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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。

香港前特首曾荫权被判坐牢，因为其利用职权为自己退休后获得低价租房的好处，以及任职期间搭乘私人游艇和飞机，还有用个人的信用卡刷卡用于因公住酒店销费来积累积分。看网上的评论，不少大陆网友觉得这判刑太过分了，就为这点事判刑？曾荫权1997年金融危机一战成名，为稳定香港贡献良多。但成绩只代表过去，更不能功罪互抵。

笔者不由得想起另一个案例，就是前财政司长梁锦松，因他推出新政策前两个月买了一辆轿车而被迫辞职。按照新政策，他买同样的车需要多花四万元港币。梁锦松的解释是：他的老婆伏明霞怀孕了，他原来开的越野车不太适合怀孕的太太乘坐，所以换了辆轿车。合理解释。但时机的巧合，使得瓜田李下的，难免引人猜测。

梁锦松这位极有才干，又有报国爱港之心的财政司长被迫辞职。要知道，他如果不加入公务员队伍，他本来可以在一家大银行拿到每年超过一千万港币的收入。他加入公务员队伍在经济上损失的远超过那四万元。他也是当年香港保钓运动的积极青年。这样的人居然因为那似乎可以理解的买车时机而被迫下台。当时广东多家媒体对香港媒体舆论“小题大做”发出微词，甚不以为然。

但笔者恰恰从这两个案例中看到了香港社会的光明一面。从当年梁锦松事件，昭示世人香港舆论的力量和强大的法治精神。虽然笔者对梁锦松很有好感，但对香港舆论对公职人员的强力监督是非常支持的。这恰恰是内地迈向现代化过程中真正的挑战。

一座城市建起摩天大楼、高速公路、立交桥不难，真正的难点是人心的现代化。当广东媒体对梁锦松被迫辞职颇有微词时，当大陆网友还在同情曾荫权时，都昭示了大陆民众和文化界政界法治精神的欠缺。只有全民接受对公职人员的严苛标准为自然法则时，中国现代化道路才算真正上了坦途。

英国首相布莱尔偕夫人来到法国西南部的一个小镇度假。虽然是首相夫妇大驾光临，但小镇依然我行我素，该晒太阳的晒太阳，该谈恋爱的谈恋爱，每个人都生活得自在而有序。明知布莱尔是个“大人物”，但大家仿佛不当一回事，因为众生平等。

布莱尔喜欢泡吧，小镇唯一的一家酒吧老板丝毫不给面子，按预定计划关门休假去了。不过，老板仍然很礼貌地在酒吧门口留下这样一张字条：“欢迎布莱尔先生和太太，很抱歉，现在我们在放假，假期结束后我们会回来的。很抱歉！”

权力与法律，这是每个公民都必须面对的两样东西。但我们往往只迷信权力，崇拜权力，其实，法典才是至高无上不可侵犯的。我尊敬的英雄很多，但我最欣赏南非的黑人领袖曼德拉先生婉拒人民挽留连任，坚决走下总统宝座时说的一句话：“我老了，我要回家！”权力不是他的全部生活，这是怎样一种洒脱？

我也非常喜欢丘吉尔的母亲。有人问她，是否为自己当首相的儿子感到骄傲，她说：“是的，我还有一个儿子正在田里挖土豆，我为他们感到骄傲！”

人的一生要面对许多人要经历许多事，但无论如何都要活得自由而高贵，其实这也不难，学会平视权威，你会变得气宇轩昂，即高贵；学会尊重法律，你会活得心安理得，即自由。

德国前总理施罗德因多次离婚而钱包空空，任总理时，每当周末带家人郊游，他开着那辆破旧的甲壳虫小汽车行驶在柏林郊区的公路上，车的前后都是一队高级轿车负责警卫等公务。这就是经纬分明的国家制度。那些高级轿车里的是他的警卫员和秘书，但却不是他的家人有资格乘坐的。一旦他的家人上了那些高级轿车，国家制度就瞬间被破坏。

对中国大陆民众，当您走出国门，看到那些不如大陆城市更富丽堂皇的城市时，往往有“不过如此”的心态，但笔者提醒：不要骄傲的太早，切记那高楼大厦里的人心和公共意识才是一座城市最难以建立起来的精神内核，也是大陆民众需要不懈努力的方向。

