【www.gbppp.com--自我介绍】
一分钟英语自我介绍
英文自我介绍范文一：hello, everybody. i am ning cai chen from beijing, i am working for an agent for a electric company in beijing. it is about five months since i came to the united states, and i miss my family very much. it'll be several months before they come here, and i hope to continue to have an enjoyable single life till then. thanks.
英文自我介绍范文二：good afternoon and nice to see u at this sunny afternoon.
i am very glad to be here for interview.
my name is yyx . i come from dlufl and my major is english special lised in business.
computer, books, films and climbing moutains are my favourite. i have been a class president for nearly 4 years, and i also have been an interpreter at dalian garment fair for twice.
i think all these exprience and my responsibility, creating thinking and passion would make me qualify for this job.
and what's more, my laptop computer is hp, so i have a better way to recgonize hp.
i believe that it would be a challenge and a chance for me to be a hp man.
that's all ,thank u so much!
My Chinese Dream
我的中国梦
I am very glad to stand here to give thier a short speech.Today my topic is that the youth are the future of motherland
很高兴站在这里做这篇短小的演讲，我演讲的主题是青年是祖国的未来。
When preparing for the English speech contest, I simply want to search some articles as the contents of my speech. I read a lot of articles, some from the university professor, some from the famous host, some from the college students, and even from junior high school students. But after reading it, I gave up the idea, I even felt shameful. Today,the topic I want to talk about is a solemn and serious theme full of glory and pride, which is a common aspiration of all our Chinese. Every Chinese has his own dream of China, and of course, there is a dream lingering in my heart only belongs to my own.
在准备英语演讲比赛的时候，我本想简单地从网上搜索一些文章作为我演讲的内容。我看过很多文章，有著名主持人的、北大教授的、大学生的，也有初中生的。但是看完之后，我放弃了当初的想法，我甚至为当初的想法感到有一些羞愧。因为今天我站在这里向大家演讲的主题，是一个庄重而严肃的主题；是一个充满荣耀与自豪的主题；是每一个中华儿女共同期盼的主题。每个人都有属于他们自己的中国梦，而我，当然也有一直萦绕在心怀只属于我的中国梦。
So what‟s my Chinese dream ? Finally I will announce.
We had learned a lot of knowledge and understood a lot of truth in the book. We had a basic concept to our country at that time. We know that our country is full of sunshine , and we are the future of our country, and our dreams are to be the hope of our motherland.
我的中国梦是什么样的？先卖个关子。
记得刚刚上学那会儿，我们天真无邪。在课本里，我们学到了很多很多知识，也明白了很多很多道理，我们对祖国也有了一个最基本的概念。我们知道我们的祖国到处充满阳光，正在慢慢发展，而我们，就是祖国未来的花朵，未来的希望。我们梦想将来能够成为祖国的希望。
However,We don't know what time to start,We are grow up,Life became not the same, though we don‟t want to admit, it‟s the truth that our mind and attitude to our country is changing. Our society became full of deception, indifference, intrigue, pressure, corruption, sinister, and we became irritable and not calm, detest the world and its ways. Our country seems to have become in a disastrous state too. A lot of young students who were nurtured by our motherland became impatient, let alone what are their dreams , what is the china dream ?
这，是我们最初的中国梦。最真诚的我们，最真诚的梦。
但是，不知道什么时候开始，我们长大了，生活似乎一下子变得和以前不太一样了，与此同时，虽然我们很不想承认但是却又不得不承认的是，我们的思想，我们的为人处世观，我们对我们祖国的看法，也潜移默化中慢慢开始了转变。我们的社会变得到处充满欺骗、冷漠、勾心斗角、压力、腐败、险恶，我们变得暴躁，不冷静，愤世嫉俗。我们的国家，似乎也开始变得千疮百孔。而好多我们亲爱的祖国委以重任培养的青年学生们变得轻浮、急躁，更别提什么梦想，什么中国梦了？
I was surprised ,when the old man fell down in the street,We are afraid to help him.I was disappointed ,when someone do good things were reported,many people think he was affectation, I was sad,when I saw many of young people become indifferent ,fraud and lack of ideal.
Are we sick, or is our dear motherland sick?
