第一篇：故宮的中英雙語導游詞

景點講解題

題一:午門前講解故宮(歷史沿革中清明兩朝概況;紫禁城名稱的由來;紫禁城的布局;午門及午門廣場)

題二:故宮前朝(太和門及太和門廣場;太和殿及太和殿廣場;中和殿、保和殿)

題三:故宮后廷(乾清門及乾清門廣場;乾清宮;交泰殿;坤寧宮;御花園;神武門)

題四:故宮后廷外東路(寧壽全宮;珍寶館;寧壽全宮中其他建筑;千叟宴;珍妃井)

題五:故宮后廷內西路主要建筑 御花園(養心殿;儲秀宮;御花園)

講解提示:

故宮是一株宏大的宮殿建筑群,是導游講解的難點、重點。講解過程注意按景點順序講解,每處景點要講解清楚其歷史沿革、建筑特點、用途和相關的歷史文化知識。

中文范例

題一:午門前講故宮

各位團友大家好,今天我們將參觀故宮博物館,現在我們所在的位置時故宮的午門前,在進入故宮之前,我先就故宮的情況向大家作個簡單介紹。

故宮,又稱紫禁城,原為明清兩代的皇宮。建于1406-1420年,距今已有580多年的歷史了。它是我國現存規模最大、保存最完整的古代皇宮建筑群,1987年被聯合國教科文組織列入《世界遺產名錄》。

紫禁城這一名稱是怎樣得來的呢?我國古代天文學家把天上的主要恒星分為三恒、四象和二十八星宿。三恒是太微恒、紫微恒河天市恒。其中紫微恒居中,是天帝居住的地方,稱為“紫宮”。封建帝王自稱是天帝的兒子,所以他們也把自己居住的皇宮象征為人間的紫宮。而且皇帝居住的地方戒備森嚴,不許庶民百姓接近,是絕對的禁地,又稱為禁宮,所以故宮又被叫做紫禁城。

故宮為北京的城中之城,坐落在北京的中軸線上,背靠景山,面南朝陽。故宮南北長961米,東西寬753米,由無數房屋、高大的城墻和寬闊的護城河組成。占地面積72萬平方米,建筑面積15萬平方米,相當于兩個標準的足球場那么大。共有宮殿房屋8704間(1973年統計),這上千座房屋由10米高的城墻和52米寬的護城河護衛著。

故宮始建于永樂四年(1406)。為營建這座宏偉的建筑群,明成祖朱棣派遣大臣到全國各地采備上好的建筑材料,明代采用上好的楠木,大都取自云、貴、川及兩廣地區;金磚產自蘇州;漢白玉取于北京的房山。在建造過程中,動用工匠23萬,民夫百萬人。經過十四年的建造,紫禁城終于于永樂十八年(1420年)竣工。永樂十九年元旦,朱棣遷都北京。從此故宮開始成為明清兩朝皇帝的生活之所。明代從成祖朱棣到思宗朱由檢,共有14位皇帝在此生活起居、治理國家。清代從清世祖福臨到遜帝溥儀,共有10位皇帝在紫禁城生活起居和治理國家。

在這五百多年的時間里,紫禁城可謂是飽經風雨。明朝,在紫禁城建成后,人禍天災就不斷發生。永樂十九年(1421)四月,紫禁城啟用不到百日,前朝三大殿就被一場大火燒毀。此后前朝三大殿、乾清宮、坤寧宮、奉天門、午門等處。先后在正德、嘉慶、萬歷各朝屢遭火毀。到崇禎年間又遇到戰火,建筑、文物都遭到很大程度的破壞。

清朝證券入住紫禁城以后,經數代皇帝的經營,紫禁城逐步恢復了元氣。在此期間,清朝統治者在重建已毀宮殿建筑的基礎上,又對部分區域進行了較大規模的改造,如文淵閣、南三所、西五所、寧壽全宮、齋宮、毓慶宮等。清廷還特別重視防火,才去了許多防火措施。首先。是對紫禁城所有重要建筑進行防火結構的改造,增設防火墻、加厚墻體、封護房檐等。其次、建立火班并且定時進行演練以防不測。第三十配備消防器材,增加太平缸、激桶、水桶,以備不時之需。這些措施有效地防止了火災的發生,使紫禁城再現輝煌。但是到了清末時期,由于國力的衰弱,清政府無心管理,故宮再次走上下坡路。

