My Hometown
My hometown is beautiful place It stands near a wide river at the foot of low green hills. It has many tall buildings and wide streets. There are trees and flowers everywhere.
I love my hometown, and I love its people. They also have changed. Healthy and happy, they are going all out to build socialism.
我的家鄉(xiāng)
我的家鄉(xiāng)是個美麗的地方.它座落在一座不高的綠色山腳下,一條寬闊的河流邊.有許多高聳的大樓和寬闊的街道.樹木和花草隨處可見.
我熱愛我的家鄉(xiāng),我熱愛家鄉(xiāng)的人民.他們身上也發(fā)生了變化.他們健康、幸福,正在鼓足干勁建設社會主義.
My favorite Sports
During my secondary school years I often liked to go to the recreation room to play table tennis. Some of my classmates were very good at this game and I often tried to compete with them to improve my skill. In high school I spent many hours playing outdoor sports. I enjoyed team sports like basketball and volleyball. In my senior year I started to practice tennis. Sometimes I would find a partner to play tennis with me, but as yet I am not very good at this sport. Tennis requires great strength in the arms and legs as well as strong concentration on the game.
在我讀中學的日子里,我常到活動室打乒乓球.我有些同學精于此道,我常與他們對抗以提高自己的技術.讀高中時,我把大量的時間用來做戶外運動,我喜歡團隊的運動項目,比如籃球和排球.臨畢業(yè)那年,我開始練乒乓球.有時我可以找到一個同伴陪我打,但是我打得不是很好.打乒乓球不僅需要強壯的臂力和腿部力量,還需要集中精力.
The Importance of Confidence
Whatever one does, one should do it with confidence. If one has no confidence, there is little possibility that one can achieve anything when faced with hardships. This truth seems to be self-evident. In reality, however, we do see a lot of people who always complain that they lack the ability to do something or that their difficulties are too great to overcome. For some, this might be true. But for many others, this only shows that they have lost heart.
In my opinion, one should build up faith in oneself as long as he has a right attitude towards his own abilities. We should neither underestimate nor overestimate our abilities. As a proverb says, "Where there is a will, there is a way." With confidence we can certainly cope with any task we are faced with.
一個人不管做什么事,他應該充滿信心地去做. 如果他沒有信心,那他取得成功的可能性就很小,尤其是當他面臨困難時.這個道理似乎明白無誤.然而,在現實中我們確實看到許多人,他們總是抱怨說,他們缺乏辦事的能力,或者說,他們的困難大得克服不了. 對于有些人來說,這可能是對的.但是對許多其他人來說,這只能表明他們已經失去信心.
依我看,一個人只要對自己的能力有正確的態(tài)度,就有可能對自己建立信心.我們既不應過高估計我們的能力,也不該低估我們的能力.常言道：“有志者,、事竟成”.只要有信心,我們一定能完成任何面臨的任務
just received a very gracious call from Sen. McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Gov. Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
剛才,麥凱恩參議員很有風度地給我打了個電話.在這次競選中,他的努力持久而艱巨.為了這個他摯愛的國家,他的努力更持久、更艱巨.他為美國的奉獻超出絕大多數人的想象.他是一位勇敢無私的領袖,有了他的奉獻,我們的生活才更美好.我對他和佩林州長的成績表示祝賀.同時,我也期待著與他們共同努力,再續(xù)美國輝煌.
would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House. And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
我要感謝下一位第一夫人米歇爾•奧巴馬.她是我家的中流砥柱,是我生命中的最愛.沒有她在過去16年來的堅定支持,今晚我就不可能站在這里.我要感謝兩個女兒薩沙和瑪麗婭,我太愛你們兩個了,你們將得到一條新的小狗,它將與我們一起入住白宮.我還要感謝已去世的外婆,我知道此刻她正在天上注視著我.她與我的家人一起造就了今天的我.今夜我思念他們,他們對我的恩情比山高、比海深.
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this earth. This is your victory.
