一捆木条英文故事简介【推荐19篇】

牛郎是一个农村里放牛的孩子。他不肯帮哥哥种田，不肯帮嫂嫂车水，不肯帮妈妈做家务事。牛郎只是贪玩，只爱作奇怪的幻想。他的最好的朋友就是他所看守的老牛。有一晚，他在梦幻中看到天上的仙境。他便牵着老牛动身到天上去。同时，在天上有一位织女却想要下凡来享受人间的温暖。王母娘娘可怜织女的孤寂，便差遣金童玉女和喜鹊把织女带到天涯海角去和牛郎相会。“金风玉露一相逢”，真是“胜却人间无数”。一对爱侣被送上九霄云外度蜜月去了。

牛郎游遍了天上的胜境，日子一久，也便觉得平淡无奇了。织女得继续纺织云锦天衣，不能老陪着他。牛郎越来越感觉无聊，又从金童得知家里的人日夕在盼望他回去，便把回家的意念告诉织女。织女决心和他同到地上去享受那可爱的春天。可惜事机不密，给西王母晓得了。她赶来用玉簪划成银河一道，把牛郎和织女隔开，只答应每年七夕遣喜鹊结成天桥，使他们渡河相会一次。牛郎回到人间，很高兴地再看到母亲、哥哥、嫂嫂。从此，他不再偷懒，不再作无谓的幻想，天天努力劳动。他觉悟到在现实生活里也可以创造出美丽来。他闻到泥土的香味了，他洞悉生活的意义了。他唯一的惋惜，就是所爱的织女不能也到地上来和他一起劳动，一起享受人间的温暖。不过每年七夕还可以相会一次，那已经比永别好多了。

林徽因，福建闽侯人，是中国着名的建筑学家和作家，为中国第一位女性建筑学家，同时也被胡适誉为中国一代才女。20世纪30年代初，与夫婿梁思成用现代科学方法研究中国古代建筑，成为这个学术领域的开拓者，后来在这方面获得了巨大的学术成就。从20世纪30年代初至中日战争爆发，几年间他们实地勘察了2000余处中国古代建筑遗构。他们的工作为中国古代建筑研究奠定了坚实的科学基础，并写下有关建筑方面的论文二十几篇。在文学方面，她一生着述甚多，其中包括散文、诗歌、小说、剧本、译文和书信等作品，均属佳作，其中代表作有《你是人间四月天》，小说《九十九度中》等。1949年以后，林徽因在美术方面曾做过三件大事：第一是参与国徽设计;第二是改造传统景泰蓝;第三是参加天安门人民英雄纪念碑设计，为民族及国家做出莫大的贡献。

林徽因简介,林徽因小时候的故事

爸爸的掌上明珠

林徽因生于杭州，祖籍是福建闽县(今福州市)。出身书香门第，又是家中的长女，生得清秀可人，因此她从小就受尽宠爱，得到了良好的教育，尤其得到父亲的宠爱，她的小名“徽徽”便是父亲经常挂在嘴边儿上的。

1912年，林徽因的祖父从杭州迁居到上海，林徽因进入爱国小学读书。1914年，10岁的林徽因又随祖父到北平，与父亲林长民住在一起，三个月后祖父去世。

1915年，袁世凯称帝，林徽因随全家迁居天津英租界的红道路，在天津生活了一年。从杭州到上海，到北平，到天津，童年的林徽因可谓大开眼界。

一个天资聪慧的小女孩儿，总是会用一双与众不同的眼睛来审视这个世界，接纳这个世界，她那幼小的心中，也许正在一点一滴地学会如何看待美，追求美，创造美。这一点，恐怕最了解女儿的爸爸林长民也不能够完全了解吧。

尽管看遍了大江南北那些优秀的建筑瑰宝，年幼的林徽因对不同地区的建筑风格及其文化内涵，还未深刻理解，但是不同的建筑形式和外观样式，却使她感受到建筑艺术的诱人魅力。

1916年，林徽因又随全家返回北平，进入英国教会学校培华女中读书。在这里，林徽因开始了解到西方文化以及英国发展的历史，了解到宗教的一般人生意义，见识到多种西洋乐器，也学会了一点钢琴演技，特别是跟外国教员学会了一口地道而流利的英语，使她受益匪浅。

此后，林徽因那才情勃发的诗作，眼光独到的审美，还有她对中国建筑学的卓越贡献，使她的名字永远地被后人所铭记。同时，她还是一个优雅、美丽、生动，而又与众不同的女子，而正是年少时光的点滴积淀，才造就了魅力长存的林徽因。

体会欧洲建筑的艺术魅力

1921年初夏，17岁的林徽因随父亲来到了欧洲。两个多月的海上行程，万吨客轮如一叶扁舟，行驶在浩瀚的印度洋上，仿佛永远也到不了岸。浪涛日夜不息地拍打着船舷，林徽因一直有一种眩晕在梦中的感觉。

按照出访计划，林长民带着林徽因游历了法国、意大利、瑞士、德国、比利时的一些城市。

一处处文化名胜，一个个博物馆，还有工业革命后迅速发展起来的一家家工厂、报馆，林长民都带着女儿一一走过。16岁的林徽因原本对工厂报馆这些地方没太大兴趣，但父亲林长民却认为，恰恰是这些地方体现了现代资本主义的生产方式和经营方式，可以给中国社会今后的改良作参考，故“不可不观”。

游览之外，父亲林长民更多的时间要用于各种应酬。他要出席“国际联盟协会”的会议，要与各国各地的有关人士晤面，他应邀去一些地方做演讲，还要接待许多慕名前来拜望他的当地留学生和华人社团的成员。当他忙于这些事情的时候，常常顾不上林徽因。林徽因常常一个人在伦敦的寓所里发呆。

林徽因的感受是复杂的。她敞开心灵汲取来自这个新世界的印象和知识，纷至沓来的驳杂信息常常使她感到既新奇又疲倦。同时，远离故国，远离同龄伙伴的她又时常感到深深的孤独和无所适从。