当您对官员家属耍点小特权还习以为常的时候，当雨天驾车时对路上行人没有半点体谅的时候，当您还没有戒掉随地吐痰习惯或随意浪费粮食的时候，当您不尊重别人劳动或还在欣然鼓励盗版的时候……，中国的现代化就还有漫长的路程要走，毕竟，中国或中华民族的全面复兴取决于每位成员个体行为的总和。

前段时间，单位有位大姐拿着一个英语句子问我语法。我非常好奇，一个已经到了中年的妇女居然还在不断学习英语!她说自己坚持学习有6年了，到现在有一万多的词汇量，刚开始的英语底子就是26个英文字母。在日本留学的儿子告诉她，新概念是非常好的教材，他就开始自学新概念，新概念英语读的朗朗上口。我在她办公室桌上看有本新概念英语四，随手拿起来一看，上面密密麻麻全是注释，音标、词义、语法等等写的非常详细，她把新概念的每一个句子都详细的分析过!她说自己学习英语主要是工作以外的时间，办公室有活儿了就抓紧时间把工作做完，因为没有上网、玩游戏的爱好，工作之外的时间就用学英语来“打发”，办公室里有电脑，所以有时也会跟着录音读。

我问她为什么都到中年了还要坚持学外语呢，她回答的很有意思——以后要是当奶奶了，不想让孙子看到自己的奶奶啥都不懂。

一位中年妇女没有任何英语底子，居然可以不为过级，不为升学，毫无功利心的学习英语，年轻的我们会有何感想?大学的时候诵读《道德经》，老子的无为思想我至今无法理解，后来我想这种精心耕耘，不问收获，毫无功利心的去做一件事儿，是不是就是对道家无为思想的一种解释?年轻的我们又该如何?这或许正是她给予我们年轻人的力量和意义!

Human growth is a process of experimentation， trial， and error ultimately leading to wisdom。 Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action， you can never quite be certaion how the situation will turn out。 Sometimes you are victorious， and sometimes you become disillusioned。

The failed experiments， however， are no less valuable than the experiments that ultimately prove successful； in fact， you usually learn more from your perceived "failures" than you do from your perceived "success"。

If you have made what you perceive to be a mistake or failed to live up to your own expectations， you will most likely put up a barrier between your essence and the part of you that is the alleged wrong—doer。 However， perceiving past actions as mistakes implies guilt and blame， and it is not possible to learn anything meaning while you are engaged in blaming。 Therefore， forgiveness is required when you are harshly judging yourself。

Forgiveness is the act of erasing an emotional debt。 There are four kinds of forgiveness。

The first is beginner forgiveness for yourself。

The second of forgiveness is beginner forgiveness for another。

The third kind of forgiveness is advanced forgiveness of yourself。 This is for serious transgressions， the ones you carry with deep shame when you do soimething that violates your own values and ethics， you create a chasm between your standards and your actual behavior。 In such a case， you need to work very hard at forgiving youeself for these deeds so that yo call close this chasm and realign with the best part of yourself。

This does not mean that you should rush to forgive yourselfor not feel regret or remorse； but wallowing in these feelings for a protracted period of time is not healthy， and punishing yourself excessively will only creats a bigger gap between you and your ethics。

The last and perhaps most difficult one is the advanced forgiveness of another。 At some time of our life， you may have been severely wronged or hurt by another person to such a degree that forgiveness seems impossible。 However， harboring resentment and revenge fantasies only keeps you trapped in victim hood。 Under such a circumstance， you should force yourself to see the bigger picture， by so doing， you will be able to shift the focus away from the anger and resentment。

It is only through forgiveness that you can erase wrongdoing and clean the memory。 when you can finally release the situation， you may come to see it as a necessary part of your growth。

导语：中国正面临着环境污染问题， 我们需要每个人来保护我们的环境，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

阅读下面摘自 China Daily 的一则简讯，写一篇100词左右的读后感

River Pollution

A great deal of dead fish can be found floating on the surface of the Huaihe River(淮河), because of serious pollution this summer. In a report, Anhui Daily called on residents (居民) to help protect the river against pollution.

