用英语讲好中国故事的英语作文（最新20篇）

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.

相传汉武帝有个宠臣名叫东方朔，他善良又风趣。

有一年冬天，下了几天大雪，东方朔就到御花园去给武帝折梅花。刚进园门，就发现有个宫女泪流满面准备投井。东方朔慌忙上前搭救，并问明她要自杀的原因。原来，这个宫女名叫元宵，家里还有双亲及一个妹妹，自从她进宫以后，就再也无缘和家人见面，每年到了腊尽春来的时节，就比平常更加的思念家人。觉得不能在双亲跟前尽孝，不如一死了之。东方朔听了她的遭遇，深感同情，就向她保证，一定设法让她和家人团聚。

一天，东方朔出宫在长安街上摆了一个占卜摊。不少人都争着向他占卜求卦。不料，每个人所占所求，都是“正月十六火焚身”的签语。一时之间，长安里起了很大恐慌。人们纷纷求问解灾的办法。

东方朔就说：“正月十五日傍晚，火神君会派一位赤衣神女下凡查访，她就是奉旨烧长安的使者，我把抄录的偈语给你们，可让当今天子想想办法。”说完，便扔下一张红帖，扬长而去。

老百姓拿起红帖，赶紧送到皇宫去禀报皇上。汉武帝接过来一看，只见上面写着：“长安在劫，火焚帝阙，十五天火，焰红宵夜”，他心中大惊，连忙请来了足智多谋的东方朔。东方朔假意的想了一想，就说：“听说火神君最爱吃汤圆，宫中的元宵不是经常给你做汤圆吗?十五晚上可让元宵做好汤圆。万岁焚香上供，传令京都家家都做汤圆，一齐敬奉火神君。再传谕臣民一起在十五晚上挂灯，满城点鞭炮、放烟火，好像满城大火，这样就可以瞒过玉帝了。

此外，通知城外百姓，十五晚上进城观灯，杂在人群中消灾解难”。

武帝听后，十分高兴，就传旨照东方朔的办法去做。到了正月十五日长安城里张灯结彩，游人熙来攘往，热闹非常。宫女元宵的父母也带着妹妹进城观灯。

当他们看到写有“元宵”字样的大宫灯时，惊喜的高喊：“元宵!元宵!”，元宵听到喊声，终于和家里的亲人团聚了。

如此热闹了一夜，长安城果然平安无事。汉武帝大喜，便下令以后每到正月十五都做汤圆供火神君，正月十五照样全城挂灯放烟火。因为元宵做的汤圆最好，所以这天叫做元宵节。

1932 年8 月初的一天，希特勒及部分纳粹党头目兴致勃勃地出席有各国驻德使节参加的大型宴会。在不久前举行的国会选举中，希特勒所领导的纳粹党再次获胜，夺得了320 个席位，使纳粹党成为德国第一大党，希特勒及纳粹党头目们也由此陷入极端狂热和亢奋之中。

宴会开始后，希特勒兴致勃勃地来到席间给外国使节敬酒。当希特勒来到中国国民政府驻德公使刘文岛面前时，一向狂妄自大的希特勒忽然想起，中国是一个很贫弱的国家，国民政府经常派人向德国方面学习，并不断向德国政府求援，因而非常看不起中国人，竟然不给刘文岛敬酒。

刘文岛

希特勒的这一举动，让民族自尊心极强的刘文岛深受刺激。他实在咽不下这口气，于是举起一杯酒，主动走到希特勒面前说：“我是中国公使刘文岛，到贵国已经一年了，你们的纳粹党虽然蒸蒸日上，不断壮大，我们却没有机会在一起举杯饮酒，今天这个机会千载难逢，特敬你一杯。”

德国人虽有饮啤酒的习惯，但在宴请客人时，也常用昂贵的烈性酒，当天的大型宴会上就有高档烈性酒可供饮用。希特勒见刘文岛主动过来敬酒，十分鄙视地盯着刘文岛说：“你敬酒，我可一干而尽，我敬你时，你能一口喝下去吗？”

刘文岛经历过无数次酒场饭局，饮酒的功夫早已练得炉火纯青了。于是，他不慌不忙地回应：“可以，可以。”

希特勒见刘文岛一副轻松的样子，爽快地拿起酒杯，将一杯烈性酒倒进了嘴里。刘文岛也不示弱，毫不犹豫地举杯将酒一饮而尽。

站在一旁的另外一名中国外交部官员知道刘文岛的酒量很大，因此不断用眼神示意刘文岛继续喝。

于是，两人你来我往，互不示弱，竟然各自一口气儿喝了20 多杯烈性酒。

在场人注意到，越往后喝，希特勒的脸、脖子越红，而且出现体力不支的迹象。此时，希特勒的亲信劝他就此打住，以免醉倒丢丑，但争强好胜的希特勒坚决要与刘文岛一喝到底。刘文岛则像个亢奋的斗士，越喝越精神，声音也越洪亮。

很快，希特勒开始坐不稳了，嘴里嘀嘀咕咕着什么，而刘文岛则若无其事。

希特勒仍不服输，他高声吼道：“我希特勒喝酒从未输过人，我可以输给我们德国或欧洲的任何一个人，但绝对不能输给一个中国人！！我今天非要让中国派来的公使醉倒趴下！”说完话，又拿起酒瓶倒了一满杯酒，一口灌了下去。

终于，希特勒支撑不住了，屁股坐不稳，身子往右侧倒。他的部下连忙用手拉他，但未拉住，他一头栽倒在地。

在场的各国使节见希特勒丑态百出，无不捧腹大笑，有的人还跑到刘文岛面前，伸出大拇指称他是中国好汉。

希特勒被灌醉后，很快被人抬出了宴会厅。据希特勒的部下说，直到第二天上午，希特勒还未完全醒过酒来。这是他第一次喝酒败在外国人手下。

刘文岛灌醉希特勒的故事，据说曾一度在西方国家广为流传，但刘文岛本人却极少谈及此事。他认为，在酒桌上逞能不是好汉，没必要拿出来炫，那次灌倒希特勒，主要是出了口恶气，让这位狂人以后不再小瞧咱中国人。

螳螂调到蜗牛、水螅界当法官后，仍然一成不变地按昆虫界刑法进行审判。

一天，他威严地站在审判席中央，用镰刀似的前脚举起判决书：

“绿水螅害死同胞，罪大恶极，证据确凿，立即执行。死刑用刀把脑袋割成两半执行。”

绿水螅听到这个判决，心里暗暗好笑。场内，顿时议论纷纷。

“安静!安静!”螳螂接着又宣布：

“贪嘴蜗牛偷吃禁食植物，犯罪情节轻微，根据刑法第一五一条规定，切掉触角予以教训。”

贪嘴蜗牛立即昏了过去，别的蜗牛都忿忿不平：

“法官大人，你判得太重了。”

“是啊，这不要了他的命吗?”

