癸卯岁始春怀古田舍二首（其二）

陶渊明

先师有遗训，忧道不忧贫。瞻望邈难逮，转欲志长勤^①。

秉耒^②欢时务，解颜劝农人。平畴交远风，良苗亦怀新^③。

虽未量岁功，即事多所欣。耕种有时息，行者无问津^④。

日入相与归，壶浆劳近邻。长吟掩柴门，聊为陇亩民。

（注）①长勤：长期劳作。②耒（lěi）：型柄， 这里泛指农具。③怀新：指麦苗生意盎然。④问津：指孔子让子路向两位隐士长沮、桀溺问路的典故。

—______? I won the first prize in the English speech contest.

    Reading poems is not exactly an everyday activity for most people. In fact, many people never read a poem once they get out of high school.

    It is worth reminding ourselves that this has not always been the case in America. In the nineteenth century, a usual American activity was to sit around the fireside in the evening and read poems aloud. It is true that there was no television at the time, nor movie theaters, nor World Wide Web, to provide diversion. However, poems were a source of pleasure, of self-education, of connection to other people or to the world beyond one's own community. Reading them was a social act as well as an individual one, and perhaps even more social than individual. Writing poems to share with friends and relations was, like reading poems by the fireside, another way in which poetry has a place in everyday life.

    How did things change? Why are most Americans no longer comfortable with poetry, and why do most people today think that a poem has nothing to tell them and that they can do well without poems?

    There are, I believe, three culprits(肇事者): poets, teachers, and we ourselves. Of these, the least important is the third: the world surrounding the poem has betrayed us more than we have betrayed the poem. Early in the twentieth century, poetry in English headed into directions unfavorable to the reading of poetry. Readers decided that poems were not for the fireside or the easy chair at night, that they belonged where other difficult-to-read things belonged.

    Poets failed the reader, so did teachers. They want their students to know something about the skills of a poem, they want their students to see that poems mean something. Yet what usually occurs when teachers push these concerns on their high school students is that young people decide poems are unpleasant crossword puzzles.

①分子数之比为11∶16                    ②体积之比为16∶11

③密度之比为16∶11                       ④原子个数之比为1∶1

房兵曹胡马^①

杜甫

胡马大宛名，锋棱瘦骨成。竹批^②双耳峻，风入四蹄轻。

所向无空阔，真堪托死生。骁腾有如此，万里可横行。

【注释】①此诗作于公元740年（唐玄宗开元二十八年）或741年（开元二十九年），当时杜甫在洛阳，正值青年时期。兵曹：参与军事的小官。②竹批：形容马耳尖如竹尖。

病马

杜甫

乘尔亦己久，天寒关塞深。尘中老尽力，岁晚病伤心。

毛骨岂殊众，驯良犹至今。物微意不浅，感动一沉吟。

【注释】①此诗作于公元759年，当时作者流落秦州。

青藏高原拥有地球上海拔最高、数量最大的内陆湖泊群。青藏高原是，包括长江、黄河、澜沧江、雅鲁藏布江、印度河、锡尔河等，都是青藏高原孕育而生的河流。青藏高原地区与周边地区的水分交换过程，不仅会通过季风系统将印度洋的大量水汽带到高原地区，还可以通过大江大河和西风的作用将水汽从高原，从而影响中国东部地区的降雨。作为青藏高原的重要组成部分，这里的湖泊对全球气候波动极为敏感，可以看作揭示的重要信息载体。

注意：

1）．不要拘泥于要点，可以适当发挥，词数100左右。

2）．参考词汇：人口膨胀：population expansion；过度开发：overdevelopment

Dear Editor,

    ……

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

—Because he couldn't stand the (重担)on his shoulder.

    Sleep, as we know, is important to us because it helps restore tired organs and tissues in our body. But how much sleep do we actually need?

    For most of us, eight hours seems to be about the right amount. Yet we know that there are a great many people who get along perfectly with less sleep and some who may even need more. A great deal depends on the way we live. But a good general rule to follow is to sleep as long as we have to in order to feel happy and be able to work at our best when we are awake.

    There are actually different levels of sleep. There is a deep sleep and a shallow sleep. In a shallow sleep our body does not get the same kind of rest as it gets in a deep sleep, so that after eight hours of a shallow sleep we may still feel tired. But a short deep sleep can be very restful.

    Alexander the Great was able to get a deep sleep whenever he needed it. Once, during the night before an important battle, he remained awake longer than anyone else. Then he wrapped himself in a cloak and lay down on the earth. He slept so deeply that his generals had to wake him three times to give command to attack!

    Normally when we go to sleep, our “ sleep center” blocks off nerves so that both our brain and our body go to sleep. One prevents us form wanting to do anything and the other makes our internal organs and limbs go to sleep. But someone will fall asleep (brain sleep) and keep on marching, because his body is not asleep!

