小学英语两分钟演讲小故事通用20篇

雄鹰

A boy found an eagles egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Gradually the eagle grew older and bitter. One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains.

"Oh, I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle. The chicken replied, "Dont give it another thought. Thats the mighty eagle, the king of all birds-you could never be like him!" And the eagle didnt give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken. My friends, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended you to be an eagle, so don’t listen to the prairie chickens!

一个小男孩发现了一只老鹰下的蛋，把它放进了一只山鸡的窝里。鹰被孵出来了，但他以为自己是一只山鸡。渐渐的他长大了，却做着山鸡所做的事---从泥土里寻找食物，做短距离的飞翔，翅膀还啪啪作响。生活非常沉闷，渐渐地鹰长大了，也越来越苦恼。有一天，他和他的山鸡朋友看见一只美丽的鸟在天空翱翔，飞的比山还高。

“哦，我要能飞的那么高该多好啊！”鹰说。山鸡回答说，“不要想了，那是凶猛无比的鹰，鸟中之王---你不可能像他一样！”于是鹰放弃了那个念头。他继续咯咯地叫，不停的抱怨生活。最后他死了，依然认为自己是一只山鸡。朋友们，你们天生就是雄鹰。造物主有意把你造就成一只雄鹰，所以不要听信山鸡的话！

我的周末

201_年_月_日 星期_ 晴

I have planned a happy weekend.Saturday morning, I must go to see me

aunt.In the afternoon, I must go to the shopping center to go shopping.Evening,

I planned makes the homework.Sunday in the morning, I watch the television, the

television program is e_tremely interesting.In the afternoon, I planned listens

to music and paints pictures.I thought this weekend I can be very weary, but is

certainly very joyful.

我打算过一个愉快的周末。周六的上午，我要去看望我的阿姨。下午，我要去购物中心买东西。晚上，我打算做家庭作业。周日上午，我看电视，电视节目非常有趣。下午，我打算听音乐和画画。我想这个周末我会很疲劳，但一定很快乐。