“你不知道，我们蜗牛的眼睛是长在……”

“胡说!”没等他们说完，螳螂就拍着石桌大叫道，“你们是法官，还是我是法官?谁再敢捣乱，我就拘留他!”

大伙都不敢吱声了。

蜗牛的眼睛是长在长触角上的，短触角则是他们的“鼻子”。贪嘴蜗牛被切掉两对触角后，再也看不见东西，闻不到气味，找不到食物了，没过几天就死了。

而绿水螅呢，它的再生能力很强，脑袋被割成两半后，不但没有死，而且还长成了两个脑袋。从此，水螅中的犯罪越来越多，越来越严重。

蜗牛们向低等动物界最高法院告螳螂法官的状。

螳螂法官被撤了职。它很不服气，申辩说：“以前我在昆虫界当法官的时候，一直是按这个刑法审判的，谁都说我是个最公正的铁包公;现在，我还是按这个刑法审判，为什么要撤我的职?”

“就是因为这个才撤了你的职。蜗牛、水螅和昆虫的生理有许多截然不同的地方，你却还是按昆虫刑法判刑，结果使犯了轻罪的贪吃蜗牛丧了命，犯了杀人罪的绿水螅却没有得到应有的下场。”

螳螂垂下了头。

[中国经典寓言故事

齐白石是近现代中国绘画大师,世界文化名人。早年曾为木工,后以卖画为生,五十七岁后定居北京。下面是小编分享的中国绘画大师齐白石的爱国故事，相信你们有兴趣!

中国绘画大师齐白石的爱国故事

抗日战争时期，北平伪警司令、大特务头子宣铁吾过生日，硬邀请国画大师齐白石(1863—1957年)赴宴作画。

齐白石来到宴会上，环顾了一下满堂宾客，略为思索，铺纸挥洒。转眼之间，一只水墨螃蟹跃然纸上。

众人赞不绝口，宣铁吾喜形于色。

不料，齐白石笔锋轻轻一挥，在画上题了一行字——“横行到几时”，后书“铁吾将军”，然后仰头拂袖而去。

一个汉奸求画，齐白石画了一个涂着白鼻子，头戴乌纱帽的不倒翁，还题了一首诗：

乌纱白扇俨然官，不倒原来泥半团。

将妆忽然来打破，浑身何处有心肝?

1937年，日本侵略军占领了北平。齐白石为了不受敌人利用，坚持闭门不出，并在门口贴出告示，上书：“中外官长要买白石之画者，用代表人可矣，不必亲驾到门，从来官不入民家，官入民家，主人不利，谨此告知，恕不接见。”

齐白石还嫌不够，又画了一幅画来表明自己的心迹。

画面很特殊，一般人画翡翠时，都让它站在石头或荷径上，窥伺着水面上的鱼儿;齐白石却一反常态，不去画水面上的鱼，而画深水中的虾，并在画上题字：“从来画翡翠者必画鱼，余独画虾，虾不浮，翡翠奈何?”

齐白石闭门谢客，自喻为虾，并把作官的汉奸与日本人比作翡翠，意义深藏，发人深思。

导语：中国科举史上，曾经涌现了数以百万计的举人和十多万名进士，而作为这个庞大知识分子群体之巅峰的“状元”郎，则是屈指可数。下面是yuwenmi小编为备考的同学准备的作文素材，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

中国科举史上，曾经涌现了数以百万计的举人和十多万名进士，而作为这个庞大知识分子群体之巅峰的“状元”郎，则是屈指可数。

据考证，自唐高祖武德五年(622年)的第一位科举状元孙伏伽开始，到清光绪三十年 (1904年)最后一位状元刘春霖止，在这1283年间，可考的榜数为745榜，共产生了592名状元(一说504人)，加上其他短命政权选考的状元以及各代的武状元，中国历史上总计可考的文武状元为777人。

考状元的过程中，有几个重要节点：

1.如果你是个身家清白的读书人，你需要参加县试、府试两场考试，通过考核的人，被称作童生。然而这只是预选，还没有资格参加正式的科举考试。

2.以童生的身份，参加各省学政主持的院试(三年两次)，考中的就是秀才，算是有了功名，也具备了参加科举的资格。

县考、府考、院考三次预备性考试的第一名，均为案首，俗称「小三元」。

3.考上秀才后，你就可以参加在省城举行的乡试了(三年一次，由于在秋季举行，又称为秋闱)。考试过关的人就叫举人，第一名叫做解元。

4.考上举人后，你要动身准备进京了，参加由礼部主持的会试(乡试后的第二年春天，又被称为春闱)。通过会试称为贡士，第一名称为会元。

5.当你成为贡士，你就有资格参加由皇帝主持的殿试了。皇帝及大臣根据考生的表现，会划分档次，共有三甲。

一甲只有三个人，叫进士及第，就是我们熟知的状元、榜眼、探花。

二甲若干(清朝时一般为七人)，称“进士出身”。三甲称“同进士出身”。世人统称被录取者为进士。进士是功名的尽头，就算是对名次不满意也不可以重考。

考上状元已经极其不易。然而，在古代读书人的心目中还有一个至尊的荣誉，就是“三元及第”，也就是说，在乡试、会试、殿试都取得第一名。

这是真正的高难度，因为你必须保证全省考第一，然后在会试中全国考第一，最后殿试里在皇帝心目中也是第一。尤其是最后一条，主观性还是挺大的。

而历史上最终做到三元及第的，只有15个人。其中有一个更是从县试到殿试，一口气六战六捷，六获第一，他就是明代的科场奇才黄观，时人称其“三元天下有，六首世间无”。

黄观，字澜伯，又字尚宾，1364年生于南直隶池州府(今安徽省池州市贵池区)。因为到他父亲时家道中落，入赘许家为婿，所以黄观最初从母姓，名叫许观。直到他当了礼部右侍郎，才由朝廷特准恢复了原姓。

