It was a summer afternoon and some boys were playing together in a park. They knew each other well, as they (spend) the last three years of school together and tomorrow was the start of a new term, about they were excited and nervous.
The first day of school came, and all the boys from the park the day before were put in the same class coincidence. They jumped for joy all morning long. After lunch, the teacher came into the classroom with a boy and it was evident they had never seen him before.
All the children were quiet, (wait) for the teacher to speak. And she said: “Hello everyone, this is Mei Pei from China, our newest class member. Mei Pei knows some English so I hope you will treat him as if he (be) your brother.”
Then one child said to Mei Pei: “How come you speak (different)?” Meipei answered: “In my country, we all talk this way. On other hand, we're just the same as you. I wish I (speak) English as well as you in three months.”
The children in the class understood this, and that it also didn't matter what he looked like, or what colour his skin was, or that he didn't speak perfect English.
So the new (add) to the class helped everyone learn how to respect new people. And the boys stayed in the same class for another two years, with Meipei as one of their best friends.
于谦,字廷益,钱塘人。举永乐十九年进士。宣德初,授御史。扈跸乐安,高煦出降,帝命谦口数其罪。谦正词崭崭,声色震厉。高煦伏地战栗,称万死。帝大悦。师还,赏赉与诸大臣等。出按江西,雪冤囚数百。超迁兵部右侍郎,巡抚河南、山西。谦至官,轻骑遍历所部,延访父老,察时事所宜兴革,即俱疏言之。正统十三年以兵部左侍郎召。明年秋,也先①大入寇,王振挟帝亲征。及驾陷土木② , 京师大震,众莫知所为。郕王监国 , 命群臣议战守。侍讲徐珵言星象有变,当南迁。谦厉声曰言南迁者可斩也京师天下根本一动则大事去矣独不见宋南渡事乎王是其言守议乃定时京师所余疲卒不及十万,人心震恐,上下无固志。谦请王檄取两京、河南备操军,山东及南京沿海备倭军,江北及北京诸府运粮军,亟赴京师。以次经画部署,人心稍安。即迁本部尚书。九月,景帝立,十月敕谦提督各营军马。而也先挟上皇破紫荆关直入,窥京师,石亨议敛兵坚壁老之。谦不可,曰:“奈何示弱,使敌益轻我。”亟分遣诸将,率师二十二万,列阵九门外,谦自与石亨率副总兵范广、武兴陈德胜门外,当也先。以部事付侍郎吴宁,身自督战。下令,临阵将不顾军先退者,斩其将。军不顾将先退者,后队斩前队。于是将士知必死,皆用命。也先战不利,遂拥上皇由良乡西去。景泰八年正月壬午,亨与吉祥、有贞等既迎上皇复位,宣谕朝臣毕,即执谦与大学士王文下狱。诬谦等与黄竑构邪议,更立东宫,亨等主其议,嗾言官上之,坐以谋逆,处极刑。奏上,英宗尚犹豫曰:“于谦实有功。”有贞进曰:“不杀于谦,此举为无名。”帝意遂决。丙戌改元天顺,丁亥弃谦市,籍其家,家戍边。谦既死,而亨党陈汝言代为兵部尚书。未一年败,赃累巨万。帝召大臣入视,愀然曰:“于谦被遇景泰朝,死无余资,汝言抑何多也!”亨俯首不能对。俄有边警,帝忧形于色。恭顺侯吴瑾侍,进曰:“使于谦在,当不令寇至此。”帝为黯然。
(节选自《明史·于谦传》)
【注释】①也先:蒙古族瓦剌部落首领。②驾陷土木:指英宗在土木堡被俘。
①而也先挟上皇破紫荆关直入,窥京师,石亨议敛兵坚壁老之。
②于谦被遇景泰朝,死无余资,汝言抑何多也!