北京有一家餐馆，店号“天然居”，里面有一副著名对联：

乾隆皇帝手下有一位大臣，名叫纪昀（“昀”字读“yún”），居然把下联对出来了：

人过大佛寺，寺佛大过人。

可不是吗，人们走过大佛寺，都会议论说，那寺庙里的佛像，大得超过了真的人呢！

与回文对联有关的数学题，自然也很有趣。下面是用回文对联编成的一道算式谜：

在上面的乘法算式里，每个汉字代表一个数字，不同的汉字代表不同的数字。把这道算式还原出来，是什么样子呢？

这道题只有唯一的答案：

21978×4=87912。

这个答案怎么出来的？

猜出来？凑出来？都不是。可能情形太多，猜不出，凑不来。只有靠用数学知识把它算出来。其实用到的知识不多，计算也很简单。

因为乘数4是偶数，所以乘积的末位数字“客”是偶数。

“客”又是被乘数的首位数字，5位的被乘数乘以4，还得到5位数，可见首位数字“客”小于3，因而只能是客=2。

再从个位相乘，得到居=8。

这样一来，做乘法时，千位没有向万位上进位，所以被乘数的千位数字“上”也小于3。它又不能和万位一样等于2，只能是0或1。

再考虑十位相乘。积的十位数字“上”等于一个偶数加上从个位进来的3，一定是奇数，因而得到上=1。

进而由此顺次推出然=7，天=9。

这样就把五个数字全都求出来了。

客上天然居，居然天上客。

顾客进了天然居餐馆，看见这副对联，说自己居然如同天上的客人，虽然还没有进餐，就已经觉得是一种享受。

这副对联，不但意境好，文字更显得精巧。把上联“客上天然居”倒过来读，刚好变成下联“居然天上客”。如果把整个一副对联倒过来读，结果还是原联不变。

这种既能正读、又能倒读的文字，叫做回文。用回文写成的对联，叫做回文对联，又叫“卷帘联”，就像现在人家的百页窗帘一样，既能从上往下顺放，又能从下往上倒卷。

据说清代的乾隆皇帝把天然居这副回文对联两句并成一句，作为新的上联：

客上天然居，居然天上客。

出对容易对对难，对出回文对联更难。以一副回文对联为上联，要能对出下联，可谓难上加难。倒要看看，有谁能对出下联来呢？

每天晚上，我都会看书，并看到很困了才睡觉。一次，我和好朋友约好去打球，因为时间还早，我就想先看看书，书中的内容太精彩了，把我引入了书的故事，时间一分一秒过去了，而我还沉浸在书的故事中，终于我有些乏了，我闭上了眼睛。突然，我想到了和好朋友约好的打球，我还没去呢，我看了一下时间，啊，时间已经过了，我飞快地跑向约定的地方一看，原来他们已经打完球了。

还有一次，我和老爸去买东西，我带了一本书。一边走一边看，我感觉，我进入了书本，并成为了主人公，我越看越起劲儿。不知过了多久，我抬头一看，老爸不知哪里去了，我看了一下回家的路，这里离家并不是太远，我快步走回家，心里却很紧张，生怕自己迷路。我终于走到了家外的大门口，心里也舒了口气，但大门要有钥匙才能打开，也不知道老爸在不在家，我看到有个人进大门了，我快步跟了进去，老爸没在家，我知道他还在担心，于是我叫阿姨马上给老爸打电话，这才终于舒了一口气。

这就是我与书的故事，书，让我忘乎所以。

Sports benefit me in many ways. Firstly, sports call can make me fit and

strong physically. When taking part in sports, I get the chance to train almost

all parts of our bodies. In addition, sports call can maintain my psychological

well being, Whenever Im in low spirit,aking part in sports can help me forget my

anxieties and worries. Besides, sports can teach me some lessons about life.

Through participation, I can learn that on the playground I not only struggle

for my own self but also fight for my team. Sports teach me to be considerate,

cooperative and optimistic.

I am fond of sports very much. I feel that I not only gain a well balanced

life through going in for sports, but also get more chances to make more

friends, to move closer to nature. Sports add happiness to my everyday life when

I participate in them in a proper way.

My favourite sport is football, as it is very exciting. I play footetball

three times a week. Most often I play it in my school. I feel very happy when I

play football in school with my friends. Sometimes I play football in the

playground near my school.Football is very easy to play. If you play football

very well, you can form a football team to take part in the competition. You may

become a famous football star.

Therefore, football is a very good sport. I think, you can play football,

cant you?

my favourite teacher is my english teacher Ms Hu .her english name is Sally .she is a beautiful lady. she is very humorous. but sometimes she is very strict with us.She can speak english ,But She also can speak Japnese very well.so all classmates love and respect her very much. after class she often helps us learn patiently. I like my english teacher , because i think she is the best teacher in the world.

When I got settled， the total use of the microwave to do their own things to eat。 One day， my father saw me， I am afraid to say that I grew up as a cook。 I immediately shaken like a rattle-drum head， you said : "That is not my ideal。 When I grow up I want to IT (information technology) industries。 "Yes， I bought a computer five years ago after his father， I am familiar with it day by day。 Until last year， and I have formed a deep bond with it。 From then on， I want success in the information technology industry to make contributions to the cause of national computer。 But my father said I could only do in the field "testing the game，" is what the new game， and always let me play with， the report there will be any games。 I think what he said is not their fault， I always play games recently， those who do not have a veteran like Flash。 In recent days， I sprouted out of a bad idea : I will be playing the game that the network server to the black。 My account will revise the highest level。 However， I Xiangliaoyouxiang， this is wrong， but was caught by the police network is not good。 When hackers but also need high computer skills。 As a member of the IT industry is my ideal， I would like to advance this goal， to improve their computer skills