要求：1 必须包括对上述主要内容的感想，可以适当增减细节，使其连贯、完整。

2 词数：100左右

Chinese people are now face to a serious problem--pollution. And this problem is a little bit different from others--the goverment can not solve it by themselves. We need everyone to protect our environment. But we also know that it is very hard to call everyone to join us to protect the environment. But it seems that they have found the way to let everybody know it. In a report, Anhui Daily called on residents to help protect the river against pollution. I am so glad about it. And i believe that somewhere the pollution must stop.

【翻译】

中国人现在面临着一个严重的问题污染。这个问题有点不同，政府不能自己解决。我们需要每个人来保护我们的环境。但我们也知道，很难叫大家加入我们保护环境。但似乎他们已经找到了让每个人都知道的方法。在一份报告中，安徽日报呼吁居民帮助保护河流免受污染。我很高兴。我相信某处的污染必须停止。

近些年的高考作文大多为提供材料写议论文，考生只能在材料提供的范围选题论述。首先考生应明确议论文是奖善惩恶的，是对人们进行规劝疏导的，因此必须有说服力，并要有正确的价值取向。另外想要写好议论文还要注意以下十忌。

一忌审题片面，要把握主旨。二忌论题贪大，要准确简明新颖。三忌下笔拉扯太远，要小巧俊美。四忌立意雷同，要独僻蹊径。五忌用例不当，要扩大幅射面。六忌“油水分离"，要深入论证。七忌以叙代议，要叙得简

1 Be honest rather clever。

诚实比聪明更要紧。

2 Being on sea， sail; being on land， settle。

随遇而安。

3 Be just to all， but trust not all。

要公正对待所有的人，但不要轻信所有的人。

4 Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear。

眼见的不能全信，耳闻的也不能半信。

5 Be slow to promise and quick to perform。

不轻诺，诺必果。

6 Be swift to hear， slow to speak。

多听少说。

7 Better an empty purse than an empty head。

宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。

8 Better an open enemy than a false friend。

明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

9 Better good neighbours near than relations far away。

远亲不如近邻。

10 Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip。

功亏一篑。

11 Between two stools one falls to the ground。

脚踏两头要落空。

12 Beware beginnings。

慎始为上。

13 Big mouthfuls ofter choke。

贪多嚼不烂。

14 Bind the sack before it be full。

做事应适可而止。

15 Birds of a feather flock together。

物以类聚，人以群分。

16 Birth is much， but breeding is more。

出身固然重要，教养更且重要。

17 Bite off more than one can chew。

贪多咽不下。

18 Bite the hand that feeds one。

恩将仇报。

19 Bitter pills may have wholesome effects。

良药苦口利于病。

20 Blind men can judge no colours。

不宜问道於盲。

21 Blood is thicker than water。

血浓于水。

22 Bread is the staff of life。

民以食为天。

23 Brevity is the soul of wit。

言以简洁为贵。

24 Bring up a raven and he‘ll pick out your eyes。

养虎贻患。

25 Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse。

投鼠忌器。

26 Burnt child dreads the fire。

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

27 Business before pleasure。

事业在先，享乐在後。

28 Business is business。

公事公办。

29 By doing we learn。

经一事，长一智。

30 By falling we learn to go safely。

吃一堑，长一智。

31 By other‘s faults， wise men correct their own。

他山之石，可以攻玉。

32 By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it。

读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美。 17 Bite off more than one can chew。

贪多咽不下。

18 Bite the hand that feeds one。

恩将仇报。

19 Bitter pills may have wholesome effects。

良药苦口利于病。

20 Blind men can judge no colours。

不宜问道於盲。

21 Blood is thicker than water。

血浓于水。

22 Bread is the staff of life。

民以食为天。

23 Brevity is the soul of wit。

言以简洁为贵。

24 Bring up a raven and he‘ll pick out your eyes。

养虎贻患。

25 Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse。

投鼠忌器。

26 Burnt child dreads the fire。

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

27 Business before pleasure。

事业在先，享乐在後。

28 Business is business。

公事公办。

29 By doing we learn。

经一事，长一智。

30 By falling we learn to go safely。

吃一堑，长一智。

31 By other‘s faults， wise men correct their own。

他山之石，可以攻玉。

32 By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it。

读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美

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.

