用英语讲好中国故事的英语作文(精选20篇)

王兰兰，女，50岁，昆明爱心食堂创办人，云南省昆明市五华区幸福家园小区“爱心食堂”负责人。

十年前，王兰兰女儿因病去世，她一度在悲痛中不能自拔，但发现女儿“我要成为一名慈善家”的遗愿后，她化悲痛为力量，从此她投身到社会公益事业中。王兰兰下岗后靠政府低保补助和打零工为生，但她相信慈善不仅仅是富人的事。

2012年，王兰兰发现身边小区内有很多独居老人，吃饭是一大难题，有了开办爱心食堂的想法。爱心食堂每天向老人提供午餐和晚餐，每餐3元，有的老人连这个价格也承受不了，他们就免费。

三年来，爱心食堂为60岁以上的孤寡老人提供中餐和晚餐，每餐有一荤两素一汤，每餐收3元钱，按当地物价，实际每餐成本5.5元，差额部分均来源于社会资助。2015年，爱心食堂运转困难，这个小区的8位大姐也加入到爱心食堂的义工队伍，她们没有工资，和王兰兰一起免费为老人们做饭、洗衣、陪护。周边学校、部分公益组织也会定期组织志愿者前来食堂帮忙，为食堂义工减轻部分工作负担。

2008年，在全国室内田径锦标赛上，苏炳添收获了男子60米的金牌。并先后获全国田径锦标赛男子4×100米接力、全国田径冠军赛暨系列赛男子4×100米接力两块金牌。

2009年2月18日，在全国室内田径锦标赛上海站，苏炳添以6秒66的成绩获得男子60米冠军。5月15日，在玉林举行的第11届全运会预选赛暨全国田径锦标赛中，苏炳添以10秒28夺得男子100米冠军，并达到世锦赛B标;接力比赛中又代表广东队以39秒32的成绩夺得男子4×100米冠军。5月21日-5月30日，苏炳添踏上亚洲田径大奖赛苏州、昆山、香港三站赛，在男子100米和4×100米接力两项比赛中连夺5金。10月26日，第十一届全国运动会田径男子4×100米接力决赛中代表广东队以39秒22的成绩夺冠。10月31日，在河内举行的第三届亚洲室内运动会男子60米决赛，苏炳添以6秒65的成绩夺冠。12月12日，在香港举行的第五届东亚运动会上苏炳添以10秒33夺得男子100米冠军，以全年11金的成绩结束赛季。

2010年，苏炳添受伤病困扰，上半年基本上没有比赛，主要以养伤和力量练习为主。在年底的第十六届广州亚运会男子4×100米接力决赛中，苏炳添与陆斌、梁嘉鸿、劳义组成的中国队以38秒78夺得冠军，并刷新全国纪录和亚运会纪录，继1990年北京亚运会摘金后，中国接力队时隔20年再度封王亚洲。

中国民间广泛流传着“三分天下诸葛亮，一统江山刘伯温;前朝军师诸葛亮，后朝军师刘伯温”的说法。他以神机妙算、运筹帷幄著称于世。那么。刘伯温身上有什么有趣的故事呢?下面一起来看看：

明太祖在统一战争中，依靠了一批英勇善战的将领争城夺地：又吸收了一些谋士，帮他出谋划策。在这些谋士中，刘基是最著名的一个。

刘基又叫刘伯温，本来是元朝的官员，因为对元朝的政治腐败不满意，常常写点文章，讽刺时事，后来，被解职回到他的家乡青田(在今浙江)。朱元璋的军队打到浙东的时候，把刘基请了出来，当他的谋士。在打败陈友谅、张士诚的战争中，刘基出了不少计策。由于他足智多谋，得到明太祖的信任。明太祖把他比做西汉初年的张良。

刘基不但谋略好，而且精通天文。在古代，往往把天文现象跟人间的吉凶扯在一起。刘基对天下形势观察仔细，考虑问题周到，他的预见往往比较准确。但是大家都认为这跟他精通天文有关。民间传说把刘伯温看作一个“未卜先知”的人物。

朱元璋当吴王的时候，江南发生了一场旱灾。刘基掌管天文，朱元璋问他为什么发生大旱，怎样才能求上天下雨。刘基说：“天一直不下雨，因为牢狱里关押的人有冤枉。”

朱元璋信了刘基的话，派他去查牢监里关的犯人。刘基一查，果然有不少冤案。他向朱元璋奏明后，平反了冤案，把错抓的人放了。

求雨和平反本来是毫不相干的两码事。刘基也不可能有求雨的法术。不过他懂得天文，可能观测到气象要发生变化，就借这个机会劝谏朱元璋平反冤案。果然不出几天，乌云密布，接着就下了一场透雨。刘基趁朱元璋高兴的时候，又劝他制定法律，依法办事，防止错杀无辜的人。

明太祖即位以后，叫刘基做御史中丞，负责司法工作。刘基严格执法。有一次，丞相李善长的一个亲信犯了法。李善长是明王朝开国功臣，又是明太祖的同乡，势力很大。但是刘基不顾李善长的阻挠，奏明明太祖，把那个亲信杀了。这件事当然招来了李善长的怨恨。

正巧这一年，京城又逢到大旱，明太祖十分着急。刘基乘机跟明太祖说：“战争中的死亡将士，他们的妻子需要抚恤;一些在筑城中死亡的工匠，尸骨还暴露在田野上，没人收埋。

把这些事办了，说不定能下雨。”