After the Spring Festival, here comes the Lantern Festival. In China,

people celebrate it on the lunar calendar fifteen. It symbolizes the short rest

has come to an end after the spring festival; people need to get back to work

with their best wishes in the brand-new year. We all celebrated this festival

with plenty of food and fun. The most important and traditional food on the

Lantern Festival is Tang-yuan. With sweet and soft rice outside and peanuts or

sesame inside, this little rice ball stand for the happy reunion, and the best

wish for the whole families. Apart from having dinner with parents and

relatives, there are also lots of activities on that day. The Lantern shows as

well as guessing riddles are part of the Lantern Festival; and the most

interesting part of the show is that the riddles are written on the Lantern.

After dinner, the whole families go to the lantern fair, to enjoy the happiness

in this moment.

In every city, there are always a main street known for its lantern fair,

on that special day, the street will become as bright as daylight in the night

with myriads of lanterns and streams of spectators. At this moment, the

happiness in the heart is beyond all description. By watching various lanterns,

eating sweet Tang Yuan, and hanging out with the people we love, thinking of the

bright future in front of us. It’s worth everything.

Happy Lantern Festival!

从前，有一个国王，他有三个公主，最大的叫果果，老二叫糖糖，最小的叫甜甜，国王一直以来都非常喜爱甜甜，果果就告诉糖糖，父王真偏心，果果和糖糖就想到报复甜甜，有一天，果果在甜甜的洗澡水里，放进了石灰，甜甜洗了澡，发现自己身上有许多灰色的东西，国王看见了说，你不是我的女儿，就把甜甜赶出了家门，当了仆人，因此，大家都就他灰姑娘，灰姑娘天天都细心照料花朵，有一天，花里的花神说，灰姑娘，你每天都细心呵护这里的花朵，让这里死去的精灵，活了过来，你好人有好报，应该有一张美丽的脸，花神拿着神杖挥了挥，灰姑娘变成了甜甜，国王看到了，说，我的女儿，这些日子里你到哪里去了？甜甜把自己的遭遇，告诉了国王，国王非常生气，说只要我知道是谁害了我的女儿，我要让他付出代价。有一天，国王过六十大寿，来了许多英俊的王子，美丽的公主，来给国王祝寿，果果被气疯了，糖糖也被花神变成了青蛙让她们付出了代价。有一个英俊的王子向甜甜求婚，甜甜答应了，在国王的寿辰里，他们同时举办了盛大的婚礼，谁是华丽的化身，就是她甜甜，从此，王子和甜甜过上了幸福的生活，不久，国王去世了。王子当国王，甜甜当了王后，同时他们有了自己的孩子，名字叫紫银，紫银是一位美丽的公主，非常懂事，也非常爱花儿。

一辆小巧玲珑的大众甲壳虫自豪地对身旁的日本三菱和尼桑汽车说： “ 我来自遥远的德国，但我一直很受国外人们广泛的喜爱，现在我正在中国工作。中国是世界四大文明古国之一，那儿风景如画，经济发达，人们更是过着和谐幸福的日子。驾驶我的主人喜爱自驾游，所以我也就跟随着他跑东跑西的，长了不少见识，你们有什么不懂的，来请教我就是了。 ” 旁边的两辆汽车默默地点了点头。

这时一辆来自意大利的著名汽车法拉利，以风一样的速度出现在甲壳虫身边，轻藐地对他说：“哦，老天，我认为世界上不应该有这么丑陋的车存在，还是不要来一年一度的世界汽车聚会日吧，真是丢人现眼。只有像我这种高端大气上档次的车才适合这种隆重的聚会。”他一边说一边傲慢地看了身旁的三菱和尼桑汽车。

甲壳虫气得连话都说不出来了，脸红得仿佛要滴出血似的。法拉利则依然冷漠的，高傲地看着他，脸上堆满了嫌弃与厌恶。他们互不相让，一直怒视着对方。三菱和尼桑汽车胆怯地保持沉默。