一个人的时候，她更多地是偎在壁炉旁，一本接一本地阅读英文版的书刊。此时，她才对北京培华女子中学谨严的学风心怀感激。来到英国后，她没有怎么费力就能够自如地与人交流和用英语阅读。女房东是一位建筑师，林徽因常和她一道出去写生、作画。她最爱去的地方是剑桥一带，那里有画不完的各种建筑和景致。林徽因拿着一本书，随她坐在草坪上，四下望去，皇家教堂富丽庄严，皇家学院散发着宁静、幽雅的气息，“三一学院”图书楼上，拜伦雕像风神潇洒地凝视着遥远的天际。在与女房东的交谈中，林徽因知道了建筑师与盖房子的人的区别，懂得了建筑与艺术密不可分的关系。以这样的眼光再去回想她在国内国外看过的庙宇和殿堂，果然就对这些建筑有了不同的理解和感受。

从这时起，林徽因萌生出了对未来建筑事业的朦胧愿望。

海边的细沙堆起梦想的城堡

林徽因在那结识了许多朋友，柏烈特医生便是其中的一位。一天，林徽因和柏烈特医生一家到海边度假，柏烈特医生有5个女儿：吉蒂、黛丝、苏姗、苏娜、斯泰西都亭亭玉立。其中黛丝与林徽因同年，她就在浅海区教林徽因游泳，照应着三个妹妹。黛丝给林徽因做着示范动作，林徽因浮在橡皮圈上，按照黛丝教的要领，手脚并动，不停地划着海水。黛丝一面纠正着动作，一面鼓励她：“别怕，这海水浮力大，不会沉下去的。”

上岸休息的时候，她们躺在阳伞底下，用沙子把自己埋起来。最小的妹妹斯泰西用沙子堆一座城堡，快堆成的时候，一下子又塌了下来，于是她又重新去堆，堆到一半，城堡又塌了下去。她喊着黛丝：“来!工程师，帮帮忙。”

黛丝一会儿就给妹妹堆成了一座沙子的城堡。林徽因问：“为什么叫你工程师?”

黛丝说：“因为我对建筑感兴趣，将来是要做工程师的。看到你身后那座王宫了吗?那是中国风格的建筑，明天我要去画素描，你可以跟我一起去吗?顺便也给我讲讲中国的建筑。”

林徽因问：“你说的是盖房子吗?”

黛丝说：“不，建筑和盖房子不完全是一回事。建筑是一门艺术，就像诗歌和绘画一样，它有自己独特的语言，这是大师们才能掌握的。”

林徽因的心又动了一下。

后来，这个令她怦然心动的职业，就这样陪伴了她那粲然的一生。

The oceanside community of Lozano Beach is debating whether to allow homeowners to rent out their homes on a weekly basis during the summer. Such rentals produce high incomes for the owners and the city, which gets part of this income through a 15-percent surcharge to the owner. “This can be a boon to our coffers,” said Rick Brown, city manager. “In the summer, homeowners can bring in $2,000 a week or more.”

However, these rentals can also be a can of worms. The city stopped allowing weekly rentals 10 years ago because of the problems they were generating. Two, three, or even four families would pile into a two- or three-bedroom house. Then they would park their cars on the lawn and produce huge amounts of trash. Sometimes they would toss this trash on the streets and sidewalks.

Noise would be another problem. Some people would party late and loud every night. This abuse created a lot of friction with neighbors and resulted in extra work for city maintenance crews and for police, who had to respond almost hourly to residents’ complaints about noise, music, trash, and parking problems. But now, the city’s budget problems are making it reconsider its ban.

City officials will hold a community meeting next week to listen to the pros and cons. One official has already suggested a proposal. He thinks that a fine might work. If the city has to respond to complaints, the homeowner will be charged $200 per response. Such a fine might cause the homeowner to be careful to rent only to people that he is sure will be considerate of the neighbors. The city would still get 15 percent of the rental fee, even if the homeowner’s rent were totallyoffset by fines. The city would post inconsiderate renters’ names on the city website so that other homeowners would know about them.

Some officials think the ban should be continued because these visitors to the community have already proven that they have no consideration for others. Their money isn’t worth the headaches they cause.

Mr Smith and his son Jim rent a boat from Mr Green. They find a very good place and catch a lot of fish. Now it is   late and they are going home.

Jim says, “I’ll come here again tomorrow.”

“Yes, me too.” say his father. “But how can we get      back and find the right place again?” “I can make a    mark   on the side of the boat.” Jim answers.

The father laughs and says, “No, that’s foolish! Mr Green won’t give us the same boat next time.”

【释义】

史密斯先生和他的儿子吉姆，从格林先生那里租了一条船。他们找到了一个非常好的地方并抓到了许多鱼。天色已经很晚了，他们要回家了。

吉姆说：“我明天还要再来这里。”

“是的，我也是。”他的父亲说。“但是我们怎么回来并找到正确的地方呢?”“我可以在船的一侧做个记号。”吉姆回答道。

父亲大笑说道：“不那太愚蠢了!格林先生下次不会给我们同一条船的。”

Samantha, like many renters, is tired of renting. One reason is that her annual rent goes up like clockwork. Every year her landlord raises the rent five percent. Another reason is her neighbors. “New neighbors always seem to be more inconsiderate than the ones who moved out,” she said. “My first neighbor was a door-slammer; I always knew when he came home or left home. After he moved out, a saxophonist moved in. A saxophonist! He practiced two hours a day. On Saturday his friends would come over and I’d get to listen to a whole band. I called the police, but they said saxophone playing is permitted in apartments for up to four hours a day, because saxophone playing is job-related. They told me I was lucky that the guy was only playing two hours a day!”

There are many unhappy renters, but there are also happy renters. “I’ve been lucky my whole life,” said Howard, a middle-aged man. “My neighbors couldn’t have been any better if I had picked them myself. One neighbor was a chef. He’d bring me the best leftovers in the world. Another neighbor was a pianist. She played the most delightful music. Another neighbor was a mechanic who did my tune-ups and changed the oil in my car. My latest neighbor is a birder; we go birding every weekend with our binoculars.”

Different persons have different attitudes. Samantha saw the saxophone player as irritating, yet Howard saw the piano player as delightful. Millions of people would be happy just to have a roof over their head. Yet there are millions who would complain that their roof is the wrong color.

[经典的英文哲理故事

How time flies! I was 11 years old, and as I grew up in xi an, there was a sea change.