明太祖一心求雨，当然很快批准了刘基的要求，抚恤了将士妻子，掩埋了工匠的尸骨。刘基虽然办了一件好事，但是靠这种办法劝谏，毕竟靠不住。这一次，他的预测不准，过了十天，还是烈日当空，一滴雨也没下。

这可使明太祖生了气，再加上李善长在旁边说坏话，叫刘基不能不害怕。这时候，他妻子在家乡得病死去。刘基请个假回老家了。

其实，明太祖对刘基是特别器重的。有一次，明太祖要拜刘基为丞相。刘基连忙推辞说：“选丞相好比挑栋梁。要挑个大木材，如果用小木头当梁柱，房屋就有倒坍的危险。”

后来，明太祖撤了丞相李善长的职，又想请刘基出来当丞相。刘基说：“我性子褊急，容不得坏人：再说年纪大了，也担当不了这样重任。天下有的是人材，希望陛下好好物色。”

刘基回到青田，过着隐居生活，从来不跟人谈起他过去的功劳。青田县令一再求见，都被刘基婉言拒绝。有一次，县令换上便服，装扮个乡下人去拜访刘基。刘基正在洗脚，见来了陌生人，连忙穿了鞋子，把来人请进屋，热情地留饭。

刘基请教来人姓名，县令只好实说：“我是青田知县，特来拜见先生。”刘基大吃一惊，连忙起身作揖，自称是治下的普通百姓。打那以后，再也不跟县令见面了。

刘基住在家乡，仍旧很关心明朝的政事。有一次，明太祖派人到青田向刘基问天象吉凶。刘基说：“冬天刚下过严霜冻雪：接下来便是阳春季节。现在国家已经安定，希望陛下施政稍为宽和一点。”

原文：

客有曰："梨益齿而损脾，枣益脾而损齿。"一呆弟子思久之，曰："我食梨则嚼而不咽，不能伤我之脾;我食枣则吞而不嚼，不能伤我之齿。"狎者曰："你真是囫囵吞却一个枣也。"遂绝倒。

有个客人说："吃梨子对牙齿有好处，对脾却有损伤;吃枣子对脾有益处，对牙齿却有损害。"

白话文：

有一个傻瓜年轻人听了这话，思考了很久，说："我想到一个好办法：吃梨子的时候，只嚼不吞，它就不能损伤我的脾了;吃枣子的时候，只吞不嚼，它就不能损伤我的牙齿了。"

有个喜欢开玩笑的人说："你真是囫囵吞枣呀!"

大家听了，都笑得前俯后仰。

《湛渊静语》

寓意：世间的事大都有利有弊。兴利除弊要有恰当的办法。似是而非，"囫囵吞枣"，只能惹人发笑。

1、鲁宣公二年，宣子在首阳山打猎，住在翳桑。他看见一人非常饥饿，就去询问他的病情。那人说：“我已经三天没吃东西了。”宣子就将食物送给他吃，可他却留下一半。宣子问他为什么，他说：“我离家已三年了，不知道家中老母是否还活着。现在离家很近，请让我把留下的食物送给她。”

宣子让他把食物吃完，另外又为他准备了一篮饭和肉。后来，灵辄做了晋灵公的武士。一次，灵公想杀宣子，灵辄在搏杀中反过来抵挡晋灵公的手下，使宣子得以脱险。宣子问他为何这样做，他回答说：“我就是在翳桑的那个饿汉。”宣子再问他的姓名和家居时，他不告而退。这个知恩图报的故事后来成为典故，杜甫在“奉赠韦左丞丈二十二韵”诗中就引用了它：常拟报一饭，况怀辞大臣。

2、《史记淮阴侯列传》：韩信潦倒时，在城下钓鱼，漂洗丝絮的老妇中有一位见他饥饿，便拿饭给他吃，一连几十天如此。韩信感激，说将来一定会报答她。她却凛然说：“男子汉连自己都不能养活，我伶悯公子才会送饭，哪里图什么报答!”韩信以后作楚王时，找到那位漂母，赠她千金。

3、《世说新语》：顾荣应邀赴宴，见烤肉者垂涎，便将自己的那份让给他吃。同席者耻笑顾荣，他说：“一个人整天在烤肉，怎能让他连烤肉的滋味都尝不到呢?”后来战乱四起，他逃难南迁。每到危难之际，总有一个人随身保护他，顾荣问起原因，才知道他就是当年的“受炙人”。

4、投我以木桃，报之以琼瑶。出自《诗经》：投我以木桃，报之以琼瑶。从“木桃”到“琼瑶”，只是一枚感谢的种子而已——缘于爱与被爱。这之间连接的不过是一份心意罢了。或许，木桃对他而言，已是上上之品，你报之以琼瑶，也未必就是倾其所有——譬如就是一声由衷的“感谢”吧。

5、滴水之恩，涌泉相报。原文是“涓滴之恩，当以涌泉相报”。书面记载最早为清代的《增广贤文·朱子家训》，原为民间俗语，后清代朱用纯编辑收录，为教子醒世用。

6、慈母之恩。唐代诗人孟郊曾写下《游子吟》一诗：慈母手中线，游子身上衣。临行密密缝，意恐迟迟归。谁言寸草心，报得三春晖。

7、羊有跪乳之恩，鸦有反哺之义。出自明朝《增广贤文》一书，意思是：小羊跪着吃奶，小乌鸦能反过来喂养老乌鸦，以报答父母的养育之恩。

8、衔环结草，以报恩德。结草与衔环都是古代报恩的传说，出自《左传》。前者讲一个士大夫将其父的爱妾另行嫁人，不使殉葬，爱妾已死去的父亲为替女儿报恩，将地上野草缠成乱结，绊倒恩人的敌手;后者讲有个儿童挽救了一只受困黄雀的性命，黄雀衔来白环四枚，声言此环可保恩人世代子子洁白，身居高位。后将二典故合成一句，比喻受人恩惠，定当厚报，生死不渝。明朝时冯梦龙在《醒世恒言》中写道：大恩未报，刻刻于怀。衔环结草，生死不负。