“ 请大家安静。 ” 一句老持稳重的话打破了这严峻的气氛，大家都安静了下来，甲壳虫与法拉利的战争也暂时停止了。大家把目光投向了汽车王国的老国王劳斯莱斯身上。国王的话又在耳边响起来了： “ 欢迎大家在百忙之中能够来参加一年一度的世界汽车聚会日，请举起你们的酒杯，让我们好好享受这一刻吧！另外我喜欢和平相处，不喜欢有战争，更不希望战争搅乱了这次的盛宴。 ” 国王一边说一边调皮地朝甲壳虫和法拉利这儿眨了眨眼睛。

春天到了，小燕子一家从南方飞回来了，在小红家上空飞来飞去。燕子妈妈千辛万苦造好了一个燕巢，它们一家就在那里面幸福的生活。

一天，燕子妈妈外出为宝宝们捕食，不在巢内。在桃花芳香中，在柳树阴下，三只小燕子在嬉戏打闹。这时，小红在院内散步，她发现了燕巢，突然，一只小燕子从燕巢中掉了下来。它“唧唧”地叫着，声音里充满恐惧；眼睛里充满畏惧感，眼睛里泪花在盘旋，表情上十分悲痛。

这时，一只野猫看见了小燕子，它心想：这下我可以饱餐一顿了。

于是，它一步步向小燕子逼近，只见小燕子退到了墙角，当它发现没有后路时，缩成了一团，一动也不敢动。野猫见小燕子不能动了，就张牙舞爪地向小燕子扑来。这时，眼急的小红看到了一切，大声对野猫喊：“不准靠近它，走开！”小红一边说一边随手捡起一根树枝拼命驱逐它，小燕子似乎听到了声音，慢慢地睁开了眼睛，发现野猫已经离开它的身边了，它的心放松了一大半。

小红走到它身旁，用手轻轻地将小燕子捧起，像对待亲人一样怜爱的看着它，对它说：“你不要担心那只野猫再来打扰你们了，你们安心在我家屋顶住下吧！”

小燕子似乎听懂了小红的话，“唧唧”地叫了几声，如同在说：“谢谢你，谢谢你。”之后，小红就把小燕子放回了燕巢。

从此燕子一家在小红家的屋顶上，天天唱着美丽动听的春之歌。

[小红和燕子的故事小学作文500字

Before I go to sleep, I like to listen to soft music, it can help me relax

and have a good dream. My mother tells me that before I was born, she listens

the soft music all the time, so I must be affected by her. Soft music is my

favorite music, it is classic and helps me to feel better when I am not in the

mood.

对于读书，很多名人都留下了名句，比如列宁就说过：“书籍是进步的力量”，还有我们很熟悉的读书名句——书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。这些读书名言名句都无不体现了读书对于我们的重要性。

在我的书柜里，就有很多各种关于各种类型的书籍，每一本我用时间看过的书都给我留下了不可磨灭的印象，它们一直伴随着我的成长，帮助我解除在我的成长道理上出现的“疑难杂症”。说起我的书得来可是费了我不少的力的，其中的《趣味数学》就是经过我的不懈努力才得到的。

暑假期间，我去我的一个朋友家玩，一下子就被他订的《趣味数学》吸引住了：这本书讲述了一个个有趣的小故事，让人们在不知不觉中就已经学到了各种各样的解题方法。我深深被这本书吸引了，下决心一定要买这本书，当得知这本书半年四十元时，我心里就有些犯嘀咕了，妈妈会不会给我买呢？这可不便宜啊！但是，还是爱书的心占了上风，我硬着头皮试探性的和妈妈商量买书的事情。

妈妈还挺支持我的，但是又说：“这本书是你自己要买的。这样吧，从今天起，你每考一个第一名我就发给你二十元，第二名十元，第三名五元，好好努力吧。”我听到这，特别高兴，幸亏我遇到了一个明智的老妈，从那天开始，我就一直努力学习，每当我疲倦时，就有一股强大的买书的欲望支撑着我，终于，我的了两个第一，一个第二，获得了五十元，拿到钱，我便迫不及待地跑向书店，终于买到了我梦寐以求的《趣味数学》，果然，这本书没有辜负我对他的期望，内容精彩至极，我也从这本书中，学到了许多课堂上学不到的知识。