我很惊讶，当大街上有老人摔倒，我们不敢再去扶起；我很难过，当有人做了好事被报道，更多的人说他做作；我很伤心，当我看到我们众多的青年人变得冷漠、市侩、欺诈以及缺乏理想。
到底是我们病了，还是我们亲爱的祖国病了？
I don't want to talk about the construction of our country politics, and
also speak impassioned speech on the Diaoyu Island event .I just want to appeal young people,showing the side of youth,good and confidence.We must learn to organize our own thoughts, correct our own concept, and change our direction to the right side in future life. China dream actually lies in our young generation, especially of the intellectuals.
我的中国梦，不想大谈政治，也不想对钓鱼岛事件发表慷慨激昂的演讲。我只想呼吁，呼吁我们年轻人，呼吁我们祖国的希望能够将我们的青春一面，将我们的善良一面，将我们的自信一面好好展现出来。我们要学会整理自己的思想，端正自己看问题的观念，摆正自己的人生方向。我们的中国梦实际上正掌握在我们自己手上，掌握在我们年青一代，尤其是知识分子手上。
Perhaps the strength of a person is small, but when his or her fate is connected with the motherland, he or she will be hero or heroine. Perhaps a dream is tiny, but when it becomes the dream of a country, it becomes inestimable. Perhaps I cannot change our country by my own, but if thousands and thousands of young people struggle for the dream together, our motherland is enough to make the world shock.
也许，一个人，是渺小的；但是当他和祖国联系起来时，就是伟大的。也许，一个梦想，是渺小的，但是当它成为祖国的梦想时，就是不可估量的。也许，我无法用自己一个人的力量撬起整个中国，但是我们千千万万年轻人一起为祖国的梦想去奋斗时，我们的祖国就足以令世界颤抖、动容。
I dream to construct our beauty China with millions of young people who have the same dream. We do it without exaggeration but only with persistence.
我梦想和万千具有相同梦想的年轻人去建设我们的美丽中国，没有虚浮，只有执着，只有奋斗，只有勇于担当。这就是我的中国梦！
That is my speech,thanks everyone.
我的演讲就到这里，谢谢大家。
We Are The World ,We Are The Future
世界是我们的，未来是我们的
Someone said “we are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book, whose pages are infinite”. I don‟t know who wrote these words, but I‟ve always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want it to be. We are all in the position of the farmers. If we plant a good seed ,we reap a good harvest. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
一些人说‚我们正在读一本无穷的书中的第一章的第一节。‛我不知道谁写了这些话，但是我一直很喜欢它，因为它提醒了我，我们能够创造我们想要的未来。
We are young. “How to spend the youth?” It is a meaningful
question. To answer it, first I have to ask “what do you understand by the word youth?” Youth is not a time of life, it‟s a state of mind. It‟s not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips or supple knees. It‟s the matter of the will. It‟s the freshness of the deep spring of life.
我们都是农夫。如果我们播下好的种子，我们将会丰收。如果我们的种子很差，有很多草籽，收割的将是无用的庄稼。如果我们什么也不播种，什么收获也没有。
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over
timidity of the appetite , for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20 . Nobody grows old merely by a number of years . We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years wrinkle the skin , but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul . Worry , fear , self –distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust .
我们是年轻的。‚怎样度过青春?‛这是个有意义的问题。为了去回答它，我首先要问‚从‘青春’这个词中你能理解到什么?‛ 青春不是人生的一个时期，而是精神的一种状态。青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志，。青春是生命的深泉在涌流.
Whether 60 of 16 , there is in every human being „s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what‟s next and the joy of the game of living . In the center of your heart and my heart there‟s a wireless station : so long as it receives messages of beauty , hope ,cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long as you are young .
A poet said “To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an
hour. Several days ago, I had a chance to listen to a lecture. I learnt a lot there. I‟d like to share it with all of you. Let‟s show our right palms. We can see three lines that show how our love.career and life is. I have a short line of life. What about yours? I wondered whether we could see our future in this way. Well, let‟s make a fist. Where is our future? Where is our love, career, and life? Tell me.Yeah, it is in our hands. It is held in ourselves.