9、漂母的一饭之恩

韩信少年时家中贫寒，父母双亡。他虽然用功读书、拼命习武，却仍然无以为生，迫不得已，他只好到别人家吃“白食”，为此常遭别人冷眼。韩信咽不下这口气，就来到淮水边垂钓，用鱼换饭吃，经常饥一顿饱一顿。淮水边上有个为人家漂洗纱絮的老妇人，人称“漂母”，见韩信可怜，就把自己的饭菜分给他吃。天天如此，从未间断。韩信深受感动。韩信被封为淮阴侯后始终没忘漂母的一饭之恩，派人四处寻找，最后以千金相赠。

10、知遇之恩

春秋时期，俞伯牙擅长弹奏琴弦，钟子期擅长听音辨意。有次，伯牙来到泰山(今武汉市汉阳龟山)北面游览时，突遇暴雨滞留岩下，寂寞之余，拿出古琴弹了起来。也正在附近躲雨的樵夫钟子期听到后，忍不住叫道：“好曲!真是好曲!”随后伯牙每奏一支琴曲，子期都能听出它的意旨和情趣，这使得伯牙惊喜异常。二人因此结为知音，并约好来年再相会论琴。可第二年伯牙来会子期时，得知子期不久前已经因病去世。伯牙痛惜伤感，摔破了古琴，从此不再抚弦弹奏，以谢平生难得的知音。

11、士为知己者死

这是春秋末期晋国着名刺客豫让说的，强调感恩报恩。因为对自己有知遇之恩者智伯被赵襄子所杀，豫让认为“士为知己者死，女为悦己者容”，决心刺杀赵襄子为智伯报仇。第一次攻击失败以后，他用漆疮烂身体，吞炭弄哑声音，残身苦形，使妻子不识，然后寻找接近赵襄子的时机。第二次行刺仍以失败告终，但是被捕的豫让说：“明主不掩人之美，忠臣有死名之义。”他请求赵襄子借衣服让他砍一刀。赵襄子脱下了贵族的华服，豫让拔剑三跃而击之，然后伏剑自杀。

Today, daddy leads me to buy the flower to the flower shop, I elected three to plant flowers: Fresh refined lily, warm moving carnation, what I most like is that posture myriad rose. In the flower shop rose has many kind of colors: The white like snow, the red elephant fire, yellow resembles the gold, flesh color like rosy cloud .I have chosen a most lovable purple-red rose. Gets in the home, I them in have in the water jar, sits before the table the careful observation rose. Roses stem very straight very straight, has the penstock to be so thick, on is also bringing several spinules. The bottle green leaf is the Chinese olive shape, also soft is also thin, the edge becomes the zigzag, the arteries is the forked arteries. It is an opening flower bud, the desire in bud puts it is similar to the charming charming young girl, the smiling face contains the spring, beautiful extremely. The second day early in the morning, I discovered the rose already split open the smiling face, a flowers small wine class, the flower petal slightly has become likely screw type splits open, but has not looked at the inside stamen and pistil. The rose seems beautiful and the rich charm, I draw close to it gently, inspired deeply! A light delicate fragrance greets the nostrils. The rose is the rose family plant, its ancestor is an everflowering rose, afterward was mixed with the wild rose, has become presents rose. Although the rose is bringing the thorn, but my equally I like tenderly and beautifully pleasant, fragrant four overflow rose.

翻译为

今天,爸爸让我买花花店,我选三种花:清新雅致的莉莉,温暖的移动的康乃馨,我最喜欢的是姿态万千玫瑰.在花店的玫瑰有许多种颜色:白如雪,红象火,黄的像金的,粉红的喜欢美丽的云……我选择了一个最可爱的深紫到红的玫瑰.会在家里,我插入他们的水罐,坐在桌前仔细观察玫瑰.玫瑰的干得很直很直,有缝隙,那么厚,是几spinules也带来.这个瓶子绿色的叶子是中国橄榄形,也软也是薄、边缘变得锯齿,动脉是动脉分叉.这是一个开放的花芽的渴望,在芽期把它与迷人的迷人的年轻女孩,笑脸包含了春天,美丽的极.第二天一早,我发现玫瑰已绽开了笑脸,一个花小酒杯、花瓣略有有可能成为螺杆式分割开,可是没有看着里面stamen和雌蕊.玫瑰看起来漂亮和富有魅力,我轻轻贴近,深深地吸气!一个光迎鼻孔清香.玫瑰是蔷薇科植物,其祖先是一个everflowering玫瑰,后来都掺杂着野玫瑰,已经成为现在的玫瑰.虽然带着刺的玫瑰,但我同样我喜欢温柔而美丽宜人,芳香四溢的溢出玫瑰.

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!

As a small child, I always wanted to grow up soon, so that I could make my

own money and became independent. So I had worked so hard to let my parents to

realize that I have grown up, such as washing my clothes and taking care of

myself. Indeed, I won respect step by step. Finally, when I went to high school,

they allowed me to live in school. I felt so happy to move out. When I lived in

school, strangely, I started to miss my parents and wanted to see them. I spent

so much time to get away from them, but when I did it, I felt lost. This is my

story about growing up, I believe most children struggle running away from their

parents, but when they really grow up, they will miss the ones who love

them.

