用英语讲好中国故事的英语作文（汇总20篇）

有一家人家做了新房子，但厨房没有安排好，烧火的土灶烟囱砌得太直，土灶旁边堆着一大堆柴草。

一天，这家主人请客。有位客人看到主人家厨房的这些情况，就对主人说：“你家的厨房应该整顿一下。”

主人问道：“为什么呢?”

客人说：“你家烟囱砌得太直，柴草放得离火太近。你应将烟囱改砌得弯曲一些，柴草也要搬远一些，不然的话，容易发生火灾。”

主人听了，笑了笑，不以为然，没放在心上，不久也就把这事忘到脑后去了。

后来，这家人家果然失了火，左邻右舍立即赶来，有的浇水，有的撤土，有的搬东西，大家一起奋力扑救，大火终于被扑灭，除了将厨房里的东西烧了一小半外，总算没酿成大祸。

为了酬谢大家的全力救助，主人杀牛备酒，办了酒席。席间，主人热情地请被烧伤的人坐在上席，其余的人也按功劳大小依次入座，惟独没有请那个建议改修烟囱、搬走柴草的人。

大家高高兴兴地吃着喝着。忽然有人提醒主人说：“要是当初您听了那位客人的劝告，改建烟囱，搬走柴草，就不会造成今天的损失，也用不着杀牛买酒来酬谢大家了。现在，您论功请客，怎么可以忘了那位事先提醒、劝告您的客人呢?难道提出防火的没有功，只有参加救火的人才算有功吗?我看哪，您应该把那位劝您的客人请来，并请他上坐才对呀!”

主人听了，这才恍然大悟，赶忙把那位客人请来，不但说了许多感激的话，还真的请他坐了上席，众人也都拍手称好。

事后，主人新建厨房时，就按那位客人的建议做了，把烟囱砌成弯曲的，柴草也放到安全的地方去了，因为以后的日子还长着呢。

什么事情都要有个预见性，如果自己没意识到，听听别人的建议也是好的，防患于未然总比出了险情再去补救更为重要。

when i was a little child, i had many dreams. i wanted to be rich, so that i can live in a big and beautiful house. i can go everywhere by car. but now, my dream seems to be better and more realistic. i hope i can have a good job. it will not take much of my time, although i can’t earn much. every year, i have holidays to travel. traveling is my favorite and it can reduce my pressure. it’s good for my life. therefore, i hope traveling can be a part of my future life.

Cherry is a plant, Rosaceae, deciduous trees, flowers and leaves in March with the release or leaves after flowering. Are also the cherry as the name of the album.

樱花是一种植物,蔷薇科,落叶乔木,花于3月与叶同放或叶后开花.也有以樱花为名称的专辑.

Bark purple-brown, smooth and shiny, with horizontal stripes. Flowers and Leaves alternate, elliptic or obovate elliptic, margin Mount teeth, apex acute, while glands, surface dark green, shiny, slightly back light. Stipules lanceolate linear, jagged edge fine crack, crack terminal gland. Spend each 35, as umbrella inflorescence, sepals at the Standard, petal apex notch, white, red. Flowers and leaves in March with the release or the first flower after the leaves. The nuclear sphere, first red, then become purple-brown, mature in July. Japans national flower.

树皮紫褐色,平滑有光泽,有横纹.花与叶互生,椭圆形或倒卵状椭圆形,边缘有芒齿,先端尖而有腺体,表面深绿色,有光泽,背面稍淡.托叶披针状线形,边缘细裂呈锯齿状,裂端有腺.花每支三五朵,成伞状花序,萼片水平开展,花瓣先端有缺刻,白色、红色.花于3月与叶同放或先花后叶.核球形,初呈红色,后变紫褐色,7月成熟.为日本国花.

Mountain cherry, cherry, also known as green skin. Su dry skin brown, oval-shaped leaves mostly lanceolate, apex usually caudate, serrated edge with a tapered single-or re-toothed, teeth glandular terminal barbed Mount, dark green leaf surface smooth, white powder have been in the back of micro-pulse hairy, often young leaves brown. Petiole with 2-4 glands, flowers ill with double petals, white or pink, ovate fruit spherical, black when ripe, the Chinese origin of species more common in North China wild mountain fast-growing, sprouting ability, resistance to dust, Often the cherry rootstocks, nucleolus can be used as medicine

山樱：又名青肤樱.干皮粟褐色,叶多为椭圆状披针形,先端常尾状,缘具尖细单锯齿或重锯齿,齿端有腺质刺芒,叶表苍绿光滑,背面微被白粉有中脉有毛,幼叶常为褐色.叶柄有2-4腺体,花单瓣或重瓣,白或粉红,果卵状球形,熟时黑色,为原产种,华北山地多见野生,生长快速,萌芽力强,抗烟尘,常作樱桃之砧木,核仁可入药

[中国植物英语作文

One day in the year 489 B.C., Confucius led his disciples to the State of Cai via the State of Chen. When they passed by the State of Chen, they were surrounded by the people of Chen.

公元前489年的一天，孔子带着弟子经陈国去蔡国。他们路过陈国的时候，被陈国人包围了。

For seven days and nights in succession, they hadnt eaten one grain of rice. They were so hungry that they couldnt get up from bed.

整整七天七夜，他们没有吃到一粒米饭，都饿得躺在床上起不来。

Later, after much effort, one of his disciples Yan Hui somehow obtained some rice. The rice was washed and cooked, and when it was almost done, Yan Hui suddenly stretched out his hand to grab a handful of rice from the steamer, put it into his mouth and swallowed it.

后来，弟子颜回好不容易弄到了一点儿米，淘洗做饭。当米饭快要熟的时候，颜回突然伸手从颤里抓起一把米饭，塞进嘴里吞了下去。

Confucius, lying at a distance, saw all this by chance, but pretended that he had seen nothing and didnt say a word.

这一切，恰巧被躺在远处的孔子看在眼里，但是他却装作没有看见，一声不响。

After a while the rice was done. Yan Hui respectfully came to Confucius and asked him to take his meal.

不一会儿，米饭熟了。颜回恭恭敬敬地来拜见孔子，请老师去吃饭。

Confucius slowly sat up in his bed and said to Yan Hui:

孔子慢悠悠地从床上坐起来，对颜回说:

"A short while ago I had a dream. I dreamed of my deceased father. If the rice is clean, I would like to make a sacrificial offer to him."

“刚才我做了一个梦，梦见我死去的父亲。如果米饭干净的话，我想祭奠一下他老人家。”

Yan Hui replied hurriedly:

颜回急忙说道:

"Master, the rice is not clean, and its unfit for sacrifice."

“先生，这米饭不干净，不能用来祭祖。”

He then continued:

接着又说:

"Some soot has just fallen into the steamer and soiled the rice. It is a pity to throw the rice away, so I picked out the sooted rice and ate it."

“甄里刚才掉进了一点儿烟尘，弄脏了米饭。倒掉它太可惜，我就用手把有烟尘的米饭抓出来吃了。”

Confucius suddenly saw the light. He sighed and said:

孔子恍然大悟，长叹了一口气，说道:

"It goes without saying that one can trust ones own eyes. But now it seems that ones eyes cannot be trusted entirely. It goes without saying that one can trust ones own mind, but now it seems that ones own mind cannot be trusted entirely either. Disciples, keep this in mind: It is not easy to thoroughly understand a person after all."

“本来自己的眼睛是可以相信的，现在看来眼睛也不能完全相信呵!本来自己的头脑是可以信赖的，现在看来头脑也不完全可以信赖呵!弟子们，记住吧!要真正了解一个人，是很不容易的啊!”