Xi an before my mind, is filled with dust and dirt, some narrow roads, remote places ranch house on both sides of the road, the ground, often can see the paper scraps, waste, flower beds, green belts, rarely, the whole are in poor districts. It is difficult to connect it with historical and cultural cities. Just a few short years great changes have taken place in the image of the city of xi an, ranch house was replaced by the buildings were built of tall, straight lines of the road leading to the distance, lined with rows of tall and straight trees. Now the ancient city wall of the moat park around the city, formed a unique scenery, standing on the wall, xi an city view panoramic view, west street have been built into the antique street, bustling street is the antique building shows its unique charm, and the most worthy of our xi an proud is xi an wild goose pagoda built us all of Asias biggest music fountain, attracts many Chinese and foreign tourists to watch, whenever night falls, around the wild goose pagoda qujiang ruins park, datang datang lotus park, the city that never sleeps, is glittering, past imitation architecture like beyond time and space to visitors with the tang dynasty. All this shows the charm and charm of its nine dynasties.

Today xi an is moving toward an international metropolis. The upcoming world garden will breathe new life into it. Xi an is welcoming the expo with the change of the sun and moon.

海伦·凯勒，美国著名的女作家、教育家、慈善家、社会活动家。在十九个月时因患急性胃充血、脑充血而被夺去视力和听力。以下是小编整理的海伦凯勒故事简介，希望能够帮助到大家！

海伦·凯勒（1880年6月27日至1968年6月1日），19世纪美国女作家、教育家、慈善家、社会活动家。享年88岁。87年生活在无声、无光的世界中。在十九个月时因患脑充血和胃充血而导致双目失明，双耳失聪。她完成了一系列著作，并致力于为残疾人造福，建立慈善机构，1964年荣获“总统自由勋章”，次年被美国《时代周刊》评为二十世纪美国十大英雄偶像之一。主要著作有《假如给我三天光明》《我的生活》《再塑生命》等。她的《再塑生命》节选进人教版语文教材八年级下册，《假如给我三天光明》节选进苏教版高中语文教材必修二、苏教版语文教材五年级下册第九课和上海版语文教材六年级第九课，北师大版六年级下册《伟大的日子》。

《假如给我三天光明》是美国当代著名作家海伦·凯勒的代表作。该书的前半部分主要写了海伦变成盲聋人后的生活，后半部分则介绍了海伦的求学生涯。同时也介绍她体会不同的丰富多彩的生活以及她的慈善活动等等。她以一个身残志坚的柔弱女子的视角，告诫身体健全的人们应珍惜生命，珍惜造物主赐予的一切。此外，本书中收录的《我的人生故事》是海伦·凯勒的自传性作品，被称为“世界文学史上无与伦比的杰作”。

刚满周岁那年，一天傍晚，母亲趁太阳西下以前，放了一盆热水为海伦·凯勒擦洗身子。可是，当母亲自浴盆把海伦·凯勒抱了起来，放在膝盖上，正想拿条大毛巾替她包裹身子的时候，海伦凯勒的目光，突然被地板上摇晃不定的树影给吸引了过去。她好奇地看著，看得很入神，眼珠子动也不动一下，而且还忍不住伸长小手扑了过去，好像非得揪住它不可。

当时，母亲虽然已经注意到海伦·凯勒的眼神，但是看在母亲的眼里，树影不过是平常又自然的现象，没什麼好大惊小怪的。所以，她万万没有想到海伦凯勒会使出这麼原劲儿往前倾，结果不小心一溜手，竟让海伦·凯勒滑倒在地，哇哇大哭个不停。母亲知道女儿受了惊吓，飞快地将海伦·凯勒搂进怀里，连哄带骗了好一阵子，海伦·凯勒才安静了下来。

事隔不久，母亲一个人静静回想这件事情发生的经过，她发现海伦凯勒的观察力似乎特别灵敏。通常一个周岁大的婴儿，应该是懵懵懂懂的，对什么事情都没有企图深入了解的倾向，可是海伦凯勒却别有细腻的之思，甚至於想用自己的肢体去感受变化的奇妙。当然，跟大人比起来，海伦凯勒的表现并不成熟，如果跟其他的婴孩相比，可就不能不算特殊了。而为人父母的，能幸运地生下一个天赋优异的小孩，当然是得意洋洋啰！每逢亲朋好友到家里做客，不谈起女儿也就罢了，一旦话题转到海伦凯勒身上，母亲心满意足的喜悦，就会自然而然地从言谈中流露了出来。

但是这份喜悦到底能持续多久呢？当父母亲正兴高采烈畅谈海伦凯勒美好未来的当儿，海伦凯勒却莫名其妙生了一场大病，这场大病不但夺走了父母心中的希望，更使海伦凯勒变成一个看不见、也听不见的小女孩，而且她脾气更暴躁起来！

可怜的海伦凯勒，该如何去面对一个没有光线，没有声音的世界呢？这真是一个令人头痛的问题。通常教育一个五官健全的孩子，已经不是一件轻而易举的事了，更何况海伦凯勒又瞎又聋！也许，父母亲他们可以猜测、也可以想像海伦凯勒的心情，但是他们绝对无法体会，就如同海伦凯勒无法体会正常人的生活一样，他们真的无从体会。

起先，父母亲采用实验的方法，一次又一次地尝试，虽然他们失败过无数次，但是日子久了，也摸索出不少要领，他们除了被动地猜想海伦凯勒的比手画脚，有时也教导海伦凯勒凭藉肢体动作，表达喜怒哀乐。

另外，海伦凯勒也学习运用触觉去感受周遭的事事物物。就这样一点一的累积，四、五年以后，大凡孩子们用眼睛、耳朵能感受的，海伦凯勒都能以触摸的方式领略。只是父母亲不是残障教育的专家，所以海伦凯勒学到的肢体语言，只有父母才看得懂，至于外人可就很难说了。

向来关心女儿的父母亲，也一直挂心这个问题，尤其他们想到自己终有年老体衰的一天，到时候要是海伦凯勒仍然不能跟外人沟通，那海伦凯勒往后的遭遇，将是非常悲惨的。於是，在海伦凯勒七岁那年，他们从外地请来一位受过专门训练的莎利文老师。