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省委宣传部 省文明办

篇一

The Chinese manners is differend from other countries .In China,people first meet to shake hands.When people eat,Besides soup,table all food use chopsticks.Certain foods can move chopsticks eyes.And sometimes the Chinese host use their chopsticks to put food in your bowl or plate.This is a sign of politeness.The appropriate thing to do would be to eat the whatever-it-is and say how yummy it is.If you feel uncomfortable with this,you can just say a polite thank you and leave the food there.

Dont tap on your bowl with your chopsticks.Beggars tap on their bowls,so this is not polite.Also,when the food is coming too slow in a restarant,people will tap their bowls.If you are in someones home,it is like insulting the cook.

翻译：

中国的礼仪是不同于来自其他国家。在中国,人们第一次见面握手。当人们吃,除了汤之外,表所有食品都使用筷子。某些食物可以移动筷子的眼睛。有时中国主人用筷子把食物在你的碗或盘子。这是礼貌的标志。适当的做法是吃不管它是什么,说它有多美味。如果你觉得不舒服,你可以说一个礼貌的谢谢你,离开那里的食物。

不要用筷子敲打饭碗。乞丐行乞时常敲打饭碗,所以,这也是不礼貌的。同样,当食物来了太慢,人们会利用他们的碗。如果你在某人的家里,它就像侮辱厨师。

篇二

At the end of the Zhou Dynasty,the area we now know as China had fallen into a state of fragmentation and conflict.While the Zhou dynasty had ruled for several centuries,several other states,originally feudal domains,tried to carve out their own kingdoms.The state of Qin would eventually emerge the victor and unify all of China under one rule for the first time in history.

Qu Yuan served as minister to the Zhou Emperor.A wise and articulate man,he was loved by the common people.He did much to fight against the rampant corruption that plagued the court-- thereby earning the envy and fear of other officials.Therefore,when he urged the emperor to avoid conflict with the Qin Kingdom,the officials pressured the Emperor to have him removed from service.In exile,he traveled,taught and wrote for several years.Hearing that the Zhou had been defeated by the Qin,he fell into despair and threw himself into the Milou River.His last poem reads:

Many a heavy sigh I have in my despair,Grieving that I was born in such an unlucky time.I yoked a team of jade dragons to a phoenix chariot,And waited for the wind to come,to sour up on my journey As he was so loved by the people,fishermen rushed out in long boats,beating drums to scare the fish away,and throwing zong zi into the water to feed braver fish so that they would not eat Qu Yuans body.

翻译：

周朝的末尾,我们现在知道,中国陷入了分裂和冲突的状态。而周朝统治了几个世纪,其他几个州,最初封建领域,试图开拓自己的王国。秦国最终将出现一个规则下的维克多和统一全中国的历史上第一次。

屈原担任部长周皇帝。一个明智的和表达的人,他深受百姓爱戴。他做了很多打击猖獗的腐败困扰法院——从而获得其他官员的嫉妒和恐惧。因此,当他敦促皇帝为了避免冲突与秦王国,官员们迫使皇帝让他从服务中移除。流亡,他旅行,教了好几年。听力,周秦被击败,他陷入了绝望和扑进Milou河。他最后的诗中写道:

许多沉重的叹息我绝望,悲伤,我出生在这样一个不幸的时间。我配合的一组玉龙凤凰战车,并等待着风,酸在我的旅程,他是如此深受人们的喜爱,渔民在长船冲出来,敲锣打鼓吓跑鱼,把粽子投入水喂勇敢的鱼,这样他们不会吃屈原的尸体。

在2021年东京奥运会上，有一位短跑运动员，他拼尽全力，仍未登上领奖台，但他却凭借9秒83的成绩，成为第一个闯进奥运会男子百米决赛的黄种人。

这个成绩，一举打破亚洲纪录。他的名字在赛后轰动世界，是继刘翔之后，又一个封神的中国田径英雄。

很多人不知道的是，这个国人心目中的短跑英雄，却是一个超期服役的80后运动员，甚至几次想打报告退役。

不过幸好虽然伤痛、年龄等因素让他在训练中倍感压力，但他却从未放弃过心中的梦想。

他就是中国飞人苏炳添。

在短跑之路上，他为自己书写了一个又一个传奇。

苏炳添，1989年出生在广东中山古镇镇，父母亲都是地地道道的农民。

古镇镇特别重视田径运动，经常在村子里举办比赛，比苏炳添大9岁的表哥就是村子里的短跑冠军。

苏炳添和表哥的关系很要好，两人经常在一起追逐玩耍，有时候，苏炳添比表哥跑得还快。

上学后的苏炳添真正接触田径运动还是在初中，看着学校田径队员的专业训练，苏炳添也想加入。

无奈苏炳添个子低，达不到入队的标准，被教练拒绝了。为了加入田径队，苏炳添给教练展示了一个绝活，他以1米5高的身材，向上跳跃后可以摸到2米9高的门板。

教练惊讶到合不上嘴，随后如获至宝般地接收了苏炳添。

县城的体育学校，训练条件实在有限，连最基础的训练设施都不完善，现有的设备也都是破破烂烂。

就在这样的条件下，苏炳添坚持每天早晨5点半就起床训练，一练就是一整天，每周六日天天如此，从未间断过，但他从来都没有抱怨过累。

经过教练专业的指点，苏炳添无论在技能上，还是在体能上，都有了突飞猛进的进步。 他在学校、村里的各项比赛中多次夺得冠军，这也为苏炳添日后成为“飞人”打下坚实基础。

刘备借得荆州后，压根不想还给东吴。孙权派鲁肃讨了几次都没讨到，非常恼火，就采纳周瑜的计策，用妹妹做诱饵，打算把刘备骗到东吴，扣为人质，逼他归还荆州。

定下计策后，孙权就派人到荆州，说得知甘夫人去世后，刘备一直单身，十分同情，愿将妹妹嫁给刘备，请他到东吴迎娶。刘备可不傻，一听就知道孙权不怀好意：“我已年过半百，孙权的妹妹却是妙龄女子，他怎肯将妹妹嫁给我这个老头子?恐怕是想把我骗到东吴去做人质，逼我还荆州吧?我才不上他的当。”

