他常以春秋战国时的管仲、乐毅自比，是难得的一位将才、谋士，自称“卧龙”。善于网罗人才的刘备闻知，高兴地说：“我需要这样的人才!”并表示哪怕山高路远，行走不便，也非亲自去请他不可。

深冬的一天，刘备带着关羽、张飞，到隆中邀请诸葛亮。谁知诸葛亮恰好不在家，刘备只好扫兴而归。

刘备回到新野，不断派人到隆中打听诸葛亮何时在家。当打听到诸葛亮外出已经回到家时，刘备当即决定二请诸葛。这时，张飞不以为然地说：“一个平民百姓，派个武士把他叫来就得了，犯不着让你一再去请。”刘备说：“诸葛亮是当代大贤，怎么能随便派个人去叫他呢?你还是痛痛快快地跟我去吧。”刘备说服了张飞，叫上关羽，三人骑马直奔隆中而去。

这一天，北风呼啸，大雪纷飞，冷得实在教人难忍。张飞对着刘备大嚷：“我等何苦找此罪受!不如等天晴再说。”刘备却说：“贤弟，咱们冒此大风雪，不怕山高路远，去请诸葛，不正表明了我们的一片诚意吗?”三人继续往前赶路。不料，这一次刘备又未见到诸葛亮，只好写了一封信托诸葛亮的弟弟转交，说明来意，并表示择日再访。

第二年春天，刘备更衣备马，决定第三次去拜访诸葛亮。张飞、关羽竭力劝阻。关羽说：“我们两次相请，都未见到他，想必他徒有虚名，不敢前来相见。”张飞更是带着轻蔑的口吻说：“我们已仁至义尽，这次只需我一人前往，他如若不来，我就将他绑来见你。”刘备连忙说道：“不得无礼，没有诚意哪能请到贤人呢?”

刘备三人飞马直奔隆中，来到诸葛亮的草庐前。此时诸葛亮正在午睡。刘备唯恐打扰诸葛亮，不顾路途疲劳，屏声敛气地站在门外静候，直到诸葛亮醒来才敢求见。刘备见了诸葛亮，说道：“久慕先生大名，三次拜访，今日如愿，实是平生之大幸!”诸葛亮说：“蒙将军不弃，三顾茅庐，真叫我过意不去。亮年幼不才，恐怕让将军失望。”刘备却诚恳地说：“我不度德量力，想为天下伸张正义，振兴汉室。由于智术短浅，时至今日，尚未达到目的，望先生多多指教。”刘备谦虚的态度，诚恳的情意，使诸葛亮很受感动。于是诸葛亮终于答应了刘备的请求，怀着统一全国的政治抱负，离开了隆中茅庐，出任刘备的军师。他忠心耿耿地辅佐刘备，为“三国鼎立”局面的确立，做出了巨大贡献。