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Rush 匆匆 朱自清 Swallows may have gone, but there is a timeof return; willow trees(柳树)may have died back(枯萎、凋谢)，but thereis a time of re-greening; peach blossoms may have fallen, but there will bloomagain. Now you the wise, tell me; why should our days leave us, never toreturn---If there had been stolen by someone, who could it be? Where could behide them? If there had made the escape themselves, then where could they stayat the moment？ www. 日记谷 I do not know how many days I have been givento spend, but I do feel my hands are getting empty. Takingstock(盘点、鉴定) silently,I find that more than eight thousand days have already slid away from me. Likea drop of water from the point of needle disappearing into the ocean, my daysare dripping into the stream of time, soundless, traceless(没有痕迹的).Already sweat is staring on my forehead, and tears welling up in my eyes(泉涌). Those that have gone have gone for good, thoseto come keep coming; yet in between, how swift is the swift, in such a rush? WhenI get up in the moring , the slanting sun marks it presence in my small room intwo or three oblongs; The sun has feet, look, he is treading(移动)on, lightly and furtively; and I am caught, blankly, in his revolution(更替).Thus---theday flows away through the sink when I wash my hands, wear off(减弱、耗损)in thebowl when I eat my meal, and passes away before my day-dreaming gaze as Ireflect in silence. I can feel his haste now, so I reach out my hands to toldhim back, but he keeps flowing past my withholding(阻止)hands. In the evening, as I lie in bed, he strides over(跨过) mybody, glides past my feet, in his agile(adj. 敏捷的；机敏的；活泼的)way. Themoment I open my eyes and meet the sun again, one whole day has gone. I bury myface in my hands and heave a sigh(费劲痛苦地发现). But the new day begins to flash past in the sigh. www. 日记谷 Somethingto Look Forward to(盼头) Little children look forward to the arrival f lunar New Year, adults tothat of spring. When a child，I couldn'tunderstand what the elder hope for. But New Year' Day was always the greatestred-lettler day of all the year, for it meant the nicest food as well as a lotof fun, which was really fascinating. As soon as the festival was over, antherone was my dream and I wished time flew as fast as possible . Daysspent in expectation come and go really fast. Very soon I finished primaryschool, went to junior and senior middle school, and finally to college, withever greater desire for more varied things; for graduation with honors, for anideal job,for a successful career, for more earings to share my parent'sburden, for a satisfactory (adj. 满意的；符合要求的；赎罪的)wife............Climbing the upward steps of hope I had becomea fully grown man before I was aware of it,a busy breadwinner with a family onmy hands. Life began to show its various facts(多层面).Whether I have turned more vulgar or great, I havealways something to look forward to. It may be arrival of a letter, publicationof an article, the bonus-distributing day, a gratifying result of something, aget-together or a pleasure trip----Such expectation serve as a prop(vt. 支撑；维持n. 支柱；支持者)to a person's faith in life. A day without hope would be unimaginably pale. There must be somethingto look forward to each day to brighten one' life and keep it out of shadows. Toa person cherishing(珍惜)hopes every morning rise a new sun. Even if is a fantasy(幻想)or an illusion(幻觉)，so long as it shows a ray of hope it still urges you on in pursuit(n. 追赶，追求；职业，工作)of that little sparkle (闪烁)without let-up(停息). Deprived (vt. 使丧失，剥夺) of moisture (n. 水分；湿度；潮湿；降雨量)content(n. 内容，目录；满足；容量adj. 满意的vt. 使满足),soil turns into desert. Deprived of hope, what is there leftto a person？A small hope sustains a person for a day, a great one for alifetime. Human beings cannot do without something tolook forward to................. 谈读书 培根 1读书足以怡情，足以博彩，足以长才。其怡情也。最见于独处幽居之时；其博彩也，最见于高谈阔论之中；其长才也，最见于处世判事之际。 1Studies serve for delight, for ornament (n. 装饰；装饰物；教堂用品vt. 装饰，修饰),and for ability. There chief use for delight, is inprivateness and retiring(独处幽处)，for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in thejudgment and disposition(n. 