这就是我和这本书之间的故事，现在我仍然坚持订阅每一期的《趣味数学》，这本书会一直伴随着我成长。

Computers are affordable for almost all people nowadays. As a result, an

increasing number of college students take computers to their dormitory to

browse website, watch movies and play video games and so on. This phenomenon has

caused lots of public concern. Some people believe that computer does bad to

students’ health for college students spend more than five hours staring at

computer without break every day. However, for other people, they are positive

to students’ owing computers because students can search for the newest

information. Standing on my point, I’m more tending to the first opinion.

Reasons are as the following:

Firstly, computers will transfer students’ attention. If students take

computers on campus, they would spend much time on computer than on study. For

instance, lots of my classmates usually play computer for amusement once class

is dismissed instead of going to the library to read more books to enlarge their

knowledge circle.

Secondly, students spend lots of time on computers which hurts their

health. It is quite often seen that students stay in dormitory for almost a

whole day without any breaks playing computers. It is all known that computers

have radiation which hurts eyes and skin.

To be honest, students can use computer to search for the updated

information that they want. But for the reasons above, I firmly believe that

students shouldn’t bring computers to college.

20 June 2006

Dear Sir,

I noticed an ad. In the paper today you said you were looking for people to join your expedition team. It sounded as if it might be fun so Im writing to say Id like to come along.

About myself: I left school at 16 because I wanted to earn a bit of money. After that I got a few part-time jobs as a waiter, etc. But I didnt stick to any of them for long. Recently Ive been doing a bit of hitch-hiking round Europe so Ive had some experience of traveling the hard way which should come in handy on the expedition youre planning. By the way, Im a great guitarist so I can keep you all amused round the campfire at night.

Let me know when I can call in for a chat about dates and other details, etc.

Yours,

David Smith

let me tell you what i will be when i grow up. i think languages are the most important tools of communication among people. each countrys languages, which are different, are interesting. so i want to be a translator. since i was a child, i have learned many kinds of languages. i like to make friends with people from other countries. if i can speak a lot of languages, i will have a lot of friends. i dont think being a translator is very easy. it must be very hard. but i want to try! so im studying english now. i want to be a translator in japan. its my dream and i believe i can do it.

我家的附近有一个公园，每到春天，公园开满了五颜六色的花，牵牛花像一把把调皮可爱的小喇叭，木棉花像大树吐出的火苗，荷叶像一把把雨中的花伞，桂花像枝头洒满了碎金子，桃花的花香像香水一样沁人心脾，小鸟在枝头叽叽喳喳的叫着，好像在说：“我想玩，我想吃东西、我想吃东西。”有时候它们还不停的飞来飞去。在公园旁边有一个很大很大的游乐场，里面有秋千，一个叫功夫熊猫，另一个叫快乐熊猫。

有一天晚上，狂风呼啸，大雨如河，雷声大作，电闪雷鸣，电姐姐闪着一道道白光，像挥舞着一把雪白的利剑，雷公公发出了轰隆隆的响声，像在高空击鼓。公园里的秋千哭泣着说：“我好痛啊！”因为绳子断了，另一个秋千安慰着它说：“明天就好了。”

第二天早上，阳光是那样的灿烂，空气是那样的新鲜，露珠被太阳公公照得五光十色，小鸟不停的飞来飞去到处找吃的。我们很多小朋友到公园玩，一看，秋千的绳子断了，大家拿刀的拿刀，拿工具的拿工具，最后把秋千修好了。

晚上，我到公园里玩，一边荡秋千，一边看着镶在满天星斗之间的一轮新月，显得格外的皎洁。月光透过花丛，发出温柔的银光，把周围的一切景物都镶了一层白边，我仿佛漫步在无边无际的银色的世界里。

Dear Sir,

I would like to apply for the post of Works Manager, which was advertised in The Guardian of I2 October 2004. I feel that my qualifications and experience are ideally suited for the position.

