用英语讲好中国故事的英语作文精彩20篇

曹冲称象的典故：

有一次，吴国孙权送给曹操一只大象，曹操十分高兴。大象运到许昌那天，曹操带领文武百官和小儿子曹冲，一同去看。

曹操的人都没有见过大象。这大象又高又大，光说腿就有大殿的柱子那么粗，人走近去比一比，还够不到它的肚子。

曹操对大家说：“这只大象真是大，可是到底有多重呢?你们哪个有办法称它一称?” 嘿!这么大个家伙，可怎么称呢!大臣们都纷纷议论开了。

一个说：“只有造一杆顶大顶大的秤来称。”

而另一个说：“这可要造多大的一杆秤呀!再说，大象是活的，也没办法称呀!我看只有把它宰了，切成块儿称。”

他的话刚说完，所有的人都哈哈大笑起来。有人说：“你这个办法可不行啊，为了称称重量，就把大象活活地宰了，不可惜吗?”

大臣们想了许多办法，一个个都行不通。可真叫人为难呀。

这时，从人群里走出一个小孩，对曹操说：“爸爸，我有个法儿，可以称大象。”

曹操一看，正是他最心爱的儿子曹冲，就笑着说：“你小小年纪，有什么法子?你倒说说，看有没有道理。”

曹冲趴在曹操耳边，叽叽喳喳讲了起来。曹操一听连连叫好，吩咐左右立刻准备称象，然后对大臣们说：“走!咱们到河边看称象去!”

众大臣跟随曹操来到河边。河里停着一只大船，曹冲叫人把象牵到船上，等船身稳定了，在船舷上齐水面的地方，刻了一条道道。再叫人把象牵到岸上来，把大大小小的石头，一块一块地往船上装，船身就一点儿一点儿往下沉。等船身沉到刚才刻的那条道道和水面一样齐了，曹冲就叫人停止装石头。

大臣们睁大了眼睛，起先还摸不清是怎么回事，看到这里不由得连声称赞：“好办法!好办法!”现在谁都明白，只要把船里的石头都称一下，把重量加起来，就知道象有多重了。

曹操自然更加高兴了。他眯起眼睛看着儿子，又得意洋洋地望望大臣们，好像心里在说：“你们还不如我的这个小儿子聪明呢!”

中国女排后起之秀当中，最出名的就是朱婷、袁心玥，身高2米的袁心玥被球迷们亲切的称为“小苹果”。袁心玥高点快球和高点拦网威慑力超强，不过中俄生死战郎平并未令其首发，打乱了俄罗斯赛前部署，并且给自己留一张底牌、一个秘密武器。

郎家军连赢两局之后，头号重炮朱婷体力有所下降，俄罗斯队在科舍洛娃、冈察洛娃、谢尔班三叉戟带领下背水一战扳回一局。第四局中国队一直被对手压制，8-11落后局面岌岌可危，一旦被对手拖入决胜局，就将陷入被动。

这个时候，郎平想到了袁心玥，这位绰号小 赵蕊蕊的副攻天才不辱使命，一上来就是一个漂亮的背飞钉地板!尽管袁心玥本届世界杯发球没发挥出来，但大赛气质决定了她越到关键时刻，越敢于下手，两次发球直接得分，帮助郎家军将比分追成12平!挽狂澜于既倒!

这个时候双方球员都极为紧张，中俄无论谁输掉，谁就提前失去了冲冠希望， 刘晓彤就在机会球手软，重扣变成了轻打，导致中国队15-17重新陷入被动。而袁心玥凸显大心脏，短平快命中，紧接着她的拦网直接摁到科舍洛娃的头上，将比分追成了17平!令俄罗斯头号重炮出洋相蒙羞，也极大提升了郎家军士气!

不甘心的俄罗斯19-17再度领先，袁心玥反击快球打长线，球落在后排空当，俄罗斯队目瞪口呆!而随后，袁心玥的近体快又将比分追成20平!最后白热化的比拼，袁心玥发球轮接连破坏俄罗斯一传，中国队奇迹般连得5分，25-20拿下!

袁心玥第四局中段才临危受命，等于只打了半局球，却收获了7分，得分效率比任何人都高!袁心玥5次扣球4次得分，1次被防起，没有任何失误，扣球命中率80%!3次拦网1次得分，两次形成阻挡，没有1次失误!8次发球2次直接名人故事：中国女排袁心玥比肩84年神迹CE球，6次破攻，没有1次失误!2次救球1次成功，1次一般，仍然没有1次失误!换句话说，袁心玥本场比赛竟然没有出现任何错误!

1984年洛杉矶奥运会，袁伟民换上侯玉珠，她出其不意的怪异发球，帮助中国队拿下关键分，赢得了金牌。而较之31年前的经典一幕，袁心玥表现更为疯狂，她发扣拦全面爆发贡献7分，让女排比分紧咬起势的俄罗斯。20平之后凭借她的发球轮，搞得俄罗斯一传兵荒马乱，从而带领中国队笑到最后

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。

A great and wise man once called one of his workmen to him saying, "Go into the far country and build for me a house. The decisions of planning and of actual construction will be yours, but remember, I shall come to accept your work for a very special friend of mine."

And so the workman departed with a light heart for his field of labor. Material of all kinds was plentiful here, but the workman had a mind of his own. "Surely," he thought, "I know my business. I can use a bit of inferior materials here and cheat on my workmanship a little there, and still make the finished work look good. Only I will know that what I have built has weaknesses."