诸葛亮却摇着鹅毛扇说：“主公但去无防，我自有妙计，包你既娶到孙权的妹妹，又不用归还荆州。”

刘备问：“军师有何妙计?”

诸葛亮的妙计是到紧要关头才能给人看的，他微笑着说：“我已将妙计装在锦囊里，主公路上再看吧。我等着喝主公的喜酒呢。”

刘备终于动了心，决定去东吴迎娶孙权的妹妹。关羽和张飞都说万万不可，大哥这一去，恐怕就回不来了。刘备安慰他们说：“你们什么时候见军师失算过?有军师的妙计，十个孙权再加十个周瑜，我也不怕。”

刘备带着赵子龙去东吴。临行时，诸葛亮交给赵子龙一个锦囊，说妙计就装在里面，叮嘱赵子龙一定要到东吴后，才能拆看。

刘备一行乘船顺江而下，很快就到了东吴水面。风浪很大，船晃得厉害。赵子龙想等风平浪静后再看军师的妙计，刘备却说，现已进入东吴地界，危险重重，万一东吴水军袭击，想看妙计都来不及了。

赵子龙觉得刘备说得有理，就将锦囊拆开。不料一股旋风袭来，顿时巨浪滔天。赵子龙站在船头，纵然武艺高强，也因船只颠簸摔了个嘴啃船板，幸好双手抓住船帮，才没掉到水里。可诸葛亮给他的妙计，连同锦囊一起掉到风浪里，打个转就不见了。

风浪平息后，赵子龙一行人划着木船，在江面上转了好几圈，又派几个水性好的士兵到水里寻找，都不见妙计的踪影，倒是那个漂亮的绸缎袋子还挂在船底的一颗钉头上，装了一袋子的脏水。

丢失了军师的妙计，刘备不敢去娶孙权的妹妹了，他决定先回荆州。可他们正要掉转船头，就听到有人喊：“刘玄德，你走不了啦!”

一艘大船飞快地驶来，船上站着一位威风凛凛的将军，仔细一看，正是周瑜。周瑜要活捉刘备，逼他归还荆州。赵子龙带领将士拼死抵挡，才得以脱身，但刘备的左腿中了一箭，赵子龙也被周瑜的长枪刺伤了右臂。

回到荆州后，刘备一瘸一拐地走下船来。诸葛亮吃惊地问：“主公，你没有采用我的锦囊妙计?”

刘备生气地说：“妙计被风浪卷走了，锦囊还在。”他把脏兮兮的袋子扔到诸葛亮的脚下。

赵子龙捂着手臂上的伤口问：“军师，你那妙计到底是什么?”

诸葛亮捡起锦囊说：“我想让你们到了东吴后，就沿路宣传孙权是请主公来娶他妹妹的。这事闹得越大，孙权就越下不了台，你们也就越安全，主公也越有可能娶到孙权的妹妹。”

赵子龙埋怨说：“不就是几句话吗?军师为什么不预先告诉我和主公，非要神神秘秘地装到袋子里，还必须到东吴才能拆看?你害得主公差点儿丢掉性命啊!”

诸葛亮追悔莫及：“我没想到江上风浪那么大。”

此后，诸葛亮有什么妙计都当面讲清楚，再也不敢装到锦囊里故弄玄虚了。

The Christmas Tree——圣诞树的故事

Although it is generally agreed that the Christmas tree in its current form came from Germany in the early 19th century, the tradition of decorating a tree to mark winter celebrations dates back hundreds of years to Roman times, when they used to decorate evergreen trees with small pieces of metal to celebrate Saturnalia.

In medieval times the Paradise Play was performed every year on 24 December. This depicted the creation of Man and the fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and always included an evergreen hung with apples which represented the apple tree of temptation.

There is a legend that St Boniface, an English monk, came upon a group of pagans gathered around an oak tree who were preparing to sacrifice a child to the God Thor. In order to stop the sacrifice, and save the childs life, St Boniface is said to have felled the tree with one blow of his fist. Later on, a fir tree grew in place of the oak and this, St Boniface told the pagans, was the Tree of Life and represented the Christ Child.

Legend also suggests that, in the late 16th century, Martin Luther (the founder of the Protestant religion) was the first to decorate an indoor tree with candles when he attempted to recreate the stars shining over a forest of evergreens.

The first mention of decorated trees being taken indoors came in 1605 in Germany - a country with a long Christmas tree history! The trees were initially decorated with fruit and sweets together with hand made objects such as quilled snowflakes and stars. German Christmas Markets began to sell shaped gingerbreads and wax ornaments which people bought as souvenirs of the fair and took home to hang on their tree.

Tinsel was also invented in Germany in about 1610. Up until fairly recently real silver was used, which was pulled into wafer thin strips by special machines. This was durable but tarnished quickly and many experiments took place to try and find an alternative - including a mix of lead and tin, which was too heavy and kept breaking. It was only in the mid 20th century that a viable alternative was found.