一位诗人说‚从一粒沙看世界，从一朵花看天堂，把无限放在你的手掌，永恒在一刹那里收藏‛。几天前，我有了一个听讲座的机会，从中我学到了很多东西。现在，我想把这些与大家共享。让我们伸出右手，我们可以看到手掌中的展示我们的爱，事业和生活的三条线。我在生活方面这条线很短，那你们的呢?我想知道我们是否可以用这种办法去看我们的未来。好的，让我们一起握拳。我们的未来在哪儿?我们的爱、事业和生活在哪儿?告诉我!是的，它们就在我们的手中。它们被我们自己掌握着。
We all want the future to be better than the past. But the future can go better itself. Don‟t cry because it is over, smile because it happened. From the past, we‟ve learnt that the life is tough, but we are tougher. We‟ve learnt that we can‟t choose how we feel, but we can choose what
1. What are you up to? 你正在做什么？
假设你在办公室想跟同事沟通下工作情况，又怕耽误对方的工作，就可以先问同事"In the middle of something?"(你在忙吗？)如果对方回答"Kind of."(算是吧。)这时你就可以继续你的谈话了，比如可以做一下谈话前的“热身”，问对方："What are you up to?"(你最近在忙什么啊？)，然后再展开你想沟通的话题。
另外美国人见面时常用的问候语"What’s up?"就与"What are you up to?"在意思方面很接近，都是问“你最近在做什么啊？”但是需要注意一点：语气的不同所表达的意思也不相同，比如你发现在未经你允许的情况下，别人正在你的办公桌上乱翻，就可以过去责问他"What are you up to?"(你正在搞什鬼？)。除此以外"What are you up to?"还有其他意思，比如你的同事正在完成某个项目，你就可以说"What are you up to?"(目前进展如何？)当然"What are you up to?"与"What are you doing?"意思基本相同，可相互取代，但是多变的表达方式会令你在工作期间的交流中显得更加出彩。
2. In the middle of something? 你正在忙吗？
在上面已经提到了In the middle of something? (你正在忙吗？)这句话，惯用的说法是"Are you busy?"，但是死啃一种说法显然过于单一化，把眼界放广一点，对于同一个概念要有不同的变化。如果你经常用"Are you busy?"，不妨换成"In the middle of something?"，因为这句【初中一分钟英语短文,】
话的意思更为准确，比较接近于"Are you busy right now?"(现在是不是正在忙？)而"Are you busy?"的含意不仅可以解释为“现在是不是正在忙？”也可指“最近忙不忙？”。如果你除了"Are you busy?"之外，还懂得用"In the middle of something?"相信别人一定不会小看你的英文能力。
3. Maybe I’m going out on a limb, but I think we still have to invest it. 或许这么作有点冒险， 但我想我们还是要投资它。【初中一分钟英语短文,】
提到冒险，一般人会想到用 "It’s risky" 或 "It’s dangerous." 但是囗语上美国人喜欢说 "I’m going out on alimb." 来表示这件事需要冒险。“limb”原意是指树枝，想象当你爬树时爬到小树枝上去了，你是不是不知小树枝什么时候会断掉？这种不确定的危机感，就是为什么美国人要用 "Go out on a limb." 来表示冒险的原因了。
4. “Please give us your comments. ”请多提宝贵意见。
通常在会议或商务洽谈结束时，中方的人出于客套或者希望让对方提出自己的建议，总是爱把“请多提宝贵意见”挂在嘴边，但是如果只按词面意思进行翻译，麻烦很容易就会来了。比如直译为：“Please give us your valuable comments。”，那么很可能对方会认为你在暗示他：你的意见应该是valuable的，否则就请“免开尊口”。正确的译法应该是：“Please give us your comments。”或“We welcome your comments. ”这样对方才会把想提的建议痛快地说出来。
5. Probably. It’s still up in the air. 大概吧。不是太确定。
在工作中也许你会遇到这样的情况：自己已经很努力了，但是项目仍没有太大进展，或是上司迟迟不给予支持。这时或许有人会出于关心问你“项目有起色没？”但面对自己不能掌握的事情，显然没法回答这个问题，只能听天由命。这时你就可以回答“It’s still up in theair。” 另一种情况就是与别人约会时被熟人撞上，私下里别人问起是否在谈恋爱时，你也可以小小地卖下关子说： "It’s up in the air." (八字还没一撇呢！) 其他的同义句还有： "I haven’t decided yet."及"I haven’t made my mind yet."等。
6. That’s OK. 不用了。
不要小看这个简单句子的用途，因为很多人把"That’s OK." 和 "OK."误认为意思相同，但实际上这两个句子的意思完全不同。如果有人问你需不需要某物或做某事，你回答 "That’s OK." 就是“不要”的意思，而答 "OK." 是“要”的意思。当别人说 "That’s OK."时，就有"I’m fine." (我很好，你不用操心)的意思，言下之意就是“你不用麻烦了，我会照顾我自己” 。所以要记住， "That’s OK." 其实有
“没关系，无所谓”的意思，所以如果你想很坚定地拒绝别人准备递过来的饮料，可以说 "That’s OK. I don’t need anything to drink."