莎利文老师跟海伦凯勒很投缘，她们认识没有几天就相处融洽，而且海伦凯勒还从莎利文老师那里学会了认字。

一天，老师在海伦凯勒的手心写了「水」这个字，海伦凯勒不知怎麼搞的，总是没法子记下来。老师知道海伦凯勒的困难处在哪儿，她带著海伦凯勒走到喷水池边，要海伦凯勒把小手放在喷水孔下，让清凉的泉水溅溢在海伦凯勒的手上。接著，莎利文老师又在海伦凯勒的手心，写下「水」这个字，从此海伦凯勒就牢牢记住了，再也不会搞不清楚。海伦后来回忆说：“不知怎的，语言的秘密突然被揭开了，我终于知道水就是流过我手心的一种物质。这个喝的字唤醒了我的灵魂，给我以光明、希望、快乐。

不过，莎利文老师认为，光是懂得认字而说不出话来，仍然不方便沟通。可是，从小又聋又瞎的海伦凯勒，一来听不见别人说话的声音，二来看不见别人说话的嘴型，所以，尽管她不是不能说话的哑巴，却也没法子说话。

为了克服这个困难，莎利文老师替海伦凯勒找了一位专家，教导她利用双手去感受别人说话时嘴型的变化，以及鼻腔吸气、吐气的不同，来学习发音。当然，这是一件非常不容易的事，不过，海伦凯勒还是做到了。 盲人作家海伦凯勒，除了突破官能障碍学会说话，更奉献自己的一生，四处为残障人士演讲，鼓励他们肯定自己，立志做一个残而不废的人。海伦凯勒这份爱心，不但给予残障人士十足的信心，更激起各国人士正视残障福利，纷纷设立服务机构，辅助他们健康快乐的过生活。

海伦·凯勒的散文代表作《假如给我三天光明》，她以一个身残志坚的柔弱女子的视角，告诫身体健全的人们应珍惜生命，珍惜造物主赐予的一切。此外，本书中收录的《我的人生故事》是海伦·凯勒的本自传性作品，被誉为“世界文学史上无与伦比的杰作”。

1968年，海伦88岁去世，她把所有终生致力服务残障人士的事迹，传遍全世界。她写了很多书，她的故事还拍成了电影。莎利文老师把最珍贵的爱给了她，她又把爱散播给所有不幸的人，带给他们希望。死后，因为她坚强的意志和卓越的贡献感动了全世界。并且各地人民都开展了纪念她的活动。

海伦。凯勒，自幼因病成为盲聋哑人，但她自强不息，克服巨大的困难读完大学。一生写了十几部作品，同时致力于救助伤残儿童、保护妇女权益和争取种族平等的社会活动。1964年获总统自由勋章。她的事迹曾两次被拍成电影。

战国时，秦军在长平一线，大胜赵军。秦军主将白起，领兵乘胜追击，包围了赵国都城邯郸。 大敌当前，赵国形势万分危急。平原君赵胜，奉赵王之命，去楚国求兵解围。平原君把门客召集起来，挑选20个文武全才的门客一起去。经过挑选，最后还缺一个人。

门下有一个叫毛遂的人走上前来，向平原君自我推荐说：“听说先生将要到楚国去签订‘合纵’盟约，约定与门客二十人一同前往，而且不到外边去寻找。可是还少一个人，希望先生就以毛遂凑足人数出发吧！”

平原君说：“先生来到赵胜门下几年了？”

毛遂说：“三年了。”

平原君说：“贤能的人处在世界上，就好比锥子处在囊中，它的尖梢立即就要显现出来。如今，处在赵胜的门下已经三年了，左右的人们对你没有称道，赵胜也没听到赞语，这是因为先生没有什么才能的缘故。所以先生不能一道前往，请留下！”

毛遂说：“我不过今天才请求进到囊中罢了。要是我早就处在囊中的话，就会像锥子那样，整个锋芒都会露出来，不仅是尖梢露出来而已。”平原君终于带毛遂一道前往。

到了楚国，楚王只接见平原君一个人。两人坐在殿上，从早晨谈到中午，还没有结果。毛遂大步跨上台阶，远远地大声叫起来：“出兵的事，非利即害，非害即利，简单而又明白，为何议而不决？”楚王非常恼火，问平原君：“此人是谁？”

平原君答道：“此人名叫毛遂，乃是我的门客！”楚王喝道：“赶紧退下！我和你主人说话，你来干吗？”毛遂见楚王发怒，不但不退下，反而又走上几个台阶。他手按宝剑，说：“如今十步之内，大王性命在我手中！”楚王见毛遂那么勇敢，没有再呵斥他，就听毛遂讲话。毛遂就把出兵援赵有利楚国的道理，作了精辟的分析。

毛遂的一番话，说得楚王心悦诚服，答应马上出兵。不几天，楚、魏等国联合出兵援赵。秦军撤退了。平原君回赵后，待毛遂为上宾。他很感叹地说：“毛先生一至楚，楚王就不敢小看赵国。”

A Sunday between March 22 and April 25

The meaning of many different customs observed during Easter Sunday have been buried with time. Their origins lie in pre-Christian religions and Christianity. All in some way or another are a salute to spring, marking re-birth. The white Easter lily has come to capture the glory of the holiday. The word Easter is named after Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox (春分).

People celebrate the holiday according to their beliefs and their religious denominations (命名). Christians commemorate Good Friday as the day that Jesus Christ died and Easter Sunday as the day that He was resurrected (复活). Protestant settlers brought the custom of a sunrise service, a religious gathering at dawn, to the United States.

This year Easter will be celebrated on Sunday April 11, 2004. On Easter Sunday children wake up to find that the Easter Bunny has left them baskets of candy. He has also hidden the eggs that they decorated earlier that week. Children hunt for the eggs all around the house. Neighborhoods and organizations hold Easter egg hunts, and the child who finds the most eggs wins a prize.