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

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

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

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

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

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

乡村真美。此时正值夏季，田里的小麦都呈现金黄色而燕麦依然青绿。干草被堆放在低洼的草地上，广阔的树林围绕着

田野和草地，树林的中央有多处深邃的湖泊，在阳光最充足的地方矗立着一栋老旧的大宅邸。这栋宅邸被一条深长的壕沟所包围，茂盛的

叶子从这栋房子干部上的藤蔓往下长，延伸到河水的边缘。其中有一些叶子很大，小孩子可以拿它们来当雨伞。

在森林的深处有一只母鸭子坐在她的巢中，她的小鸭子们即将孵出来。

终于蛋一个接一个地开始裂了。 “吱，吱！”小鸭们叫着。“呱，呱！”母鸭回道。“这个世界好大啊！”小鸭子异口同声道。

The countryside was lovely. It was summer. The wheat was golden and the oats were still

green. The hay was stacked in the low-lying meadows. There lay great woods around the fields and meadows.

There were deep lakes in the midst of the woods. In the sunniest spot stood an old mansion surrounded by a deep moat.

Great leaves grew from the vines on the walls of the house right down to the waters edge.

Some of the leaves were so big that a child could use them as an umbrella.

In the depths of a forest a duck was sitting in her nest. Her little ducklings were about to be hatched.

At last one egg after another began to crack." Cheep, cheep!" the ducklings said." Quack, quack!" said the duck.

" How big the world is!" said all the young ones.

但最大的蛋依旧在那儿，于是她又再坐回她的巢中。

一只年长的鸭子过来拜访她说：“喂！你近来可好吗？”坐着的母鸭回答说：“这枚蛋花了很长的时间，

壳偏偏还不裂开，不过其他的小鸭都是最完美的鸭子，他们很像他们的爸爸。”

年长的鸭子说：“让我看看那枚不会裂开的蛋，你或许是坐在一枚火鸡的蛋上！我曾经像那样被骗过一次。不错，那是火鸡的蛋！

你最好不要管它，去教其它的小鸭游泳吧。”

“我要再多坐一会儿。”

But the biggest egg was still there. And then she settled herself on the nest again.

"Well, how are you getting on?" said an old duck who came to pay her a visit." This egg is taking such a long time," answered the sitting duck."

The shell will not crack, but the others are the finest ducklings. They are like their father."

"let me look at the egg which wont crack," said the old duck." You may be sitting on a turkeys egg!

I have been cheated like that once. Yes. its a turkeys egg!

You had better leave it alone and teach the other children to swim."

"I will sit on it a little longer."

终于这枚巨蛋裂开了。这小子可真是又大又丑！她说：“那是一只非常巨大的鸭子，其他的小鸭没有一只看起来像他一样。

他会是火鸡的孩子吗？我会尽快查清楚，我将叫他下水去。”

隔天这只母鸭带着她的一家人走到壕沟。

她跳入水中，“呱，呱，”她说，小鸭们一只接一只地跳进河里。

这只又大又丑的鸭子跟着他们一起游来游去，她说：“不是的，那不是火鸡。呱，呱！现在跟我来，我将带你们去参观这个世界，

要一直靠近我并小心猫！”第一天过去了，一切都还顺利。

At last the big egg cracked. How big and ugly the baby was! " That is a very big duckling." she said,

" None of the others look like that. Can he be a turkeys chick?

I will soon find out. I will make him go into water."

The next day the mother duck with her family went down to the moat. She said, and one duckling jumped in after another.

The big ugly one swam about with them." No, that is no turkey," she said," Quack, quack! Now come with me

and I will take you into the world. Keep close to me all the time. Be careful of the cat!"

The first day passed, and everything was fine.

之后，事情愈来愈糟。这只可怜的小鸭被所有的小鸭追逐和骚扰，因为他长得很丑。大鸭们咬他，母鸡们啄他，

而喂食他们的女孩把他踢到旁边去。于是他离家出走，不久就来到一片野鸭住的广阔沼泽。

他双疲倦又痛苦，因此他整晚都在那里。

早上这群野鸭们飞来看他们的新朋友。这些野鸭说：“你长得非常丑，但那对我们来说无所谓。”他在那里整整待了两天，

然后有两只野雁飞过来。就在那个时候，他听到“砰！砰！”的声音，那两只野雁摔落在芦苇丛中死了。

对这只可怜的小鸭子来说，那是一项很可怕的冲击。

Afterwards, matters grew worse and worse. The poor duckling was chased and harassed by all the ducklings because he was very ugly.

The ducks bit him, the hens pecked him. and the girl who fed them kicked him aside. Then he ran off and soon came to a great marsh where the wild ducks lived.

He was so tired and miserable that he stayed there the whole night.

In the morning the wild ducks flew up to see their new friend." You are very ugly," said the wild ducks," but that does not matter to us."

He stayed there two whole days . And then two wild geese came.

Just at that moment the sound of "Bang! Bang!" was heard, and both the wild geese fell dead among the reeds.

It was a terrible shock to the poor duckling.

一只巨大的狗出现在他的身边，离他很近。这只狗露出锐利的牙齿，继续往前走，没有碰他。

这只小鸭叹息说：“哦，谢谢老天爷！我是这么丑，因此连狗都不会咬我！”

晚上他来到一间小屋。这间小屋住着一位老婆婆和她的猫及母鸡。她的视力不好，以为这只小鸭是一只肥鸭。

她说：“要是我有了鸭蛋，我就发财了，”因此她留这只小鸭住了3个星期，但他并没有下蛋。

这只猫是这间房子的主人，而这只母鸡是女主人。

A big dog appeared close beside him. He showed his sharp teeth and went on without touching him.

"Oh, thank Heaven! I am so ugly that even the dog wont bite me!"

sighed the duckling.

In the evening he reached a little cottage where an old woman lived with her cat and her hen.

Her eyesight was not good, and she thought the duckling was a fat duck.

"I will be rich if I have duck eggs," she said.

So she took in the duckling for three weeks, but he laid no eggs.The cat was the master of the house

and the hen was the mistress.

母鸡说：“你能不能下蛋呢？”

小鸭回答说：“不能。”

这只猫说：“那么你最好离开到外面广阔的世界去。”就这样这只小鸭离开了。

有一天晚上，太阳刚刚下山，此时有一群漂亮的大鸟从矮树丛飞出来。

小鸭心想：“我从来没有看过这么漂亮的东西。”

"Can you lay eggs?" asked the hen.

"No," answered the duckling.

"Then you had better go out into the wide world," said the cat. So away went the duckling.

One evening the sun was just setting when a flock of beautiful large birds appeared out of the bushes.

The duckling thought," Ive never seen anything so beautiful."

他们有长长的脖子，全身是令人眩目的白色。他们是天鹅，他并不知道这些鸟是什么鸟。

冬天非常地寒冷刺骨，因此这只小鸭在水中游来游去以免冻僵了。

太阳又开始温暖地照耀着，云雀在歌唱，美丽的春天已经来临了。突然这只小鸭举起他的翅膀， 而翅膀拍动的力气要比以前大，

不知不觉中，他发觉自己已置身在一座巨大的花园里，花园里的苹果树开满了花，紫丁香长长的枝桠垂挂在湖岸边。

就在他的面前，他看到三只美丽的白天鹅向他游过来。

They were dazzlingly white with long necks. They were swans.

He did not know what the birds were.

The winter was so bitterly cold that the duckling swam about in the water to keep himself from freezing.

The sun began to shine warmly again. The larks were singing and beautiful spring had come.

Then, all at once, the duckling raised his wings and they flapped with much greater strength than before.

Before he knew it, he found himself in a large garden where the apple trees were in

full blossom and long branches of lilacs overhung the shores of the lake.

Just in front of him he saw three beautiful white swans swimming towards him.