7. He’s out for lunch. 他出去吃午餐了。
在同事出去吃饭的时候，他办公桌上的电话刚好响起，这时你该跟对方说什么？如果按照中文的词面意思翻译成"He went out for lunch."是不符合美国人的沟通习惯的，通常他们都会说“be out for something”，套用一下就是"He is on lunch." 如果别人要找的人不在工位上，但是你也不知道他去了哪里，还可以用try again/ call again或call back/ try back 的说法。还可以建议别人“Why don’t you call back in 10 minutes?“ (你为什么10分钟后再打来呢？)或者请对方留言“May I take your message?(你可以留言吗？)
8. “You’re in the pink !”你的气色真好！
如果同事或上司近来工作格外顺利，往往人逢喜事精神爽，气色也会跟着变好，这时如果夸赞一下对方，会给人留下不错的印象。要想说人“气色好”。“you look fine !”当然不错，可如果你说”you’re in the pink !”就更妙了。在英语口语中，表示颜色的词用起来非常形象生动形象。
9. Just right place, right time. 只不过是“天时地利”而已。
如果意外得到了一个令人羡慕的美差，大多数的人都会直接反应出lucky这个词. 但其实关于幸运的表达方式还有很多，比如"Just right place, right time." 里面就有中文中“天时地利人和”的意思。如果你没费什么力气就得到了某样东西，也可以很潇洒地说"Just right place,
right time, no big deal." (只不过时间地点刚好对了而已， 没什么大不了的)
10. Same here. 我也是。
如果你认同某个人的观点，又不想重复一遍，一般大多数人都会用"Me too."或"So do I."来表达。但是这些表达方式已经被大家用“滥”了，比较酷的做法是用"same here."去代替前面提到的两种说法，因为意思完全等同，所以完全不必担心因歧义引起的误解。
Any day will do? 哪一天都可以？【初中一分钟英语短文,】
Any messages for me? 有我的留言吗？
Are you by yourself? 你一个人来吗？
All right with you? 你没有问题吧？
Are you free tomorrow? 明天有空吗？
Are you kidding me? 你在跟我开玩笑吧？
As soon as possible! 尽可能快！
Back in a moment! 马上回来！
Believe it or not! 信不信由你！
Better luck next time! 下次会更好！
Boy will be boys 本性难移！
Come to the point! 有话直说！
一分钟英语自我介绍
篇一：一分钟英语>自我介绍
Hello everybody,My name is Binbin,I am a 15-year-old girl,I like playing basketball very mvch,I often planging basketball with my friends,I think it is very interesting,I like reading and surfing the Interesting,too.I exercise three times a week,I eat fruit and vegetables every day,I think it is good for my health,I'm more outgong than most of the kidsin my class,but sometimes , I'm very quiet, My friengs saied I'm very friehdly,I often mkae my friends laugh.my friends often saied it is difficult to learn English very good,MY most friengs don't like English, But I'm good at English I often help my friends ,I hope I learn English better than ago.
I am thirty years old, graduated from ZhenZhou University. I major in Law. My favorite sport is football. Sometimes I play football with my friends at weekends. I am married ，my child is over one year old, he is such a lovely baby! I love my family so much that I decide to make my family have a better life, that's one of the reasons I apply for this job. I will try my best if I can get this job!
篇二：一分钟英语自我介绍
Good afternoon and nice to see you at this sunny afternoon.
I am very glad to be here for interview.
My name is YYX . I come from DLUFL and my major is english special lised in business.
Computer, books, films and climbing moutains are my favourite.