TO Success: Opportunity or hard-working

Every body wants to succeed. But when it comes to the question that which factor leads to success, opportunity or hard-work, different people will offer different answers.

Some people think that opportunity is the first factor leading to success. They hold the idea, as a proverb saying, “Man proposes, god disposes”. Because almost all successful people have good luck and have caught their valuable opportunities, they believe that opportunity is a leading condition of the success. If seizes and makes the best use of opportunity available, one can succeed surely. In summary, to them, chances and lucks play the most important role on the road to success.

However, others maintain that “no pains, no gains” .Without exerting oneself, one could never expect to achieve success in no matter what one is doing. As is known to all, there is no royal road to the summit of success. One is likely to succeed only when one has worked with whole-hearted devotion and perseverance. Those who are lazy, sloppy and indifferent to their work, those who never concentrate on work will definitely end in failure. On the whole, as far as they are concerned, hard-working is the decisive factor to success.

In my view, both hard work and opportunity eventually matters. They are inseparable from each other, and put together, they make a great success. Hard work is to luck what fish is to water, and can be seen as an interior precondition of success. It lays the corner-stone for building a house while luck serves to cement it, to make the building bricks adherent to one another. They are the twins that contribute to success together. They are the factors from within and without respectively. We must work hard, make efforts and get prepared. When opportunities come, meet and make full use of them. Only in this way can we succeed one day.

In the Song Dynasty (宋朝) there was a joker called Sun Shan (孙山).

宋朝有一个很幽默的人，他叫孙山。

One year he went to take the imperial examination, and came bottom of the list of successfulcandidates.

有一年他去参加考试，公布名单时他是最后一名。

Back in his hometown, one of his neighbor asked him whether the neighbors son had also passed.

回到家，他的邻居向他打听自己的儿子考得怎么样。

Sun Shan said, with a smile:"Sun Shan was the last on the list. Your son came after Sun Shan."

孙山笑着对邻居说：“孙山考了最后一名，你儿子的名字还在孙山的后面呢。”

The people used this idiom to indicate failing in an examination or competition.

人们用“名落孙山”来比喻考试没有考上或者选拔没有被录取。

杨树多和吕满仓是青川村的一对老对头！

这天下午，杨树多正在自家门前劈柴，忽然，他看见邻居吕满仓走了过来，便连忙侧过身去，装作没看见。很快，吕满仓便来到了杨树多的面前，脸上堆满了笑。杨树多能看出，吕满仓不是来找麻烦的，但他脸上的笑却是硬挤出来的，说有多难看就有多难看。杨树多不禁想：这几十年来，吕满仓每次见到我，不都是板着个脸，高昂着头吗？今天咋这副模样？

杨树多正在心里头嘀咕着，吕满仓已经搓着手，开了口：“树多，在劈柴啊？”这明显是想搭讪，杨树多却连哼都没哼一下，继续劈着柴。吕满仓张了张嘴，却没有继续说出话来。望着杨树多的背影，吕满仓叹了一口气，无奈地回家去了。

杨树多心里头不停地掂量着：按理说，吕满仓求任何人，也不可能求到我头上啊……

原来，杨树多和吕满仓年轻时，都身强力壮，谁也不服谁。一次，他俩在同一张酒桌上喝酒，杨树多夸耀自己是村里力气最大的人，吕满仓当然不服气，当场就提出要比个高下。

比高下的方式是抵棍，就是两人各用一只手，分别抓住一根粗木棍的一端，然后用力向另一端推，谁被推得后退一步，谁便算是输了。

两人找来一根木棍，抵起了棍，一时间，谁也不能将谁推得后退一步。这时，吕满仓的酒劲上来了，手上力道便减了许多，杨树多瞅准机会，手上猛一加力，竟将吕满仓推得一连后退了三步，吕满仓输了！

吕满仓知道自己输的原因，于是要求第二天再与杨树多抵一回棍。杨树多却以为吕满仓不服输，在故意找碴，不肯答应。吕满仓气坏了，当场便与杨树多扭打了起来，众人死命地拉扯，才将两人分了开来。从此，两人便成了对头。