“我将朝他们飞去而他们将会把我劈成粉碎，因为我长得非常丑。

不过没有关系，我宁愿被他们杀死也不愿被那些鸭子咬或是被那些母鸡啄。”

因此他飞入水中朝这些天鹅游过去，他们看到他就向他冲过来。

“杀死我吧，噢，杀死我吧！”可怜的小鸭说着朝水中低头，等待死亡的来临。

但他在清澈的水中看到什么样了呢？

"I will fly to them and they will hack me to pieces because I am so ugly.

But it doesnt matter. I would rather be killed by them than be bitten by the ducks or pecked by the hens."

So he flew into the water and swam towards the swans. They saw him and darted towards him.

"Kill me! Oh, kill me!" said the poor duckling,

and he waited for his death bowing his head towards the water.

But what did he see in the clear water? He was no longer a dark gray ugly bird.

他不再是只黑灰丑陋的鸟，他竟然是一只天鹅！

有些小孩手拿玉米和面包来到这个花园，将这些东西投入水中。

个子最小的那个孩子兴高采烈地大叫：“有一只新来的天鹅。”其他的孩子大叫：

“对啊！来了一只新的。”

他对着自己说：“当我是那只丑小鸭的时候，我从来也没梦想过我能够这么快乐！”

He was himself a swan!

Some children came into the garden with corn and pieces of bread, which they threw into the water.

The smallest child shouted with joy," There is a new one."

The other children shouted, "Yes, a new one has come."

He said to himself,

" I never dreamed that I could be so happy when I was the ugly duckling!"

导语：下面是小编分享给大家的中国十大历史励志人物故事，很多都是大器晚成的名人，看看这些历史名人给我们什么样的励志启示。一起来看看吧！

1、姜尚

因为年代太久远，姜尚的生卒年不可靠。传说他活了100岁，这毕竟是传说。不过说姜太公大器晚成那是肯定没问题的。很有代表性，也很有传奇性，不过可能没几个人有这样的运气。当然自己的实力也是至关重要的。

姜尚年轻时曾在商都朝歌(今河南淇县)宰牛卖肉，又到孟津(今河南孟津县东北)做过卖酒生意。他虽贫寒，但胸怀大志，勤苦学习，始终不倦地研究、探讨治国兴邦之道，以期有朝一日能够大展宏图，为国效力。直到暮年，终于遇到了施展才华之机。姜尚在辅佐周文王期间，为强周灭商制定了一系列正确的内外政策。周文王死后，武王姬发继位，拜姜尚为国师，尊称师尚父。姜尚继续辅佐周国朝政。武王十一年，武王举兵伐纣，在牧野大获全胜。周朝建国之后，姜尚因灭商有功，被封于齐，都城营丘(今日临淄市临淄北)。

中国有句老话“太公八十遇文王”。很可能夸张了。不过我记得在那里看过，说姜尚72岁被拜为国师，可信度就高些。无论是八十遇文王，还是七十而拜相也好，足以勉励我们每一个人

2、吴承恩

吴承恩其实从小在家乡就小有名气，他小时候勤奋好学，一目十行，过目成诵。他精于绘画，擅长书法，爱好填词度曲，对围棋也很精通，还喜欢收藏名人的书画法贴。少年时代他就因为文才出众而在故乡出了名，然而他的成名作《西游记》却成书很晚。

他生于一个有学官沦落为商人的家族，家境清贫。吴承恩自幼聪明过人，《淮安府志》载他“性敏而多慧，博极群书，为诗文下笔立成。”但他科考不利，至中年才补上“岁贡生”，后流寓南京，长期靠卖文补贴家用。晚年因家贫出任长兴县丞，由于看不惯官场的黑暗，不久愤而辞官，贫老以终。30岁后，他搜求的奇闻已“贮满胸中”了，并且有了创作的打算。50岁左右，他写了《西游记》的前十几回，后来因故中断了多年，直到晚年辞官离任回到故里，他才得以正式《西游记》的创作。一生穷困的吴承恩，奋尽全力完成中外闻名的《西游记》后，带着悲喜交加的心情，约于万历十年(82岁)离开了人世。

据说吴承恩正式写《西游记》已经是72岁的高龄。各位年龄偏大，在学术、政界、商界均不得志的，可以考虑来写小说，说不定也写成一代大师。

3、重耳

为了避难，43岁的晋文公开始过着流亡的生活，可以说是颠簸流离，尝尽了苦难。这位在外辗转19年才得以回国，随即称霸中原的春秋霸主，他的人生充满了传奇。

前656年，重耳遭到骊姬之乱的迫害，离开了晋国都城绛，到蒲城，他父亲晋献公派勃鞮谋杀重耳，勃鞮割断了重耳的袖子，重耳爬墙侥幸逃走，开始了流亡生活。前636年(62岁)秦穆公护送重耳回晋国。重耳即位，称晋文公，即位后他在诸侯中威信很高。在外漂泊19年的晋文公尝尽了人间的酸甜苦辣。先后投奔了齐、曹、楚、秦等国，有的国君对他礼遇有嘉，有的却是冷言冷语。在曹国的时候，曹共公听说重耳的肋骨连成一片，很好奇，所以乘重耳洗澡的时候，偷看了他的裸体。(一个国君也居然喜欢看希奇)。前633年，宋国都城商丘被楚军包围。、前632(65岁)年初，晋文公率兵救宋，为报答楚国在他流亡国外时楚国的款待，下令军队退避三舍(九十里)，在城濮(今山东濮县南)大败楚军。晋文公主持践土之盟，成为霸主。、前628年(69岁)冬天，晋文公逝世。

4、黄忠

黄忠在三国里亮相的时间较晚，成名也很晚，但我想年轻时可能有点小名气，但确实老了之后跟着刘备后才出名的，特别是定军山一战，斩掉名将夏侯渊威震天下，后来能被刘备封为后将军也可能和这一战有很大的关系。

黄忠年轻时一直为荆州刘表效力，被刘表任命为中郎将，与刘表侄子刘磐一起驻守长沙攸县(今湖南株州攸县，即虎纹老家)公元208年，曹操占领荆州，临时任命他为裨将军，任驻守原地，归属于长沙太守韩玄。公元209年，刘备攻打荆州各郡，占领了长沙、零陵、桂阳、武陵等地，黄忠投降刘备。公元211年(64岁)黄忠跟随刘备入川，征战益州，表现突出，勇冠三军。平定益州后刘备封其为讨虏将军。公元219年(72岁)，刘备进击汉中定军山，黄忠一战斩杀魏国身经百战的守将夏侯渊，曹军惨败，黄忠自此声名大震。后黄忠升为征西将军。公元219年刘备自立汉中王，重用黄忠为后将军，公元220年，黄忠病逝，享年73岁追谥为刚侯。

5、慕容垂

慕容垂重小就勇冠三军，深受父亲慕容皝的喜爱。后来却被太傅慕容评逼走，在在付坚麾下忍辱负重几十载，直到须发皆白才重新收拾了燕家天下，也可以算是大器晚成。

慕容垂为前燕开国皇帝慕容皝第五子,慕容暐之叔。甚得慕容皝宠爱，后来得到慕容恪赏识，曾为前锋都督，前燕吴王。369年晋将桓温率军攻前燕，在枋头撤退，慕容垂以三万骑追到襄邑(今河南睢县)，大败晋军。后被太傅慕容评逼走，携妻子投降前秦。淝水之战中进攻被委派进攻襄阳，暗中保存实力，在前秦败后叛变，慕容垂纠合鲜卑、乌桓，建立后燕，率军二十万攻邺，一年后夺据邺城。

386(60岁)年称帝，定都中山(河北定州市)。393(67岁)年消灭慕容泓的西燕政权。因扣留北魏王拓跋圭弟弟，与本是藩属的北魏关系恶化。395(69岁)年太子慕容宝征北魏，于参合陂之役大败，隔年慕容垂反击，但病死于亲征途中。