处置；性情；部署；倾向)of business. 2读书使人充实，讨论使人机智，笔记使人准确 2Reading maketh full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exactman. 3读史使人明智，读诗使人灵秀，数学使人周密，科学使人深刻，伦理使人庄重，逻辑修辞之学使人善解；凡有所学，皆成性格。 3Histories make man wise; poets witty(adj. 诙谐的；富于机智的);the mathematics subtle(adj. 微妙的；精细的；敏感的；狡猾的；稀薄的);natural philosophydeep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric(n. 修辞，修辞学；华丽的词藻adj. 花言巧语的) able to contend(). Abeunr studia in more. 4书有可浅尝者，有可吞食者，少数则须咀嚼消化。换言之，有只许读其部分者，有只须大体涉猎者，少数则须全读，读时须全神贯注，孜孜不倦。 4Some books are to be tasted. others to be swallowed ,and somefew to be read, but not curiotisly ; and some few to be read wholly, and withdilligence and attention. Never give up the pursuit of learning 不要抛弃学位 胡适 Dear students of graduatingclass: As you are leaving your alma master(母校)，I have nothing to offer you as a gift except a word of advice. My advice is" Never give up the pursuitof learning ." You perhaps finished your courses mostly forobtaining the diploma(学位),or in other words, out of sheer necessity. However, from nowon, you are free to follow your bent(n. 爱好，嗜好adj. 弯曲的；决心的) in the choice of studies, while you are in the prime(n. 爱好，嗜好adj. 弯曲的；决心的)of life, why not devote yourselves to a special field of study?Youth will soon be gone never to return, And it will be too late for you to gointo scholarship when in your declining (adj. 下滑的；衰退的；倾斜的v. 下降；衰退；婉谢) years（晚年）.Knowledge will do you a good turn even as a means ofsubsistence, If you give up studies while holding a job, you will, in a couple of years, havehad yourselves replacedby younger people. It will then be too late to remedythe situation(挽救局势)by picking up studies again(重新学习). Some people say," Once you have a job, youwill come up against the urgent(adj. 紧急的；急迫的)problem of making a living. How can you manage to find time tostudy? Even if you want to, will it be possible with no library orlaboratory(n. 实验室,研究室)available? Now let me tell you this. Those who refuse tostudy for lack of a library will most probably continue to do so even thoughthere is a library .And those who refuse to do research for lack of alaboratory will most probably continue to do so even though a laboratory isavailable. As long as you set your mind on studies, you will naturally cut down on food and clothing(节衣缩食) to buy books or doeverything possible to acquire necessary instruments. Time is no object(不成问题),Charles Darwin could only work one hour a day due toill health, Yet what a remarkable man he was! If you spend one hour a dayreading 10 pages of a book, you can finish more than 3,600 pages a year and110.000 pages in 30 years. Dear students, 110,000 pages will be quitenough to make a learned man of you. It will take you one hour to read threetabloids (n. 小报；药片；文摘；小型画报adj. 小报式的；缩略的；轰动性的；扼要的) a day, and one and half hours to finish four rounds ofmah-jong(麻将) a day。Reading tabloids, playing mah-jong or striving to(努力) be a learned man, the choice lies with you。 Henrik Ibson says:" It is yousupreme(adj. 最高的；至高的；最重要的n. 至高；霸权)duty to cast yourself into a useful implement(vt. 实施，执行；实现，使生效n. 工具，器具；手段)".Learning is the casting mould().Forsake leaning Waiting They had known each other for three years. Butof them were of the conservative(adj. 保守的n. 保守派，守旧者) type, shy and inhibited(adj. 抑制的；禁止的；羞怯的v. 抑制；控制（inhibit的过去分词）).Although he has nevermentioned the word of "love" before her, yet she could vaguely(adv. 含糊地；暧昧地；茫然地)detect(依稀可见) that passion burning in his diffident(adj. 羞怯的；缺乏自信的；谦虚谨慎的) look. She dropped him onehint after another to encourage him; however, he remained a big fool, neverdaring to confess it. Water flowed on under the bridge. Three yearslater, she was engaged to another young man. On the eve of her engagement, herthoughts went to that young man. If he comes and proposes ( vt.建议；打算，计划；求婚vi. 建议；求婚；打算) now, I'm still willing to goto him, she brooded ( vt. 孵；沉思n. 一窝；一伙) amidst ( prep. 在…当中)(冥思若想) thecongratulations of her relatives and friends. Yet, he clid nothing of the kind(纹丝不动).Added to the shyness of his look was a faint streak of(一股淡淡的) melancholy(adj. 忧郁的；使人悲伤的n. 