清宣統三年(1911年),末代皇帝溥儀退位。根據民國政府與清廷簽訂的《清室優先條例》,清廷人員仍可居住在紫禁城的內廷部分。民國二年(1913)十月十日,袁世凱在紫禁城太和殿內舉行了大總統就職典禮。他將殿內的皇帝寶座撤掉,換成西施的靠背椅,并去掉了前朝所有匾額上的滿文。1924年11月,馮玉祥發動“北京政變”,修改了《清室優待條例》,要求溥儀立即遷出故宮,不然就要在景山上向故宮開炮,溥儀被迫搬出故宮。清廷退出紫禁城后,1924年11月7日中華民國臨時政府宣布成立“清室善后委員會”,負責清查清廷的財產,籌備成立博物館事宜。經過醞釀確定博物館的名稱為“故宮博物院”,并于1925年的10月10日舉行故宮博物院成立典禮,紫禁城從此正式隊社會開放。解放50余年來,政府對故宮博物院的維護、保養、研究投下巨資,使紫禁城再次煥發青春。

下面向大家介紹下故宮的建筑布局。

故宮的建筑布局主要分為前朝和后廷兩大部分。

前朝位于紫禁城中軸線南部。以太和、中和、保和三大殿為主體,坐落在一沓巨大的“土”字形須彌座上。因為這里是舉行大朝會、體現國威帝尊的地方,所以這里的宮殿特別高大輝煌。前朝兩翼東側為文華殿建筑群,西側為武英殿建筑群。

后廷部分位于中軸線北部,是以乾清宮、交泰殿、坤寧宮為中心,東西六宮、寧壽全宮(東)、慈寧宮為兩翼的建筑群。它是帝后生活起居、處理日常政務的地方,所以也稱為“后寢”。

紫禁城共有四道門,四個方向的正方位各開一門,南為午門,北為神武門,東為東華門,西為西華門。我們現在所在的這個午門,就是紫禁城的正門。因為在古代“午”代表正中、正南。午門城臺正中建筑為重檐廡殿頂城樓,九五開間,代表皇帝的九五之尊。城臺上部由門口、鐘鼓樓和雁翅樓組成。由于午門為紫禁城的南門,南為朱雀,所以整個建筑是紅墻黃瓦。又因為整個城臺為“凹”字形就像展翅飛翔的鳥,所以又叫“五鳳樓”。午門城臺開有五個門,正門三間,東西兩側分別開左掖門和右掖門,東西向。南面正門三間,北面五間,這種規制叫“明三暗五”。另外,大家注意五個門的前后不同。門洞南面為方形,背面為圓形,電表了天圓地方。午門正門是專供皇帝出入的。但是在清代,經殿試進士及第而考中三鼎甲者,在發黃榜的那天可以從正門出宮一次,以示獎勵,皇后在皇帝大婚時可以從正門進宮,一生僅此一次。在殿試的時候,貢士按名次單數走左掖門,雙數走右掖門。此外,皇帝在太和殿舉行大朝禮時,三品以上文武百官走左門,宗室王公走右門,三品以下官員按文東武西的制度從左右掖門進出。外國使節從西掖門進出。

明清兩朝在午門前舉行的活動分兩類。一類是逢年過節與官民同樂的活動;另一類是一些正式的典禮,其中最主要的有兩個:一個是頒朔禮,每年的陰歷十月初一,皇帝要在這里舉行一個大的儀式,即向全國頒布次年的歷書。這部歷書在明代和清代早期是由一個機構來編寫出來的,這個機構叫欽天監。欽天監將編號的歷書進獻皇上,以皇上的名義在此舉行一個儀式,然后把歷書頒布全國。

另一個重要的活動室獻俘典。在明代比較少清代比較多,尤其是康、雍、乾這幾代,國內地方勢力的平叛,還有對外的作戰非常多,而且經常取勝,凡是獲勝了都要在此舉行隆重的獻俘禮。儀式的內容就是將戰俘押解到午門城樓下,城樓上下都會站有很多軍士。皇帝會在官員的邀請下登樓,坐于樓的正中位置,然后軍士把戰俘押解過來,雙手反綁,向皇帝跪拜,然后聽從皇帝的發落。

除午門外,午門廣場周邊共設五個門,正南為端門,午門兩觀城臺南側,東為闕左門,西為闕右門。這兩門之南為朝房各42間,東朝房(吏、戶、禮科)南側為太廟右門,西朝房(兵、刑、工科)南側為社稷壇左門。闕左門、闕右門之北各有東西向朝房三間,原為王公朝房,現為故宮售票處。