6、屈原

其实用大器晚成来形容屈原可能不太合适，但我认为屈原在文学上成就的顶峰确实是比较晚的时候。这于他一身坎坷的经历是有关的。早年的屈原一心想做忠君报国的忠臣可能在文学上不能投入太多的精力，而在政坛遭到排挤，被放逐后伟大的《离骚》才横空而出。

怀王二十四年，秦楚黄棘之盟，楚国彻底投入了秦的怀抱。屈原亦被逐出郢都，到了汉北。、怀王三十年，屈原回到郢都。同年，秦约怀王武关相会，怀王遂被秦扣留，最终客死秦国，楚襄王即位后继续实施投降政策，屈原再次被逐出郢都，流放江南，辗转流离于沅、湘二水之间。楚襄王二十一年(62岁)，秦将白起攻破郢都，屈原悲愤难捱，遂自沉汩罗江，以身殉了自己的政治理想。

诗人写作《离骚》时已经度过了大半生。他为了实现政治理想，不断遭到腐朽的贵族集团的排挤和打击，这时已经再被放逐，到了救国无路的地步;而楚国也由一个颇有希望的国家，被弄到了濒临危亡的绝境。诗人瞻前顾后，感慨万分，他把坚持奋斗而不能实现爱国理想的沉痛感情，熔成了这篇激动人心的诗歌。《离骚》通过诗人一生不懈的斗争和身殉理想的坚贞行动，表现了诗人为崇高理想而献身祖国的战斗精神;表现了与祖国同休戚、共存亡的深挚的爱国主义感情;也表现了他的热爱进步、憎恶黑暗的光辉峻洁的人格。

据说屈原还是世界四大文化名人"(另有波兰的哥白尼、英国的莎士比亚、意大利的但丁)之一。

7、刘邦

刘邦应该算是典型的大器晚成的人。除了运气出奇的好，我觉得他也有自己过人之处。秦二世元年(前209)九月，刘邦在沛县聚众响应陈胜&吴广起义，称沛公。此时的刘邦已是47岁的“高龄”了。47岁在今天想创一番事业也觉得自己老了，在2000多年前47岁的人可能相当于今天67岁的人。何况还是从一个县里小小的干部到国家最高领导人的差距。

刘邦的革命事业进展非常迅猛。公元前206(仅仅3年时间)年十月刘邦便进抵霸上。秦王子婴投降，秦灭亡。入关后刘邦废秦苛法，与关中父老约法三章：“杀人者死，伤人及盗抵罪。”因此受到人民的欢迎。项羽击溃秦军主力后，刘邦听从张良的意见，亲至鸿门，卑辞言好。项羽封刘邦为汉王，统治巴蜀地及汉中一带。刘邦不甘心革命的胜利果实被项羽独占，率军东出，发动了长达四年的楚汉战争。汉王五年冬，刘邦约韩信、彭越等人率军进围楚军于垓下。项羽率部突围，至乌江自刎。当年二月(55岁)，刘邦即帝位，初建都洛阳，不久迁至长安，史称西汉。

一般说“从奴隶到将军”表示一个人的飞跃，而刘邦8年时间就完成了“从亭长到皇帝”的跳跃，更牛。

8、勾践

勾践23岁就继承王位，刚继位不久就打败了强大的吴国，可谓是志得意满，但此时的勾践当然还算上“成”。因为强大的吴国正在发奋血耻，一场灭顶之灾随即就降临到了这位年轻的君王和他的国家。

阖闾受伤而死，其子夫差立志报仇。勾践于次年主动进攻吴。在夫椒山(今江苏吴县西南)与吴兵发生激战，越兵大败。勾践退兵至会稽山(今浙江绍兴南)，用范蠡的计策，向吴称臣乞和。勾践五年，率妻和大臣范蠡亲去吴国臣事夫差入质于吴，抵达吴都，勾践忍辱负重，自称贱臣，对吴王执礼极恭，吃粗粮、睡马房、服苦役，“服犊鼻、著樵头;夫人衣无缘之裳、施左关之襦。”小心伺候夫差，做到百依百顺，养马，夫人给水、除粪、洒扫。三年不愠怒，无恨色。胜过夫差手下的仆役。

勾践七年(30岁)归越，归国后，为了激励自己不忘报仇雪耻，睡觉时不铺褥子而铺上柴草。在房间里挂了一个苦胆，每顿饭前都要尝尝。这就是“卧薪尝胆”典故的由来。十年生聚、十年教训。终于勾践乘吴国争霸中原国内空虚加上国内天灾大败吴国。勾践二十四年(47岁)，吴都被围三年后城破，夫差自杀。吴亡。随后，勾践又乘船进军北方，宋、郑、鲁、卫等国归附，并迁都琅琊(今山东胶南南)，与齐、晋诸侯会盟，经周元王正式承认为霸主。

“有志者，事竞成，卧薪尝胆，三千越甲可吞吴”。

9、齐白石

这位在近代中国画坛享有盛名的艺术大师也是起步晚，基础差。齐白石从小家境贫困，世代务农，仅在12岁前随外祖父读过一段私塾。他砍柴、放牛、种田，什么活都干，12岁学木匠，15岁学雕花木工，挣钱养家。27岁才开始正式学画画。这个时候所有人恐怕连他自己也不会想到，日后会成为一代大师，获得一连串的荣誉。

齐白石什么时候可以称的上“成”字不太好说，我想在他中青年的时候已经小有名气，但可以肯定的是，他是在56岁后开始大胆突破自己，转变画风后才从此声名大振。

1949年当选中国文联委员、中华全国美术工作者协会委员。1952年聘为中央美术学院名誉教授、中国美术家协会主席、中央文史馆研究馆员、北京中国画研究会主席、北京中国画院名誉院长。曾当选第一届全国人大代表。1953年中央文化部授予“人民艺、术家”称号。1955年德意志民主共和国艺术科学院授予“通讯院士”荣誉状。1956年获世界和平理事会1955年度国际和平奖金。1957年，担任北京中国画院名誉院长，同年9月16日谢世。卒年95岁。

10、苏洵

据说苏洵年轻时，读书不努力，糊里糊涂地混日子，常和一帮“狐朋狗友”赛马、游山玩水，直到二十七岁方有觉悟，于是发愤学习。学了一年多，自以为差不多了，就去考进士，结果没有考中。这才使他认识到，学习并不容易，要得到成果非下苦功夫不可。从此，他谢绝宾客，闭门攻读，夜以继日，手不释卷。如此发愤攻读了五、六年，终于文才大进，下笔如有神，顷刻数千言。

仁宗嘉佑元年,他带领苏轼、苏辙到汴京，谒翰林学士欧阳修。欧阳修很赞赏他的《权书》、《衡论》、《几策》等文章，认为可与贾谊、刘向相媲美，于是向朝廷推荐。一时公卿士大夫争相传诵，文名因而大盛。嘉佑三年，仁宗召他到舍人院参加考试，他推托有病，不肯应诏。嘉佑五年(52岁)，任为秘书省校书郎。

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。

童话中丰富的想象和夸张可以活跃你的思维;那生动的形象、美妙的故事可以帮你认识社会、理解人生，引导你做一个通达事理、明辨是非的人。

萤火虫姑娘

哥哥看着病床上的小弟弟，弟弟的头发已经掉光了，嘴唇发白。哥哥对弟弟说：“弟弟，妈妈说你会好起来的，等你病好了，我们就去河边玩，哥哥给你抓螃蟹。”

弟弟看着哥哥，说：“哥哥，那你得把你的那个暴龙兽的玩具给我。”

“好，我明天就给你。”