不逢北国之秋,已将近十余年了。在南方每年到了秋天,总要想起陶然亭的芦花,钓鱼台的柳影,西山的虫唱,玉泉的夜月,潭柘寺的钟声。在北平即使不出门去吧,就是在皇城人海之中,租人家一椽破屋来住着,早晨起来,泡一碗浓茶,向院子一坐,你也能看得到很高很高的碧绿的天色,听得到青天下驯鸽的飞声。从槐树叶底,朝东细数着一丝一丝漏下来的日光,或在破壁腰中,静对着像喇叭似的牵牛花(朝荣)的蓝朵,自然而然地也能够感觉到十分的秋意。说到了牵牛花,我以为以蓝色或白色者为佳,紫黑色次之,淡红色最下。最好,还要在牵牛花底,叫长着几根疏疏落落的尖细且长的秋草,使作陪衬。
北国的槐树,也是一种能使人联想起秋来的点缀。像花而又不是花的那一种落蕊,早晨起来,会铺得满地。脚踏上去,声音也没有,气味也没有,只能感出一点点极微细极柔软的触觉。扫街的在树影下一阵扫后,灰土上留下来的一条条扫帚的丝纹,看起来既觉得细腻,又觉得清闲,潜意识下并且还觉得有点儿落寞,古人所说的梧桐一叶而天下知秋的遥想,大约也就在这些深沉的地方。
秋蝉的衰弱的残声,更是北国的特产,因为北平处处全长着树,屋子又低,所以无论在什么地方,都听得见它们的啼唱。在南方是非要上郊外或山上去才听得到的。这秋蝉的嘶叫,在北方可和蟋蟀耗子一样,简直像是家家户户都养在家里的家虫。
锔匠
李治山
锔匠是修理破瓷的手艺人。所谓没有金刚钻,不揽瓷器活儿。干瓷器活儿的,就叫锔匠。锔匠也是心灵手巧大胆细致的手艺。虽然做锔匠是个穷苦勾当,但没有点儿天赋的人,绝对入不了这一行。白三是无定河边的名锔匠,不仅因为他手艺出众,更因为他利用手艺隔着黄河杀了一个日本小队长。
那时已是1943年初冬。白三正在绥德城给一家大户锔花碟子细瓷碗,一个黄河东过来的老西儿找到他,老西儿说他是柳林镇人,那里被日本人占了。本来他们这些乡绅总是定量给鬼子供粮食银子,就算花钱买平安,双方也还安然。不料他的一个仇家的儿子最近给日本鬼子当了翻译官。这汉奸儿子为了讨好日本人,把他家藏康熙官窑青瓷套金大花瓶的底给日本人露了,日本人三番五次捎话要他把瓷瓶送到军营让他们开开眼。他知道这瓷瓶是保不住了,但让中国的宝贝被鬼子带回小日本岛实在对不起先人,最后就想出个将瓷瓶砸烂再锔起来送给鬼子破瓶的主意。谁知一时气愤把瓷瓶砸破了,却没找上个能以假乱真的好锔匠。将瓷瓶拿出来看,却是一个喜鹊登梅图案的鎏金青瓷大花瓶,烧得十分精致,老西儿狠下心砸破了,算是恨透了鬼子。
这瓶砸得还算巧妙,只在瓶颈之下到肚儿中间正是在那梅花繁密处砸开个窟窿。白三锔匠一看。锔好后稍作描绘即可乱真,只是瓶口太小肚儿太大锔起来难度很高,当即决定上榆林城找南门外严伞匠配合。白三锔花瓶自创的绝招是将蚂蟥钉夹在各种镊子上,从花瓶里面穿出来,在外面将蚂蟥钉头缠住固定好,但这次老西儿的是口小肚大且瓶口完好的瓷瓶,再特殊的镊子也难以下手,这才想到去榆林城找严伞匠制作一个小伞撑子,把蚂蟥钉固定在伞撑上,将竹伞伸进花瓶,然后撑开小伞安置蚂蟥钉。严伞匠满口答应,不要一分一厘报酬,只是背着老西儿要白三答应他一件事。严伞匠老家在四川泸州,重庆城里的好几家亲戚被日本飞机炸得家破人亡。他把日本鬼子恨死了,想请锔匠想想办法,在瓶上做点手脚,把鬼子小队长毒死或毒残,出了这口恶气!那时的中国人哪有不恨日本人的?只要杀得巧妙,白三恨不得多杀些鬼子!