The Easter Bunny is a rabbit-spirit. Long ago, he was called the Easter Hare. Hares and rabbits have frequent multiple births so they became a symbol of fertility. The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that hares laid eggs in the grass. The Romans believed that All life comes from an egg. Christians consider eggs to be the seed of life and so they are symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Why we dye, or color, and decorate eggs is not certain. In ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Persia eggs were dyed for spring festivals. In medieval Europe, beautifully decorated eggs were given as gifts.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, a farmer in the State of Song was one day working in the fields when he saw a rabbit bump into a tree stump(树桩) accidentally and break its neck.

The farmer took the rabbit home, and cooked himself a delicious meal.

That night he thought, I neednt work so hard. All I have to do is wait for a rabbit each day by the stump.

So from then on he gave up farming, and simply sat by the stump waiting for rabbits to come and run into it.

This idiom satirizes(讽刺，挖苦) those who just wait for a stroke of luck, rather than making efforts to obtain what they need.

The House of 1000 Mirrors 千镜屋 Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. 很久以前的一个很远的小村庄里，有一个以"千镜屋"而著名的地方。一个乐观的小狗听说了这个地方并决定去参观。

When he arrived, he hounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. 当来到这个地方，他蹦蹦跳欢恰快的上了台阶，来到房门口，他高高竖起耳朵，欢快地摇着尾巴，从门口口往里张望，他惊奇地看到有1000只欢乐的小狗像他一样快的摇尾巴。

He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and firendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often."他灿烂地微笑着，回报他的是1000张热情，友好的灿烂笑脸。离开时他心想："这是一个精彩的地主，我一定要经常来参观。"

In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him.在这个村里还有另一只想参观"千镜屋"的小狗，他不及第一只小狗乐观，他慢吞吞地爬上台阶，然后耷拉着脑袋往屋子里看。一看到有1000只小狗不友好地盯着他，他便开始冲他们狂吠，镜中的1000只小狗也冲着他狂吠，把他给吓坏了，

As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again."他在离开时心想："这是一个恐怖的地方，我再也不会来了。"All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?世界上所有的脸都是镜子，在你所遇见的人的脸上你看到反射出来的是什么?

Carrying Faggots to Put Out a Fire

In the last years of the Warring States period, the State of Qin attacked the State of Wei on a large scale repeatedly and occupied large areas of land, for the State of Wei was too weak to defend itself. In 273 B.B., the qin army launched another attack upon the State of Wei with a momentum more vigorous than ever. The king of the State of Wei summoned his officials,and asked with a worried look if anyone could propose a way to defeat the Qin army. After years of chaos caused by the wars,the officials trembled when fighting was mentioned, and no one dared to speak ofresistance. At the critical moment when a large enemy force was bearing down upon the border, most of the offinials persuaded the king to sue for peace, at the cost of giving away to the State of Qin the large area of land north of the Huanghe River and south of the Taihang Mountain. However Su Dai, a counsellor, did not agree. He hurried up to the king and said:"Your Majesty, they dont think about the interests of the country at all.It is just because they are cowardly and afraid of death that they ask you to sue for peace by betraying the country. Of course you can temperarily satisfy the ambition of the king of the State of Qin is insatiably greedy. It will never stop assaulting us until our land is totally given away."Once there was a man whose house was on fire. People told him to put out the fire with water, but he would not listen. Instead, he carried a faggot to put out the fire, only to make the fire fiercer. That was because he didnt know that,instead of putting out the fire, faggots could only make it burning more vigorously. Isnt it equivalent to carrying faggots to put out a fire if you agree to sue for peace at the cost of the land of the State of Wei?"Though Su Dais argument was very convincing, the king accepted the suggestion of those officials and gave away to the State of Qin a large area of the land of the State of Wei. For the king of the State of Wei was cowardly and only cared for peace at the moment.As might be expected,the Qin army assaulted the State of Wei on a large scale in 225 B.C.,surrounding the capital city Daliang and flooding it by digging open the dykes of the Huanghe River.The State of Wei was finally destroyed by the State of Qin.This story appears in the Historical Records Written by Sima Qian.The set phrase"carrying faggots to put out a fire"is used to mean adopting a wrong method to save a situation and ending up by making it worse.

战国末期，秦国向魏国接连发动大规模的进攻，魏国无力抵抗，大片土地都被秦军占领了。到公元前273年，秦国又一次向魏国出兵，势头空前猛烈。

魏王把大臣们召来，愁眉苦脸地问大家有没有使秦国退兵的办法。大臣们由于经过多年的战乱，提起打仗就吓得哆嗦，谁也不敢谈“抵抗”二字。在这大兵压境的危急时刻，多数大臣都劝魏王，用黄河以北和太行山以南的大片土地为代价，向秦王求和。

谋士苏代听了这些话，很不以为然，忙上前对魏王说：“大王，他们是因为自己胆小怕死，才让您去卖国求和，根本不为国家着想。您想，把大片土地割让给秦国虽然暂时满足了秦王的野心，但秦国的欲望是无止境的，只要魏国的土地没割完，秦军就不会停止进攻我们。”

说到这里，苏代讲了一个故事：从前有一个人，他的房子起火了，别人劝他快用水去浇灭大火，但他不听，偏抱起一捆柴草去救火，是因为他不懂得柴草不但不能灭火反而能助长火势的道理。大王若同意拿着魏国土地去求和，不就等于抱着柴草救火吗？”

尽管苏代讲得头头是道，但是胆小的魏王只顾眼前的太平，还是依大臣们的意见把魏国大片土地割让给秦国。到公元225年，果然秦军又向魏国大举进攻，包围了国都大梁，掘开黄河大堤让洪水淹没了大梁城，魏国终于被秦国灭掉了。

故事出自《史记魏世家》。成语“抱薪救火”比喻用错误的方法去消灭祸害，结果反而使祸害扩大。

导语 :海伦·凯勒（Helen Keller，1880年6月27日－1968年6月1日），美国著名的女作家、教育家、慈善家、社会活动家。最著名的有：《假如给我三天光明》《我的人生故事》《石墙故事》。下面由小编为大家整理的海伦凯勒英文故事，欢迎大家阅读与借鉴！

海伦凯勒英文故事

In 1882 a baby girl caught a fever that was so fierce she nearly died. She survived but the fever left its mark she could no longer see or hear. Because she could not hear she also found it very difficult to speak.