Artificial trees were invented in the 1880s in a bid to try and stop some of the damage being caused to real trees due to people lopping the tip off large trees, thus preventing the trees from growing any further. It got so bad in Germany that laws had to be brought in to prevent people having more than one tree.

Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, is credited with being responsible for introducing the custom of the Christmas tree to the British public by decorating the first English Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in 1841 using candles, sweets, fruit and gingerbread.

The popularity of the Christmas tree grew in Britain during the first half of the 20th century, with trees becoming bigger and more elaborately decorated with bells, baubles and tinsel. However, the onset of the Second World War resulted in a ban on cutting down trees for decoration and people resorted to having small, artificial tabletop trees bearing home made decorations. These were often taken down into the air raid shelters when the sirens sounded to provide a bit of Christmas cheer!

This all changed following the war, and large trees were erected in many public places to celebrate Christmas. The most famous of these is the tree in Trafalgar Square, London which is an annual gift from the Norwegian government to give thanks for the help they received from Britain during the war.

[关于圣诞树的故事的英语作文

明朝万历年间，绍兴城里新开了一家点心店，徐文长常常光顾。一次，店主央求他给写一块招牌，徐文长一挥而就，并嘱咐店主不得改动。谁知招牌一挂出来，立刻门庭若市，原来大名鼎鼎的徐文长竟然把“心”字中心的一点没有写，绍兴城的人都来看热闹，点心店的生意也就格外兴隆。

可是名声卖出去以后，店主就开始偷工减料，点心的质量每况愈下，生意也就渐渐不景气了。一天，一个顾客对店主说：“‘心’缺一点还叫‘心’吗？难怪生意不好！”店主于是用黑漆在“心”中间补了一点，可生意却并未好转，反而更加萧条了，店主摸不透个中奥妙，来请教徐文长。

徐文长说：“‘心’无一点，引人注目，又使人有空腹的感觉，来吃点心的人就多。加上一点，变成了个实心肚子，谁还要来吃？做生意不可过分贪心。现在你把‘心’上那个黑点改成红的，生意还会兴隆。

店主恍然大悟，照办了，果然灵验。

【范文】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.

【翻译】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。

读了《你不可不知的中国名人故事》这本书后，我印象最深刻的就是第一章——领袖人物。

在这一章里，我认识了治水英雄——大禹，故事里说的是在治水时期，大禹为了完成治水重任,娶妻涂山女四天便离开家,在外13年,没有回过一次家。“三过家门而不入”已成为千古流传的佳话,这体现了大禹为民造福的可敬形象。《大禹治水》这个故事还告诉我们：早在上古时代，人们就已经认识到了水的特性，了解了洪水泛滥的规律，并用原始工具战胜了洪水。在书中，我还认识了中国历史上唯一的女皇——武则天，武则天是中国历史上第一位女皇也是一位有才能的君主，她赏罚分明、唯才是举，又能广开言路，善于纳谏。国家在武则天主政期间，政策稳当、兵略妥善、文化复兴、百姓富裕，故有“贞观遗风”的美誉，为其孙唐玄宗的开元之治打下了长治久安的基础，武则天对中国历史做出过了巨大的贡献,我非常敬佩武则天。同时，我还从书中认识了一位少年天子——康熙，康熙皇帝是中国历史上一位很有才华的天子，他八岁就登上了皇位，少年时就挫败了权臣鳌拜，成年后先后取得了对三藩、明郑、准噶尔的战争胜利，在位六十年，真是太令人震惊了！

听了我的述说，你们应该对这些历史人物有些了解了吧！当然，还有许许多多的历史人物需要我们从书中去拜读。我们需要学习这些人物身上坚忍不拔、勤奋努力等等可贵的精神。在生活中，我们也要不断学习、不断完善自己，发扬团队精神和乐于助人的精神，把好的一面发扬光大，这样我们的班级、我们的学校、我们的社会就会变得更加美好！

WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY

The secret of success (The key to success) is not so much money as a strong will. A great man is one who has a strong will and an indomitable spirit. In other words, if a man does not have a strong will to win (get) the final victory, he will never succeed in his life. He is no more than a failure.

It is quite obvious that there is no difficult thing (nothing difficult) in the world. if you make up your mind to do it, you will certainly accomplish your end. That stands to reason.

秦朝时，万杞良在新婚之夜被征去服徭役筑长城。妻子孟姜女依依不舍，悲伤万分。看着丈夫万杞良被几个官吏强拉因拽出屋外，在夜幕中消失了，放声大哭着：

"新婚之夜夫别离，

残风传来孤雁啼，

烛花悲怆泣曳移，

凉月雪映床半席。

可恨啊!......"

转眼间到了十一月，秋风呼啸，天气变凉。孟姜女想到远在北方筑长城的丈夫万杞良还穿着单衣薄衫，心中万分着急。于是打定主意要去给丈夫送寒衣。她翻过几十座高山，渡过几十条大河。昼行夜宿，走了几天几夜，历经千辛万苦才来到了长城附近。看到好多人在服徭役：有人在不停地搬运土石;有人手握铁钎开凿打槽;有人用青石堆砌城墙;还有几个人手持鞭子双目圆睁，虎视眈眈。......。孟姜女在人群中左找右寻走遍了长城附近，丝毫不见丈夫万杞良的踪影，心中焦急如焚。向服徭役的逐人打听，他们有的摇头;有的摆手都说不知道万杞良的下落。孟姜女万般绝望，就坐在长城附近放声大哭：

"秋风飕飕天气凉，

孟姜孤寂独守房。

昼望云天思杞良，

晚伴豆灯恨夜长。

心忧衣单夫着凉，

不分昼夜织衣忙。

千针万线请深藏，

但愿衣暖把寒防。

谁知一切白恓惶，

送衣不见我夫郎。

郎啊郎!我的郎!