一提起午門,大家可能馬上想起“推出午門斬首示眾”這句話。其實午門前并未斬過人。這里是明朝實施“廷杖”的地方。廷杖就是對在朝廷上違逆了皇帝意志的大臣用棍子打的刑罰,處罰地點在午門外御路西墀之下。明朝成化年以前,廷杖只是象征性的,并非真打。后來逐漸演變成真打,不是發生傷人致死的事件,其中有兩次廷杖轟動朝野。一次是正德十四年(1591),正德皇帝朱厚照腰刀江南選美,群臣阻諫,正德皇帝不但不聽,還將勸諫大臣處以廷杖之刑,一次被打158人。死15人;另一次是明嘉靖三年(1524),因“大禮儀”事件,廷杖大臣134,死17人。

題二:故宮前朝

各位朋友,穿過午門,現在我們已經進入故宮。故宮中這第一進院落就是太和門廣場。首先我們看到是內金水河,它子西向東婉言流過太和門廣場,上邊有五座漢白玉石橋,就是內金水橋,它們象征五德,即仁、義、禮、智、信,是皇帝集美好的品質為一身的意思。金水橋下市內金水河,內金水河從紫禁城西北角筒子河涵道引入紫禁城,沿紫禁城內西側南流,至武英殿東向,經武英殿門前,再東經涵道至太和門前。又經涵道東出至文淵閣前水池,從文淵閣東出經三座門前石橋,最后流入無門東側筒子河,全長2100米。內金水河的作用不僅是故宮中排水的主要通道,也是宮中營造用水和滅火的主要水源,同時還起到了分隔空間、點綴景觀的作用,使太和門廣場在雄渾中不失秀美。

跨過金水橋,這片廣場曾經是明代皇帝玉門聽政時百官待駕的地方。何謂“御門聽政”呢?這“御門”即指太和門,即前朝的正門,初建于明永樂年間,當時叫奉天門,明嘉靖年間改稱皇極門,清順治年后改稱太和門。“聽政”是指聽取政事。明永樂皇帝朱棣遷都北京不到百日,三大殿被大火燒毀,朱棣曾在此御門聽政,處理國家朝政。清朝入關后,清世祖福臨的登基典禮、加封多爾袞為叔父攝政王、封吳三桂為平西王等活動都是在太和門舉行的。

太和門東廡中間的門叫協和門,西廡中間的門叫熙和門。太和門、協和門、熙和門加上前朝三大殿的太和殿、中和殿、保和殿稱為“六合”。在太和門兩旁還有兩道門,分別為昭德門和貞度門。

過了太和門我們就來到了故宮中最重要的院落--太和殿及其廣場。太和殿廣場幾本呈正方形,整個院落平坦寬闊,氣勢非凡。中間御路以青石,兩側青磚墁地。北有太和殿,南為太和殿,東為體仁閣,西為弘義閣,面積約3萬平方米,是整座紫禁城面積的1/24。整個廣場可容納近7萬人。在每年的元旦、冬至以及皇帝登基、大婚、萬壽這些重大活動的時候,都要在太和殿以及太和殿廣場舉行隆重的大朝禮。

大家請看,遠處正前方是一片漢白玉雕砌的三層高臺基,呈“土”字形,俗稱“三臺”。臺基高8.13米,臺邊緣高7.12米,三層臺基間,分列著18尊鼎式香爐。在每一層基座的邊緣都伸出很多小龍頭,那些小龍的名字叫“螭”,是傳說中一種沒有角的龍,這些小龍頭實際上是大殿的排水系統。如果仔細看會發現每個龍頭的嘴里都有一個小孔,即噴水孔,三層基座之上共設小龍頭1142個,每當下大雨的時候,雨水便從1142個龍頭嘴里的小孔內排出,非常壯觀。為管中一景,被稱為“千龍吐水”。三重臺基承托著雄偉的三大殿,這就是故宮的中心建筑--太和殿、中和殿、保和殿。其中太和殿位于“土”字形須彌座的南部,各位可以先在這里留個影,然后我們就去參觀太和殿。