1882年，一名女婴因高发烧差点丧命。她虽幸免于难，但发烧给她留下了后遗症 她再也看不见、听不见。因为听不见，她想讲话也变得很困难。

So how did this child, blinded and deafened at 19 months old, grow up to become a world-famous author and public speaker?

那么这样一个在19个月时就既盲又聋的孩子，是如何成长为享誉世界的作家和演说家的呢？

The fever cut her off from the outside world, depriving her of sight and sound. It was as if she had been thrown into a dark prison cell from which there could be no release.

高烧将她与外界隔开，使她失去了视力和声音。她仿佛置身在黑暗的牢笼中无法摆脱。

Luckily Helen was not someone who gave up easily. Soon she began to explore the world by using her other senses. She followed her mother wherever she went, hanging onto her skirts, She touched and smelled everything she came across. She copied their actions and was soon able to do certain jobs herself, like milking the cows or kneading dough, She even learnt to recognize people by feeling their faces or their clothes. She could also tell where she was in the garden by the smell of the different plants and the feel of the ground under her feet.

万幸的是海伦并不是个轻易认输的人。不久她就开始利用其它的感官来探查这个世界了。她跟着母亲，拉着母亲的衣角，形影不离。她去触摸，去嗅各种她碰到的物品。她模仿别人的动作且很快就能自己做一些事情，例如挤牛奶或揉面。她甚至学会*摸别人的脸或衣服来识别对方。她还能*闻不同的植物和触摸地面来辨别自己在花园的位置。

By the age of seven she had invented over 60 different signs by which she could talk to her family, If she wanted bread for example, she would pretend to cut a loaf and butter the slices. If she wanted ice cream she wrapped her arms around herself and pretended to shiver.

七岁的时候她发明了60多种不同的手势，*此得以和家里人交流。比如她若想要面包，就会做出切面包和涂黄油的动作。想要冰淇淋时她会用手裹住自己装出发抖的样子。

Helen was unusual in that she was extremely intelligent and also remarkably sensitive. By her own efforts she had managed to make some sense of an alien and confusing world. But even so she had limitations.

海伦在这方面非比一般，她绝顶的聪明又相当敏感。通过努力她对这个陌生且迷惑的世界有了一些知识。但她仍有一些有足。

At the age of five Helen began to realize she was different from other people. She noticed that her family did not use signs like she did but talked with their mouths. Sometimes she stood between two people and touched their lips. She could not understand what they said and she could not make any meaningful sounds herself. She wanted to talk but no matter how she tried she could not make herself understood. This make her so angry that she used to hurl herself around the room, kicking and screaming in frustration.

海伦五岁时开始意识到她与别人不同。她发现家里的其他人不用象她那样做手势而是用嘴交谈。有时她站在两人中间触摸他们的嘴唇。她不知道他们在说什么，而她自己不能发出带有含义的声音。她想讲话，可无论费多大的劲儿也无法使别人明白自己。这使她异常懊恼以至于常常在屋子里乱跑乱撞，灰心地又踢又喊。

As she got older her frustration grew and her rages became worse and worse. She became wild and unruly . If she didnt get what she wanted she would throw tantrums until her family gave in. Her favourite tricks included grabbing other peoples food from their plates and hurling fragile objects to the floor. Once she even managed to lock her mother into the pantry. Eventually it became clear that something had to be done. So, just before her seventh birthday, the family hired a private tutor Anne Sullivan.

随着年龄的增长她的怒气越为越大。她变得狂野不驯。倘若她得不到想要的东西就会大发脾气直到家人顺从。她惯用的手段包括抓别人盘里的食物以及将易碎的东西猛扔在地。有一次她甚至将母亲锁在厨房里。这样一来就得想个办法了。于是，在她快到七岁生日时，家里便雇了一名家庭教师 安尼沙利文。

Anne was careful to teach Helen especially those subjects in which she was interested. As a result Helen became gentler and she soon learnt to read and write in Braille. She also learnt to read peoples lips by pressing her finger-tips against them and feeling the movement and vibrations. This method is called Tadoma and it is a skill that very, very few people manage to acquire. She also learnt to speak, a major achievement for someone who could not hear at all.

安尼悉心地教授海伦，特别是她感兴趣的东西。这样海伦变得温和了而且很快学会了用布莱叶盲文朗读和写作。*用手指接触说话人的嘴唇去感受运动和震动，她又学会了触唇意识。这种方法被称作泰德马，是一种很少有人掌握的技能。她也学会了讲话，这对失聪的人来说是个巨大的成就。

Helen proved to be a remarkable scholar, graduating with honours from Radcliffe College in 1904. She had phenomenal powers of concentration and memory, as well as a dogged determination to succeed. While she was still at college she wrote ‘The Story of My Life. This was an immediate success and earned her enough money to buy her own house.

海伦证明了自己是个出色的学者，1904年她以优异的成绩从拉德克利夫学院毕业。她有惊人的注意力和记忆力，同时她还具有不达目的誓不罢休的毅力。上大学时她就写了《我的生命》。这使她取得了巨大的成功从而有能力为自己购买一套住房。

She toured the country, giving lecture after lecture. Many books were written about her and several plays and films were made about her life. Eventually she became so famous that she was invited abroad and received many honours from foreign universities and monarchs. In 1932 she became a vice-president of the Royal National Institute for the Blind in the United Kingdom.

她周游全国，不断地举行讲座。她的事迹为许多人著书立说而且还上演了关于她的生平的戏剧和电影。最终她声名显赫，应邀出国并受到外国大学和国王授予的荣誉。1932年，她成为英国皇家国立盲人学院的副校长。

After her death in 1968 an organization was set up in her name to combat blindness in the developing world. Today that agency, Helen Keller International, is one of the biggest organizations working with blind people overseas.

1968年她去世后，一个以她的名字命名的组织建立起来，该组织旨在与发展中国家存在的失明缺陷做斗争。如今这所机构，“国际海伦凯勒”，是海外向盲人提供帮助的最大组织之一。

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"

"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.

"Youre a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?"

"She is the one who sells the candy."

【释义】

好孩子 小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。

"昨天给你的钱干什么了？"

"我给了一个可怜的老太婆，"他回答说。 "你真是个好孩子，"妈妈骄傲地说。"再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？"

"她是个卖糖果的。"

In the Warring States Period, a man in the state of Chu was offering a sacrifice(祭品) to his ancestors. After the ceremony, the man gave a beaker of wine to his servants.