第二天放学，哥哥拿着玩具飞奔到弟弟的病房，两只怪兽在病房的白色床单上打了起来。“乒乒乓乓”。兄弟俩笑得开心极了，爸爸妈妈看着他们，也不由得会心地笑了起来。

夜深了，病房安静极了，听得到外面昆虫“吱吱……”鸣叫的声音。妈妈和弟弟都睡着了，哥哥还醒着。他想，为什么弟弟会生病?弟弟什么时候才会好起来?他还想和弟弟一起看漫画书，一起出去玩呢!这时，一阵微风从窗外吹来，白色的窗帘随风起舞。他起身，看到一只亮着绿色光芒的萤火虫从窗户的缝隙里飞进来。萤火虫在空中转了几个圈，于是落在弟弟的被子上，慢慢往上爬。他赶紧站起来，想赶跑它，刚一走近，萤火虫就张开翅膀逃开了。

第二天傍晚，哥哥推着弟弟的轮椅扶手，漫步在医院的花园里，哥哥对弟弟说：“昨晚上我看到萤火虫了，可漂亮了，亮着绿色的光呢。”

“哥哥，我也想看看萤火虫。”

“这个好办，现在一到晚上，到处都是萤火虫。我捉几只给你。”

到了夜里，哥哥在花园里四处搜寻。昏黄的路灯光照亮了花园的小径，但周围的草丛却是一片黑暗。他走进黑黢黢的草丛里，这时，他看到不远处隐隐约约亮着一道绿色的荧光。他刚走近，它就飞走了，落在一棵小松树的树枝上。他小心地靠近，然后用双手迅速把绿光盖住。小虫在他的掌心底下乱撞，他感到手心痒痒。他小心地打开手掌，把小虫放到纸盒里，兴奋地跑到弟弟的病房。弟弟已经睡着了，哥哥拿出一个空的玻璃罐头瓶，小心地萤火虫放进去，然后盖上瓶盖。他叫醒弟弟，弟弟睁开惺忪的眼睛，看到瓶子里的绿色光点，惊奇地笑了起来。笑着笑着，弟弟开始咳嗽，声音惊醒了妈妈，妈妈边拍弟弟的背，边给他喂水。直到弟弟再次睡着。妈妈用责备的眼神看着哥哥，然后把玻璃瓶扔进了垃圾桶。妈妈看上去憔悴而且疲惫，哥哥既委屈又内疚。

妈妈睡着以后，哥哥小心地从垃圾桶里把玻璃瓶拣出来，他仔细一看，小小的萤火虫居然变成了一个小姑娘，手上拎着一只亮着绿色荧光的小灯笼。小姑娘背后长着一对透明的小翅膀，穿着绿色的小裙子。哥哥赶紧把盖子打开。萤火虫姑娘，一蹬腿，张开翅膀飞了起来。

她打着灯笼，飞到弟弟的头顶的空中盘旋了几圈，然后飞走了。哥哥从窗户伸出头去，他看到天空中漂浮着大片的绿光，就像是宇宙里的银河。他跑到楼下，跟着绿光走到一座低矮的灌木从中。绿光倾泻到灌木从中，分散开来。这时，周围的萤火虫亮光都逐渐熄灭了，只剩下了单独的两只。哥哥扒开遮挡住亮光的绿叶，下面居然是两个同样长着翅膀，提着绿色灯笼的小人。这两个小人一个穿着黑色的衣服，一个穿着红色的衣服。哥哥惊奇地发现，这两个小人竟是去世多年的爷爷奶奶。爷爷奶奶冲着他慈祥地微笑。

暖暖的阳光照进屋里，哥哥从睡梦中醒来，看到全身插满管子的弟弟。弟弟已经没有力气和哥哥一起玩玩具了。哥哥走出病房，看到医生和爸爸妈妈在交谈，医生走后，妈妈趴在爸爸身上哭泣。哥哥回去，坐在弟弟身边，对他说：“弟弟，你猜昨晚我看到什么了?”

“什么?”

“我看到爷爷奶奶了，他们变成了萤火虫。提着一只发绿光的小灯笼呢。”

“人死了就会变成萤火虫吗?”

“是的。”

“我也会变成萤火虫吗?”

“是的，你会长出一对小翅膀，还能飞呢。”

弟弟眨着大大的眼睛，疲惫的眼神里顿时恢复了一丝神采：“那太好了。我就能见到爷爷奶奶了，而且想飞到哪里就飞到哪里。可是，哥哥，你不能和我一起变成萤火虫吗?”

“我还不能变成萤火虫。”

“那我会很孤单。”

“不会，你有爷爷奶奶，还有你记得昨天晚上的那只萤火虫吗?她是个和你一样大的小姑娘呢。”

“我不信，哥哥你骗我。”弟弟嘟着嘴说。

“我没有骗你，你会见到她的。”

又到了夜里，突然下起了大雨，雨水“噼噼啪啪”落在窗台上，一道道银色的闪电劈开昏暗的天空，发出巨大的声响。弟弟吓得睡不著觉，哥哥坐在他床边。弟弟问：“今晚上萤火虫姑娘会来吗?”

“会的，等雨停了她就来了。不然雨水会打湿了她的灯笼，她会迷路的。”

“那雨什么时候会停?”

“快了!”

雨水落在地面，汇成一条条溪流。渐渐地，天空开始泛白，雨越来越小，空气中散发着雨后清新的泥土味道。这时，窗台上突然出现一道绿色的光点，绿光在自然的光线下显得如此微弱。哥哥激动地推推弟弟：“弟弟，快看，萤火虫姑娘来了，哥哥没有骗你。”

弟弟没有反应，哥哥看着闭着眼睛的弟弟，突然发现弟弟的耳朵背后爬上来一只黑色的小虫。小虫抖抖身子和翅膀，一蹬腿飞到哥哥的胳膊上，哥哥看着小虫，然后起身把它放到窗台上。两只黑色的小虫，伸出前腿互相触碰了一番就飞走了。

多年以后，哥哥成为了一个儿科医生。他没日没夜地工作，想让每一个孩子都健康地成长，拥有完整的人生。长期地辛苦工作，让他不堪重负，他病倒了。迷糊中，他看到一只萤火虫向他飞来，他呼唤着弟弟的名字。

一只温暖的手轻轻地抚摸着他的额头，告诉他：“要为了爱的人，好好照顾自己。不要一直飞，偶尔停下来，不然会迷路的。”哥哥睁开眼睛，眼前穿着白衣的护士小姐就像是多年前他见到的萤火虫姑娘。

他喜爱萤火虫，那在无边的黑暗中努力散发着光亮的小小生命。

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在一个夜深人静的夜晚，五官在争吵，谁的功劳大。

首先，我们的眉毛挑了挑身子大声说：“要是小主人没有我的话，水就要进小主人的眼睛里，而且我长在上面很好看。所以我的功劳最大。”眼睛不服气的说：“小主人要是没有我，就看不见广阔的世界了，我的功劳才大呢!”鼻子“哼”了一声说道：“小主人要是没有我，就不能呼吸了，饭菜的香味也闻不到了，我的功劳才大。”嘴巴嘟了嘟身子说：“如果没有我就没法吃东西了，我才是功劳最大的。”耳朵听了越来越生气了，说：“如果没有我小主人就听不到了，我的功劳才大!”

这时候大脑开口了：“别吵了，你们的功劳都大，小主人需要你们。你们只有互相帮助，小主人才会开心。五官惭愧地低下了头。

Every Chinese, who experienced 1980s, will remember forever the day November 6th 1981 when the China National Womens Volleyball Team defeated the Japan National Team (the so-called "Toyo Women Magic") with 3 to 2 at the 3rd World Womens Volleyball Cup in Osaka Japan. Thats the first world title for China Womens Volleyball Team. Everyone was shocked by this news. At that time, China had just been out of the "Cultural Revolution". When the news was broadcasted, people burst into joyful tears.