白三和严伞匠选好的毒药是俗称砒霜的鹤顶红,这种药人口沾着就亡,闻多了也会得病。但如何才能保证这毒药不沾老西儿又能放倒鬼子小队长,让锔匠伞匠大伤脑筋。两个人经过多次试验,轮着和老西儿聊天询问鬼子小队长的爱好习性,最后终于确定了一套天衣无缝的方案来。
半个月后,老西儿带着康熙官窑御制青瓷鎏金喜鹊登梅大花瓶去见日本小队长。那鬼子本是一个武夫,哪里能看出梅花金蕊乃蚂蟥钉印,看到梅枝上的细纹还以为是窑变的线条儿,抱着瓶子笑得满口流哈喇子,当即把瓶子扣下据为己有,直夸老西儿朋友大大的。老西儿便按照白三锔匠的吩咐,让鬼子闻闻瓶里的气味。鬼子一闻,一股淡淡的梅花馨香飘散出来。鬼子问老西儿这是哪里来的香味儿?老西儿说这瓶子妙就妙在自来梅香上。鬼子又让老西儿闻,老西儿也抱起贪婪地闻了。鬼子又叫汉奸翻译用温水洗了几遍,那梅香还是淡淡的。鬼子高兴得连喊几个“吆西”。这年冬天,黄河两岸连降几场大雪,天冷得连狗都赶不出家门。那个日本小队长是个惧冷的人,缩在屋里无聊,就时常将宝贝瓷瓶拿起案把玩一番嗅闻一遍。突然有一天觉得梅花的香味淡了。派一个鬼子兵跟着翻译官去问送瓶的老西儿,老西儿说多烤一烤,梅香味定会浓起来。当晚鬼子小队长按照老西儿的吩咐,品着茶将花瓶放在炉子边烤了半天,凑过鼻子一闻,梅香若有若无。也是鬼子该遭报应,他顺手将泡茶的清水倒进花瓶,涮出一盅子水闻了闻又品了品,终于尝到了浓浓的梅花味儿……
这桩公案,鬼子在中国时一直没有破获。鬼子投降后,那个神秘的瓷瓶在逃亡的日本兵船上被碰得粉碎。鬼子这才发现这瓶原来是个锔过的破瓶。接着他们又发现好几个蚂蟥钉都是空心的。
据说,解放后白三锔匠还专门过黄河拜访了一回柳林老西儿。他告诉老西儿锔完那个花瓶后一直提心吊胆,又怕瓷瓶到不了鬼子手里,又怕鬼子把瓷瓶搁在冰冷的地方,又怕毒死鬼子连累了老西儿。老西儿说,其实他已经知道锔匠伞匠把鹤顶红和香料用软蜡封进蚂蟥钉芯里,他故意唆使日本小队长把花瓶靠近火炉,时间一长,那软蜡便慢慢化了。本来以为那鬼子会慢慢中毒,没想到他会那么听话,一次把封蜡全部烤化了。
Can you find your way to wealth and success?Napoleon Hill believes that if you have the right thoughts you can. In nineteen thirty-seven, after many years of researching business success, he published the book Think and Grow Rich. Even though it was published in the middle of the Great Depression(大萧条), it was immediately successful. Forbes magazine says it has been sold seventy million copies since it first appeared.
SmarterComics has published a version(版本) with pictures of the book. Franco Arda is the company's founder and publisher, who wanted to create picture books that could increase understanding. His version provides much of the information that is in full-length books but in an easy-to-understand form.
Mr Arda says, "Readers will understand and remember more about gaining success if they read the comic book version of Think and Grow Rich. Because it's pictured, it's easier to read and it's also easier to remember. Once you see something interesting, your brain can take it in much quicker and then you can remember it much longer. "
Mr Arda says he first read Think and Grow Rich when he was a teenager. The book was credited(把……归因于)to much of his financial success—it taught him to change the way he thought about money and success.
Mr Arda adds Napoleon Hill found that you must write down what you want to achieve, how and when you want to achieve it and what you are willing to lose for it. Napoleon Hill said you must read that statement out loud every morning when you woke up and every evening before you went to sleep.
Mr Arda thinks Think and Grow Rich shows that "Wealth is sure to be gotten by believing in personal ideas, and anyone can realise his dream by refusing to be stopped by sudden problems. "
前不久,某市进入创文迎接国检的冲刺阶段,该市新闻综合频道报道一则暖闻:车主斑马线礼让,老人脱帽鞠躬致谢。在持续发酵的重庆公交落江,高铁公交霸座等背景下,这暖心的一幕经媒体报道后,引起该市广大市民的广泛关注。日前这位斑马线上的司机和这名行重礼的老人都已经找到,司机是个90后女孩,老人是一个88岁高龄的退休干部。俩人再次见面的时候,司机向老人鞠躬回敬,向老人致以崇高的敬意。
礼遇,对己可修养品德,对人可增加温暖,对社会可有利秩序。面对礼遇的诸多功用,你有怎样的感触与思考?
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假设你叫李华,你校高二同学正在开展一场讨论,主题是: 高中学生要不要参加体育锻炼。请根据下面所提供的信息,给英文报社写一封信,介绍讨论情况。
55%的同学认为:
应该每天进行体育锻炼;
做早操,打乒乓球、打篮球,但不要时间过长;
锻炼能增强体质,减少疾病;
锻炼能使大脑休息,使学习效果更好。
45% 的同学认为:
锻炼浪费时间;
锻炼容易使人疲劳;
锻炼以后很兴奋,较长时间不能投入学习;
锻炼中途可能会受伤。
写作要求:1. 可适当增加细节,使行文连贯。2.表达清晰。3.词数100左右。4.开头结尾已写出,不计入总词数。
参考词汇:build their body and reduce lot of diseases. 增强体质,减少疾病;
a waste of time and tiring 浪费时间, 使人疲劳
be hurt 受伤
Dear Editor,
I'm writing to tell you about a discussion we've had about whether students should take physical exercise.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
①打翻了牛奶,哭也没用,因为宇宙间的一切力量都在处心积虑要把牛奶打翻。
②做错了事情,哭也没用,因为一旦发生,就是既成的事实,你永远无从改变。