忧郁；悲哀；愁思). Soon, it was the eve of her marriage. Thehappiness of the happiest girl was not un-tempered with a touch of sadness. "Even if he should come and propose now,I would give up all this to embrass the belated(adj. 迟来的；误期的) happiness," sherepeated to herself as she tried on her bride'sgown(新娘服).But against he hid his feelings, only his eyes betrayed(v. 出卖，背叛（betray的过去分词形式）) greater misery(n. 痛苦，悲惨；不幸；苦恼；穷困). Fifty years passed. The passage of time(岁月的更迭) had dyed their hair silvery white. She was the firstto collapse (vi. 倒塌；瓦解；暴跌vt. 使倒塌，使崩溃；使萎陷n. 倒塌；失败；衰竭).When she was in a critical condition, he came from a far-way paceto have a last look at her. Holdinghis hands in s tight grip, she asked him one question into which she hadcompressed (adj. 被压缩的；扁平的) the wondering and expectations(n. 期望；预期；期望值) of her lifetime. "Tell me, what on earth have you beenwaiting for?" "Waiting for you to..."he mumbled (vi.含糊的说话) his lifelonghesitation and expectations only when he had made sure that no one else waswithin hearing(在听觉范围类). "For me to do what?" "For you to break the ice." The way woman withers(n. 感情，情绪) 一个女人的衰老 1、At theage of twenty，wearing a jeans jumper ,I moved about on the campus, my faceblushing(adj. 脸红的n. 雾浊) the moment had the inclination(n. 倾向，爱好；斜坡) to make an utterance(n. 表达；说话；说话方式).At the age of thirty ,Iwearing a famous brand suit and a cold look, reproach (n. 责备；耻辱vt. 责备；申斥) my subordinate(n. 下属，下级；部属，属下adj. 从属的；次要的vt. 使……居下位；使……服从) bluntly(adv. 坦率地，直率地；迟钝地)."How can you go so far as to raise such a silly, mindlessquestion?" 2、At the age of twenty，I borrowed books from the liberary like Shakespeare’sComplete Works. A portrait of the artist as a Young Man,Ulysses(尤里西斯).After thirty ,on my bedside lie such books andmagazines as The Recipe(秘笈、配方) on Stocks(股票) ELLE(伉俪)，and Manager's Charm(魅力). 3、At the age of twenty，I ran into the young man whom I loved in private inthe street of my hometown. Upon hearing that he had been enrolled as agraduate. I was virtually dealt a heavy blow, believing reluctantly so painful afact that I could never do well enough to win his favor, bitter tears streamingdown my checks. After …… I busy myself here and there ,inquiring where I couldbuy an MBA diploma(学位)。 4、At the age of twenty，I was reading to reveal (vt. 显示；透露；揭露；泄露n. 揭露；暴露；门侧，窗侧) myage, tell people about my age frequently before the inquired. After thirty，age become almost a taboo (n. 禁忌；禁止adj. 禁忌的；忌讳的vt. 禁忌；禁止) tome , If something is so nosy , I respond “Guess”. 5、At the age of twenty，I did long to date with the boys from either physical educationor the art department . After thirty It seems so unbelievable that I once idiotically (adv. 白痴地) possessed that thought. 6、At the age of twenty，bookstore was a must for me , and I was a big bookbuyer. While after thirty, paying no attention to the bookstore, I breeze intothe beauty parlour next door. 7、At the age of twenty，while talking with my mother over the phone, I wantedto hang up () before my mother had finished a few words. After thirty, thevoice of Mom invariably (adv. 总是；不变地；一定地) triggers (n. 触发器；触发物（trigger的复数）v. 引起（trigger的单三形式）；引爆) any crying, “Mom, your worries about my marriage haveall come true. ” 8、At the age of twenty，I dashed forwardwithout any concern for (没有任何关心) the passing daysand years. In my thirties, I strive to(努力) hang on to everymoment. Life for a person deserted(adj. 荒芜的；被遗弃的) by fame when approaching thirty? Afterthirty, fame seems stillbeyond reach(够不着；找不到；消失), yetbeing as rich as my boss at forty becomes my new dream. 9、At theage of twenty, I felt so contented sandwiched in a jammed (adj. 堵塞的；拥挤的；轧住了的) bus, eatingice-cream. After , 30, even the sight of a shabbyand sordid (adj. 肮脏的；卑鄙的；利欲熏心的；色彩暗淡的) taxi my stolen me.Ok! When the oil price goes down, I will buy a car, drive along the road ofwell-to-do. 10、At the age of twenty，I bet that I would never resides in one city the rest of mylife, I ’d choose to live in different places. After thirty, I run off my legfor searching an apartment，satisfying and cheap. 