And so, at last the work was completed and the workman reported back to the great and wise man. "Very good," he said. "Now remember that I wanted you to use only the finest materials and craftsmanship in this house because I wanted to make present of it——My friend, you are the one I had you build it for. It is all yours."

How much like man. He comes to earth a stranger. He has his free agency. He may build as he likes. But on the morning of his resurrection he will receive what he has built for an eternal home and habitation.

康有为曾是炒房高手

中国传统文人，通常羞言金钱，以“铜臭味”鄙视之。故不少优秀的文人墨客，都不事生产，不谙经营之道。但也有例外，既才华横溢，文思敏捷，又具备超人的经济头脑，懂得理财。康有为就是其中的一位佼佼者，他对房地产有着敏锐的判断力，好几次牛刀小试，便获利不菲。其点子之准，下手之稳，就算现在的炒房高手，也自愧不如。

康有为流亡海外多年，其间得到了许多爱国华侨的慷慨资助，这是他得以周游列国的重要经济保障。但他也运用自己的聪明才智赚了不少钱，特别是在房地产上屡有斩获。

比如1906年春节期间，他访问墨西哥，受到当地隆重接待。当时墨西哥城正在筹款修筑有轨电车，他敏锐地意识到电车轨道经过的地方，必将成为人气旺盛的商业圈，地价必定随之飙升，这是一个十分难得的赚钱的机会，便大量购置电车轨道经过之处的地产。没过多少日子，这些地价果然上扬了好几倍，他轻轻松松获得了10多万银元的赢利。

应该说梁启超也是赚钱的好手，早在1898年就以“保皇会”的名义，用入股的方式向海外华侨集资，在上海创办“广智书局”和“新民丛报社”。他凭借自己的知识资源，占有三分之一的股份，一年收益上万银元。当时康有为因逃避清政府追杀而避居印度吉大岭，经济陷于窘境，他得知后马上汇出1800银元，资助康有为。

有道是“此一时，彼一时”，当康有为在墨西哥的房地产上狠赚了一笔之时，梁启超的“广智书局”却陷入亏损的窘境，康有为得知后马上写信询问梁启超需要多少钱?梁启超回信说：“每年费用3000银元。”康有为立即汇出5000银元：给梁启超本人3000银元，给梁启超在澳门的家属1000银元，给梁启超的兄弟学费1000银元。出手之阔绰，堪与当今那些房地产老板媲美。“康梁”在政治上结为同盟早已美名远扬，在经济上互相施以援手，也传为佳话。

康有为晚年经济状况非常富裕。1913年康有为55岁那年结束流亡生涯回国，广东政府发还了被清朝政府抄没的康氏家产，并加发官产作为对康有为流亡15年的赔偿。资本贵在积累与增长，康有为非常清楚这一点，通过炒房地产来获利，依然是他的拿手好戏。他于1914年6月定居上海，租赁上海新闸路16号辛家花园，每月租金120银元，一住8年。这期间他看到上海房地产的升值潜力巨大，便马上变卖了广东的房产，在上海买入地皮。没过多久，上海的地皮飞涨，康有为又大赚了一笔。接着他又投资交通干线附近的房产，同样获利颇丰。

1921年，康有为在愚园路自购地皮10亩，建造了一座中西合璧的花园住宅，取名“游存庐”，十分豪华。晚年时他还在别处修建、购买了3座别墅，分别为杭州西湖的“一天园”、上海杨树浦的“莹园”和青岛的“天游园”。“一天园”占地30余亩，历时4年才建成。“莹园”建成后转让给别人，属于短线投资项目。青岛的“天游园”原来是总督楼，康有为购买后加以改扩建，他的生命最后终结于此。

暑假里，妈妈给我买了几本书，有《爱的教育》，《贝丝的快乐农场》，《父亲的城》，其中还有我最爱看的《中国成语故事》。

虽然，书还没看完，但是从已经看过的故事中让我明白了许多道理；如；“半途而废中”的乐羊子，在贤惠妻子的劝告下，做到了路不拾遗，明白了一块布要一寸一寸，一尺一尺才能织起来，如果剪断，那从前的时间就白白浪费了，读书学习也是这样，需要日积月累，才能成功，如果半途而废，和剪断这块布有何不同呢。而我有时候就听不进老师和爸妈的劝告，没有耐心，养成了许多坏习惯，常常受到老师和爸妈的批评。

还有，“程门立雪”中的杨时，为了继续求学，放弃做官，千里迢迢冒着大雪去拜访老师，正巧遇到老师在睡觉，他就恭恭敬敬的站在门外等候，直到老师醒来，但他已成了雪人。杨时这种对老师的尊敬和热爱学习的精神是值得我学习的，和他相比我是那么的渺小。

看看我，经常坐在宽敞明亮的教室里，老师在讲课，而我在东张西望，做小动作，不认真听，既对老师不尊敬，又没学到知识。最后还得受老师和家长批评；夏天，爸妈怕我学习热，于是就把空调打开，而我却在里面玩，想想真是太不应该了。

看这本书，同时也让我领略到了“曹冲称象”里的曹冲的机智；“愚公移山”里的愚公的恒心……这些都是我们中国五千年文明的智慧结晶，是中华民族语言的瑰宝，更是我们青少年学习的榜样。

Table Manners

The main difference between Chinese and western eating habits is that unlike the West, where everyone has their own plate of food, in China the dishes are placed on the table and everybody shares. If you are being treated by a Chinese host, be prepared for a ton of food. Chinese are very proud of their culture of cuisine and will do their best to show their hospitality.