I have been a class president for nearly 4 years, and I also have been an interpreter at Dalian Garment Fair for twice.
I think all these exprience and my responsibility, creating thinking and passion would make me qualify for this job.
And what's more, my laptop computer is HP, so I have a better way to recgonize HP.
I believe that it would be a challenge and a chance for me to be a HP man.
That's all ,Thank you so much!
篇三：一分钟英语自我介绍
Good morning. I am glad to be here for this interview. First let me introduce myself. My name is ***, 24. I come from ******,the capital of *******Province. I graduated from the ****** department of *****University in July ,2001.In the past two years I have been prepareing for the postgraduate examination while I have been teaching *****in NO.****middle School and I was a head-teacher of a class in junior grade two.Now all my hard work has got a result since I have a chance to be interview by you.
I am open-minded ,quick in thought and very fond of history.In my spare time,I have broad interests like many other youngers.I like reading books, especially those about ****.Frequently I exchange with other people by making comments in the forum on line.In addition ,during my college years,I was once a Net-bar technician.So, I have a comparative good command of network application.I am able to operate the computer well.I am skillful in searching for information in Internet.I am a football fan for years.Italian team is my favorite.Anyway,I feel great pity for our country’s team.
I always believe that one will easily lag behind unless he keeps on learning .Of course, if I am given a chance to study ****** in this famous University,I will stare no effort to master a good command of advance ******.
My Favorite Color 我最喜欢的颜色
Blue has always been my favorite color, and I think it will always continue to be so.
I have several reasons for liking this color best. First, it is a very soothing color and makes people happy. How do people feel when they wake up to day when the sky is a dirty grey? Sad and gloomy. But when the sky is a deep blue, good cheer and joy enters our hearts.
Another reason why I am most partial to blue is that it is the color of oceans and rivers and lakes on a sunny day. Whenever I go swimming, I feel as though I were reborn.
In my estimation, blue is a very refined a noble color. I have several suits of clothes of different colors, but somehow blue seems to be most becoming to me. At the same time, all my friends say that I tend to look slim and taller whenever I’m dressed in blue.
I have also heard that in English, the term “true blue” means to be faithful. As I have a great respect for the quality of faithfulness, this is one more reason for my liking blue so much.
蓝色一直是我最喜欢的颜色，而且我认为一直都会是这样。
我有几个最喜欢这种颜色的理由。第一，它是一种使人平和、快乐的颜色。当人们睡醒时，看到一个灰暗的天空，他们会感觉如何？沮丧忧郁。但是当天空是深蓝色时，喜悦和快乐就进入我们心中。
我偏爱蓝色的另一个理由，是因为它是海洋、河流、湖泊在晴朗日子时的颜色。每当我去游泳，我觉得我好像重生了。
我认为，蓝色是一种优雅、高贵的颜色，我有几套不同颜色的衣服，但是不知怎么，蓝色似乎是适合我。同时，我的朋友都说，每当我穿蓝色的衣服时，似乎看起来更修长、更高佻。 我也听说过英文里有个名词，“不褪色的蓝”，意思是忠实的，因为我很崇尚忠实这种品德，这又是我这么喜欢蓝色的另一个理由了。
gloomy a.忧郁的
partial a.偏爱的
refined a.优雅的
becoming a.合适的
The Generation Gap 论代沟
I remember that when I was in my teens, I used to rebel at many of the “do’s” and “don’ts” my parents used to dictate to me. For example, when I kept on playing jazz records on the record player, my father used to condemn such music as sheer noise and replace them with disks of classical music that I always considered extremely dull.
My mom and dad were also very particular about the friends I went out with, always quoting the maxim the “one rotten apple could ruin a whole barrel of apples.” When I insisted that I sleep with my pet dog Peppy, they immediately said NO because they thought that I would be bitten by fleas.
These are just a few examples of many of the things that I thought my parents were unreasonable about. Today, however, I am also the father of a boy of fifteen, and I find that I, too, am pressuring my son with a lot of rules and regulations that he seems to find hard to swallow. The other day, I noticed that my son’s hair was altogether too long, so I told him to go to the barber’s and get it trimmed short. Ordinarily, he is fairly obedient, but this time he put his foot down.