好!現在我們面前這座高臺上的宏偉建筑就是太和殿,也就是民間所說的“金鑾寶殿”。太和殿是紫禁城的正殿,被視為黃泉的象征。太和殿始建于明永樂年間,原名奉天殿,嘉靖年間重建后改稱皇極殿。清初順治年間改稱太和殿,康熙年間又兩次大規模改造,才有今天我們看到的太和殿的規模。“太和”二字出自《周易*乾* 彖辭傳》中的“乾道變化,各證性命,保合大和乃利貞。”“太”即大,“和”即和諧。意思是在天道的主宰夏,陰陽和合,太和元氣常運不息,萬物和諧共存。太和殿面闊11間,進深5間,殿高35.05米,面積約2377平方米。它是紫禁城乃至全國現存的最高、最大、最尊貴的宮殿,也是現存的中國宮殿建筑中規模最大的一座。太和殿在清明兩代是舉行大朝禮的地方。每逢元旦、冬至、萬壽,即皇帝生日這三大節及皇帝登基、大婚、命將出征、金殿傳臚等重大活動都要在他喝點舉行隆重的慶典。此外,冬至圜丘壇大忌、孟春圜丘壇常雩禮、孟春祁谷壇前一日,皇帝也都要在太和殿閱視祭祀祝版。

大家請抬頭看太和殿的屋頂,太和殿屋頂是采用古建筑中等級最高的重檐廡殿頂。屋頂正脊上兩頭的這兩大琉璃構件叫大吻,吻上的龍形有鎮火的意思。除了裝飾性,它的使用功能是密合殿頂正脊和垂脊的交會處,以防風雨侵蝕。這兩個大吻高3.4米,寬2.68米,重4.3噸,由13塊琉璃構件組成,是現存古建中最大的吻。太和殿殿頂四面坡的筒子瓦上鑲有琉璃帽釘兩排,垂脊上還有10個垂脊獸,分別是龍、鳳、獅、海馬、天馬、押魚、狻猊、獬豸、斗牛、行什,脊獸錢是騎鳳仙人。脊獸和帽釘既有裝飾作用又有實用性,他們起著固定屋頂琉璃瓦的作用。在我國古代,脊獸的數量依照建筑物的等級高低而不同,數量越多,代表了殿宇等級越高。太和殿的脊獸共有10只,全國只有故宮的太和殿是這樣。此外,太和殿裝飾用的彩繪也是最高等級的金龍和璽。現在請大家跟隨我一起登上高臺來看看太和殿的內部陳設。太和殿由72根巨柱支撐,其中66根大紅漆柱分布兩側,6根瀝粉貼金蟠龍金柱分列寶座兩旁。大殿內的地上是“金磚漫地”,這種金磚主要產于江蘇省蘇州,是專門為皇宮燒造的細料方磚。之所以叫金磚,是因為這種磚燒制時間130天,質地細密,敲之有金石之聲。太和殿內的主要陳列室皇帝的寶座。寶座位于二米高的須彌式地平床上,通體雕以金龍,椅子后面是雕龍金漆的七扇屏風。金鑾寶座是明代的遺物,清朝的皇帝繼續使用。在袁世凱復辟的時候,曾經將它換成了一個西式靠背坐椅。解放以后,專家們在庫房內發現了寶座的殘件,經過一年多的研究整修,終于恢復了寶座原貌。

現在請大家抬頭看,寶座的上方時蟠龍藻井,上圓下方,深1.8米,由上、中、下三部分組成,最下層是方井,中層為八角形,上部為圓形。井內蟠龍俯首向下,龍口銜一個銅胎中空的水銀球。這個球被稱為軒轅鏡,寓意下面寶座上的皇帝是軒轅黃帝的正統繼承人。藻井的設置一方面是烘托帝王的尊嚴,另一方面還有鎮火的含義。

號,再來看寶座前方,大家可以看到寶座前設有腳踏、香筒、甪端、仙鶴、寶象等。香筒是皇帝上朝的時候用于放置檀香的,通過燃燒著的裊裊的香煙,烘托出一種神秘的氣氛。再來看象,身上駝著寶瓶,里面放有五谷,寓意天下太平,吉慶有余。而象身四腳立地,穩如泰山,則象征社會和政權的穩固,稱為太平有象。甪端,是傳說中的一種神獸,象征著當今皇帝是圣明之君。仙鶴被古人看作是一種長壽鳥,象征著江山長存。