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.

Eating No-nos

Dont stick your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl.Instead,lay them on your dish. The reason for this is that when somebody dies,the shrine to them contains a bowl of sand or rice with two sticks of incense stuck upright in it. So if you stick your chopsticks in the rice bowl, it looks like this shrine and is equivalent to wishing death upon a person at the table!

Make sure the spout of the teapot is not facing anyone. It is impolite to set the teapot down where the spout is facing towards somebody. The spout should always be directed to where nobody is sitting, usually just outward from the table.

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.

在一个美丽的大森林里，住着一只可爱的小松鼠，它在这儿生活的很幸福。直到有一天，伐木工人把森林里的树都砍了，小松鼠没有了家，就不再可爱，变得十分怪癖，人们都不敢和它接近。

小松鼠的诉说一天，族长召集大伙儿来开会，想想如何让松鼠变回原来的样子。有个猎人自告奋勇地说：“我用**去把松鼠给打了吧!”族长摇摇头，说：“不行，我们不能伤害松鼠，也不能让松鼠伤害我们!”“对，族长说得对!”大伙儿个个拍手叫好。一个驯兽师走出来，说：“让我来训练小松鼠吧!”族长同意了，就让他带几个人去。

驯兽师小心翼翼地走进已经没有树的那片原野。忽然，前面窜出来一只小松鼠，它怒视着驯兽师，眼睛瞪得通红。驯兽师深吸一口气，说：“别害怕，我不会伤害你。我只想和你谈谈。”“你想谈什么?”小松鼠冷冷地说。“我只想问你为什么会变得那么凶狠?”“都是因为你们这些人类，把我的家园给毁了的，现在，我没了家，你让我住哪?这一切都是你们人类害的!”小松鼠说着说着就流下了眼泪。驯兽师听了，说：“我回去和族长说，我们来帮你植树造林，让你拥有一个家。”小松鼠很感动，对驯兽师谢了又谢。

自从驯兽师帮小松鼠造家后，小松鼠又有了幸福的生活，它又回到了原来的那个可爱的样子了。

One day,a little monkey is playing by the well.

He looks in the well and shouts,“Oh!My god!The moon has fallen into the well!”

An older monkeys runs over, takes a look,and says,“Goodness me!The moon is really in the water!”

And olderly monkey comes over.He is very surprised as well and cries out,“The moon is in the well.”

A group of monkeys run over to the well.

They look at the moon in the well and shout:“The moon did fall into the well!Come on!Letget it out!”

Then,the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down,with his feet on the branch.And he pulls the next monkeys feet with his hands.

All the other monkeys follow his suit.And they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well.

Just before they reach the moon,the oldest monkey raises his head and happens to see the moon in the sky.

He yells excitedly “Dont be so foolish!The moon is still in the sky!”

一天，有只小猴子在井边玩儿。

它往井里一瞧，高喊道：“噢!我的天!月亮掉到井里头啦!”

一只大猴子跑来一看，说，“糟啦!月亮掉在井里头啦!”

老猴子也跑过来。他也非常惊奇，喊道：“糟了，月亮掉在井里头了!”

一群猴子跑到井边来。

他们看到井里的月亮，喊道：“月亮掉在井里头啦!快来!让我们把它捞起来!”

然后，老猴子倒挂在大树上，拉住大猴子的脚。

其他的猴子一个个跟着，它们一只连着一只直到井里。

正好他们摸到月亮的时候，老猴子抬头发现月亮挂在天上呢。

它兴奋地大叫：“别蠢了!月亮还好好地挂在天上呢!”

In the past twenty years, China has faced three American presidents, but till coming to Yale today, I never realized that China really just faced one university. Although, through these three presidents, I understand that the quality of Yale graduates is not so even.

在过去的二十年中，中国一直在跟美国的三任总统，但是今天到了耶鲁，我从来没有意识到，中国真的面临一个大学。虽然，透过这三位总统，我的理解是，耶鲁大学的毕业生的质量甚至是不。

Let me begin my main subject and let me give it a title, called “My Story and the Chinese Dream Behind It”. I want to talk about five particular years. The first is 1968. That year I was born. But it was also a chaotic year for the world. In France, there was this huge street disturbance, and in America, too. Then President Kennedy was assassinated. However, I really did not cause all of these! But that year what we remember more was the assassination of Mr. Martin Luther King. Although he fell that year, his words “I have a dream” stood up, not only stood up in America, but across the whole world.

让我开始我的主题，让我给它一个名称，叫《我的故事以及背后的中国梦”。我想谈五年份。第一个是1968。那年我出世。但它也是一个混乱的一年中为世界。在法国，有巨大的街头的骚乱，在美国，太。然后美国的总统甘乃迪遇刺。然而，我真的没有造成所有这些!但是那一年我们更应该记住的是马丁先生路德金遇刺。虽然那一年他倒下了，他说“我有一个梦想”的站了起来，不仅在美国，而且在全世界。

But sadly, not only for me, but for almost all Chinese, we did not know such a dream. It was hard to describe each Chinese as having his or her own dream. China and America were so far apart, no less far apart than the Moon and the Earth. But I didn’t care about any of that. All I cared about was could I have a full meal. Clearly, I was born at a very inconvenient time, not only for China, but even for the world, there were problems.