11、At the age of twenty，When reading a novel, I abandoned myself to thechapters exclusively devoted to romance. After thirty, I dubbed (取绰号) myself as “No Mention of love” in theinternet chat-room. 12、At theage of twenty, upon hearing a celebrity（n. 名人；名声）， I wouldrush forward (向前冲，冲上前去), hot-blooded,jumping for joy(欢声雀跃).After thirty,……. An ugly stone 丑石 贾平凹 I used to feel sorry for that ugly black piece of stone lying likean ox in front of our door, none knew when it was left there and none paid anyattention to it, except at the time when wheat was harvested and my grandma,seeing the grains of wheat spread all over the ground in the front yard of thehouse, would grumble (vi. 抱怨；嘟囔n. 怨言vt. 喃喃地说出adj. 抱怨地表示；嘟囔地说) :“this uglystone takes so much space. Move it away someday.” Thus my uncle had wanted to use it for the gable (山墙) when hewas building a house, but he was trouble to find it of very irregular () shape,with no edges nor comes, nor a flat plane on it. And he wouldn’t bother (烦恼) tobreak it in half with a chisel (vt. 雕，刻；凿；欺骗vi. 雕，刻；凿；欺骗n. 凿子) becausethe river bank was nearby, where he could have easily fetched a much better stoneinstead. Even when my uncle was busy with flight ofsteps (台阶；楼梯阶段) leadingto the new house he didn’ttake a fancy to(喜欢；爱上) the ugly stone. Onceyear when a mason (石匠) came by , we askhim to make us a stone mill (石磨) with it. As mygrandma put it (正像…所说):“why nottake this one, so you won’t have to fetch to fetch one from afar.” But themason took a look and shook his head; he wouldn’t take it for it was of toofine a quality. Itwas not like a fine piece of white marble () on which words or flowers could be carved (adj. 有雕刻的 | v. 雕刻) or like a smooth big bluish stone people used to washtheir clothes on. The stone just lay there in silence, enjoying no shading fromthe pagoda tree (槐树) by the yard, ………. The only thing that has interested us inthe ugly stone was a little pit on top of it, which was filled with water onrainy days. Three days , after a rainfall, usually, when chickens went todrink. And even month when it came to the evening of the 15th oflunar calendar, we would climb on the stone, looking up at the sky, hoping tosee the full moon come out from far away. And Granny would give us a scolding,afraid lest we should fall down-and sure enough, I fell down once to have myknee broken. So everybody condemned the stone: an ugly stone as ugly as itcould be. Then one day an astronomer came to thevillage. He looked the stone square in the eye the moment, he came across it. Hedidn’t take his leaxe but decided to stay in our village. Quite a number ofpeople came afterwards, saying the stone was a piece of aerolite (陨石)which had fallen down from the sky two or three hundred years ago-what a wonderindeed! Pretty soon a truck came, and carried it away carefully. It gave us a great surprise! Wehad never expected that such a weird and ugly stone should have come from thesky! So it had once mended the sky, given out its heat and light there, and ourancestors should have looked up at it. It had fallen down to the earth, in themud and among the weeds, lying there for hundreds of years! Mygrandma said “I never expected it should be so great! But why can’t peoplebuild a wall or pave steps with it?” “It’stoo ugly ”the astronomer said. “Sure,it is really so ugly ” “Butthat’s just where its beauty lies’!” the astronomer said,“Itsbeauty comes from its ugliness” “Beautyfrom ugliness? ” “Yes,when something becomes the ugliest, it turns out the most beautiful indeed. Thestone is not an ordinary piece of insensate stone, it shouldn’t be used tobuild a wall or pave the steps, to carve words or flowers or to wash clothedon. It’s not the material for those petty common things, and no wonder itsridiculed () often by people with petty common views. ” my grandma becameblushed (脸红) , and so did I. I feel shame while I feelthe greatness of the ugly stone; I have even complained about it having paketedsilently all it had experienced for so many years, but again I am struck by thegreatness that lies in its lonely unyielding existence of being misunderstandby people. |
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