1390年，26岁的黄观以贡生的身份入太学。这年八月，他在乡试中获得第一名，中“解元”。

第二年三月的会试，又得了第一名，中“会元”。

四月，他参加由明太祖朱元璋亲发策问的殿试。在策论中，他极力主张“屯兵塞上，且耕且守，来则拒之，去则防之，则可中国无扰，边境无虞”，从而深得朱元璋的嘉许，取殿试一甲第一名(状元)，成为明朝历史上第一位“连中三元”者。这时的他，年仅27岁。

而他之前在入太学前的县试、府试和院试，也都是第一名，可谓是科举考试史上的奇迹，称第一考神也不为过。

日暮碧云净，余霞天际红。

村烟远近里，山色有无中。

古树斜阳暗，孤峰淡月濛。

门开一涧曲，星影落桥东。

——黄观诗作《溪上晚眺》

学业有成的黄观，在事业上也不遑多让。年少得志的他，官运一路畅通，深得明太祖朱元璋、建文帝朱允炆的赏识。32岁就做到了正二品的高官之位(礼部右侍郎，相当于副部级)。

建文帝登基后，更是成为股肱之臣，参与重要国事奏议。如果没有“靖难之役”，位极人臣也是早晚的事儿。

可惜没有如果，他的信念也不会允许他向朱棣方面靠拢。

所以当朱棣起事前拥兵自重，入朝见建文帝不拜之时，满朝文武只有他当面顶撞：“虎拜朝天，殿上行君臣之礼;龙颜垂地，宫中叙叔侄之情”，并密奏建文帝扣留燕王，致使朱棣怀恨在心。

无奈最后，建文帝还是优柔寡断，纵虎归山。

朱棣举兵后，黄观更是拟诏令，要燕王罢兵归藩，束身谢罪，言辞甚为激烈。朱棣后来拟定的一份50多人的“奸臣”名单中，黄观名列第6。

1402年，朱棣攻入南京，建文帝不知所踪。这时的黄观带着建文皇帝玉玺，准备前往长江上游募兵勤王。

朱棣一边派人追捕黄观，一边派人抄了黄观的家，还将黄观妻女发配给象奴为妻妾。不堪此辱的黄观妻子翁氏，带着女儿和家人投河自尽。

当黄观得知妻女为守节而死，建文帝失踪，朱棣即位，明白大势已去的他穿好朝服，向东方拜了拜，然后在安庆下游罗刹矶投江。

因为黄观带着重宝，又是重点追捕对象，尸体竟一直未找到，也有人猜测：黄观可能如同建文帝一般，金蝉脱壳。

黄观活不见人死不见尸，更是让朱棣余恨难消：诛了黄观九族后，连黄观的功名档案也一并消去，以致《登科录》中没有黄观的名字，诸多作品也被销毁。直到万历二十四年(1596年)，黄观才得昭雪，补谥“文贞”。

虽然见于史书中的他，投江时只有38岁。但这三十多年，却是别人百岁也无法企及的。他是唯一连续六次考试都得第一的人;他三十多岁就高居二品大官;他读书学以致用，殿试答题就是治国良策;他不畏强权，坚守自己的信念，为人端正有节。即使曾被朱棣刻意抹去，也终会在历史中绽放自己的光芒。

导语：不论从何种角度，环保都是当代世界发展不可忽视的一环。它也不再仅仅是一种措施和行动，而是一种经济行为，并带动了一系列相关的产业。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的说明中国发展环保经济的状况的英语句子，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

1. While developing its economy， China will handle properly the relationship among the population， natural resources and the environment.

2. The Chinese government pays great attention to environmental problems arising from Chinas population growth and economic development.

3. China relies on improving supervision， management and technological progress to promote environmental protection.

4. Land， arable land in particular， should be used reasonably and economically. Strong measures will be taken to strengthen the building of the urban environmental infrastructure， regulate industrial structure and lay-out， shun the unpromising way of pollution first， treatment afterwards， and strengthen prevention and control of the pollution in major river valleys to ensure the security of the drinking water of the inhabitants.

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1、中国在发展经济的同时，将处理好的人口之间的关系，自然资源和环境。

2、中国政府高度关注中国人口增长和经济发展所带来的环境问题。

3、中国依靠强化监督管理和技术进步，促进环境保护。

4、土地，特别是耕地，应该合理和经济地使用。将采取强有力的措施来加强城市环境基础设施建设，调整产业结构和布局，避免“先污染，后治理的工作方式，加强预防和控制主要河流污染以确保居民饮用水安全。

The Blacksmith And Dog

Those who will not work deserve to starve.

A Blacksmith had a little Dog, which used to sleep when his master was at work, but was very wide awake indeed when it was time for meals.

One day his master pretended to be disgusted at this, xiaogushi8.com and then he had thrown him a bone as usual, he said, “What on earth is the good of a lazy cur like you?”

When I am hammering away at my anvil, you just curl up and go to sleep: but no sooner do I stop for a mouthful of food than you wake up and wag your tail to be fed.

总有一种力量激励我们前行，总有一种精神让我们泪流满面，自新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎疫情发生以来，亿万中华儿女万众一心，众志成城，共克时艰，战“疫”路上的一个个“好人”，一件件“好事”走进我们的视野，他们的事迹，他们的名字……感动着我们，凝聚起社会正能量，号召着我们必有信心和决心打赢这场疫情防控阻击战。

在护佑生命的主旋律之中，逆行者唱响了战“疫”的精神赞歌。他叫大家没有特殊情况不要去武汉，而自己却坐上去武汉的动车，“不计报酬，无论生死”“召必战，战必胜”……这些平凡人的不平凡举动，在平凡工作岗位上的爱岗敬业，默默奉献，从不放弃，正是无数个平凡成就了感动，他们用实际行动，甚至有些是宝贵的生命，深刻的诠释着“白衣战士”的追求和风骨，谱写着不同的精神和独特的优秀。他们同样是血肉之躯，同样有牵挂的家人，但是在国家和人民的需要面前，他们舍小家为大家，不抛弃不放弃，执着地追求心中的那份职业初心。他们那执着闪亮的人性光芒，如细雨涤尘，净化心灵，他们那催人泪下的感动力量，如春雷惊空，振奋精神。这些平凡的“迹”录和举动叫我们怎能不感动，怎能不汲取其正能量，倍增信心去战胜疫情。