The servants thought that there was not enought wine for all of them, and decided to each draw a picture of snake; the one who finished the picture first would get the wine.

One of them drew very rapidly. Seeing that the others were still busy drawing, he added feet to the snake.

At this moment, another man finished, snatched the beaker(烧杯，大口杯) and drank the wine, saying,"A snake doesnt have feet. How can you add feet to a snake?"

This idiom refers to ruining a venture by doing unnecessary and surplus things.

第一部 临界爵迹(上)

奥汀大陆分为四个国家，每个国家中都生活着一群以魂力守卫国家的魂术师，而这群人中最杰出的的七位叫做王爵。故事开始于水源亚斯蓝帝国，从小生活在客栈做小二的麒零在一次魂术师的战斗中下意识的收服了传说中的魂兽苍雪之牙。而闻讯而来的银尘发现了他即将被魂兽吞噬救下了他，并根据白银祭司的命令将他收为使徒。在他的帮助下，麒零前往魂冢寻找魂器，无奈麒零没有按照银尘的安排安安分分的待着，和天束幽花、鬼山莲泉一起走进了魂冢。在魂冢的冒险之后，他被银尘骂了一顿。而此刻亚斯蓝帝国另一边的蓄谋已久阴谋开始渐露眉目。

第一部 临界爵迹(下)

五度王爵鬼山兄妹因为获知统治者白银祭司们的秘密。被白银祭司们下令追杀，他们为求自保只得循着秘密去寻找失踪已久的前任一度王爵吉尔伽美什。几乎所有王爵在西流尔岛相遇，鬼山缝魂为救妹妹被王爵们绞杀，鬼山莲泉将吉尔伽美什还活着的秘密告诉了银尘，于是在银尘的帮助下逃走两人一起结伴去解救吉尔伽美什，仓促之际，银尘丢下了麒零。在经历了各种难关后，银尘牺牲了自己将吉尔伽美什救出，而莲泉被白银祭司抓走。另一方面，白银祭司获晓冰帝出走风源因德帝国。为了寻找冰帝，他们命令王爵们前往风源。

How time flies! I turned 12 years old, and as I grew up, xi an has also changed dramatically. Teacher wang, our class teacher, told me that she had no idea where the primary school was when she came to dongguan nanjie primary school. Finally, it was asked to know that the entrance to the primary school was blocked by the sale of vegetables, to make the teacher cry and smile. Father also had said, in his impression of xi an is filled with dust and dirt, before some of the road is very narrow, remote places ranch house on both sides of the road, the ground, often can see the paper scraps, rubbish, green belts are also very few. The whole city looks very bad.

But in a few short years xi ans urban image has changed dramatically. The low bungalows were replaced by high-rises that sprang up. Now the ancient city wall moat, ring city park, formed the scenery of the disk, standing on the city wall, the city of xi an, the view of the city, the west street was built into a replica of the street. Is the most worthy of our xi an proud of xi an pagoda built us all of Asias biggest music fountain, attracts many Chinese and foreign tourists to watch, whenever night falls, around the wild goose pagoda qujiang ruins park, datang datang furong garden, the city that never sleeps, is also illuminated. All this shows the charm and charm of its nine dynasties. Xi an is now moving toward an advanced international metropolis.

[西安简介高中英文作文

海伦用顽强的毅力克服生理缺陷所造成的精神痛苦。下面是小编为大家整理的海伦凯勒的故事简介，欢迎阅读。

刚满周岁那年，一天傍晚，母亲趁太阳西下以前，放了一盆热水为海伦凯勒擦洗身子。可是，当母亲自浴盆把海伦凯勒抱了起来，放在膝盖上，正想拿条大毛巾替她包裹身子的时候，海伦凯勒的目光，突然被地板上摇晃不定的树影给吸引了过去。她好奇地看著，看得很入神，眼珠子动也不动一下，而且还忍不住伸长小手扑了过去，好像非得揪住它不可。

当时，母亲虽然已经注意到海伦凯勒的眼神，但是看在母亲的眼里，树影不过是平常又自然的现象，没什?好大惊小怪的。所以，她万万没有想到海伦凯勒会使出这?原劲儿往前倾，结果不小心一溜手，竟让海伦凯勒滑倒在地，哇哇大哭个不停。母亲知道女儿受了惊吓，飞快地将海伦凯勒搂进怀里，连哄带骗了好一阵子，海伦凯勒才安静了下来。

事隔不久，母亲一个人静静回想这件事情发生的经过，她发现海伦凯勒的观察力似乎特别灵敏。通常一个周岁大的婴儿，应该是懵懵懂懂的，对什?事情都没有企图深入了解的倾向，可是海伦凯勒却别有细腻的之思，甚至於想用自己的肢体去感受变化的奇妙。当然，跟大人比起来，海伦凯勒的表现并不成熟，如果跟其他的婴孩相比，可就不能不算特殊了。

而为人父母的，能幸运地生下一个天赋优异的小孩，当然是得意洋洋?！每逢亲朋好友到家里做客，不谈起女儿也就罢了，一旦话题转到海伦凯勒身上，母亲心满意足的喜悦，就会自然而然地从言谈中流露了出来。

但是这份喜悦到底能持续多久呢？当父母亲正兴高采烈畅谈海伦凯勒美好未来的当儿，海伦凯勒却莫名其妙生了一场大病，这场大病不但夺走了父母心中的希望，更使海伦凯勒变成一个看不见、也听不见的小女孩，而且她脾气更暴躁起来！

可怜的海伦凯勒，该如何去面对一个没有光线，没有声音的世界呢？这真是一个令人头痛的问题。通常教育一个五官健全的孩子，已经不是一件轻而易举的事了，更何况海伦凯勒又瞎又聋！也许，父母亲他们可以猜测、也可以想像海伦凯勒的心情，但是他们绝对无法体会，就如同海伦凯勒无法体会正常人的生活一样，他们真的无从体会。

起先，父母亲采用实验的方法，一次又一次地尝试，虽然他们失败过无数次，但是日子久了，也摸索出不少要领，他们除了被动地猜想海伦凯勒的比手画脚，有时也教导海伦凯勒凭藉肢体动作，表达喜怒哀乐。