杨树多原以为，他不搭理吕满仓，吕满仓便会知趣而退。谁知第二天上午，吕满仓又来了……一连五天，吕满仓天天赔着笑脸，来找杨树多说话，杨树多却硬是没开过一回口！

第六天下午，吕满仓又来到杨家门前，不停地四下张望。杨树多的老婆见了，于心不忍，说：“吕满仓，你有啥话就对我说吧，我一定转告杨树多！”吕满仓犹豫了一下，道：“我想与杨树多重归于好，还想让我儿子与你家儿子像一对朋友那样，常来常往……哎，这事儿我还是得等树多回来，跟他说。”

原来，两家的儿子都在广州打工，因为父辈是老对头，两人竟也像小对头似的，不相往来。

傍晚，杨树多回到了家中，老婆就把吕满仓的话，说给他听了。

杨树多皱起了眉头：“难道是因为咱儿子所在的那家工厂，效益好、工资高，所以他想让咱儿子，把他儿子也介绍过去？这吕满仓也太会盘算了，几十年来，他从来都没有想到过要与我和好，如今为了这事儿，他竟然不惜如此低声下气……我绝对不能让他得逞！”

主意拿定，杨树多对吕满仓更加不理不睬了，可一连几天，吕满仓仍然天天赔着笑脸，想与杨树多搭上话头。

这天下午，杨树多躲吕满仓躲得烦了，干脆出门去乡里表弟家走亲戚。晚上八点多钟，忽然下起了大雨，杨树多老婆在家左等右等也不见杨树多回来，便给表弟家打了电话，得知杨树多大约半个小时前就回来了，就知道他这是被大雨困在了路上。

杨树多老婆想给他送伞去，但屋外漆黑一片，她哪里敢去？这时，吕满仓撑着一把雨伞，走了过来，问：“树多在家吗？”杨树多老婆把情况说给他听了。吕满仓说：“我给他送伞去！”说着，便从杨树多老婆手中拿过了伞，向村外走去。

乡里回青川村的路只有一条，吕满仓怕杨树多在暗处躲雨，两人错过了，便一边大步走着，一边大声叫着杨树多的名字。

吕满仓走了大约半个小时，忽然听到了一声迟疑的应答：“我……我在这儿??”

吕满仓连忙跑了过去，用手电筒一照，只见杨树多正站在一条深水沟里，浑身都湿透了。杨树多告诉吕满仓，半个小时前，他正冒雨赶路，忽然脚底下一滑，摔到了那条深沟里，怎么也爬不上来。吕满仓连忙伸出手去，使足力气，将杨树多拽了上来。

两人深一脚浅一脚地向青川村的方向走去，进了村口，杨树多道：“满仓，今晚多亏了你，否则我非得在那条沟里被困上一夜！我知道你想让我儿子帮忙，你说，到底是啥事儿？”吕满仓听了，哈哈一笑，说道：“我没想让你儿子帮啥忙，我只是想让两家的孩子能常来常往。”

原来不久前，吕满仓听说了一桩事情：邻乡的一位小伙子，在深圳打工，突然得了急病，由于人生地不熟，加上平日里没有联系过一位同乡，下班后，又与工友们不相往来，所以他一个人躺在出租屋里，也没有人送他上医院，只得给父母打了一个电话。等他的父母千里迢迢地赶到深圳，他已经死在了出租屋里……

这桩事情，让吕满仓感到很是担心。于是，他想让自己儿子与也在广州打工的杨树多的儿子，能够经常来往，相互照应！

杨树多听得目瞪口呆，醒过神来，连连点头：“满仓，你说得对啊！我这就给我儿子打电话，让他俩以后多来往！”

吕满仓也点了点头：“树多，我还有一个想法。改天，我俩花点时间，将附近几个村子里，在广州打工的人的联系方式问到手，然后告诉他俩，让他俩主动联系，互相照应。亲不亲，故乡人啊！”

杨树多又点起了头：“应该这样，就应该这样！”说着，他在电话上，按起了自己儿子的手机号码……

In the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋时期,770-476 BC), in the State of Qi there was a man who always let his imagination run away with him.

春秋战国时期，杞国有个人喜欢胡思乱想。

One day he even worried that the sky would fall on his head. He was so worried that he could neither eat nor sleep.