心上人儿万杞良!

怨!怨!怨!恨!恨!恨!

怨恨全是这筑城墙!"

"轰--"城墙倒塌了一截。露出丈夫万杞良的尸体。孟姜女想：活着夫妻不能相随，死后魂魄也要伴陪。猛然跃起一头撞向城墙残壁，立马倒在丈夫万杞良尸体旁，在没有站起来。

This is the palace museum; also know as the Purple Forbidden City. It is the largest and most well reserved imperial residence in China today. Beijing Forbidden City is the head of the worlds top five palace. The Forbidden City was built begin in 1406 and it took 14 years to built it. The first ruler who actually lived here was Ming Emperor Zhudi. North to south is 961 meters, and 753 meters from east to west. And the area of about 725,000 square meters. The Imperial Palace has 8704 rooms. In 1987 the Forbidden City was recognized a world cultural legacy. [这是故宫博物院，也被称为紫禁城。它是北京现在最大、保存最完好的宫殿。北京故宫是世界五大宫殿之首。紫禁城建于1906年，历时14年建造完成。第一个明朝统治者朱棣便住在这里。故宫南北长961米，东西宽753米，建地面积725,000平方米。宫殿共有8704个房间。在1987年紫禁城成为世界文化遗产。

Forbidden City building Classified as "outside in" and "inner court" two parts. 太和palace中和palace and保和palace are the center of the outside in, Where the emperor would hold meeting and exercise of power. 乾清palace、交泰palace、坤宁palace are center of Inner court . Feudal emperors and princess lived here.

故宫的建筑分为“外朝”与“内廷”两大部分. 外朝以太和殿、中和殿、保和殿三大殿为中心，是皇帝举行朝会和行使权力的地方。内廷以乾清宫、交泰殿、坤宁宫后三宫为中心是封建帝王与后妃居住之所。

The red and yellow used on the palace walls and roofs are symbolic. Red represents happiness, good fortune and wealth. Yellow is the color of the earth on the Loess Plateau, the original home of the Chinese people. Yellow became an imperial color during the Tang dynasty, when only members of the royal family were allowed to wear it and use it in their architecture. Dragon, lion and other animals are a symbol of good fortune and dignity. The pine trees and cypress saipris trees and the pavilions make people feel beautiful and quiet.

红色和黄色作为宫殿墙壁主色调是一种象征。红色代表快乐、好运气、和财

富。黄色是中国人的起源地黄土高原大地的颜色。在唐朝黄色成为了代表帝王的颜色，仅有少数人可以穿它，并且也将黄色用于建筑。龙凤、狮子等动物象征这吉祥和威严。这些松树，柏树，还有小亭子给人以幽美恬静的感觉。

The Forbidden City had three large-scale maintenance. The first time was in 1949 when New China has founded. This maintenance fundamentally changed the old society, and show a magnificent scale.

The second time is in 1973, people has protected the palace professional.

The third time is since 2002, continued in 2020, the palace is re-repiring, and "Open areas" will increase from the current 30% to 70%.

紫禁城总共进行了三次大规模的维修。第一次是在1949年新中国成立的时候。这次维修从根本上改变了宫殿的旧社会形态，展现了宏伟壮观的规模。 第二次是在1973年，人们对它进行了更多专业的保护。

第三次从2002年将一直持续到2020年。将使宫殿的开放区从30%增加到70%。

There are four entrances into the city. The Meridian Gate to the south, the Shenwu Gate (Gate of Military Prowess) to the north, the Donghua to the east, and the Xihua Gate to the west.

故宫有四个大门，南门为午门，北门为神武门，东门为东华门，西门为西华门。

午门：the shape of the gate is the most high-level form. Wumen gate where the emperor ordered the expedition, and few people can walk through this gate.

午门的形状是最高级别的形式。午门是皇帝下令出征的地方，仅有很少一部分人可以通过这个门。

神武门：Shenwumen is a daily access gate. Now this gate is the main entrance. 神武门是日常出入的门。现在是故宫的正门。

Inside the 太和gate, there are太和palace、中和palace、and保和palace. These three palace are the maintain architecture of the palace museum. Their height of different shapes, and different roof forms, these seem rich and diverse.

位于太和门内, 是太和殿、中和殿、保和殿，这是故宫的三大主要建筑，它们高矮造型不同，屋顶形式也不同，显得丰富多样。

太和殿：This is the most grandeur. And this temple area is the largest one of various in Forbidden City. This temple is the place where the emperor held a major ceremony, like the emperor ascended the throne, birthdays, weddings, New Years Day.

太和殿是最富丽堂皇的建筑，建地面积是紫禁城中宫殿最大的。太和殿是皇帝举行重大典礼的地方，比如：皇帝即位、生日、婚礼、元旦等。

中和殿：zhonghedian is located the back of the taihe temple. Where the emperor to take a break before the ceremony and do a pre-exercise。

中和殿在太和殿的后面，是皇帝去太和殿举行大典前稍事休息和演习礼仪的地方。

保和殿：Baohe temple is a place where the annual New Years Eve kings and emperors entertain the other kings and is also the place where examinations held and successful candidates.