在群防群控的大系统中，一线干部筑就了战“疫”的铜墙铁壁。“我负责的网格共有989户居民，每一户我们都进行了排查了解了具体情况……”“高兄弟，你要买的东西，我们帮你采购回来了，这是按照你的需要采购的……”这些简单的话语温暖人心，给人力量，在疫情防控阻击战中，一线干部既是宣传员又是战斗员，既要上情下达又要下情上达，工作任务繁重，但是他们没有一丝埋怨，面对群众的不理解，他们耐心仔细地进行疏导和沟通。一线干部精准施策，科学防控，对防控薄弱环节越是加强力量，发动一切可以发动的力量。一线干部勇做防疫工作的一颗“螺丝钉”，做人民群众的主心骨，深入疫情防控一线，加强群众的防控意识，构筑起严密的防疫红线，实现全覆盖，无盲区，严防疫情入侵。夜深了，他们还坚守在岗位;下雨了，他们还行走在路上……这些战“疫”场上的先进“符号”和职业“元素”，怎能叫我们不感动，不为之震撼，让我们战胜疫情的信心和动力倍增。

在团结鼓劲的凝聚力之中，中华儿女书写了战“疫”的壮丽诗篇。“抗疫心连心，武汉不孤单”“隔离病毒，但不隔绝爱”……这些感人的话语总能带给我们感动，这是亿万中华儿女团结一心战“疫”的生动写照。困难面前，中华儿女的激情、善良、坚强……都一一展现，他们自发捐赠蔬菜给武汉，他们主动捐款给武汉……他们的崇高，他们的真诚，他们的纯粹，让我们感动。疫情面前，中华儿女跨越了年龄和性别的范畴，突破了职业和地域的界限，超越了时间和空间上的限制，用一个个平凡的举动相互感动，相互鼓励。中国，只有在社会主义的中国，才可以把感动的命题书写的这样的气势磅礴，这样动人。人民，也只有中国人民，才能感悟感动的真谛和内涵，彰显着一个民族的集体意识。这样的精神脊梁怎叫我们不感动，这样的力量是无限的，将帮助亿万中华儿女增强责任感去战胜疫情。

这是一个平凡人感动平凡人的季节。战“疫”路上你的平凡行动是抗“疫”的初始线和出发点，让我们串联平凡，铸造合力，增强信心，汲取战“疫路上的“感动因子”，释放正能量，为疫情防控阻击战的胜利而贡献自己的一份力量。

意想不到，一个小小的“0”，掀起一场轩然大波……

风波是一位化学家引起的。他写了一本关于氧气的书，封面上印着一个巨大的“O”，化学家在书中写道：“O是氧的化学元素符号。没有氧就没有生命，O是一切生物的命根子!”

数学家见了这本书，摇头晃脑道：“非也，非也。0怎么会是氧?它明明是什么都没有的0!一切从0开始，没有0就没有一切。”

英语教师听了，连连说：“NO，NO。它明明是O、P、Q的O。没有O，就没有OK。没有OK，世界就失去了诗意。”

长跑运动员对0发表一番新颖的见解：“它是我的跑道呀。我天天踏着它前进。任何一个运动场里，都躺着一个巨大的‘0’!”

长跑运动员的话，引出天文学家的一席高论：“不，不。在我看来，‘0’象征着地球的‘跑道’!春往秋来，一寒一暑，地球绕太阳公转，在浩瀚的太空中画了一个‘0’。”

他们的争论声，惊动了鸡和鸭。他们不懂什么“公转”、“太空”，但是他们认得“0”。

鸡说：“它是我刚刚生下的蛋呀!”

鸭说：“它是我刚刚生下的蛋呀!”

鸡的咯咯声和鸭的呷呷声，使那位沉默多年的15世纪的意大利著名画家达·芬奇忍不住了。他捋着长髯，朗声笑道：“想当初，鄙人刚刚学画时，每天要画上千个‘0’。鄙人后来能够画出《最后的晚餐》、《蒙娜丽莎》，应当感谢‘0’。不过，遗憾的是，我说不清楚我当初画的‘0’，究竟是鸡蛋还是鸭蛋!”

争论声惊动了鲁迅笔下的那个阿Q。他抓了抓癞疤发亮的头皮，说道：“妈妈的，它是我斩首之前画的圆圈嘛!鲁迅先生在写到我画圈的时候，不是说过‘阿Q伏下去，使尽了平生的力气画圆圈。他生怕被人笑话，立志要画得圆，但这可恶的笔不但很沉重，并且不听话，刚刚一抖一抖的几乎要合缝，却又向外一耸，画成瓜子模样了。’……”

这时几何学家发言了：“阿Q，你没有念过几何学，不懂圆圈的几何原理。其实，即使你的圆圈画得很圆，别人看上去还是不圆，是个‘0’。在几何学上，‘0’叫椭圆。任何圆，除了从正上方观看之外，从其他角度看过去都成了一个椭圆!正像原子核外的电子轨道是圆形的，可是画家们总是把它画成椭圆形。”

争论无休无止、旷日持久地进行着。各有各的一番宏论，谁都以为唯我正确。争吵声不断传人作曲家的耳朵。他正在构思一首小夜曲，而嘈杂的声音使他无法进入那安谧的月夜境界。正当UFO专家准备发表高见，论证“0”即飞碟的时候，作曲家不得不发话了：

“在我看来，‘0’是休止符!”

不知怎么搞的，作曲家的话竟有那么大的威力——给这场“马拉松”争论画上了休止符。从此雅雀无声，使他的脑海中终于迸发了创作小夜曲的灵感火花……

对于《0的争论》这则寓言的寓意，也许在众多的读者中也会引发一场无休无止的争论。好在当《0的争论》发表的时候，作曲家早已写出他的小夜曲。每一位读者读罢《0的争论》，都可以尽情地依据自己的理解发表宏论，用不着担心作曲家会给争论画上休止符……

My eye is a China invincible wolf, is a never understood the fear of a lion. It has a long cultural history of 5000 years, has long stretches of the Yangtze River, the Great Wall, Pentium majestic majestic Terracotta Army......