一天，他竟然担忧天会塌下来，地会陷下去，自己无处存身。这个人越想越害怕，便整天愁眉苦脸，坐立不安，睡不好觉，吃不下饭。

Later, someone persuade him that his fears were groundless.

后来，有个人就去开导他，那个杞国人听后，才放下了心。

This idioms satirizes those who worry unnecessarily.

成语杞人忧天讥笑那些没有必要或毫无根据的忧虑。

The significant inscription found on an old key "If I rest, I rust" would be an excellent motto for those who are afflicted with the slightest taint of idleness. Even the most industrious might adopt it with advantage to serve as a reminder that, if one allows his faculties to rest, like the iron in the unused key, they will soon show signs of rust and, ultimately, cannot do the work required of them.

在一把旧钥匙上发现了一则意义深远的铭文——如果我休息，我就会生锈。对于那些懒散而烦恼的人来说，这将是至理名言。甚至最为勤勉的人也以此作为警示：如果一个人有才能而不用，就像废弃钥匙上的铁一样，这些才能就会很快生锈，并最终无法完成安排给自己的工作。

Those who would attain the heights reached and kept by great men must keep their faculties polished by constant use, so that they may unlock the doors of knowledge, the gate that guard the entrances to the professions, to science, art, literature, agriculture --- every department of human endeavor.

有些人想取得伟人所获得并保持的成就，他们就必须不断运用自身才能，以便开启知识的大门，即那些通往人类努力探求的各个领域的大门，这些领域包括各种职业：科学，艺术，文学，农业等。

Industry keeps bright the key that opens the treasury of achievement. If Hugh Miller, after toiling all day in a quarry, had devoted his evenings to rest and recreation, he would never have become a famous geologist. The celebrated mathematician, Edmund Stone, would never have published a mathematical dictionary, never have found the key to science of mathematics, if he had given his spare moments to idleness. Had the little Scotch lad, Ferguson, allowed the busy brain to go to sleep while he tended sheep on the hillside instead of calculating the position of the stars by a string of beads, he would never have become a famous astronomer

勤奋使开启成功宝库的钥匙保持光亮。如果休米勒在采石场劳作一天后，晚上的时光用来休息消遣的话，他就不会成为名垂青史的地质学家。著名数学家爱德蒙斯通如果闲暇时无所事事，就不会出版数学词典，也不会发现开启数学之门的钥匙。如果苏格兰青年弗格森在山坡上放羊时，让他那思维活跃的大脑处于休息状态，而不是借助一串珠子计算星星的位置，他就不会成为著名的天文学家。

Labor vanquishes all --- not inconstant, spasmodic, or ill-directed labor, but faithful, unremitting, daily effort toward a well-directed purpose. Just as truly as eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, so is eternal industry the price of noble and enduring success.

劳动征服一切。这里所指的劳动不是断断续续的，间歇性的或方向偏差的劳动，而是坚定的，不懈的，方向正确的每日劳动。正如要想拥有自由就要时刻保持警惕一样，要想取得伟大的，持久的成功，就必须坚持不懈地努力。

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!

The Moon Festival or Mid -autumn Festival is one of the three major traditional festivals celebrated by Chinese people. Like harvest time in other countries, the Mid-autumn Festival actually began as a

thanksgiving celebration, honoring the Soil God and the Crop God. This is also a time for family reunions. Chinese people enjoy moon cakes during this feast just as they eat rice dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival. It is quite appropriate to bring moon cakes with you in token of festival greetings when calling on people during this season.

The Mid-Autumn Day

August 15th in Chinese Lunar Calendar is the

Mid-Autumn Day. It is one of the most important traditional festivals in China.

On that day people usually go back home to have family reunion. Each family will have the members get together to have a big dinner. The most popular food is moon cakes. They are round and look like the moon.

The moon is the brightest this night. People ate the delicious food while they were enjoying a beautiful full moon in their yard. At this time, some old people would like to tell many past events and tell the children a story about the rabbit. The children really believed that there was a rabbit on the moon. They wanted to go to the moon and have a look one day.

What a great festival!