I was born in 1968, and I went to school from 1973 to 1988. In 1987 I took the General Certificate of Education, and I got good grades in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. After leaving school, I attended the Orient Technical College, where I first studied Fiber Technology and Color Chemistry; later I studied other subjects related to textile manufacture, and in 1991 I obtained the Diploma in Textiles.

After completing my studies, I joined the Top Clothing Company where I worked until 1996. In that year I moved to Prior Productions, who was pleased with my work, and as a result, in 1998, I was promoted to Assistant Works Manager there.

I enjoy my work, and I am prepared to work hard. Moreover, I am sure that Prior Productions would give me an excellent reference. I therefore feel that my application deserves your serious consideration.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Mary Ma

October 5, 2002

Dear Mike,

Your letter and package reached me yesterday. You really give me a great surprise. I was wondering what was in such a nice package until I carefully opened it and found that you sent me an attractive present for my birthday. Thank you very much for your kindness, and I like the present, which will give me pleasure for a long time to come.

Again it is thoughtful of you to send me the present on my birthday. Yesterday evening my colleagues held a birthday party for me, including John Liu---I think you can remember---a nice tall boy, who invited you and I to his birthday last October. We enjoyed ourselves, and all of us mentioned your stay with us. We hope that you will come to China soon, if possible.

Please accept my sincere thanks and best wishes.

Yours,

Peter Wang

With the development of society, the competition of the entire society is

more and more intense, causing increasing pressure to people. Stress of study,

work and life are ubiquitous, but how can we deal with it? Here are some tips

that I hope can be useful.

Firstly, keep good health. A healthy body is the premise to face presure.

It’s the least capacity to cope with stress when a person is sick. Secondly, to

accept the pressure. The reason why many people can not cope with stress is that

they resist and escape it. Actually, there always is trouble and problems once

we chose a path to go, because almost everything worth doing is not so easy.

Thirdly, solve the problem, rather than complain about it. Many people complain

about the surroundings and don’t think about the solutions when faced with

problems. We all know that complaint can do nothing but only let you down. As

long as the problem not solved, the pressure is always there. Fourthly, tell

others your pressure and get help from them. Lots of pressure can’t be solved by

our own and the rational way is talking the pressure to workmates or friends to

get help from them. But the premise to do so is that we don’t intend to put

pressure to others but to seek help and support to solve problems.

Of course, there also are some other ways to cope with stress, such as

readjusting goal and expectation, playing games to relax, even shopping or

eating. But no matter how, solving the problem that causes stress is the best

way.

导语：诚信是我国社会主义核心价值观的道德基础，关于诚信的成语故事能够给予我们警示。以下是小编为大家精心整理的小学生诚信成语故事大全，欢迎大家参考！

1.曾参杀猪

曾参，春秋末期鲁国有名的思想家、儒学家，是孔子门生中七十二贤之一。他博学多才，且十分注重修身养性，德行高尚。

一次，他的妻子要到集市上办事，年幼的孩子吵着要去。曾参的妻子不愿带孩子去，便对他说：“你在家好好玩，等妈妈回来，将家里的猪杀了煮肉给你吃。”孩子听了，非常高兴，不再吵着要去集市了。这话本是哄孩子说着玩的，过后，曾参的妻子便忘了。

不料，曾参却真的把家里的一头猪杀了。妻子看到曾参把猪杀了，就说，“我是为了让孩子安心地在家里等着，才说等赶集回来把猪杀了烧肉给他吃的，你怎么当真呢。”

曾参说：“孩子是不能欺骗的。孩子年纪小，不懂世事，只得学习别人的样子，尤其是以父母作为生活的榜样。今天你欺骗了孩子，玷污了他的心灵，明天孩子就会欺骗你、欺骗别人;今天你在孩子面前言而无信，明天孩子就会不再信任你，你看这危害有多大呀。”

2.