66 years ago, our war of resistance against Japan ended, and in the near future there was war in Korea, and we went to help again. In the history of our China was a bully, but we again stand firm and inflexible. In the destruction of the Old Summer Palace in the British and French troops robbed us of countless treasures, also killed a maid, the eunuch. We sell it to us at the price of tens of millions of dollars at the auction. As the old China corruption we signed numerous Treaties: "Nanjing treaty", "Treaty of aigun", "Sino Russian Treaty of Beijing", "Sino Russian Treaty of Tianjin", "Beijing treaty", "Treaty of Tianjin" in china...... These unequal treaties made us suffer, lost billions of silver, millions of gold, and cut Hongkong, Heilongjiang, and the Xingan ridge.

It was good that China had a Mao Zedong, leading the army to drive the aggressors out of China.

A history book was opened, and a five thousand years old male lion was finally revived in the war, and he killed the enemy with the hatred and anger of the whole Chinese people. This is China in my eyes.

我眼中的中国是一只战无不胜的狼，是一只永远也不懂惧怕的雄狮。它有着五千年的悠久文化历史，有绵延不断的万里长城，有奔腾的长江、雄伟雄壮的兵马俑……

在66年前，我们的抗日战争才结束的，在不久后朝鲜出现了战争，我们又去帮忙。在历史的长河里我们中国被一次次的欺凌，但我们又一次次坚强不屈地挺了过来。在圆明园的毁灭中英法联军抢夺了我们无数的国宝，还杀死了个宫女、太监。还在拍卖会上以上千万元的价钱卖给我们。由于旧中国腐败我们签订了无数的条约有：《南京条约》、《瑷珲条约》、《中俄北京条约》、《中俄天津条约》、《北京条约》、《中美天津条约》……这些不平等条约让我们吃尽了苦头，赔损上几十亿的白银，几百万的黄金，割让香港岛、黑龙江、外兴安岭等。

还好中国出了个毛泽东，领导军队将侵略者赶出了中国。

翻开了历史书，沉睡了五千年的雄狮在战火中终于复苏了，他带着全中国人民的仇恨和愤怒杀向敌人。这就是我眼中的中国。

One day, King Tang, the founder of the Shang Dynasty, sawa man arranging a net on all sides and praying to the deity:

一天，商朝开国君主汤看见一个人四面布下了天罗地网，正在向神祷告:

"Let those that fly down from the sky, those that come out of the ground, and those that come running from all directions all run into my net!"

“从天上飞下来的，从地下钻出来的，从四面八方跑过来的，都撞到我的网里来吧!”

Tang said:

汤说:

"Well, isnt this catching the whole lot in one net?"

“咦!这不是一网打尽了吗?”

Tang went forward and took away the net on three sides, leaving only one side there. Then he said to the man:

汤上前收掉了三面的网，只留下一面的网。然后，他对那人说:

"Now please pray again! You can say thus: In the past, the spiders have spun nets. Now people have learned to make nets too. You birds and animals, those that want to turn left can go to the left; those that want to turn right can go to the right; those that want to fly can soar; those that want to get into holes can get into holes. I only catch those that are doomed to die."

“请你重新祷告吧!你可以这样说:过去，蜘蛛织出了网，现在人们也学会了织网。你们这些鸟兽，想往左边的就往左走开;想往右边的就往右走开;想高飞的就高飞;想钻洞的就钻洞;我仅仅捕捉那些命里注定要死的。”

The much-told tale of King Tangs leaving the net open on three sides spread far and wide at once. When the people of the states south of the Han River heard of it, they all said:

商汤网开三面的佳话，一下子传开了。汉水以南各国知道后，都说:

"King Tang of Shang bestows favour even upon birds and animals. He is so lenient that he is truly a benevolent man."

“商汤对禽兽也这样恩赐，这样宽恕，真是个仁慈的人。”

Thereupon, all the 40 small states of the time had a heartfelt admiration for Tang and pledged their allegiance to the Shang Dynasty.

于是，当时的四十个小国家都心悦诚服地归顺了商汤。

整整十年，她从光明走向黑暗。她不仅没有被黑暗吞没，反而活出了前所未有的光彩。凭着超人的毅力，她教书、写书、救助贫困儿童，工作得比很多正常人更出色，用一颗热诚的心照亮了身边无数人。

她叫刘芳，贵州省贵阳市白云区第三中学一名盲人女教师，人称“中国大山里的海伦·凯勒”。

苹果脸，身材娇小，人还没见先听到笑声——刘芳曾是个快乐单纯的姑娘，绘画、写诗、书法、唱歌、跳舞，样样都行。

1997年夏天，她不满26岁，担任贵阳市白云区第三中学语文老师刚好四年，跟相爱的人结了婚，8个月大的儿子在襁褓中咿呀学语……逐渐展开的人生，一切都那么新鲜美好。

一纸命运判决从天而降——不治之症。

“不久的将来，你就是个盲人。”医生说，这叫视网膜色素变性，发病率只有百万分之一。

腿一软，刘芳险些瘫倒。

此后十年，她一直不愿接受这个现实。但现实就是现实，她的视野开始变窄，缩成了扁筒状，只能盯着前方，看不到两旁，视力一年比一年模糊。

2001年，她读了最后一本纸质书，是《笑傲江湖》;2006年，她看到最后两个字，是写在课本封面上的“语文”;2007年，她完全被黑暗包围。

各种焦虑缠绕在心头：父母、丈夫、孩子怎么办?学生还会信任我吗?学校还允许我上课吗?家长会同意一个盲人当孩子的老师吗……

“哭也是一天，笑也是一天。”这么一想，她就释然了。“生活不能改变的话，就改变生活的态度。”

校领导找她谈过话：你是不是可以考虑病退或休息?

她一口回绝：“那样说明我生命已经终止了。”

对她来说，放弃三尺讲台，远比失明更痛苦。而一个盲人要想留在讲台上，无疑要付出超过常人几倍的努力。

为了教好书，刘芳请同事和学生帮忙，把初中三年的文言文全部背了下来，其他重点、难点也一一记牢，把几大本厚厚的讲义全都装在了心里。视力越来越差，课却讲得越来越精彩。

说、学、逗、唱，她几乎变成了相声演员，课堂上充满欢声笑语。“眼睛不好，上课就一定要生动，才能把几十双眼睛吸引到我这儿来。”她说。

她将作文评改从办公室搬到了教室，让学生朗读作文，她和全班同学一起即时点评。这不仅克服了视觉弱点，而且一举多得，让每个学生都受到了听、说、读、写多方面的训练。即时点评，对老师的脑力、心力都是挑战，刘芳满面春风地迎接挑战。