但可悲的是，不仅是我，但几乎所有的中国人，我们不知道这样一个梦想。很难描述每一个中国人拥有自己的梦想。中国和美国是到目前为止分开，没有比月球与地球相距远不如。但我不在乎那些。我关心的是我能吃上一顿饱饭。显然，我是出世在不方便的时间，不仅对中国，而且对世界，有问题。

In my opinion the problem of the high schoolers＇ hair style has been overemphasized. So far as I know, this problem has been existing for quite a long time and possibly in our country alone. High school students are supposed to study hard, but it seems that few care what they really want. I just graduated from high school this year. While in high school I didn＇t care much about my hair style, but whenever the school checked to see if we had had our hair cut I always felt a little annoyed. If anyone forgot to have his hair cut to the required standard, he was sure to be reprimanded or even punished. I hope our high school can show a greater interest in helping students cultivate their minds than in picking holes in their hair. Once in a while our society seems to be interested in this problem too, but it is a pity that the students＇ own view in this matter is rarely consulted. That is why students often quarrel with their teachers, and this mutual misunderstanding is often detrimental to the students themselves. Most high school students do not really care what their hair style is; what they beef about is perhaps the constant check on their hair length. Why doesn＇t the Ministry of Education release high school students from this particular pressure? No wonder more and more youngsters in school are inclined to commit offenses. It is time to try and keep our educational house in order.

When autumn came, all the water in the large and small rivers rose higher and flowed into the Yellow River. The surface of the River at once appeared much wider. On one side of the bank, one couldnt see the cattle and sheep on the opposite side. The River deity Hebo was therefore immensely proud and considered himself the greatest in the world.

一到秋天，大河、小河里的水都涨了起来，流入黄河，河面顿时显得非常宽广。在河岸的这边，一眼望不见对岸的牛羊。黄河的河伯因此得意洋洋，自以为是天下最伟大的了。

Hebo followed the Yellow River to the North Sea. Looking to the east, he could not see the bounds of the sea. Then he looked at himself and felt he was so tiny and insignificant. He sighed and said to Hairuo, the deity of the North Sea:

河伯顺着黄河来到了北海，朝东一望，望不见海的尽头;再看看自己才觉得自己很渺小。他叹了口气，对北海之神海若说:

"As the saying goes, a person who has gained a little learning tends to regard himself as the wisest person under the sky. I am just that kind of person. Seeing how broad and great you are today, I have come to realize how insignificant and ignorant I am. If I didnt meet you, Im afraid I would always be laughed at by people with knowledge."

“俗话说得好，有了一点学问，就以为老子天下第一。我就是这种人。今天，我看到你这样宽广、这样伟大，才发觉自己如此渺小、如此无知。如果今天没遇见你，我恐怕永远会被有见识的人所讥笑。”

Hairuo said:

海若说:

"We cannot talk about the sea with a frog at the bottom of a well, for the frog is restricted by its dwelling place; we cannot talk about ice with a small insect of summer, for the insect is restricted by the seasons; we cannot talk about profound learning with superficial persons, for they have too little knowledge. Now you have come out of a small river to the North Sea, seen the greatness of it and realized your own insignificance. Since you have taken such a modest attitude, I can then talk with you about profound learning."

“我们不能同井底的青蛙谈海，是因为青蛙受到住处的限制;不能同夏天的小虫谈冰，是因为小虫受到季节的限制;不能同浅薄的人谈论高深的学问，是因为他们的知识太少。现在，你走出小河，来到北海，看到海的伟大，知道了自己的渺小。有了这种谦虚的态度，我就可以和你谈论高深的学问了。”

In 1882 a baby girl caught a fever that was so fierce she nearly died. She survived but the fever left its mark she could no longer see or hear. Because she could not hear she also found it very difficult to speak.

1882年，一名女婴因高发烧差点丧命。她虽幸免于难，但发烧给她留下了后遗症 她再也看不见、听不见。因为听不见，她想讲话也变得很困难。

So how did this child, blinded and deafened at 19 months old, grow up to become a world-famous author and public speaker?

那么这样一个在19个月时就既盲又聋的孩子，是如何成长为享誉世界的作家和演说家的呢？

The fever cut her off from the outside world, depriving her of sight and sound. It was as if she had been thrown into a dark prison cell from which there could be no release.

高烧将她与外界隔开，使她失去了视力和声音。她仿佛置身在黑暗的牢笼中无法摆脱。

Luckily Helen was not someone who gave up easily. Soon she began to explore the world by using her other senses. She followed her mother wherever she went, hanging onto her skirts, She touched and smelled everything she came across. She copied their actions and was soon able to do certain jobs herself, like milking the cows or kneading dough, She even learnt to recognize people by feeling their faces or their clothes. She could also tell where she was in the garden by the smell of the different plants and the feel of the ground under her feet.

万幸的是海伦并不是个轻易认输的人。不久她就开始利用其它的感官来探查这个世界了。她跟着母亲，拉着母亲的衣角，形影不离。她去触摸，去嗅各种她碰到的物品。她模仿别人的动作且很快就能自己做一些事情，例如挤牛奶或揉面。她甚至学会*摸别人的脸或衣服来识别对方。她还能*闻不同的植物和触摸地面来辨别自己在花园的位置。

By the age of seven she had invented over 60 different signs by which she could talk to her family, If she wanted bread for example, she would pretend to cut a loaf and butter the slices. If she wanted ice cream she wrapped her arms around herself and pretended to shiver.