春秋战国时，秦国的商鞅在秦孝公的支持下主持变法。当时处于战争频繁、人心惶惶之际，为了树立威信，推进改革，商鞅下令在都城南门外立一根三丈长的木头，并当众许下诺言：谁能把这根木头搬到北门，赏金十两。围观的人不相信如此轻而易举的事能得到如此高的赏赐，结果没人肯出手一试。于是，商鞅将赏金提高到50金。重赏之下必有勇夫，终于有人站起将木头扛到了北门。商鞅立即赏了他五十金。商鞅这一举动，在百姓心中树立起了威信，而商鞅接下来的变法就很快在秦国推广开了。新法使秦国渐渐强盛，最终统一了中国。

而同样在商鞅“立木为信”的地方，在早它400年以前，却曾发生过一场令人啼笑皆非的“烽火戏诸侯”的闹剧。

周幽王有个宠妃叫褒姒，为博取她的一笑，周幽王下令在都城附近20多座烽火台上点起烽火——烽火是边关报警的信号，只有在外敌入侵需召诸侯来救援的时候才能点燃。结果诸侯们见到烽火，率领兵将们匆匆赶到，弄明白这是君王为博妻一笑的花招后又愤然离去。褒姒看到平日威仪赫赫的诸侯们手足无措的样子，终于开心一笑。五年后，酉夷太戎大举攻周，幽王烽火再燃而诸侯未到——谁也不愿再上第二次当了。结果幽王被逼自刎而褒姒也被俘虏。

一个“立木取信”，一诺千金;一个帝王无信，戏玩“狼来了”的游戏。结果前者变法成功，国强势壮;后者自取其辱，身死国亡。可见，“信”对一个国家的兴衰存亡都起着非常重要的作用。

3.

秦末有个叫季布的人，一向说话算数，信誉非常高，许多人都同他建立起了浓厚的友情。当时甚至流传着这样的谚语：“得黄金百斤，不如得季布一诺。”(这就是成语“一诺千斤”的由来)后来，他得罪了汉高祖刘邦，被悬赏捉拿。结果他的旧日的朋友不仅不被重金所惑，而且冒着灭九族的危险来保护他，缍使他免遭祸殃。一个人诚实有信，自然得道多助，能获得大家的尊重和友谊。反过来，如果贪图一时的安逸或小便宜，而失信于朋友，表面上是得到了“实惠”。但为了这点实惠他毁了自己的声誉而声誉相比于物质是重要得多的。所以，失信于朋友，无异于失去了西瓜捡芝麻，得不偿失的。

4.推心置腹

王莽篡汉后, 发生了农民起义。后来, 南阳著名的豪强, 西汉皇族刘穌、刘秀兄弟也乘机起兵, 加入了绿林起义军, 准备夺取政权, 恢复刘氏的天下。

王莽听说昆阳失陷, 派42 万大军前往镇压。起义军在刘秀的正确指挥下, 以劣势兵力击败了王莽军。

接着, 萧王刘秀主动要求去河北安抚各州郡, 他在河北争取人心, 扩充力量。接着, 刘秀派出14 名将领, 带领大批兵马, 去消灭河北的铜马起义军。经过多次激战, 刘秀终于击溃了铜马起义军, 数十万人向他投降。

为了壮大自己的实力, 扩大自己的影响, 刘秀决定收编这一大批人马, 并把投降的起义军首领封为列侯。但是, 这些首领心存疑虑, 不相信刘秀会信任他们。刘秀了解到他们的心思, 就让他们各自回营, 照样带领自己的部下; 刘秀骑着马, 只带几名随从, 到一个一个军营去慰问他们。

这些投降的将领见刘秀这样毫无戒心地对待他们、关怀他们, 感动地说:“萧王如此推心置腹, 我们怎能不为他卖命呢!”