中秋节

农历八月十五日是中秋节，在中国它是最重要的传统节日之一。 在那一天，人们通常回家与家人团聚，一家人聚在一起饱餐一顿。最流行的食品是月饼，它们圆圆的就像月亮。

中秋节晚上的月亮特别地圆。人们都在自家的院子里一边赏月一边吃着可口的月饼。这个时候；一些老人会讲述许多古老的故事，如月亮上的玉兔，孩子们信以为真，他们真想有一天登上月球看个究竟。 中秋是个美好的节日啊 !

[难忘的中秋英语作文

Last week, my friends asked me to spend the weekend in the house that near the lake. It is one of my friends’ house, where their families often spend the holiday together. Though the house was not big, the environment around was really beautiful. In the daytime, we walked around the lake and appreciated the beauty of nature. At night, we made some food and barbecued. It was such a happy time that we sung and danced. We talked about our future thoughts. Before we went to bed, we watched movies together and discussed the plot. This is the most wonderful moment for us. We share our happiness and have no annoyance.

上周，我一个朋友们邀请我去湖边的房子共度周末。这是我一个朋友的房子，他们家人经常在那里一起度假。虽然房子并不大，但是周围的环境很美。白天，我们在湖边附近走走，欣赏大自然的美。晚上，我们做了一些食物和烧烤。那真是快乐的时光，我们唱歌跳舞。我们谈论对未来的想法。在睡觉前，一起看电影，讨论情节。这是最美好的时光，我们分享我们的快乐，而且也没有烦恼。

WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY

The secret of success (The key to success) is not so much money as a strong will. A great man is one who has a strong will and an indomitable spirit. In other words, if a man does not have a strong will to win (get) the final victory, he will never succeed in his life. He is no more than a failure.

It is quite obvious that there is no difficult thing (nothing difficult) in the world. if you make up your mind to do it, you will certainly accomplish your end. That stands to reason.

导读：哲理小故事能够引起小朋友们的兴趣，在看故事的同时也能从中学习到一些人生哲理，在外国也有许多的哲理小故事，下面小编为大家整理了一些短篇英语哲理小故事，希望大家能够喜欢。

一、THRIFT 节俭

There is not a (no) thrifty man but becomes a rich man sooner or later. Why? Because he will not spend such money as is unnecessary. Little by little his money will accumulate. Ten to one, he is bound to make a fortune.

I do not like such men as spend their money in a wrong way. They do not know extravagance is a bad thing. It can only make them happy for the time being. In short, thrift makes poor men rich and extravagance makes rich men poor.

一个没有一个节俭的人迟早不成为一个富翁。为什么？因为他决不花像那种不必要的钱。渐渐他的钱就会聚积起来。十之八九，他一定会发财的。

我不喜欢那种乱花钱的人。他们不知道奢侈是一件坏事。它只能够使他们暂时快乐而已。总而言之，节俭使穷人变富，奢侈使富人变穷。

二、PERSEVERANCE 毅力／坚忍

Needless to say, nothing but perseverance can lead a man to the way of success. In other words, a persevering man never does his work without succeeding in it. This is indeed unchangeable truth.

Our National Father, Dr.  , is the most ideal example. He was devoted to the revolution about forty years. He met with many failures, but he was anything but discouraged. As a result, he won. The Republic of China was born.

不需说，只有毅力才能引导人迈向成功之途。换句话说，一个具有毅力的人做工作终是(never...without)会把它做成功的。这真是不易之定理也。

我们国父是一个最理想的例了.致力国民革命凡四十年。他遭遇到许多次的失败，但是他决不灰心。结果，他赢了。诞生了。

三、WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY 有志者事竟成

The secret of success (The key to success) is not so much money as a strong will. A great man is one who has a strong will and an indomitable spirit. In other words, if a man does not have a strong will to win (get) the final victory, he will never succeed in his life. He is no more than a failure.

It is quite obvious that there is no difficult thing (nothing difficult) in the world. if you make up your mind to do it, you will certainly accomplish your end. That stands to reason.

成功的要诀不是金钱而是一个坚强的意志（用not so mush... as）。一个大人物是一个具有坚强意志和不屈不挠精神的人。换句话说，如果一个人没有坚强意志去获得最后胜利的人，他终其一生永远不会成功。他只不过是（用no more than）一个失败者。

很显明的世界上并没有难事。如果你下定决心去做它，你一定会达到目的。那是显而易见的。

四、Whale 鲸鱼

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.