保和殿是每年除夕皇帝赐宴的场所。保和殿也是科举考试举行殿试的地

方。

御花园：There are many pine trees and cypress trees, besides some other precious trees, some rockery, and pavilions. The 万春 pavilion and 千秋pavilion are the preservation of the most beautiful and ancient-style.

御花园里面栽种了很多松柏，和一些珍贵的树种，还有一些假山和小亭子。其中万春亭和千秋亭是目前保存的古亭中最为华丽的。

乾清宫：Palace of Heavenly Purity in the Forbidden City in top court. T here is a throne in the middle of the temple. There are "aboveboard" plaque, two sides of the this court are the places where emperor reading and sleeping. The south of the court is a room that the son of emperor can reading and studying.

乾清宫在在故宫内庭最前面，殿的正中有宝座，内有“正大光明”匾。乾清宫的两头是皇帝读书、就寝之地。厅的南面是皇子读书学习的地方。

坤宁宫：kunning gong in the last surface of the Forbidden City in chambers. Kunning Gong is the Queens chambers in the Ming Dynasty. And then it turns to be a ritual place. 坤宁宫坤宁宫在故宫“内庭”最后面，坤宁宫是明朝皇后寝宫，清代改为祭神场所。

交泰殿：This temple in the Palace of Heavenly Purity and between Kunning Gong. The temple is the Queens Birthday Celebration birthday activities.

交泰殿在乾清宫和坤宁宫之间该殿是皇后生日举办寿庆活动的地方。

东西六宫：There are 6 temples in the east and west. Ming and Qing imperial concubines used to live.

东西六宫是明清时期嫔妃居住的地方。

It is believed that the Palace Museum, or Zi Jin Cheng (Purple Forbidden City), got its name from astronomy folklore, The ancient astronomers divided the constellations into groups and centered them around the Ziwei Yuan (North Star) . The constellation containing the North Star was called the Constellation of Heavenly God and star itself was called the purple palace. Because the emperor was supposedly the son of the heavenly gods, his central and dominant position would be further highlighted the use of the word purple in the name of his residence. In folklore, the term ―an eastern purple cloud is drifting‖ became a metaphor for auspicious events after a purple cloud was seen drifting eastward immediately before the arrival of an ancient philosopher, LaoZi, to the Hanghu Pass. Here, purple is associated with auspicious developments. The word jin (forbidden) is self-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-limits to ordinary people.

The Forbidden City is rectangular in shape. It is 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meter wide from east west. It has 9,900 rooms under a total roof area 150,000 square meters. A 52-meter-wide-moat encircles a 9. 9-meter—high wall which encloses the complex. Octagon —shaped turrets rest on the four corners of the wall. There are four entrances into the city: the Meridian Gate to the south, the Shenwu Gate (Gate of Military Prowess) to the north, and the Xihua Gate (Gate of military Prowess) to the north, and the Xihua Gate (Western Flowery Gate ) to the west, the Donghua (Eastern Flowery Gate) to the east.

Manpower and materials throughout the country were used to build the Forbidden City. A total of 230,000 artisans and one million laborers were employed. Marble was quarried from fangshan Country Mount Pan in Jixian County in Hebei Province. Granite was quarried in Quyang County in Hebei Province. Paving blocks were fired in kilns in Suzhou in southern China. Bricks and scarlet pigmentation used on the palatial walls came from linqing in Shandong Province. Timber was cut, processed and hauled from the northwestern and southern regions.

As is well known to us all,China is one of four ancient and civilizational countries in the world. In fact ,It has a more long history than we have ever known. Because of this, many ancient architectures and all sorts of historical books are often found in different places in china . In china ,Its easier for you to find a person than you can in any countries.that is,China has the largest number of population on the Earth,which,however,also puts great burden on our country.

There are fifty-six peoples in our country.We get along well with each other and often disasters can draw us more together. besides, chinese food is very famous for its good tast and nutrition. many people in other countries are fond of it and try their best to cook it.Every year,plenty of foreigners from different countries come china to have a sightseeing.here you can look around lots of places of interest.

I really hope our country will become more and more flourishing and pople will live a happier and happier life. Im a chinese man and I am proud of being born in china.

众所周知，中国是世界上四大文明古国之一。事实上，它的历史远比我们所知道的要长久。因为它的长久性，在中国很多地方你可以发现古代建筑和历史书籍。在中国你找一个人要比你在其他任何国家找人都容易，也就是说，中国是世界上人口最多的国家。可是这个状况也给咱们国家带来了很大的负担。

我们国家有56个民族。我们彼此和睦，灾难常常让我们更加团结。除此以外，中国菜因为它的美味和营养而著名。世界上很多人都喜欢中国菜，并且尽力学着做它。每年，大批来自世界各地的外国人来中国旅游。到这你能欣赏到很多风景名胜。

我真的希望我们国家会变得越来越繁荣，人民过上越来越幸福的生活。我是一个中国人，我以出生在中国而感到骄傲。

In the Song Dynasty (宋朝) there was a joker called Sun Shan (孙山).

宋朝有一个很幽默的人，他叫孙山。

One year he went to take the imperial examination, and came bottom of the list of successfulcandidates.

有一年他去参加考试，公布名单时他是最后一名。

Back in his hometown, one of his neighbor asked him whether the neighbors son had also passed.

回到家，他的邻居向他打听自己的儿子考得怎么样。

Sun Shan said, with a smile:"Sun Shan was the last on the list. Your son came after Sun Shan."

孙山笑着对邻居说：“孙山考了最后一名，你儿子的名字还在孙山的后面呢。”

The people used this idiom to indicate failing in an examination or competition.

人们用“名落孙山”来比喻考试没有考上或者选拔没有被录取。