另外，海伦凯勒也学习运用触觉去感受周遭的事事物物。就这样一点一的累积，四、五年以后，大凡孩子们用眼睛、耳朵能感受的，海伦凯勒都能以触摸的方式领略。只是父母亲不是残障教育的专家，所以海伦凯勒学到的肢体语言，只有父母才看得懂，至于外人可就很难说了。

向来关心女儿的父母亲，也一直挂心这个问题，尤其他们想到自己终有年老体衰的一天，到时候要是海伦凯勒仍然不能跟外人沟通，那海伦凯勒往后的遭遇，将是非常悲惨的。於是，在海伦凯勒七岁那年，他们从外地请来一位受过专门训练的莎利文老师。

莎利文老师跟海伦凯勒很投缘，她们认识没有几天就相处融洽，而且海伦凯勒还从莎利文老师那里学会了认字。

一天，老师在海伦凯勒的手心写了「水」这个字，海伦凯勒不知怎?搞的，总是没法子记下来。老师知道海伦凯勒的困难处在哪儿，她带著海伦凯勒走到喷水池边，要海伦凯勒把小手放在喷水孔下，让清凉的泉水溅溢在海伦凯勒的手上。接著，莎利文老师又在海伦凯勒的手心，写下「水」这个字，从此海伦凯勒就牢牢记住了，再也不会搞不清楚。海伦后来回忆说：“不知怎的，语言的秘密突然被揭开了，我终于知道水就是流过我手心的一种物质。这个喝的字唤醒了我的灵魂，给我以光明、希望、快乐。

不过，莎利文老师认为，光是懂得认字而说不出话来，仍然不方便沟通。可是，从小又聋又瞎的海伦凯勒，一来听不见别人说话的声音，二来看不见别人说话的嘴型，所以，尽管她不是不能说话的哑巴，却也没法子说话。

为了克服这个困难，莎利文老师替海伦凯勒找了一位专家，教导她利用双手去感受别人说话时嘴型的变化，以及鼻腔吸气、吐气的不同，来学习发音。当然，这是一件非常不容易的事，不过，海伦凯勒还是做到了。 盲人作家海伦凯勒，除了突破官能障碍学会说话，更奉献自己的一生，四处为残障人士演讲，鼓励他们肯定自己，立志做一个残而不废的人。海伦凯勒这份爱心，不但给予残障人士十足的信心，更激起各国人士正视残障福利，纷纷设立服务机构，辅助他们健康快乐的过生活。

海伦凯勒的散文代表作《假如给我三天光明》，她以一个身残志坚的柔弱女子的视角，告诫身体健全的人们应珍惜生命，珍惜造物主赐予的一切。此外，本书中收录的《我的人生故事》是海伦凯勒的本自传性作品，被誉为“世界文学史上无与伦比的杰作”。

1968年，海伦88岁去世，她把所有终生致力服务残障人士的事迹，传遍全世界。她写了很多书，她的故事还拍成了电影。莎利文老师把最珍贵的爱给了她，她又把爱散播给所有不幸的人，带给他们希望。死后，因为她坚强的意志和卓越的贡献感动了全世界.并且各地人民都开展了纪念她的活动。

海伦.凯勒，自幼因病成为盲聋哑人，但她自强不息，克服巨大的困难读完大学。一生写了十几部作品，同时致力于救助伤残儿童、保护妇女权益和争取种族平等的社会活动。1964年获总统自由勋章。她的事迹曾两次被拍成电影。

刻舟求剑

Making His Mark “刻舟求剑” A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly. Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. As we know, the boat had moved but the sword had not. Isn’t this a very foolish way to look for a sword? 楚国有个人坐船渡江时，他不小心把自己的一把宝剑掉落江中。他马上掏出一把小刀，在宝剑落水的船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后，那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。他怎么找得到宝剑呢?船继续行驶，而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑，真是太愚蠢可笑了。

拔苗助长

To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow “拔苗助长” Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice. After he planted the seedlings, every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day, but still, he thought they were growing too slowly. Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and suddenly he hit upon an idea that one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. The next early morning, the young man couldn’t wait to check his “achievement”, but he was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying. 从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗(seedlings)后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时，都发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得很不耐烦。想了又想，他终于想到一个“最佳方法”，他将稻苗全都拔高了几分。第二天，一早起身，他迫不及待地去稻田看他的“成果”。 哪知，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。

Christmas Eve is the eve of Christmas Day, a widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. It is a culturally significant celebration for most of the Western world and is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas.

平安夜是圣诞节的前一晚，是大家来庆祝圣主耶稣诞辰的节日。对于西方大部分国家具有很浓的文化意义，或多或少普遍参与圣诞的节日。

In various cultures, a festive dinner is traditionally served for the family and close friends in attendance, when the first star (usually Sirius) arrives on the sky.

在大多数国家，传统的平安夜晚餐是和亲朋好友聚集的日子，当第一颗星星出现在天边的时候就是晚餐开始的时候。

As is known to us all, wrapped gifts are usually given to children during their sound sleeping.They will be happy to open it next when they wake up.

正如大家所知道的，包装好的礼物通常会趁着孩子们熟睡时给他们，等到第二天醒来，他们会很开心的拆礼物。

Its believed that the gifts are given by Santa Claus amoung child.Santa Claus is generally depicted as a plump, jolly, white-bearded man wearing a red coat with white collar and cuffs, white-cuffed red trousers, and black leather belt and boots .The modern portrayal of Santa Claus frequently depicts him listening to the Christmas wishes of young children.

通常孩子们都会认为礼物圣诞老人送的。而孩子们想象中的圣诞老人通常是有着圆滚滚的肚子快乐的留着络腮白胡子的老头，穿着有着白色领子的大红色外套，系着黑皮带穿着大靴子。现在的圣诞老人通常都会仔细聆听孩子们的圣诞愿望。

Writing letters to Santa Claus has been a Christmas tradition for children for many years. These letters normally contain a wishlist of toys and assertions of good behavior.

对于孩子们来说给圣诞老人写信已经是多年来的传统了。这些信里通常包括他们想要的玩具清单以及他们良好的表现。