The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.

The little girl stated that a whale swallowed Jonah.

Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.

The little girl said,“When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah.”

The teacher asked,“What if Jonah went to hell?”

The little girl replied,“Then you ask him.”

一个小女孩和她的老师正在谈论有关鲸鱼的事情。

她的老师说：“一头鲸鱼从身体构造的角度看，是不可能吞掉一个人的。因为尽管鲸鱼是一种非常巨大的哺乳动物，可它的嗓子非常小。”

那个小女孩说：“约拿(一位西伯来先知)就是被鲸鱼吞掉的。”

她的老师非常生气，她再次告诉小女孩说：“从身体构造角度来讲，鲸鱼是不可能吞掉一个人的。”

那个小女孩说：“那等我到了天堂，就去问问约拿。”

她的老师问：“那么，假如约拿下了地狱怎么办?”

那个小女孩回答：“如果是那样的话，你就去问他。”

小学生春节英语日记

My happy Spring Festival After the New Year’s Eve dinner with my family, we began to sit down in front of the TV, and enjoyed 2008 CCTV Spring Festival gala. At about ten o’clock, the black sky was lightened by lots of fireworks with colorful light and happy sound. We stop watching the CCTV 2008 CCTV Spring Festival gala, and began to climb up the balcony to see the beautiful fireworks view, and my father took some fireworks up, and we also began to play fireworks. What a beautiful night. Later, my cell phone was ringing all the time. I received lots of short messages from my friends and classmates. They all blessed me happy New Year. I gave same bless to them by sending back the happy words. At almost 12 pm, I made a wish in New Year, and began to sleep.

When I woke up in the first day of New Year, my father and mother gave two red packets to me, and blessed me that everything will go well on me. I thanked them, and accepted the red packets happily. I have been waiting for the day that I can get lots of red packets. This is my happiest time of the year. After lunch, both my family went to the park, the streets, and the shops or supermarkets. We took many photos in the park, and bought many things in the shops or supermarket.

I met my uncles and aunts, they all blessed us happy New Year and gave me red packets. I was too happy to count how many red packets I got. The following days, we visited my grandparents and some of relatives. We happily talk with them, and brought some presents to them, and also received some New Year presents. This was how did I spend my Spring Festival; I really enjoyed myself in Spring Festival.

Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."

The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.

After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."

一天，哲学家率领诸弟子走在街市上，整个街市车水马龙，叫卖声不绝于耳，一派繁荣兴旺的景象。

走出一程后，哲学家问弟子：“刚才看到的商贩中，哪个面带喜悦之色呢？”一个弟子回答道：“我经过那个鱼肆，买鱼的人很多，主人应接不暇，脸上一直漾着笑容。”弟子的话还没说完，哲学家便摇了摇头，说：“为利欲的心虽喜，却不能持久。”

哲学家率众弟子继续往前走，前面是一片农舍，鸡鸣桑树，犬叫深巷，三三两两的人穿梭忙碌着。哲学家打发众弟子四散而去。过了一段时间之后，哲学家又问弟子：“刚才见到的村民中，哪个看起来更充实呢？”

一个弟子上前一步，答道：“村东有个黑脸的村民，家里养着鸡鸭牛马，坡上有几十亩地，他忙完家里的事情，又到坡上侍弄田地，一刻也不闲着，始终汗流浃背，这个村民应该是充实的。”哲学家略微沉吟一阵子，说：“源于琐碎的充实，最后终归要迷失在琐碎当中，也不是最充实的。”

一行人继续往前走，前面是一座山坡，坡上是云彩般的羊群。一块巨石上，坐着一位形容枯槁的老者，怀里抱着一根鞭子，正在往远方眺望。

哲学家随即止住众弟子的脚步，说：“这位老者游目骋怀，是生活的主人。”众弟子面面相觑，心想，一个放羊的老头，可能孤独无依，衣食无着，怎么会是生活的主人呢？

哲学家看了看迷惑不解的弟子，朗声道：“难道你们看不到他的心灵在快乐地散步吗？”

[哲理文章做生活的主人作文