Their victory was the result of all the former volleyball players effort. In 1965,a famous coach of Japan was invited to China to help train the China National Womens Volleyball Team. Seeing both the players conscientious and spirit and the support from the Chinese people, he exclaimed, "Im sure that the China National Womens Volleyball Team will become strong!"

In 1982, the China National Womens Volleyball Team won the gold medal again at the World Womens Volleyball Championships in Peru under the leadership of Yuan Weimin.

In August 1984, the China National Womens Volleyball Team defeated successively the Japan National Team and the US National Team with 3 to 0, and won the gold medal again at the 23rd Olympic Games, which realized the "Triple Crown" dream at the world matches. The pride head coach of Japan National Team said, "Defeating China National Team is equal to block the Yangtze River. Both are impossible." The American coach said, "I hope our children will play basketball as well as the Chinese girls."

The elder players gradually retired after 1985. Then Lang Ping, the World No.1 Spiker at that time, was named the captain. She and her teammates went to Japan to join in the 4th World Cup, and won the title for the 4th time without losing any match.

Two years later, the China National Womens Volleyball Team came to the 14th World Womens Volleyball Team Championships. Though the famous players, such as the "Iron Girl" Cao Huiying, the "Iron Hammer" Lang Ping, the "Wall of Tian An Men Rostrum" Zhou Xiaolan, and the "Quick Attacker" Zhang Rongfang, had retired, the Chinese girls still won the gold medal by their strength and wisdom. The "Penta Crown" shocked the world. What a miracle!

The "Penta Crown" is not only a great honor, but also an ever spur. It has become the spirit of the China National Womens Volleyball Team. At present, the China National Womens Volleyball Team has become a symbol of striving and competing in Chinese peoples hearts.

As the fast development of other countries volleyball career, the China National Womens Volleyball Team had lost parts of their advantages for a period. In early 1995, Lang Ping, the former core player of the "Penta Crown" team, became the head coach of the Chinese National Team. Though its very hard to train these young players in such a short time, she made it. The China National Womens Volleyball Team won the bronze medals at the 7th World Cups at the end of 1995. Then they won the silver medals at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, and the gold medals at the 13th Asian Games in 1998. The China National Womens Volleyball Team became the No.1 in Asian again. Whats more, they made a greater miracle at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. These young girls defeated the rival in a very disadvantaged situation and won the gold medals finally, which were the bestaffirmation for their previous hard work.

Along with Reform and Opening up Policys carrying on and the Spirit of the National Womens Volleyball Team, volleyball had spread in all parts of China. You can find people playing volleyball everywhere, not only in the residential areas and the countryside, but also in schools and factories. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games render a nationwide movement of body-building in China. Meanwhile, it serves more chances for the sports events development including the volleyball in China.

小黄牛栽下了一棵柠檬桉，小树苗在春风中欢快地成长着。为了保护好小树，小黄牛在幼树旁立了一块木牌，上面写道：“请爱护小树”。

“哟，一棵多漂亮的小树，当然应该爱护。”一只小兔子蹦蹦跳跳地走过，欣赏了一阵之后，赞叹地说，“这小树太可爱了，我只要一片嫩叶夹在我的画册里当书签，那多美哟!”

小兔子小心地摘下了一片叶子，走了。

过了一阵，来了一只小猴。小猴子一发现小树苗，便欢呼起来：“多秀丽的柠檬桉呀，以后它会长得高耸入云，我就要在那白玉般的树干上做攀登技巧的表演。嘻，让我取片叶子作个纪念吧。对，就只要一片。”

小猴子仔细地掐下了一片树叶。乐得翻了个斤斗，溜了。

不一会，又来了一只小狗熊，小狗熊对柠檬桉树苗看了又看，闻了又闻，咂着嘴说：“不只长得好看，还有股醉人的香味儿，我要尝一片叶子，看看到底是什么滋味。不错，为了爱护小树，我决不多采第二片树叶。”

小狗熊捋下一片柠檬桉叶，用牙齿轻轻嚼着，满意地点点头，离开了。

接着，小山羊走过，小肥猪走过……

每一位路过的小家伙，都取下一片树叶。可是，只过了一天，当小黄牛走来浇水时，一看树苗，惊得目瞪口呆：整个小树一片叶子也不剩了!

朱自清一生勤勉，记日记为日常功课。他的两卷日记有多方面的史料价值，其中之一在于：它是观察某类民国文人经济状况的一个绝好样本。简而言之，朱自清日记是一部知识分子的贫困史。

翻开日记第一页，就有触目惊心的两条借贷记录：1924年7月29日“晚与房东借米四升，旧历年关亦有相似情形，而我仍用得拮据而归，甚矣”;30日“午后向张益三借五元，甚忸怩!”朱自清1920年大学毕业，赴江浙任教，先后辗转杭、扬、沪、温、甬。此时的他已有两个子女，正同时在省立四中和春晖中学任教，奔波于宁波与上虞之间。虽如此，仍是入不敷出，以至需要借米疗饥。

1925年，朱自清成为清华教授，一直到“七·七”事变后随校南迁，为时12年。此期朱自清经历颇多：先为六个孩子的父亲;妻子武钟谦病亡;欧游访学;和陈竹隐恋爱、结合;父亲病故;后又添二男。按说，战前这段经济较为稳定，清华教授待遇不薄，本该是他生计最宽裕的时期，但因家累进一步加重，所以仍时时捉襟见肘。1932年12月9日日记中说：“钱与文字皆觉其少;钱宜少用，文宜多作，勉之。”举债、还债的记录在此期日记里俯拾皆是。

昆明时期，百物腾昂而薪水低徊，教授成为清贫一族。朱自清负担尤重：多病的夫人不习惯昆明环境，带着孩子长住故乡成都，他定期将薪水寄成都;前妻所生三个未成年子女寄养扬州老家，他要付生活费;长女采芷工作无着，也赖他不时资助。陈竹隐来信常为告急，扬州方面则每因寄多寄少、早寄晚寄而与兄弟、弟媳生隙。每月领薪，朱自清第一时间分寄各处，自己所留无几。如1941年5月10日，“兑得现钱共八百九十多元，还债与寄钱后，本月只剩一百三十四元生活费”。他不得不“开源节流”。节流，到了自奉至简的地步：吃，靠和青年助教合住一室搭伙、包饭，或到朋友家蹭饭，因饭菜粗硬、食无规律，胃病长期不愈;穿，则常年不添新衣，一度每周披件赶马人的蓝毡“一口钟”到昆明城里授课，成为联大一景。至于“开源”，无非是多写文章、多做业余兼职。1944年后他一直在私立五华中学兼任国文教师。即便如此，仍时有青黄不接的情况，他就只能频频借债，拆东墙补西墙。

借而不得也是常有的事，于是不得不和当铺打交道。典当、寄卖成为朱自清在昆明的“家常便饭”。特别是在1942到1943年间，他隔三岔五地跑寄卖行，先后拿去寄售的物件有：网球拍、大字典、灯泡、行军床、被单、橡皮管、墨盒、皮外衣、淋浴器具、窗帷布。他和商人讨价还价，有时为了一件物品的价格，连续跑几家寄售行，还常受奸商的气。1942年4月8日，为行军床估价事妥协于商家，日记写道：“估价者系一少年，其人极有口辩，力言帆布已破，仅可按床架论值。”朱希望能卖120元，但少年仅肯给50元。“事后思之，实所不甘。而竟惑于该少年之妄说，草草立据……少年实奸商之尤，侮余如玩之掌上，可恨之至!”读到这些愤激无奈之辞，最令人心酸。