看完了太和殿內景,現在,讓我們轉過頭來再來看看殿外的陳設。在太和殿外的露臺上左右各有一只龍頭烏龜和一只銅鶴。龜鶴都是祥瑞長壽的動物,擺在這里有千秋萬代的含義。再仔細觀察一下,大家可能會發現,龜鶴實際上是香爐,龜鶴背上有一塊可以開啟的蓋子,里面可以放香料,上大朝時燃香用,屆時香煙從龜鶴口中逸出,烘托了一種神秘莊嚴地氣氛。此外,在太和殿丹陛的東南角還設有日晷。日晷是我國古代的一種計時器,由晷盤和晷針組成,晷針從晷盤中心垂直穿過。自古以來,皇帝就有向天下頒布歷書的責任,所以日晷的設置是國家的重器之一。太和殿西南角設有嘉量,是古代的標準量器,放置在這里象征國家的統一和強盛。這兩件陳設象征皇帝在時間上和空間上都是公正無私的,對天下百姓都是坦誠、平等的。

此外,在太和殿外東西兩側還各有鎏金青銅太平缸兩口,每口重約2噸。鎏金是一種金屬加工工藝,據說這么大的太平缸需要用黃金100兩。不幸的是,上面的黃金卻被八國聯軍用軍刀刮走了。現在我們還可以清晰地看到缸身上留下的刀刮痕跡。太平缸的主要用途是儲水,以備日常灑掃庭院、防火之用。據記載明朝時有熱水處太監在每年的小雪節令,便給缸加蓋,缸座底下加帖抽,用來生活,以防止缸內的水結冰,清朝時也是如此。紫禁城內現在共有明清兩朝遺留下來的銅質及鐵質太平缸308口,其中鎏金金銅缸18口。

以上就是太和殿的情況。我剛才說了,太和殿是舉行大典的地方,在古代,舉行各種大典都要選良辰吉日,那么皇帝在何處等待這里是性時刻的來臨呢?就是太和殿后面的中和殿,那我們現在就去看看!

中和殿位于太和殿和保和殿之間,正處于“土”字形須彌座的中部。殿為方形,四角攢尖,鎏金寶頂。中和殿在明朝初年稱為華蓋殿,嘉靖年間改稱中極殿,順治年間改為中和殿。“中和”二字取自《禮記*中庸》“中也者,天下之大本也;和也者,天下之達道也。”體現了儒家中庸之道的思想。在明清兩代,凡遇到三大節舉行慶典前,皇帝在趕赴太和殿之前,都要在請抬頭看太和殿的屋頂,太和殿屋頂是采用古建筑中等級最高的重檐廡殿頂。屋頂正脊上兩頭的這兩大琉璃構件叫大吻,吻上的龍形有鎮火的意思。除了裝飾性,它的使用功能是密合殿頂正脊和垂脊的交會處,以防風雨侵蝕。這兩個大吻高3.4米,寬2.68米,重4.3噸,由13塊琉璃構件組成,是現存古建中最大的吻。太和殿殿頂四面坡的筒子瓦上鑲有琉璃帽釘兩排,垂脊上還有10個垂脊獸,分別是龍、鳳、獅、海馬、天馬、押魚、狻猊、獬豸、斗牛、行什,脊獸錢是騎鳳仙人。脊獸和帽釘既有裝飾作用又有實用性,他們起著固定屋頂琉璃瓦的作用。在我國古代,脊獸的數量依照建筑物的等級高低而不同,數量越多,代表了殿宇等級越高。太和殿的脊獸共有10只,全國只有故宮的太和殿是這樣。此外,太和殿裝飾用的彩繪也是最高等級的金龍和璽。

現在請大家跟隨我一起登上高臺來看看太和殿的內部陳設。太和殿由72根巨柱支撐,其中66根大紅漆柱分布兩側,6根瀝粉貼金蟠龍金柱分列寶座兩旁。大殿內的地上是“金磚漫地”,這種金磚主要產于江蘇省蘇州,是專門為皇宮燒造的細料方磚。之所以叫金磚,是因為這種磚燒制時間130天,質地細密,敲之有金石之聲。太和殿內的主要陳列室皇帝的寶座。寶座位于二米高的須彌式地平床上,通體雕以金龍,椅子后面是雕龍金漆的七扇屏風。金鑾寶座是明代的遺物,清朝的皇帝繼續使用。在袁世凱復辟的時候,曾經將它換成了一個西式靠背坐椅。解放以后,專家們在庫房內發現了寶座的殘件,經過一年多的研究整修,終于恢復了寶座原貌。