令人称奇的是，她的班级成绩不仅没有退步，反而教出了两个语文单科中考状元，在白云三中至今无人超越。

从2008年起，校长何代乾交给刘芳一份开创性工作——心理咨询。那时，贵州农村学校的心理辅导基本是空白。白云三中地处城乡接合部，青春期与社会转型期交织，千余名学生心理问题丛生。

刘芳把自己的工作概括成四个字——用爱倾听。在她建立的“成长档案袋”中，学生塞进了各种各样的纸条，把不愿告诉别人的“秘密”向刘芳倾诉。

如今，初见刘芳的人都感到惊奇，怎么看她都不像个盲人。在家，她扫地、洗衣服、倒开水冲咖啡、炒菜、在跑步机上锻炼，动作熟练得几乎与常人无异。借助盲人软件，她发短信比很多明眼人还快。在学校，她可以独自下两层、27级楼梯，转5个弯，轻松找到公厕。

然而在这背后，刘芳不知经历了多少次绊倒、磕伤、撞墙……现在她小腿上还满是青一块紫一块的伤痕。

她有一种倔强的自尊。摔倒了，都坚持自己站起来。

刘芳爱读书。甚至失明之后，她还常去逛书店。打开一本书，把脸埋进去，深深吸一口，当墨香弥漫鼻腔，那字字句句就仿佛飞了出来，萤火虫般环绕着她，让她沉醉不已。

电脑装了盲人软件后，经常敲点东西就成了她最大的乐趣。令人惊叹的是，她先后完成了两部长篇小说，一部17万字，一部28万字。其中，《石榴青青》已经出版。

她在小说的前言中写下一句话：“一条河，在地面奔腾时是一条河，在地下流淌时还是一条河，最后它们都奔向了大海，在那里它们的灵魂是平等的。”

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

原文：

杞国有人，忧天地崩坠，身亡所寄，废寝食者。

又有忧彼之所忧者，因往晓之，曰："天，积气耳，亡处亡气。若屈伸呼吸，终日在天中行止，奈何忧崩坠乎?"其人曰："天果积气，日月星宿，不当坠邪?"晓之者曰："日月星宿，亦积气中之有光耀者，只使坠，亦不能有所中伤。" 其人曰："奈地坏何?" 晓者曰："地积块耳，充塞四虚，亡处亡块。若躇步趾踏，终日在地上行止，奈何忧其坏?"其人舍然大喜。晓之者亦舍然大喜。

列 子《列子·天瑞》

白话文：

杞国有一个人，整天担心天塌地陷，自己没有地方容身，因此愁得睡不着觉，吃不下饭。

有个人看他这样忧愁，很为他担心，就去开导他说："天不过是很厚很厚的气积聚在一起罢了，没有一个地方没有气。你一举一动，一呼一吸，从早到晚都生活在天的中间，怎么会担心天塌下来呢?"

那人忧天的人听了，又说;"如果天是很厚的气，那么太阳、月亮和星星不会掉下来吗?"。

前来开导他的人说："太阳、月亮和星星，也都是会发光的气积聚而成的，即使掉下来，也不可能把人打伤。"

那个忧天的人又问："如果地陷塌了怎么办呢?"

开导他的人回答说："大地是土块积聚而成，它充塞四野，无处不有，你在它上面随便行走、跳跃，整天在它的上面生活，怎么担心它会陷塌呢?"

那人听了朋友的话，如释重负，非常高兴;那个前来劝他的人放下心来，也很高兴。

寓意：只要把道理说透彻，就能够帮助人解除顾虑和忧愁。

后人从中概括出"杞人忧天"一句成语，用以比喻不必要的或无根据的忧虑。

一天，孙悟空被儿子孙小圣缠上了：“爸爸，听人说您会七十二变?”

悟空说：“这不假，你爸爸样样都会变。”

“教教我吧!”

悟空磨不过儿子，就教了他一招——变树。

猪八戒的儿子猪小能来找孙小圣，半路上撞到一棵树上，头撞得很疼，他生气了：“是谁把树种在路当中?，

“哈哈!”变成树的小圣又变回来，“是我爸爸教我变树的，他什么都会变!”

小能发了呆。可他想了想，对小圣说：“你还变成树，等在这里!”说完赶忙跑回家去。

“爸爸!”小能挺委屈地对着八戒喊，“人家小圣的爸爸教小圣变树，您什么也没教我!”

“这有啥稀奇，”八戒安慰儿子说，“你爸爸也会三十六变呢，我也教你一手!”……

再说变成树的小圣，正等得不耐烦，只见摇摇摆摆走来一头大象，伸开长鼻子就要拔树。

“哎呀!爸爸呀!”小圣惊叫起来。‘

大象忍不住笑出声——是小能的声音。

小圣一心想赢，又去请教悟空，变成一只小老鼠，要朝大象鼻孔里钻。小能也不服输，又从爸爸那儿学到新本事，变成一只猫来抓老鼠。为了对付猫，悟空又教儿子变老鹰……

变这变那，比来比去，八戒的三十六变不够用了。“算了吧，孩子，咱不比了。”

“不，我要你再教我!”

可是吵也没用。

小圣从悟空那儿学到了七十二变。但他只用了三十七变就赢了，还有三十五变没用上，赢得也没劲。他看见小能挺难受的，就说：“你拜我做师傅，我来教你七十二变吧。，

可是小能赌气不要小圣教。

怎么办呢?这事没难倒小圣。要教七十二变，自己先变一变。小能愿意跟小圣学了，因为小圣变成了八戒叔叔的模样!……

1929年9月1日，陈毅向中共中央写的《关于朱毛军的历史及其状况的报告》一文中曾这样写道:“红军的官兵夫薪饷吃穿一样，所以官兵不能有什么区别。群众及敌兵俘虏初次看见鼎鼎大名的四军军长那样芒鞋草履、十分褴褛莫不诧异，若不介绍，至多只能估量他是一个伙夫头，同时到现在伙夫头三字恰成了四军军长的诨号。”朱德的这种“伙夫头”形象，不仅在于他能和广大士兵一起生活，能与百姓打成一片，赢得人民群众的信任，同时也成为他一种潜在的“护身符”，使他两次脱险。

Bob Richards, the former pole-vault champion, shares a moving story about a skinny young boy who loved football with all his heart.

Practice after practice, he eagerly gave everything he had. But being half the size of the other boys, he got absolutely nowhere. At all the games, this hopeful athlete sat on the bench and hardly ever played.