勞動大眾從自己的微薄積蓄中掏出5美元、10美元、20美元,拿來捐助我們的事業(yè).年輕人證明了他們絕非所謂“冷漠的一代”.他們遠離家鄉(xiāng)和親人,拿著微薄的報酬,起早摸黑地助選.上了年紀的人也頂著嚴寒酷暑,敲開陌生人的家門助選.無數美國人自愿組織起來,充當自愿者.正是這些人壯大了我們的聲勢.他們的行動證明了在兩百多年以后,民有、民治、民享的政府并未從地球上消失.這是你們的勝利
However mean your life is,meet it and live it ;do not shun it and call it hard names.It is not so bad as you are.It looks poorest when you are richest.The fault-finder will find faults in paradise.Love your life,poor as it is.You may perhaps have some pleasant,thrilling,glorious hourss,even in a poor-house.The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode;the snow melts before its door as early in the spring.I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there,and have as cheering thoughts,as in a palace.The town's poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any.May be they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving.Most think that they are above being supported by the town;but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means.which should be more disreputable.Cultivate poverty like a garden herb,like sage.Do not trouble yourself much to get new things,whether clothes or friends,Turn the old,return to them.Things do not change;we change.Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. 不論你的生活如何卑賤,你要面對它生活,不要躲避它,更別用惡言咒罵它.它不像你那樣壞.你最富有的時候,倒是看似最窮.愛找缺點的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺點.你要愛你的生活,盡管它貧窮.甚至在一個濟貧院里,你也還有愉快、高興、光榮的時候.夕陽反射在濟貧院的窗上,像身在富戶人家窗上一樣光亮；在那門前,積雪同在早春融化.我只看到,一個從容的人,在哪里也像在皇宮中一樣,生活得心滿意足而富有愉快的思想.城鎮(zhèn)中的窮人,我看,倒往往是過著最獨立不羈的生活.也許因為他們很偉大,所以受之無愧.大多數人以為他們是超然的,不靠城鎮(zhèn)來支援他們；可是事實上他們是往往利用了不正當的手段來對付生活,他們是毫不超脫的,毋寧是不體面的.視貧窮如園中之花而像圣人一樣耕植它吧!不要找新的花樣,無論是新的朋友或新的衣服,來麻煩你自己.找舊的,回到那里去.萬物不變,是我們在變.你的衣服可以賣掉,但要保留你的思想.
Work and play do not contradict each other; in fact, they complement each other. As the saying goes, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." A life burdened with work leads you nowhere, for you would get tired and bored with your daily routine work. On the other hand, proper recreation will relieve the tension and discomfort of our monotonous life because it offers you various ways to let out your pent-up emotions.
What I usually do to relax after school is jogging and seeing movies. Usually I don't spare time for exercise, but I value the physical education class at school. Jogging several rounds in the field certainly relieves the day's pressure. On weekends, I'll catch the morning movie for my visual enjoyment. I feel revived and energetic for another week's work-load.
工作與娛樂并不互相沖突,事實上,它們之間的關系還相輔相成.有句格言說：「整日工作而沒有休閑娛樂,會令人變得沉悶乏味.」被工作重擔壓得喘不過氣來的生活,將使你一事無成,因為你將對一成不變的例行公事感到厭煩.由另一方面來說,適度的娛樂活動能提供各種管道,來渲泄你被壓抑的情緒,減輕單調生活中的緊張與不悅.
放學之后,我最常做的休閑活動,便是慢跑與看電影.通常我并不特地撥出時間來做運動,但是我很重視學校的體育課.在操場上慢跑幾圈,無疑地可以減輕一天的壓力.在周末時,我都去看早場電影,享受視覺饗宴.如此一來,我將有如再生般的充沛活力,去面對下一星期的工作量.
In my opinion, the schoolwork now being assigned to high school students is too heavy. While it is true that students need to study, they need other things as well if they are to grow into healthy and well-rounded adults. High should be allowed more time for play. Plying is not wasting time, as some think. It gives them physical exercise, and also exercise their imagination. Which tends to be stifled by too much study. Finally, the pressure put on high school students by excessive schoolwork can cause serious stress, which is unhealthy physically and mentally. I do not advocate the elimination of schoolwork. I do think, however, that a reduction of the current heavy load would be beneficial to students and to the society as a whole.
我認為目前高中生的課業(yè)實在太重了,雖然說學生的確應當念書,但是要想長大成為健全的人,他門還需要一些其它的東西,所以應該給高中生較多從事娛樂的時間.娛樂并不如某些人所想的,是在浪費時間,它可以讓學生鍛煉身體,發(fā)揮被繁重課業(yè)扼殺的想象力.此外,繁重的課業(yè)加諸在高中生身上的壓力可能引起嚴重的情緒緊張,這對身心都有害.我并非主張廢除學校課業(yè),但是我認為減輕目前繁重的課業(yè)對于學生和整個社會都是有益的.