“What’s wrong with long hair?” he said. “All my buddies have long hair. And besides, it’s my own hair, isn’t it? I don’t think you have the authority to order me to cut it short, even if you’re my father!”
When I was a boy, if I had spoken with such impertinence to my father, I know that he would have given me a good thrashing. But I suddenly realized that we are now living in a more liberal world, and that my son’s insistence on wearing his hair long was merely an instance of the generation gap that existed between us. So I relented, and so he still wears his hair long.
论代沟
记得我十几岁时，我总是反抗父母指定我做及不要我做的许多事。例如，当我用唱机听爵士唱片时，父亲总指责这种音乐只是噪音，而换上我一直认为是最沉闷的古典音乐唱片。 我爸爸妈妈对和我一起出去的朋友也很挑剔，并常引用格言说：“一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥。”当我坚持要和我的小狗佩比一起睡，他们马上说“不行”，因为他们认为我会被跳蚤给咬了。 这些只是我认为父母许多不合理的事中的一个例子。然而，今天我也是个十五岁小孩的父亲。我发现自己也用一大堆我儿子似乎觉得难以忍受的规定来压迫他。前几天，我注意到我儿子的头发实在太长了，所以便叫他到理发店去修短。平常他是很听话的，但这次他坚持。 “长头发有什么不对？”他说，“我所有的朋友都留长头发，况且，这是我自己的头发，不是吗？我认为你没权力命令我把它剪短，即使你是我父亲。”
小时候，如果我对父亲讲话这么无礼，我知道会招来一顿好打。但是我突然了解到我们现在是生活在一个更自由的世界。我儿子坚持留长发，只是存在于我们之间的代沟的一例。因此我态度变温和了，也因此他现在还留着长发。
generation n.一代
dictate v.指定；命令
jazz n.爵士乐
condemn v.指责
particular a.挑剔的
maxim n.格言
flea n.跳蚤
put one’s foot down坚持反对
The Person I Admire Most 我最敬佩的人 There are quite a few people that I admire greatly, but the one that comes first on my list is Abraham Lincoln, the great American emancipator. Although he was born poor, he worked hard and honestly, and eventually became President of the
A part from the many fine qualities that Lincoln had, I admire him most because he dared to do what he thought was right at a time when his beliefs were very unpopular with many people. He also had infinite patience and tolerance for those who disagreed with him, and bore their discourtesy toward him with admirable restraint. He also had the manliness to forgive his opponents. When the Civil War ended, he treated his erstwhile enemies with great generosity. The words which are carved on the walls of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. were taken from his famous Second Inaugural Address and begin with he phrases which I shall never forget: “With malice toward none, with charity for all…”
我最敬佩的人
我敬佩的人有很多，但是我表上列的第一个是亚伯拉罕.林肯，美国伟大的解放者。虽然他生下来就很穷，他努力、诚实地工作，终于成为美国总统。
除去林肯的许多优良品德不谈，他最令我钦佩的原因是，只要他认为是对的，即使他的信念还未普遍为人接受，他就敢去做。他对那些不赞同他的人，有着无比的耐心和宽容，克制自己忍受他们对他的无礼，令人敬佩。他也有男性气概原谅他的反对者。内战结束后，他对待以前的敌人无比宽大。刻在华盛顿特区林肯纪念堂上的几句话，是从他著名的第二次就职演说是摘录出来的。开头的几句话，我永远不会忘记：“不要对任何人怀有恶意，要博爱世人……。”
emancipator n.解放者
discourtesy n.无礼貌
restraint n.（感情之）抑制
manliness n.男子气概
opponent n.对手；反对者
erstwhile a.以前的
inaugural a.就职的
Environmental Protection 环境保护
I was born in the countryside near Kaohsiung and I came up to Taipei when I was still a lad of twelve. Seven years have elapsed since then, and just recently, I returned to my home town for the very first time since I had left it. Would you like to know just how I felt when I set eyes again on the place that I had always remembered as being a real Shangrila? The image that I had so carefully cherished was dashed to the winds. Instead, I was struck by the sharp realization that civilization and modern industry were destroying our world. The beautiful hills that were formerly covered with trees were now bald. All the trees must have been chopped down for lumber that went into the building of cheap apartment houses that were now ubiquitous all over the town. The crystal-clear river where I had enjoyed fishing and swimming when I was a lad was now a filthy ditch into which chemical factories were dumpling all their
I could go on describing the horrible changes that my hometown had undergone, but time is limited. So I wish to say in conclusion that the time has come for the introduction of strict measures to protect our environment.
