The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, “Do come and see me at my house in the country.” So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, “This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city.”
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, “ Run! Run! The cat is coming!” They ran away quickly and hid.
After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, “I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid.”
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城裏老鼠和鄉下老鼠
從前，有兩隻老鼠，它們是好朋友。一隻老鼠居住在鄉村，另一隻住在城裏。很多年以後，鄉下老鼠碰到城裏老鼠，它説：“你一定要來我鄉下的家看看。”於是，城裏老鼠就去了。鄉下老鼠領着它到了一塊田地上它自己的家裏。它把所有最精美食物都找出來給城裏老鼠。城裏老鼠説：“這東西不好吃，你的家也不好，你為什麼住在田野的地洞裏呢?你應該搬到城裏去住，你能住上用石頭造的漂亮房子，還會吃上美味佳餚，你應該到我城裏的家看看。”
鄉下老鼠就到城裏老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的東西也為他們擺好了。可是正當他們要開始吃的時候，聽見很大的一陣響聲，城裏的老鼠叫喊起來：“快跑!快跑!貓來了!”他們飛快地跑開躲藏起來。
過了一會兒，他們出來了。當他們出來時，鄉下老鼠説：“我不喜歡住在城裏，我喜歡住在田野我的洞裏。因為這樣雖然貧窮但是快樂自在，比起雖然富有卻要過着提心吊膽的生活來説，要好些 。
There has been a long time for my family not to go out for the activity, because my father is busy all the time. But last week, my father finally finished his project, so that he could take a rest for some time. My father advised us to go to the zoo, I was so excited, because I hadn’t seen many animals in my life. In the zoo, there were so many people, it was so lively. I saw the monkey, the giraffe and so on. I saw these animals in the TV usually, but I saw them in front of me that day. The peacock impressed me so much, it looked homely when it laid down the ground, but when it stood up and opened the wings, it was so gorgeous. People said peacock was proud, indeed, it would not please people. I had a good time in the zoo.
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對於我的家人來説，我們已經有很長一段時間沒有外出活動了，因為爸爸總是很忙。但是上週，我的爸爸終於完成了他的項目，所以他能休息一段時間。爸爸建議我們去動物園，我很興奮，因為我目前還沒有看到過很多動物。在動物園裏，有很多人，非常熱鬧。我看到了猴子，長頸鹿等等。我平常在電視上看到這些動物，但是那天我親眼看到了。孔雀給我的印象很深刻，在它躺在地上的時候，看起來很普通，但是當它站起來，打開翅膀，是那麼的美麗。人們説孔雀是傲慢的，確實，它不會取悦人們。在動物園裏我度過了一段美好的時光。
When I was very small, I was so obsessed with the movie Harry Potter. I had watched all the series and I was so impressed by the role that acted by Emma Watson. Now so many years have passed, I keep paying attention to her. Emma is as smart as the role she plays. Though she keeps filming movies, she never gives up study. She got full A in her lesson and she could go to any top university, finally she went to Brown University. When she graduated, she was invited to give the speech He For Her. She called the men to be equal with the women. The speech was welcomed by the world and people gave great support. People call Emma the England rose, she is smart and elegant, which sets the good example for the England girls.
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在我很小的時候,我是如此痴迷於電影《哈利波特》。我看了所有的系列,給我留下深刻印象是艾瑪沃特森扮演的角色。如今許多年過去了,我一直關注她。愛瑪如她扮演的角色那樣聰明。雖然她不斷拍攝電影,但是她從來沒有放棄學習。她所有的課程都拿到了A,可以去任何一所頂尖大學,最後她去了布朗大學。當她畢業時,她被邀請去做演講——《他為了她》。她呼籲男性與女性平等。演講受到全世界的歡迎,人們給予了大力支持。人們叫艾瑪為英格蘭玫瑰,她是聰明和優雅，成為英國女孩的榜樣。
Many traditional arts are losing nowadays, because some of them have been replaced by the new machines and the scientific products. I feel so sorry about the losing arts, in my opinion, they are so classic and their charm will never fade away. Take my grandma for example. She is good at paper-cut which was inherited from her mother. But when comes to my mother’s generation, paper-cut seems to be kicked out, there are less people need it, so my mother doesn’t learn this skill. The paper-cut art is losing in my family. When I found my grandma had this skill, I was so surprised and curious about it. I asked my grandma to teach me this skill. During the process, I found this art was so great, I was attracted by it. Some traditional arts like paper-cup should be kept.
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如今很多傳統藝術正在消失,因為一些傳統已經被新的機器和科學的產品所替代。對於正在消失的藝術，我感到抱歉,在我看來,他們是如此經典和有魅力,將永遠不會消失。以我奶奶為例。她擅長剪紙，繼承了她母親。但是當到我母親這一代,剪紙似乎被淘汰了,越來越少的人需要它,所以我的母親不學習這個技能。剪紙藝術在我家中逐漸失去。當我發現我奶奶有這個技能的時候,我是如此的驚訝和好奇。我叫奶奶教我這個技能。在這個過程中,我發現這門藝術是如此之大,我被它吸引住了。一些傳統藝術像剪紙應該被保持。
After seeing so many movies about the youth, we are starting to wonder about what do we have in our youth, the fight, the drink or the love? My answer is no. What we see from the movie is not true, the plots are exaggerated and misunderstood. For students, their youth is the process of fighting. They have studied so hard to realize their dreams. When they are in primary school, they want to do well and make their parents be proud of them. When they are in middle school and high school, they need to take part in the exams so as to enter the better future schools. Even they are in college, they still need to study and fight for the ideal job. There is no doubt that most people keep fighting for their future and this is the memory of youth.
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看了很多關於青春的電影之後,我們開始思考我們的青春有什麼,打架,喝酒或談戀愛?我的答案是否定的。我們從電影看到的是不正確的,故事情節被誇大了,也被誤解了。對於學生,他們的青春是戰鬥的過程。他們努力學習來實現夢想。在上國小的時候,他們想要做的很好,讓父母為他們感到驕傲。當他們在國中和高中的時候,需要參加考試,以便將來進入更好的學校。甚至在大學,他們仍然需要學習和爭取理想的工作。毫無疑問,大多數人一直在為自己的未來奮鬥,這是青春的記憶。
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