日记非为发表而作，自可率直无拘，完全是真性情的流露。朱自清每每在日记中大叹苦经。1941年4月26日在成都与经济条件较为优越的挚友叶圣陶倾谈后，写道：“圣陶确有勇气面对这伟大的时代。但他与我不同，他有钱可维持家用，而我除债务外一无所有。”几天后又说：“我尝到经济拮据而产生的自卑感。”不过哭穷归哭穷，另一个事实却是：朱自清，以及他的贫穷的同侪们，在困厄中坚守知识者岗位，维持西南联大弦歌不绝，育才无数，在云贵高原上创造了中国教育史上的一大“高原”。他个人笔耕不辍，遗著煌煌五百万字。有人戏称中国牌知识分子“价廉物美”，信哉斯言。

1948年，在回到清华园后两年，朱自清因严重胃溃疡不治身亡。次年毛泽东热烈表彰了他和闻一多这两位“民主斗士”，说他“宁可饿死，不领美国的救济粮”。朱自清因此死后哀荣，成了政治上不倒的知识分子表率。“饿死”之说言过其实，但又不能说和长期的穷厄无关。五十而殁，正当人文学者的黄金年龄，这自然是朱自清个人的悲剧，也是中国文化的损失。

一只乌龟从水中爬上岸，被岸上的鸵鸟看见了。鸵鸟走过去对乌龟说：“我不明白，你的脖子长得那么短，而且总是缩在里面，人们为什么偏偏喜欢你?”

乌龟反驳鸵鸟乌龟听了这话，伸了伸脖子，然后慢腾腾地反驳道：“人们都说你是鸟中之王，跑得快脖子也够长，可谁也不明白，你为什么遇到一点小事儿，身体就卷曲成一团，把头也埋进沙子里躲避起来，这样的胆小鬼谁会喜欢?”鸵鸟看了看乌龟，半句话也答不上来。

有的人总爱挑剔别人的缺点，其实是没看到自己的缺点。

越国没有车，越国的人也一直都不懂得该如何造车。越人很希望学会造车的技术，好将车用在战场上，增强本国的军事力量。

有一次，一个越人到晋国去游玩。野外空气新鲜、风景美丽，他一路走一路看，不知不觉到了晋国和楚国交界的郊野。忽然，不远处的一件东西将他的视线吸引过去。“咦，这不是一辆车吗?”这个越人马上联想起在晋国见到过的车。这东西确实是辆车，不过毁坏得很厉害，所以才被人弃置在这里，这车的辐条已经腐朽，轮子毁坏，輗(ni)也折断了，车辕也毁了，上上下下没有一处完好的地方。但这个越人对车本来看得不真切，又一心想为没有车的家乡立一大功，就想办法把破车运了回去。

回到越国，这个越人便到处夸耀：“去我家看车吧，我弄到一辆车，是一辆真正的车呢，可棒了，我好不容易才搞到的呢!”于是，到他家去看车的人络绎不绝，大家都想一睹为快。几乎每一个人都听信了这个越人的炫耀之词，纷纷议论着说：“原来车就是这个样子的啊!”“看上去怕不能用吧，是不是损坏过呢?”“你不信先生的话吗?车一定本来就是这个样子的。”“对，我看也是。”这样，越人造起车来都摹仿这个车的形状。

后来，晋国和楚国的人见到越人造的车，都笑得直不起腰来，讥讽说：“越人实在太笨拙了，竟然将车都造成破车，哪里能用呢?”可是越人根本不理会晋人和楚人的讥讽，还是我行我素，造出了一辆辆的破车。

终于有一天，战争爆发了，敌人大兵压境，就要侵入越国领土了。越人一点也不惊慌，从容应战，他们都觉得现在有车了，再没什么可怕的，越人驾着破车向敌军冲过去，才冲了没多远，破车就散了架，在地上滚得七零八落，越国士兵也纷纷从车上跌落下来。敌军趁乱杀将过来，把越人的阵形冲得乱七八糟，越人抵挡不住，死的死，逃的逃，投降的投降，兵败如山倒。可是直到最后，他们也不知道自己是败在了车上。

向别人学习当然是对的，但是应该有所选择，去其糟粕，取其精华。要是连糟粕也一并纳入怀中，就会栽跟头了。

有一天，蜘蛛对蚕说：“你每天吃饱桑叶，一天天长大，然后从嫩黄的嘴里吐出纵横交叉的长丝，织成茧壳，把自己牢牢地封裹起来。蚕妇把你放进开水中，抽出长丝，最后毁了你的身躯和茧壳。你口吐银丝的绝技恰恰成了杀死自己的手段，这样做不是太愚蠢了吗?”

蚕回答：“我固然是杀死了自己，但是，我吐出的银丝可以织成精美的绸缎，皇帝穿的龙袍，百官穿的朝服，哪一件不是用我吐出的长丝织成的?你也有吐丝织网的绝技。你张开罗网，坐镇中央，蝴蝶、蜜蜂、蚊子、小虫，只要撞入你的罗网，就统统成了你口中的美餐，没有一个能够幸免。你的技术是够高超的了，但专门用来捕杀别的动物，是不是太残忍了呢?”蜘蛛很不以为然：“为别人打算，说得多好听!我宁愿为自己!”

苏武牧羊

西汉时，中郎将苏武出使匈奴，单于派汉朝叛使、被单于封为丁灵王的卫律前来诱降。卫律说："苏先生，我从前背叛汉朝归降匈奴，受到单于大恩，封我为丁灵王，拥有数万奴隶，马匹、牲畜漫山遍野。你今天投降了，明天也和我一样富贵，若白白地流血牺牲，又有谁知道你呢!"苏武怒斥道： "卫律，你身为汉民，不顾恩义，叛国投敌，你虽然能得逞于一时，最终却逃脱不了天地良心的审判。"

卫律见苏武不屈服，只得向单于报告。单于见苏武很有气节，十分钦佩，更想招降他。于是把苏武囚禁在一个大地窖里，不给饮食，苏武只得嚼雪止渴，用毡毛充饥。后来单于又将苏武移到北海荒无人烟的地方，逼迫他牧羊。北海在今苏联境内的西伯利亚的贝加尔湖一带。苏武到了北海，匈奴停止了对他的食物供应，他只得觅野鼠掘草根充饥。在这荒漠上，除了丛生的野草，就是漫天的风雪，终年见不到一个人影。苏武抱着代表汉廷的旄节牧羊，无论坐卧行走都拿着汉节。岁月一天天流逝，节杆上缀的三重旄牛尾都落尽了。

十九年过去了，苏武历尽艰辛，终于回到自己的祖国。他出使还是壮年，及至归国，头发胡须全白了。岁月改变了他的容颜，却改变不了他忠于祖国的赤子之心。

Once upon a time there was a kind-hearted nobility, his wife died due to illness, he and his three daughters. This noble tried many inventions, failed, so spent money, so they had to move to a farmhouse life, his daughters also had to personally cooking, sewing and clean.

As for the daughters to marry, the father became even more depressed, because he had no money to buy dowry daughters. One evening, after washing clothes daughters will hang stockings at the fireplace drying. Saint Nicholas know their fathers situation, on that night, came to their doorstep. He has seen from the window fell asleep, the family also noticed that girls stockings. Then from his pocket, he three packets of gold from the chimney, just dropped a cast of girls in the stockings. The next morning when the daughters awoke they found their stockings contained enough gold for them to get married. The nobleman was able to see his three daughters marry and he lived a long and happy life. Later, the children all over the world continue the tradition of hanging Christmas stockings. In some countries children have similar customs, in France, the children will put shoes by the fireplace, etc.(.)