七岁的时候她发明了60多种不同的手势，*此得以和家里人交流。比如她若想要面包，就会做出切面包和涂黄油的动作。想要冰淇淋时她会用手裹住自己装出发抖的样子。

Helen was unusual in that she was extremely intelligent and also remarkably sensitive. By her own efforts she had managed to make some sense of an alien and confusing world. But even so she had limitations.

海伦在这方面非比一般，她绝顶的聪明又相当敏感。通过努力她对这个陌生且迷惑的世界有了一些知识。但她仍有一些有足。

At the age of five Helen began to realize she was different from other people. She noticed that her family did not use signs like she did but talked with their mouths. Sometimes she stood between two people and touched their lips. She could not understand what they said and she could not make any meaningful sounds herself. She wanted to talk but no matter how she tried she could not make herself understood. This make her so angry that she used to hurl herself around the room, kicking and screaming in frustration.   海伦五岁时开始意识到她与别人不同。她发现家里的其他人不用象她那样做手势而是用嘴交谈。有时她站在两人中间触摸他们的嘴唇。她不知道他们在说什么，而她自己不能发出带有含义的声音。她想讲话，可无论费多大的劲儿也无法使别人明白自己。这使她异常懊恼以至于常常在屋子里乱跑乱撞，灰心地又踢又喊。

As she got older her frustration grew and her rages became worse and worse. She became wild and unruly . If she didnt get what she wanted she would throw tantrums until her family gave in. Her favourite tricks included grabbing other peoples food from their plates and hurling fragile objects to the floor. Once she even managed to lock her mother into the pantry. Eventually it became clear that something had to be done. So, just before her seventh birthday, the family hired a private tutor Anne Sullivan.

随着年龄的增长她的怒气越为越大。她变得狂野不驯。倘若她得不到想要的东西就会大发脾气直到家人顺从。她惯用的手段包括抓别人盘里的食物以及将易碎的东西猛扔在地。有一次她甚至将母亲锁在厨房里。这样一来就得想个办法了。于是，在她快到七岁生日时，家里便雇了一名家庭教师 安尼沙利文。

Anne was careful to teach Helen especially those subjects in which she was interested. As a result Helen became gentler and she soon learnt to read and write in Braille. She also learnt to read peoples lips by pressing her finger-tips against them and feeling the movement and vibrations. This method is called Tadoma and it is a skill that very, very few people manage to acquire. She also learnt to speak, a major achievement for someone who could not hear at all.

安尼悉心地教授海伦，特别是她感兴趣的东西。这样海伦变得温和了而且很快学会了用布莱叶盲文朗读和写作。*用手指接触说话人的嘴唇去感受运动和震动，她又学会了触唇意识。这种方法被称作泰德马，是一种很少有人掌握的技能。她也学会了讲话，这对失聪的人来说是个巨大的成就。

Helen proved to be a remarkable scholar, graduating with honours from Radcliffe College in 1904. She had phenomenal powers of concentration and memory, as well as a dogged determination to succeed. While she was still at college she wrote ‘The Story of My Life. This was an immediate success and earned her enough money to buy her own house.

海伦证明了自己是个出色的学者，1904年她以优异的成绩从拉德克利夫学院毕业。她有惊人的注意力和记忆力，同时她还具有不达目的誓不罢休的毅力。上大学时她就写了《我的生命》。这使她取得了巨大的成功从而有能力为自己购买一套住房。

She toured the country, giving lecture after lecture. Many books were written about her and several plays and films were made about her life. Eventually she became so famous that she was invited abroad and received many honours from foreign universities and monarchs. In 1932 she became a vice-president of the Royal National Institute for the Blind in the United Kingdom.

她周游全国，不断地举行讲座。她的事迹为许多人著书立说而且还上演了关于她的生平的戏剧和电影。最终她声名显赫，应邀出国并受到外国大学和国王授予的荣誉。1932年，她成为英国皇家国立盲人学院的副校长。

After her death in 1968 an organization was set up in her name to combat blindness in the developing world. Today that agency, Helen Keller International, is one of the biggest organizations working with blind people overseas.

1968年她去世后，一个以她的名字命名的组织建立起来，该组织旨在与发展中国家存在的失明缺陷做斗争。如今这所机构，“国际海伦凯勒”，是海外向盲人提供帮助的最大组织之一。

“大江东去，浪淘尽、千古风流人物。故垒西边，人道是、三国周郎赤壁。乱石崩云，惊涛裂岸，卷起千堆雪。……”

这豪迈雄放的词，出自北宋著名文学家苏轼的词《念奴娇?赤壁怀古》。苏轼的词一经出现，就一扫北宋词坛一百多年的靡丽风气，开创了一代新词风。他创立的宋词豪放派，大大拓展了词的表现方式和内容，打开了宋词健康发展的新局面，使词终于成为一种与诗一样流芳百世的文学体裁。

苏轼是眉州眉山(今四川眉山)人。他和父亲苏洵、弟弟苏辙，都还是北宋时的著名散文家，都名列“唐宋八大家”。后人把他们父子三人合称为“三苏”。

苏轼二十一岁那年，和弟弟苏辙进京考试，结果两人同时考中了进士。

当时，主考官是欧阳修，他一心想选拔一些有才能的读书人。他在试卷中看到一篇论文，题目是《刑赏忠厚论》，写得非常精彩。他本想把这个考生定为头名，但疑心是自己的门生曾巩写的，怕别人说长道短，就定为第二名。直到发榜以后，他方才知道原来这篇论文是眉山来的应试青年苏轼写的。

