趣味英语小短文

1

．

Food

and

study

As

food

is

to

the

body,

so

is

learning

to

the

mind.

Our

bodies

grow

and

m

uscles

develop

with

the

intake

of

adequate

nutritious

food.

Likewise,

we

sho

uld

keep

learning

day

by

day

to

maintain

our

keen

mental

power

and

expan

d

our

intellectual

capacity.

Constant

learning

supplies

us

with

inexhaustible

f

uel

for

driving

us

to

sharpen

our

power

of

reasoning,

analysis,

and

judgmen

t.

Learning

incessantly

is

the

surest

way

to

keep

pace

with

the

times

in

the

information

age,

and

an

infallible

warrant

of

success

in

times

of

uncertainty.

Once

learning

stops,

vegetation

sets

in.

It

is

a

common

fallacy

to

regar

d

school

as

the

only

workshop

for

the

acquisition

of

knowledge.

On

the

con

trary,

learning

should

be

a

never-ending

process,

from

the

cradle

to

the

gra

ve.

With

the

world

ever

changing

so

fast,

the

cease

from

learning

for

just

a

few

days

will

make

a

person

lag

behind.

What's

worse,

the

animalistic

insti

nct

dormant

deep

in

our

subconsciousness

will

come

to

life,

weakening

our

will

to

pursue

our

noble

ideal,

sapping

our

determination

to

sweep

away

ob

stacles

to

our

success

and

strangling

our

desire

for

the

refinement

of

our

c

haracter.

Lack

of

learning

will

inevitably

lead

to

the

stagnation

of

the

mind,

or

even

worse,

its

fossilization,

Therefore,

to

stay

mentally

young,

we

have

to

take

learning

as

a

lifelong

career.

学习之于心灵，就像食物之于身体一样。摄取了适量的营养食 物，我们的身体得

以生长而肌肉得以发达。同样地，我们应该日复一日不断地学习以保持 我们敏锐的心

智能力，并扩充我们的智力容量。不断的学习提供我们用不尽的燃料，来驱 使我们磨

利我们的推理、分析和判断的能力。持续的学习是在信息时代中跟时代并驾齐驱 的最

稳当的方法，也是在变动的世代中成功的可靠保证。

一旦学 习停止，单调贫乏的生活就开始了。视学校为汲取知识的唯一场所是种常

见的谬误。相反 地，学习应该是一种无终止的历程，从生到死。由于世界一直快速地

在变动，只要学习停 顿数日就将使人落后。更糟的是，蛰伏在我们潜意识深处的兽性

本能就会复活，削弱我们 追求高贵理想的意志，弱化我们扫除成功障碍的决心，而且

扼杀我们净化我们人格的欲望 。

缺少学习将不可避免地导致心灵的停滞，

甚至更糟地，

使其僵化。因此，为了保持心理年轻，我们必须将学习当作一生的事业。

2

．

heavy

schoolwork

【课业繁重】

In

my

opinion,

the

schoolwork

now

being

assigned

to

high

school

stude

nts

is

too

heavy.

While

it

is

true

that

students

need

to

study,

they

need

oth

er

things

as

well

if

they

are

to

grow

into

healthy

and

well-rounded

adults.

H

igh

school

students

should

be

allowed

more

time

for

play.

Playing

is

not

wa

sting

time,

as

some

think.

It

gives

them

physical

exercise,

and

also

exercise

s

their

imagination.

Which

tends

to

be

stifled

by

too

much

study.

Finally,

th

e

pressure

put

on

high

school

students

by

excessive

schoolwork

can

cause

serious

stress,

which

is

unhealthy

physically

and

mentally.

I

do

not

advocate

the

elimination

of

schoolwork.

I

do

think,

however,

that

a

reduction

of

the

current

heavy

load

would

be

beneficial

to

students

and

to

the

society

as

a

whole.

我认为目前高中生的课业实在太重 了，虽然说学生的确应当念书，但是要想长大

成为健全的人，

他 门还需要一些其它的东西，

所以应该给高中生较多从事娱乐的时间。

娱乐并不如某些人所想的，是在浪费时间，它可以让学生锻炼身体，发挥被繁重课业

扼杀的想象力。

最后，

繁重的课业加诸在高中生身上的压力可能 引起严重的情绪紧张，

这对身心都有害。我并非主张废除学校课业，但是我认为减轻目前 繁重的课业对于学

生和整个社会都是有益的。

3

．

Time

【时间】

Lost

time

is

never

found

again.