    Looking at China's history over the past 60 years，it is apparent that，despite much suffering，the country has achieved huge political，economic and social success，especially during the past three decades.

    The press center for the celebration of the 60th founding anniversary of new China was officially opened on the morning of September 22. Zha Shouchen，deputy director of the press center introduced that，during the National Day，there would be 3,200 domestic reporters，and more than 1,300 foreign journalists to come to Beijing to make the covering work.

    The press center provided many services for domestic and foreign reporters，such as issuing the press cards to reporters，accepting the interview application，organizing press conferences and activities of group interviews，providing the means of communication and information services for reporters.And the following was the scene.

    A grand parade in Beijing on Oct.1，led by the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police Force，showed some of China's latest achievements in defense modernization.About 8,000 military officers，along with tanks and other vehicles，formed a straight line stretching 3 kms.

    The military parade was followed by a civilian parade featuring six massive performing groups and 36 formations of about 100,000 people.In addition,60 floats(彩车)represented everything from the country's geographic areas to the previous year's Beijing Olympics.

    Everyday life in China is a parade on a grand scale，with citizens now being able to enjoy things their ancestors did not dare to contemplate 100 years ago，things their grandparents took for luxury 60 years ago，and things their parents did not even know how to attempt 30 years ago.

夏禹，名曰文命。禹之父曰鲧。当帝尧之时鸿水滔天浩浩怀山襄陵下民其忧尧求能治水者群臣四岳皆曰鲧可。尧曰：“鲧为人负命毁族，不可。”四岳曰：“等之未有贤于鲧者，愿帝试之。”于是尧听四岳，用鲧治水。九年而水不息，功用不成。于是帝尧乃求人，更得舜。舜登用，摄行天子之政，巡狩。行视鲧之治水无状，乃殛鲧于羽山以死。天下皆以舜之诛为是。于是舜举鲧子禹，而使续鲧之业。

尧崩，帝舜问四岳曰：“有能成美尧之事者使居官？”皆曰：“伯禹为司空 ， 可成美尧之功。”舜曰：“嗟，然！”命禹：“女平水土，维是勉之。”禹拜稽首，让于契、后稷、皋陶。舜曰：“女其往视尔事矣。”

禹为人敏给克勤，其德不违，其仁可亲，其言可信。声为律，身为度，称以出；亹亹穆穆，为纲为纪。

禹乃遂与益、后稷奉帝命，命诸侯百姓兴人徒以傅土，行山表木，定高山大川。禹伤先人父鲧功之不成受诛，乃劳身焦思，居外十三年，过家门不敢入。薄衣食，致孝于鬼神。卑宫室，致费于沟淢。陆行乘车，水行乘船，泥行乘橇 ， 山行乘檋。左准绳，右规矩，载四时，以开九州，通九道，陂九泽，度九山。令益予众庶稻，可种卑湿。命后稷予众庶难得之食。食少，调有余相给，以均诸侯。禹乃行相地宜所有以贡，及山川之便利。

于是九州攸同，四奥既居，九山刊旅，九川涤原，九泽既陂，四海会同。六府甚修，众土交正，致慎财赋，咸则三壤，成赋中国。赐土姓：“祗台德先，不距朕行。”

东渐于海，西被于流沙，朔、南暨：声教讫于四海。于是帝锡禹玄圭，以告成功于天下。天下于是太平治。

    Last fall, before Thanksgiving, I was making my way in my car out of the shopping center parking lot. I was bored in the car. I 1a woman heavily loaded with 2 and her two boys, one carrying a pumpkin and the other another bag.

    They were headed, I 3, to the bus stop across the major road. 4it was too far to walk with all those 5 to any of the nearby bus stops, on a random impulse（冲动），I rolled down my window and asked if they were indeed headed to the 6. “Yes,” the mother 7. I asked, “Would you like a 8? “Oh, yes!” was their 9 reaction.

    I was also delighted，and，after driving out of the way of other 10, I stopped and the boys piled into the back seat . The mother started to push 11 beside them. I 12 her by saying, “Oh, you come on up here 13 me. I'm not a taxi driver!” So off we went.

    Right away, I decided to take them a mile and a half to their home, since I had 14 and they had bags. All the way, I had just a fine time listening and talking with all of them. It felt so good to be able to do this little 15 and showed that with such a small 16I could make a big difference to a tired mother. I'm not sure 17 got the most out of it.

    18, this was special for me 19, as a disabled person, I often receive help and now I know how especially good it feels to be 20.

    I am travelling back with my parents from seeing my grandparents then it started to snow. At first, I thought it was fun and everything looked beautifully. I was looking forward to make a snowman in the playground at school the next day when the car slid violently off the road and into channel. My father called the emergency services, but they said that would be a long time before they could reach us. However, we sang songs and told stories to pass the time. Several hour later, the rescue team pulled their car out of the channel. At last, we managed to drive very slowly to home. I would never forget this experience.