苏轼考取以后，去拜见主考官欧阳修。欧阳修与他交谈了好一会儿，更加喜欢这个才华横溢、气度不凡的青年了。事后，他感叹地对人说：“苏轼这青年可说是善于读书，善于用书了，将来他的文章一定独步天下。”又说：“我应该赶快退避，让他出人头地。”“出人头地”的成语就是这么来的。

人们听到了欧阳修这番话，开头很不服气。后来，大家看到了苏轼的诗文，不得不信服了。

苏轼考上进士以后，开始做官了。王安石变法期间，他接连两次上书朝廷，认为变法有问题。当时，正是王安石当政。苏轼不愿留在京城，就请求去外地做官。

苏轼为官，很关心百姓的疾苦。他曾在徐州、湖州、杭州等地当过地方官。每到一地，他总要为当地百姓办一些好事。

他在徐州的时候，黄河在澶州决口，洪水滔天，淹了很多州县。大水很快冲到了徐州，徐州百姓慌了手脚，富人纷纷出城逃命。苏轼担心富人一跑，民心动摇，就对富人说：“有我太守在，决不让洪水进城!”

把人心安定以后，苏轼请官兵一道抗洪，筑了一道长堤。大雨日夜不停，洪水不断上涨。苏轼在城头搭了一间小屋，日夜住在里面，指挥抗洪，即使经过自己的家门，也不回家探望。他派官吏分段防守，终于保住了徐州城。

他在杭州的时候，发现西湖淤塞。他奏报朝廷，疏浚西湖。他用了二十万民工，深挖河床，用挖出的泥，筑成一条长堤，这就是著名的苏堤。

长堤筑成了，苏轼又命人在堤上种植芙蓉、杨柳。这一来，西湖的景色更美了，简直像一幅图画。他曾写了一首诗，形容西湖在晴雨两种不同天气中所表现的不同风光：水光潋滟晴方好，山色空蒙雨亦奇。欲把西湖比西子，淡妆浓抹总相宜。这首诗第一句写晴时的水，第二句写雨后的山，写出了晴雨时的不同景色。三、四两句把古代美女西施(西子)来比西湖，说不管她如何打扮，总是那么美丽动人。这首优美的小诗，历来被认为是歌咏西湖的最优秀的作品之一。这以后，人们又把西湖称为“西子湖”了。

苏轼一生做了四十来年的官，在朝廷中和地方上担任过各种官职，但他在政治上始终不怎么得意，经常遭到排挤打击。他曾经多次被贬官。有一回，他还遭人诬陷，被押到京城，在大牢中关了上百天。他在晚年还被贬逐到昌化军(今海南儋县)。他在那里住了三四年，好不容易恢复官职，迁还内地，第二年(公元1101年)，这个六十六岁的老人就在常州病死了。

苏轼是一个才华横溢的大文豪。前面说到，他的文章名列“唐宋八大家”。当时，欧阳修非常赞赏他的文章。宋神宗尤其爱读他的文章，进餐时，侍奉的人送上饭菜，神宗却读得忘了用餐，口中还连声称赞说：“天下奇才!天下奇才!”那时的读书人对他崇拜得不得了，把他的文章作为学习的范本。他们说：“苏文熟，吃羊肉;苏文生，吃菜根。”

苏轼一生留下了四千多首诗。他诗思敏捷，诗写得又快又好。有一回，他从老家去京城，坐船沿江东下，途中诗兴勃发，一下子写了四十多首。他的不少诗作都很出色，如“不识庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中”，就富有哲理，已成为人们传诵的名句。

苏轼还是个大名鼎鼎的书法家。我国古代楷书最重要的流派有“颜(真卿)、柳(公权)、欧(阳询)、苏(轼)”等，在宋代，最著名的书法家有“苏(轼)、黄(山谷)、米(芾)、蔡(襄)”，苏轼都列名其中。直到现在，还有人写他的书体。

苏轼也是一个很有成就的画家。他善于画枯木怪石，自成一体，传世的不过两三幅，已都是稀世奇珍了。他自己评价他的画说，有一幅《寒林竹石》，“已入神品”。

说起来你也许不信，苏轼还通晓医药学。后人把他这方面的论著和大科学家沈括的医药书合在一起出版，称为《苏沈良方》。

苏轼可真是一个多才多艺的人啊!

在发展快速的今天，英语的地位也越来越重要，那么你认为中国人到底该不该热学英语呢?

Owing to the current exam-oriented education environment, students attach much importance to learning English. This is having a negative impact on traditional Chinese cultural values. It’s high time that we cooled down our English fever and protected our mother tongue. Instead of making English a compulsory course, schools should make it optional and offer other courses on Chinese culture and other foreign languages.

It is learning English that can help us to understand the rest of the world. Because of English, we can travel abroad without tour guides, understand the instructions of imported goods and study abroad. It is too extreme to cancel English classes in schools. It is our education system instead of English learning that makes students as busy as bees.

Tina is a lovely girl. She has a lot of dolls. One of these dolls is very beautiful. She has long blond hair and wears a white dress. The little girl likes her very much. She called her “Sandy”. You would forget all the sad things and become happy when you see her.