地雷，人类发明的最残酷的武器之一，轻轻地触动它，就可能把你炸残甚至让你死亡。每年大约有2万人因地雷爆炸致死或受伤，然而，有一位中国战士一生中和地雷这个死神“约会”了二十多年，亲手排除了2100多枚地雷，他就是当代中国军人陈代荣。

陈代荣刚刚参军时，心中的梦想并不是在地上挖地雷，而是搏击长空。当时，19岁的陈代荣考上了长春空军第一飞行基础学院，然而入校一年后，陈代荣在训练中扭伤脚踝并导致骨折，被学院淘汰。抹着眼泪的他只得调到湖南长沙工程兵学院排爆专业去学习。

1988年，陈代荣成为成都军区驻滇集团军工兵团的一名工程兵。扫雷是个最需要细心和耐心的技术活儿，陈代荣在部队里埋头苦练了4年，终于将地雷的“火暴脾气”摸了个透。

陈代荣第一次参加的排雷活动是中越边境大排雷。当时，战争已经过去多年了，就连当年布雷的战士也不知道地雷埋在哪里，边境上不但有我们的战士埋的雷，也有对方军队埋的雷，有正规地雷，也有用手榴弹、炮弹甚至鱼雷改装的土地雷，土里有雷，水里有雷，甚至树上也有雷。陈代荣带着30名扫雷手，趴在地上用手一寸一寸地摸。有一天，一位战士发现了一枚锈蚀变形的地雷，觉得它不存在爆炸的危险，伸手就要排除。陈代荣一把抓住他的手腕，一脚将地雷踢飞。地雷“哧哧”冒着青烟，滚下了山……要不是陈代荣判断正确，眼疾手快，排雷的战士就要牺牲了。

此后，陈代荣先后受联合国委派，带领中国维和战士赴非洲厄立特里亚、泰国和中东的黎巴嫩等地扫雷。2006年，以色列和黎巴嫩真主党之间爆发了21世纪以来规模最大的武装冲突。当时，中国的维和工兵营与真主党的基地仅一墙之隔，经常有炮弹在营地旁边爆炸。有一天，陈代荣负责护送3辆物资运输车，前往邻近的一个友军营地。车队行至一个路段时，陈代荣突然发现有两枚巨型炮弹横在路中央，挡住了去路。陈代荣跳下车，发现两枚炮弹已经处于待爆状态，只要稍微碰触，就会发生惊天动地的爆炸。这样的一枚炮弹，爆炸时的威力足以覆盖足球场大小的面积，两枚炮弹同时爆炸，四周几百米范围内的人都活不了。他带领战士们开始小心翼翼地拆除引信，当满身是汗的陈代荣拆完引信，把炸弹挪到路边时，所有在场的人才松了一口气。在战火纷飞的黎巴嫩，陈代荣34天里完成了1800多项战地任务

陈代荣不但“手巧”，而且“心灵”。在联合国维和部队执行任务时，他带领战士们花了6个月的时间，完成了一部272页、共计35万字的《扫雷标准作业程序》。这在别的国家，需要3年时间才能完成。他和战友们也因此成为我军首支通过国际扫雷资质认证的专业扫雷队伍。陈代荣还汇编了世界各国的地雷知识，出版了60余种手册，总结出26种科学的排雷方法，研制成功6种排雷新装备。他编写的《国际人道主义扫雷手册》，被联合国确定为援外扫雷基础教材。

至今，陈代荣还代表中国军队接受联合国委派，在世界上战火纷飞的冲突地区扫雷。他还创造了一个零伤亡的奇迹——在他扫过的雷区，至今都没有发生过雷患。

On May 4, a worthy of our anniversary festival forever. Ninety years ago that a whoop, like giant thunderbolt tore up the old China feudal remnants of the dream of more than two thousand years. On May 4, ninety years ago a group of passionate indignation is young students holding "outside our sovereignty, punish kleptocratic" slogan, uplift the flag of "democracy" and "science" on the ancient capital of Beijings streets. At that time, the great river north and south, inside and outside the Great Wall, support, magnificent and victorious anti-imperialist patriotic struggle from spark become start a prairie fire.

In this movement, uniting the people throughout the country, a common played a tune the era of haoqi forever song. The predominantly young students anti-imperialist patriotic movement, is the first time in the history of Chinese great thorough anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggle, it takes the great beginning of Chinese new democratic revolution and the history books.

五月四日，一个永远值得我们纪念的节日。九十年前的那一声呐喊，如同擎天霹雳般撕碎了旧中国两千多年的封建残梦。 九十年前的5月4日，一群激情悲愤的青年学生手持“外争国权，内惩国贼”的标语，高扬着“民主”、“科学”的旗帜走上了古都北京的街头。一时间，大江南北、长城内外，群起响应，轰轰烈烈的反帝爱国斗争从星星之火成为燎原之势。

在这次运动中，全国人民同仇敌忾，共同奏起了一曲浩气长存的时代壮歌。这场以青年学生为主的反帝爱国运动，是中国历史上第一次彻底的反帝反封建的伟大斗争，它以中国新民主主义革命的伟大起点而载入史册。

中国重大的传统节日有春节、元宵节、清明节、端午节、中秋节等，中国民间风俗习惯。以下是中国风俗习惯英语作文，欢迎阅读。

Restaurants and snack bars in Beijing started serving this seasonal dish last week, and expect a sales peak on Tuesday.

Citizens can also eat a bowl of Laba porridge for free in many Buddhist temples, since the tradition of celebrating Laba Festival originated in Buddhist culture.

In Guanghua Temple in central Beijing, more than 20 workers and volunteer citizens started cooking Laba porridge in twelve huge pots on Monday night, which they expect to hand out to several thousands of temple-goers on Tuesday.

Residents in a Hangzhou community cook and eat Laba porridge together. Laba Festival, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, falls on January 15 this year.

Fang Hui Chun Tang, an old, well-reputed pharmacy in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, also has the tradition of serving free porridge on Laba. Nutritious Chinese herbs are mixed into their dish, and a xylitol-based recipe is prepared for people with diabetes. The pharmacy expects to receive some 12,000 visitors on the special day.

Neighborhoods in Chinese cities join up to cook and eat Laba porridge. Qi Guifeng, 75, is an organizer of one such public meal in Hangzhou. She called in several senior citizens in her community to buy the materials and serve the porridge in the communitys public yard.

"We get together to do a good thing and have fun. We are glad our neighbors can have a bowl of hot porridge," Zhang Meiqin, one of Qis neighbors, said.

Dragon Boat race Traditions At the center of this festival are the dragon boat races. Competing teams drive their colorful dragon boats forward to the rhythm of beating drums. These exciting races were inspired by the villagers valiant attempts to rescue Chu Yuan from the Mi Lo river. This tradition has remained unbroken for centuries.

Tzung Tzu A very popular dish during the Dragon Boat festival is tzung tzu. This tasty dish consists of rice dumplings with meat, peanut, egg yolk, or other fillings wrapped in bamboo leaves. The tradition of tzung tzu is meant to remind us of the village fishermen scattering rice across the water of the Mi Low river in order to appease the river dragons so that they would not devour Chu Yuan.

Ay Taso The time of year of the Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth lunar moon, has more significance than just the story of Chu Yuan. Many Chinese consider this time of year an especially dangerous time when extra efforts must be made to protect their family from illness. Families will hang various herbs, called Ay Tsao, on their door for protection. The drinking of realgar wine is thought to remove poisons from the body. Hsiang Bao are also worn. These sachets contain various fragrant medicinal herbs thought to protect the wearer from illness.

[中国风俗习惯英语作文

When someone asks me: What is your Chinese dream? I will answer it without

any hesitation: to be a good doctor. The reason why I want to be a doctor is

that I want to save people’s lives as possible as I can. When I was young, I had

a terrible car accident. Thanks to the doctors, they brought me back to life.

From then on, to be a good doctor has always been an inspiration to me. I will

study hard to make sure that my dream will come true in the future.

Chinese dream is made up of every ordinary people’s dreams. We should do

our best to make our dream come true.