This

is

something

which

I

learned

very

clearly

last

semester.

I

spent

so

much

time

fooling

around

that

my

grades

b

egan

to

suffer.

I

finally

realized

that

something

had

to

be

done.

It

was

time

for

a

change.

Now

I

have

a

new

plan

for

using

my

time

wisely.

I

have

set

my

alarm

clock

ahead

half

an

hour.

This

will

give

me

a

head

start

on

the

day.

I

hav

e

also

decided

to

keep

a

log

of

what

I

do

and

when

I

do

it.

Looking

back

on

what

I’ve

done

will

give

me

some

ideas

on

how

to

reorganize

my

time.

时光一去不复返，这是我上学期清 楚学到的教训。我浪费很多时间四处游荡，以

致于我的成绩开始退步。

< br>最后我终于了解到我必须有所作为；

该是痛改前非的时候了。

现在我有一个明智运用时间的新方法。我已将闹钟早拨半小时，这将使我这一天

的作息提 前开始。我也决定将我所做的一切及做这些事的时间记录下来。回顾我所做

的事情会启发 我如何重新安排我的时间。

4

．

Work

and

Play

【工作与娱乐】

Work

and

play

do

not

contradict

each

other;

in

fact,

they

complement

e

ach

other.

As

the

saying

goes,

work

and

no

play

makes

Jack

a

dull

bo

y.

A

life

burdened

with

work

leads

you

nowhere,

for

you

would

get

tired

an

d

bored

with

your

daily

routine

work.

On

the

other

hand,

proper

recreation

will

relieve

the

tension

and

discomfort

of

our

monotonous

life

because

it

off

ers

you

various

ways

to

let

out

your

pent-up

emotions.

What

I

usually

do

to

relax

after

school

is

jogging

and

seeing

movies.

U

sually

I

don't

spare

time

for

exercise,

but

I

value

the

physical

education

cla

ss

at

school.

Jogging

several

rounds

in

the

field

certainly

relieves

the

day's

pressure.

On

weekends,

I'll

catch

the

morning

movie

for

my

visual

enjoyme

nt.

I

feel

revived

and

energetic

for

another

week's

work-load.

工作与娱乐并不互相冲突，事实上，它们之间的关系还相辅相 成。有句格言说：

「整日工作而没有休闲娱乐，会令人变得沉闷乏味。」被工作重担压得 喘不过气来的

生活，

将使你一事无成，

因为你将对一成不变的例行公事感到厌烦。

由另一方面来说，

适 度的娱乐活动能提供各种管道，来渲泄你被压抑的情绪，减轻单调生活中的紧张与

不悦。

放学之后，我最常做的休闲活动，便是慢跑与看电影。通常我并不特地拨出时间

来做运动，但是我很重视学校的体育课。在操场上慢跑几圈，无疑地可以减轻一天的

< br>压力。在周末时，我都去看早场电影，享受视觉盛宴。如此一来，我将有如再生般的

充沛活力，去面对下一星期的工作量。

5

．

My

first

Job

【我的第一份工作】

My

first

job

was

at

a

cramming

school.

It

was

three

years

ago

when

I

j

ust

graduated

from

junior

high

school

and

finished

the

entrance

examination.

since

I

had

nothing

to

do

that

summer,

I

decided

to

find

a

job,

tasting

the

joy

of

independence.

I

was

responsible

for

answering

the

telephone

and

taking

the

message.

I

worked

eight

hours

a

day,

six

days

a

week.

The

work

was

not

difficult

no

r

heavy

to

me

and

I

guess

I

did

well.

The

most

delighted

thing

was

perhap

s

that

I

could

spend

the

money

I

earned

all

by

myself.

我的第一份工作是在一家补习班做 事。那是三年前我刚从国中毕业，考完联考时

的事了。既然我那整个夏天都闲着没事，倒 不如找份差事，尝尝独立赚钱的快乐。