环境保护
我出生于高雄附近的乡下，当我才十二岁时，就搬来台北。七年过去了，就在最近，我回到睽违已久的家乡。你想知道，当我看到这个我总记得是真正香格里拉的地方时，内心的感受吗？我小心珍爱的形象都在风中破灭了。代之而起的是，我痛心地了解到文明和现代工业正在毁灭我们的世界。
原本覆盖着树木的美丽山丘现在已经秃了。所有的树木一定被砍下作为木材，来建筑镇上到处都是的便宜公寓。那条我少年时候喜欢钓鱼和游泳、水晶般清澈的河流，现在变成化学工厂倾倒垃圾的臭水沟。
我可以继续不断地描述我故乡遭受的可怕改变，但时间有限。所以最后我想说的就是，用严厉措施来保护环境的时候已经到了。
elapse v. （时间）溜走；（光阴）逝去
Shangrila n. 香格里拉（人间的理想乐园）
cherish v. 珍视，珍爱
civilization n. 文明
ubiquitous a. 无所不在的
crystal-clear a. 如水晶一般透明的
filthy a. 污秽的
measure n, 措施
Small Kindness 平凡的善行
Small kindnesses are those simple deeds of goodness that we perform in our daily life, not merely to our friends and kin, but also to complete strangers, not for the sake of receiving some remuneration in return, but sheerly out of a spirit of generosity and unselfish consideration for the welfare of others.
When we read the daily newspapers, we are frequently apprised of the Big Kindnesses performed by well-to-do philanthropists who donate large sums of money for the establishment of schools, libraries, free hospitals for the poor, orphanages, and the like. These, of course, are laudable acts of charity that deserve wide public acclaim. But in my estimation, those many minor acts of kindness performed daily ion assorted situations by public-minded citizens who receive no recognition or plaudits from the mass media are equally commendable.
I think that in the eyes of the Almighty, the good-hearted white-collar worker who gives up his seat on a crowded commuter train to someone frail, aged or crippled, even though he himself is extremely tried after his day’s work, is just as deserving of praise, or maybe even more so, than the billionaire philanthropist who has given away a million dollars for the establishment of a
new old people’s home.
In the large cities of any country, where the general tendency of the people is “to look out only for one’s own interests”, the atmosphere is cold and miserable for those unable to keep up with the rapid pace of competition. Let us all try remedy the situation by launching a personal campaign to perform a small kindness each day, no matter how inconsequential it may seem, so that our society will be a much better place to live in.
平凡的善行
平凡的善行就是一些我们在日常生活当中所做的、简单的好事。不只对我们的亲友，结全然陌生的人也一样；不是为了报酬，完全是出自一种为他人福祉的慷慨、无私的精神。
我们每天看报，常得知富有的慈善家所作“伟大的善行”。他们捐很多的钱盖学校、图书馆、免费为穷人看病的医院、孤儿院等等。当然这 值得民众赞美的慈善行为。但我认为，那些没受到大众传播媒介褒奖或赞扬、具有服务大众热忱的市民所作较小的善行，一样值得赞赏。 我认为在上帝眼中，一个好心的白领阶级，即使在工作一天后极度疲惫，在挤满通勤者的火车上让位给老弱或残障者，也一样值得赞美，甚至比那些捐一百万元建造一座新的老人院的亿万慈善家更值得表扬。
在任何国家的大城市，居民的共同倾向就是“自扫门前雪”。对于那些无法赶上这种快速竞争步调的人，气氛是冷默无情的。让我们发起个人运动，试着来修正这促情形。无论事情多么微不足道，每天是行一善，那么我们的社会将会更适于居住。
remuneration n. 报酬
apprais v.报告，通知
philanthropist n. 慈善家
orphanage n. 孤儿院
laudable a. 值得赞美的
acclaim n. 称赞，喝采
plaudit n. 赞扬
commendable a. 值得称赞的
commuter n. 通勤者
crippled a. 残废的
atmosphere n. 气氛
inconsequential a. 不重要的
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