刘秀见他们都已经打心里服了自己, 就把他们分别安排为自己将领的部下。这样, 他一下子就增加了数十万人马。关西那一带原来只知道铜马, 现在都把刘秀说成是“铜马皇帝”。

5.信誓旦旦

春秋时, 有个男子, 爱上一位天真美丽的姑娘。他借换丝的名义向姑娘求婚, 并发誓真心爱她, 永不反悔。

纯朴善良的姑娘信以为真, 答应秋后与他结婚。婚后, 妻子对丈夫真心诚意, 但是丈夫却变了心, 百般虐待她。后来, 那男子竟狠心地将她遗弃, 她在痛苦中回忆起以往的种种情景, 内心无比愤恨, 怨恨地控诉说:“ 当初你说白头到老, 现在一回忆起这话就使我怨恨。滔滔的淇水再宽也有个岸, 湿湿的洼再阔也有个边。当初我和你一起嬉戏, 说说笑笑多么欢快。当年你信誓旦旦, 没想到如今你反复无常把心变。我恨你变心不念旧, 只好一刀两断把事情了结!”

有人根据这位女子不幸遭遇, 写成了一首诗。这首诗后来被收进了《诗经》, 即《卫风·氓》, 其中有段写道:

及尔偕老, 老使我怨。

淇则有岸, 隰则有泮。

总角之宴, 言笑晏晏。

信誓旦旦, 不思其反。

反是不思, 亦已焉哉!

6.实事求是

刘德是西汉时期汉景帝刘启的儿子, 为栗姬所生, 被封为河间王( 封地在今河北河间县一带)。据传, 刘德酷爱藏书, 他从民间收集了很多先秦时期的著作。刘德对收集到的古书, 能够认真研究和整理, 很多学者都愿意和他一起研究学问, 甚至皇帝和官府中的学者, 对他的学识和治学态度都很佩服。

东汉史学家、文学家班固, 在撰写《汉书》时, 专门为刘德写了传记《河间献王传》, 对刘德的研究精神作了高度的评价, 文中说:“ 修学好古, 实事求是。从民得善书, 必为好写与之, 留其真。”成语“实事求是”即由此而来。

7.移木建信

战国时，商鞅准备在秦国变法，惟恐老百姓不信，于是命人在都城的一个城门前，放了一根高三丈长的木柱，并到处张贴告示："谁能把城门前那根木头搬走，官府就赏他五十金。"老百姓看到告示后议论纷纷。大家怀疑这是骗人的举动，但一个年轻力壮、膀大腰圆的小伙子说："让我试试看吧!我去把城门那木头搬走，要是官府赏钱，就说明他们还讲信用，往后咱们就听他们的;如果不赏给，就说明他们是愚弄百姓。他们往后说得再好，我们也不信他们那一套了。"说罢来到城门前把那根木头搬走了。

商鞅听到这一消息，马上命令赏给那人五十金。那位壮汉看到自己果真得到了五十金，不禁开怀大笑，一边炫耀那五十金，一边对围观的老百姓说："看来官府还是讲信用的啊!"

这事一传十，十传百，不久就传遍了整个秦国，商鞅这才下令变法。

Dear Freshmen,

I, the undersigned, am a senior in the Computer Science Department of Tsinghua University. I would like to say a few words to you, which I hope would be helpful to you.

To begin with, the change of ideas is of most importance for freshmen to adapt themselves to campus life. During the middle school days, we usually depend upon our teachers at school and parents at home.

However, the life and study on university campus features independence, which is essential to our psychological development. In my view, we had better always bear in mind the idea of independence.

What’s more, English learning is a must. On one hand, without CET 4 certificate, we can not get our degree when we graduate from university. On the other hand, when we hunt for job, English level is a deciding factor. Therefore, I do hope that all of you will have a good understanding of the necessity of learning English well.

Good Luck to you!

Sincerely Yours