This teenager lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship. Even though the son was always On the bench, his father was always in the stands cheering. He never missed a game. This young man was still the smallest of the class when he entered high school. But his father continued to encourage him but also made it very clear that he did not have to play football if he didn‘t want to.

But the young man loved football and decided to hang in there He was determined to try his best at every practice, and perhaps he‘d get to play when he became a senior. All through high school he never missed a practice nor a game but remained a bench-warmer all four years. His faithful father was always in the stands, always with words of encouragement for him. When the young man went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a "walk-on." Everyone was sure he could never make the cut, but he did.

The coach admitted that he kept him on the roster because he always puts his heart and soul to every practice, and at the same time, provided the other members with the spirit and hustle they badly needed.

The news that he had survived the cut thrilled him so much that he rushed to the nearest phone and called his father. His father shared his excitement and was sent season tickets for all the college games. This persistent young athlete never missed practice during his four years at college, but he never got to play in a game.

It was the end of his senior football season, and as he trotted onto the practice field shortly before the big playoff game, the coach met him with a telegram. The young man read the telegram and he became deathly silent. Swallowing hard, he mumbled to the coach, "My father died this morning. Is it all right if I miss practice today?" The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder and said, "Take the rest of the week off, son. And don‘t even plan to come back to the game on Saturday."

Saturday arrived, and the game was not going well. In the third quarter,when the team was ten points behind, a silent young man quietly slipped into the empty locker room and put on his football gear. As he ran onto the sidelines, the coach and his players were astounded to see their faithful teammate back so soon. "Coach, please let me play. I‘ve just got to play today," said the young man. The coach pretended not to hear him. There was no way he wanted his worst player in this close playoff game. But the young man persisted, and finally feeling sorry for the kid, the coach gave in. "All right," he said."You can go in." Before long, the coach, the players and everyone in the stands could not believe their eyes. This little unknown, who had never played before was doing everything right. The opposing team could not stop him. He ran, he passed, blocked, and tackled like a star. His team began to triumph. The score was soon tied. In the closing seconds of the game, this kid intercepted a pass and ran all the way for the winning touchdown. The fans broke loose. His teammates hoisted him onto their shoulders. Such cheering you never heard.

Finally, after the stands had emptied and the team had showered and left the locker room, the coach noticed that this young man was sitting quietly in the corner all alone The coach came to him and said, " Kid, I can‘t believe it. You were fantastic! Tell me what got into you? How did you do it?"

He looked at the coach, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was blind?" The young man swallowed hard and forced a smile, "Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could see me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!"

Like the athlete‘s father, God is always there cheering for us. He‘s always reminding us to go on. He‘s even offering us His hand for He knows what is best, and is willing to give us what we need and not simply what we want. GOD has never missed a single game. What a joy to know that life is meaningful if lived for the Highest. Live for HIM for He‘s watching us in the game of life!

As is known to us,China has the biggest population in the world,which is more than 1,300,000,000.Such a large population causes some problems in cities,thats the unemployment.Too many people gather in cities and the jobs are not enough.Some graduates cant find a job though they have left school for years.In addition,traffic jam is another problem resulting from the big population.There are too many cars on the roads and streets.

The situation of the countryside is not good.Too many people live in the countryside and we dont have enough farm land for them.

Fortunately,our government has realized the problems and has attached great importance to them.The government is trying its best to create more jobs and improve traffic systems.Moreover,the one-child policy has helped a lot.

look at your watch for just one minuite.During that time,The popuiation of the world increased by 259.Perhaps you think that is notmuch.Hoever,during the next hour,over15540 more babies will be born on the world.

So it goes on,hour after hour.In oneday,people have to produce food fover 370000 more mouths.Multiply this by365.justthink how many more there will be in one year!What will happen in a hundred years?

The increasing population

may be the greatest challenge of the world today.The worlds population is growing faster and faster.Two thousang years ago,there only 250millon people on the earth. At the beining of the20thcentury,the worldspopulation was about 1.7billion.In 1990,it reached more than five billion.Now at the beininjg of the 21stcentthe worlds population has passed six billion.people say that by the yeay 2010it may be seven billion.That means in about 600 years,there will br standing room only on the earth.Each person will have one half to one square metre of space to live in.There will be hardly enough space ror angbody else.

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众所周知,中国拥有世界上最大的人口超过1300000000。如此大的人口在城市造成一些问题,这是失业。很多人聚集在城市和工作是不够的。一些毕业生找不到工作,尽管他们已经离开学校好多年了。此外,交通堵塞造成的另一个问题是巨大的人口。有太多的汽车在公路和街道。

农村的情况是不好的。太多的人生活在农村,我们没有足够的农田。

幸运的是,我们的政府已经意识到问题,并重视他们。政府正在尽力创造更多的就业机会,改善交通系统。此外,独生子女政策已经帮助很多。

看看你的手表只有一个秒。在此期间,世界人口增加了259人。也许你认为这是更高的。Hoever,在接下来的一个小时里,over15540更多宝宝将出生在世界。

就这样,一个小时又一个小时。在某一天,人们要生产粮食fov 370000多的嘴。把这个by365。justthink多少会有一年!一百年后会发生什么事?

增加的人口

可能是当今世界最大的挑战。世界人口增长越来越快。述说两年前,地球上只有250米隆人。the20thcentury拜因的,世界人口约为17亿。在1990年,它达到了超过五十亿人。现在的beininjg 21 stcentthe世界人口已经超过六十亿。人们说2010 yeay可能是七十亿年。这意味着在大约600年,地球上只br站立的空间。每个人将有一半生活在一平方米的空间。会有其他几乎没有足够的空间。

The so-called Eight Immortals refers to the eight immortal, they are: torrent, Han Chung, Lan Tsai, Chang, old, Xiangu, Han Xiang, obviously drunk and Lu Tung-pin.

One day, the Queen Mother of the West Eight Immortals birthday celebration back from the clouds over the East China Sea through, I saw choppy sea, Bailangtaotian, it is truly spectacular. Thus, the Eight Immortals decided to go to the sea and play.

Lu Tung-pin, said: "Everyone threw their treasures on the sea, it is crossed by the sea, comparison and who is more supernatural powers, how?"

Tieguaili first welcomed the recommendation, high-spirited mood he said: "Well you look at me!!" Put the crutches toward the sea, crutches like a boat floating in the water, a torrent somersault, turned upright on crutches.