Tina tried to teach Sandy to speak, but she failed. When she is free, Tina always made clothed for her. When she is unhappy or met with some difficulties, Tina talked to her, because they are close friends. What a lovely girl she is!

Do you like it, too?

漂亮的洋娃娃

缇娜是一个可爱的女孩， 她有许多洋娃娃。其中有个是很没得：她有着金色的长发，穿着一件白色的连衣裙。小女孩非常喜欢它，因此， 小女孩叫她“桑迪”。当你看到它的时候就会高兴，会忘记所有不开心的事。

缇娜试着教桑迪说话，可她失败了。 当缇娜空闲时，她时常会桑迪缝衣服。当她遇到不快乐的事或碰倒困难的时候，缇娜中哦你对它倾述，因为他们是亲密的朋友。多么可爱的一个女孩啊!

你也喜欢它吗?

Highly Talented

Tsau Pi and Tsau Jr were sons of Tsau Tsau. Both were very gifted writers, and Tsau Jr was especially quick-witted.

After Tsau Tsaus death, Tsau Pi took over the throne of the kingdom of wei. Jealous of Tsau Jrs literary ability, and afraid that he might cause problems, Tsau Pi was always looking for a way to kill his brother.

One day, Tsau Pi called Tsau Jr into see him.He ordered his brother to make up a poem within the time it took to walk seven steps, adding that if he could not, his life would be in danger.

Greatly saddened, Tsau Jr began to walk and to think. Before he had taken the seven steps, he had already finished his poem, the meaning of which was: "Brothers are of the same family, so why should the oppress each other?"

Tsau Jr was very intelligent and loved to study. He wrote many outstanding articles which showed his artistic talent and earned him the admiration of many people. One scholar said of him: "Heaven gave the world ten decalitres of talent, and Tsau Jr alone has eight of them."

Today, to say that a person "has eight decalitres of talent" is to say that he has a great aptitude for writing.

才高八斗

曹丕与曹植都是曹操的儿子，二者均有才华，特别是曹植更具文采。

在曹操，死后，曹丕继任大统，但他嫉妒曹植的才华，同时也惧怕曹植回谋反，所以一直在伺机杀害曹植。

有一天，曹丕要求接见曹植，他要求曹植在他七步之内作诗一首，如果做不到，就会有生命危险。

悲愤之下，曹植急中生智，作出七步诗，是的意思就是“本来就是亲兄弟，为什么要这样步步紧逼，伤及感情？”

曹植文采俱佳，热爱学习，他曾做过不少才华横溢的文赋，均令世人感叹不已。曾有一位学者说道：“如若天下文采共有十斗，曹植一人独占八斗。”

今天，如果我们说一个人“才高八斗”，就是指他“才华横溢，很有文采”。

《中国古代寓言故事》是有许多寓言故事组成的，书中的每一个寓言故事看似很普通，但却都隐藏着一个深刻的道理，这个道理就是我们要学习的，《中国古代寓言故事》是一本引人深思的好书。

书中，我最喜欢的一个寓言故事是守株待兔，故事的原文是：“宋人有耕田者，田中有株，兔也，解柱折颈而死。因耜其来而守株，冀复得兔。兔不可复得，而身为宋国笑。”这则寓言幸辣的讽刺了那一些死守狭隘经验，不知变通，或抱着侥幸心理妄想不劳而获。像这样的寓言还有掩耳盗铃，拔苗助长等。掩耳盗铃比喻自欺欺人，拔苗助长比喻欲速则不达，这些寓言虽然都只是人们编造出来的，但却又让人觉得无比真实，从中的道理十分耐人寻味。

中国古代寓言故事的中心思想其实就是儒家教思想，忠义仁孝小弟为中心，教育我们有个好的品质，读完了这一本书后，更今我感到了中国古代文化的博大精深和中国古代文化的魅力所在。

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

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习近平总书记指出，“公共卫生安全是人类面临的共同挑战，需要各国携手应对”。疫情没有国界，病魔是人类共同的敌人。突如其来的新冠肺炎疫情，既是中国的“大考”，也是世界的“大考”，需要各国政府坚持以保护人民生命健康安全为价值基点，共建共享全球公共卫生治理机制，共同维护全球公共卫生安全，不断为推动构建人类命运共同体贡献智慧力量。

作为负责任大国，面对突如其来的严峻疫情，中国始终本着对本国人民和国际社会高度负责的态度，全社会动员控制疫情蔓延和向外界传播，及时向国内外发布疫情信息，积极开展疫情防控国际合作，通报分享中国疫情防治情况，为维护和健全开放合作的全球公共卫生治理体系作出了积极贡献。为援助中国政府抗击疫情，170多个国家领导人和40多个国际和地区组织的负责人向中方表示慰问支持，60多个国家向中国捐赠了疫情防控物资。

随着新冠肺炎疫情在全球范围内扩散，中国在做好本国疫情防控工作的同时，继续积极同各国开展不同形式的国际合作。与世界卫生组织、欧盟、非盟等组织和有关国家建立了技术沟通机制，及时提供中国疫情防控和诊疗技术指南的更新版，通过视频会议、电话会议等形式支持中外专家交流分享疫情防控经验技术，共同提升相关国家疫情防控和诊疗、疾控专业技术人员的能力水平。向伊朗、伊拉克、意大利、塞尔维亚等有需要的国家和地区派遣医疗专家团队，向世界卫生组织捐款2000万美元，向有关国家捐赠口罩、药品、防护服等防疫物资，向一些国家出口急需的医疗物资和设备，等等。世界卫生组织总干事谭德塞指出，中国强有力的举措为全球疫情防控赢得了时间。联合国秘书长古特雷斯也认为，中国举国动员应对严峻挑战，以巨大的牺牲为全人类作出了贡献。中国用实实在在的行动赢得了世界的普遍认同与赞赏，以大国担当践行了构建人类命运共同体的庄严承诺，充分彰显了团结合作、命运与共的新时代担当精神。

山川异域，风月同天;天下一家，心手相牵。当前，人类生活的关联度之高前所未有，面临的全球性问题之多也前所未有，世界各国正日益形成利益交融、安危与共的利益共同体和命运共同体。全球性问题需要有全球性解决方案。我们必须秉持人类命运共同体理念，摒弃以邻为壑、零和博弈的错误做法，在展现负责任大国道义担当的同时，积极推动世界各国彼此理解、求同存异，团结合作、共享共赢，切实担负起各方应尽的责任，携手应对全球性挑战，齐心协力、共同努力把人类的前途命运掌握在人类自己手中。

我们坚持人民至上生命至上，以坚定果敢的勇气和坚忍不拔的决心，同时间赛跑 与病魔较量，迅速打响疫情防控的人民战争

总体战阻击战……夺取了全国抗疫斗争重大战略成果……中国的抗疫斗争，充分展现了中国精神 中国力量 中国担当。

应当说，这次抗疫斗争，检验了我们党的组织力 领导力，检视了党员干部的向心力 战斗力，证明了全国人民的团结力 凝聚力，抗疫斗争让中国精神

中国力量中国担当更加熠熠生辉 炫彩夺目。

中国精神，彰显民族精神 时代精神，是兴国之魂

强国之魄。在第十二届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上指出，中国精神是凝心聚力的兴国之魂强国之魂。实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦，必须弘扬中国精神，这就是以爱国主义为核心的民族精神和以改革创新为核心的时代精神。时代精神与民族精神紧密相连，都是一个民族赖以生存发展的精神支撑。民族精神与时代精神共同构成了我们当今时代的中国精神。中国的抗疫斗争所展现的中国精神，充分蕴含了民族团结众志成城的民族精神，包含了攻坚克难

砥砺前进的时代精神。应当说，中国精神是在这次突发重大疫情中迸发出来的具有很强的民族集聚动员与感召效应的精神及其气象，是爱国主义的集中体现，显示了重要的中国文化软实力。

中国力量，体现中国速度

中国效率，是胜利之源活力之泉。“实现中国梦必须凝聚中国力量。这就是中国各族人民大团结的力量”。用一个多月的时间初步遏制疫情蔓延势头，用两个月左右的时间将本土每日新增病例控制在个位数以内，用3个月左右的时间取得了疫情防控阻击战取得重大战略成果，这体现的是党领导的力量人民团结的力量，是上下同欲

团结一心的力量，是白衣执甲

各业驰援的力量，集体中展示的中国人民的力量。拥有上千张床位的火神山医院雷神山医院仅用十几天就建成，三个星期内建成16家方舱医院，大量医务人员

医疗设备防疫物资源源不断地集中到武汉和湖北，460多万个基层党组织冲锋陷阵，400多万名社区工作者在全国65万个城乡社区日夜值守……疫情防控彰显我国的制度优势行动能力，真正体现人民至上

生命至上。如此，形成全社会的团结一致 协同高效，才有了抗击疫情的中国速度 中国规模 中国效率。应当说，党中央的英明领导党员干部的英勇奋战

中国各族人民的英雄气概，共同汇成了气势磅礴的中国力量，是我们取得胜利 战胜困难的胜利之源 活力之泉。

中国担当，折射大国风范 大国情怀，是应有之义

无疆之爱。在全国抗击新冠肺炎疫情表彰大会上的重要讲话中强调，“命运与共，集中体现了中国人民和衷共济爱好和平的道义担当”。大道不孤，大爱无疆。在抗击新冠肺炎疫情中，中国秉承“天下一家”的理念，秉持构建人类命运共同体理念，毫不犹豫投入抗疫国际合作，为全球疫情防控注入源源不断的动力，充分展示了“讲信义重情义

扬正义 守道义”的大国形象 大国担当。山川异域，风月同天;岂曰无衣，与子同袍。本着公开 透明

负责任的态度，积极履行国际义务，第一时间向世界卫生组织有关国家和地区组织主动通报疫情信息，第一时间发布新冠病毒基因序列等信息，第一时间公布诊疗方案和防控方案，毫无保留同各方分享防控和救治经验，最大能力将医疗物资运往全球各地，有力支持援助了全球疫情防控。人类是相互依存普遍联系

休戚与共的命运共同体。在抗击新冠肺炎疫情中，中国以大国风范

大国情怀，彰显大国担当，为世界抗疫提供了中国方案，贡献了中国力量，生动诠释了为世界谋大同推动构建人类命运共同体的大国担当。

“天行健，君子以自强不息;地势坤，君子以厚德载物”。让中国精神

中国力量中国担当发扬光大，熠熠生辉，广大党员干部就要弘扬伟大的抗疫精神，面对复杂的国际国内形势，面对各种危险困难和挑战，强化斗争意识

增强斗争精神，百折不挠激流勇进，在全面建设社会主义现代化国家的新征程上不懈奋斗。