Han Chung then put his palm-leaf fan thrown into the sea, standing on the top jump.

Subsequently, several other fairy also recount, Chang, old riding a donkey down, marching Lu Tung-pin male and female sword, Xiao Han Xiangzi sitting, riding Xiangu flowers, blue and standing on the green light, obviously drunk stepping jade, are floating up in the sea.

Eight Immortals secure in the surging waves along the drift, which clouds feel different, do not have a new stimulus and atmosphere, we really played with pleasure.

In this case, obviously drunk suddenly points to the right hand, and shouted:

"We see ah! There seat mirage!"

We turned around and saw a gradually rising mountains from the sea, the mountains there are trees, there are buildings, while on the up in the air, the clouds slowly into the horizon, a flash, a cloud that has been scattered by the wind a.

Han Xiang said: "We do not really treat shallow sea dragon mirage gas is booed out of gas, a rare century ah!!"

Suddenly, the blue and disappeared from them. We wait and see far and near, while calling to find, but I could not see blue and traces of old Chang guess, he said:

"East China Sea Dragon King might be trouble, he did not welcome us his prowess at sea, the blue and caught underwater to go, we go together to the underwater dignitaries go!"

We came to the Dragon Palace, Dragon King politely request release. Dragon unreasonable, not only refused, but also sent his sons to lead the minor players to kill the Eight Immortals. Eight Immortals had to use magic to carry a weapon, resisting many small, after a fierce battle, two were the Eight Immortals Dragon Prince killed.

A dragon, his two sons were killed the Eight Immortals, really extreme grief, please South China Sea, West Sea, North Sea Dragon King to help. Dragon King ton of bricks, the Eight Immortals also riled. Torrent wine gourd sea water absorbance, and the remaining few will be immortal Tarzan moved over to fling the East China Sea, the East China Sea became an immediate high.

The two sides played incredibly hard, sun and the moon light, the Lao, and Avalokiteshvara Buddha also alarmed, they all came to mediation. The results of mediation is, by the blue and the East China Sea Dragon King sent two Jade, as compensation for killing two Prince Tarzan moved back by Kannon responsible place.

Because of a dispute, the Eight Immortals Jade Emperor was downgraded first-class. Since then, the Eight Immortals no longer afraid to stir up trouble to the outside.

所谓八仙是指八位仙人，他们分别是：铁拐李、汉钟离、蓝采和、张果老、何仙姑、韩湘子、曹国舅和吕洞宾。

有一天，八仙向西王母拜寿回来，腾云驾雾从东海上空经过，只见海上波涛汹涌，白浪滔天，煞是壮观。于是，八仙决定到海面上玩一玩。

吕洞宾说：“大家把自己的宝物扔到海面上，借着它渡过大海，比一比谁更有神通，怎么样？”

铁拐李首先对这一建议表示欢迎，他兴致昂扬地说：“好啊！大家先看我的！”便把拐杖投向海中，拐杖像一条小船漂浮在水面，铁拐李一个筋斗，翻立在拐杖上。

接着汉钟离把他的芭蕉扇丢到海上，跳下去站在上面。

接着，其他几位仙人也各显神通，张果老倒骑着毛驴，吕洞宾踏着雌雄宝剑，韩湘子坐着萧，何仙姑乘着花篮，蓝采和站在拍板上，曹国舅踩着玉版，都在海面上漂浮了起来。

八仙安稳地顺着汹涌的波浪漂去，这与腾云驾雾感觉大不相同，别有一番新的刺激和情调，大家玩得好不快意。

这时，曹国舅突然用手指向右边，并高声喊道：

“大家看啊！那里有座海市蜃楼！”

大家转头一看，只见一座仙山渐渐地从海里升起，山上有树木，有楼房，一会儿就升到半空中，慢慢地变成天边的浮云，一转眼，那浮云又被风吹散了。

韩湘子说：“我们真是眼福不浅！蜃气是海里蛟龙嘘出来的气体 ，百年难得一见啊！”

突然 ，蓝采和从他们当中消失了。大家远近观望，一边找一边喊，可就是不见蓝采和的踪迹，张果老猜说：

“可能是东海龙王作怪，他不欢迎我们在他的海上大显神通，把蓝采和抓到龙宫去了，走 我们一起到龙宫要人去！”

大家来到龙宫，婉言请求龙王放人。龙王蛮不讲理，不但不肯，还派自己的几个儿子带领虾兵蟹将追杀八仙。八仙只得用随身的法宝当武器，抵抗虾兵蟹将，经过一场激烈的战斗之后，龙王的两个太子被八仙杀死了。

龙王一听，自己的两个儿子被八仙杀了，真是悲愤至极，商请南海、西海、北海龙王来帮忙。龙王的不依不饶，把八仙也给惹火了。铁拐李用酒葫芦把海水吸光，其余几位仙人将泰山搬了过来，往东海一扔，东海立刻变成了一座高 。

双方打得天昏地暗，日月无光，把太上老君、如来佛和观世音也惊动了，他们全都赶来调解。调解的结果是，由蓝采和送东海龙王两片玉版，作为杀两位太子的补偿泰山则由观世音负责搬回原处。

因为这一场纠纷，八仙被玉皇大帝降级一等。从此，八仙再也不敢到外面惹是生非了。

I have a Chinese dream, is to let the earth is very clean, everyone was happy.

I have a Chinese dream, is to make every school and every classmates are very friendly peace.

I have a Chinese dream, is to let each resident house not collapsed.

I have a Chinese dream, is to let each student textbooks and story books wont be broken forever and ever.

I have a Chinese dream, is to let all the bad guys to become a great great guy.

I have a Chinese dream, is to make the poor children can be the best on the school.

I have a Chinese dream, is to make the poor residents of planted land quickly take root, sprout, results.

Ah! I have a lot of Chinese dream!

我有一个中国梦，是让地球变的非常干净，每个人都很快乐。

我有有一个中国梦，是让每个学校和每个同学都很友好和平。

我有一个中国梦，是让每一个居民的房子不再倒塌。

我有一个中国梦，是让每个同学的课本和故事书永永远远不会再破。

我有一个中国梦，是让坏人全都变成一个非常好的大好人。

我有一个中国梦，是让穷的小朋友们都可以上最好的学校。

我有一个中国梦，是让穷的居民种下的土地快快的生根、发芽、结果。

呀!我有好多个中国梦啊!