現在請大家抬頭看,寶座的上方時蟠龍藻井,上圓下方,深1.8米,由上、中、下三部分組成,最下層是方井,中層為八角形,上部為圓形。井內蟠龍俯首向下,龍口銜一個銅胎中空的水銀球。這個球被稱為軒轅鏡,寓意下面寶座上的皇帝是軒轅黃帝的正統繼承人。藻井的設置一方面是烘托帝王的尊嚴,另一方面還有鎮火的含義。

號,再來看寶座前方,大家可以看到寶座前設有腳踏、香筒、甪端、仙鶴、寶象等。香筒是皇帝上朝的時候用于放置檀香的,通過燃燒著的裊裊的香煙,烘托出一種神秘的氣氛。再來看象,身上駝著寶瓶,里面放有五谷,寓意天下太平,吉慶有余。而象身四腳立地,穩如泰山,則象征社會和政權的穩固,稱為太平有象。甪端,是傳說中的一種神獸,象征著當今皇帝是圣明之君。仙鶴被古人看作是一種長壽鳥,象征著江山長存。

看完了太和殿內景,現在,讓我們轉過頭來再來看看殿外的陳設。在太和殿外的露臺上左右各有一只龍頭烏龜和一只銅鶴。龜鶴都是祥瑞長壽的動物,擺在這里有千秋萬代的含義。再仔細觀察一下,大家可能會發現,龜鶴實際上是香爐,龜鶴背上有一塊可以開啟的蓋子,里面可以放香料,上大朝時燃香用,屆時香煙從龜鶴口中逸出,烘托了一種神秘莊嚴地氣氛。此外,在太和殿丹陛的東南角還設有日晷。日晷是我國古代的一種計時器,由晷盤和晷針組成,晷針從晷盤中心垂直穿過。自古以來,皇帝就有向天下頒布歷書的責任,所以日晷的設置是國家的重器之一。太和殿西南角設有嘉量,是古代的標準量器,放置在這里象征國家的統一和強盛。這兩件陳設象征皇帝在時間上和空間上都是公正無私的,對天下百姓都是坦誠、平等的。

此外,在太和殿外東西兩側還各有鎏金青銅太平缸兩口,每口重約2噸。鎏金是一種金屬加工工藝,據說這么大的太平缸需要用黃金100兩。不幸的是,上面的黃金卻被八國聯軍用軍刀刮走了。現在我們還可以清晰地看到缸身上留下的刀刮痕跡。太平缸的主要用途是儲水,以備日常灑掃庭院、防火之用。據記載明朝時有熱水處太監在每年的小雪節令,便給缸加蓋,缸座底下加帖抽,用來生活,以防止缸內的水結冰,清朝時也是如此。紫禁城內現在共有明清兩朝遺留下來的銅質及鐵質太平缸308口,其中鎏金金銅缸18口。

以上就是太和殿的情況。我剛才說了,太和殿是舉行大典的地方,在古代,舉行各種大典都要選良辰吉日,那么皇帝在何處等待這里是性時刻的來臨呢?就是太和殿后面的中和殿,那我們現在就去看看!

中和殿位于太和殿和保和殿之間,正處于“土”字形須彌座的中部。殿為方形,四角攢尖,鎏金寶頂。中和殿在明朝初年稱為華蓋殿,嘉靖年間改稱中極殿,順治年間改為中和殿。“中和”二字取自《禮記*中庸》“中也者,天下之大本也;和也者,天下之達道也。”體現了儒家中庸之道的思想。

在明清兩代,凡遇到三大節舉行慶典前,皇帝在趕赴太和殿之前,都要在

第二篇：北京故宮雙語導游詞

北京故宮雙語導游詞

紫禁城是皇帝的住所，所以又名皇家的宮殿。在封建社會，皇帝的住所是禁止普通人進入的，故名紫禁城。

故宮為長方形，面積為72公頃，52米寬的護城河和10米高的城墻環繞著，四個角各有一個角樓，在古代為重兵所把守。

故宮始建于明朝初年，也就是1420年。當時建成故宮后，明朝的首都馬上就從南京移動到了北京。從明朝初年到清朝末年，一共有24位皇帝住在這里，其中14個在明朝，10個在清朝。在600年的時光中，故宮見證了許多的變化在明清時期。1911革命之后，清朝被推翻，末代皇帝浦儀也被趕出了故宮。1925年，故宮作為博物館向公眾開放，后來被稱為故宮博物館。

午門是故宮的正門，在中國古代時期，一般的建筑正門都是南門，午門是專門為皇帝通過的門，主要用于皇帝去天壇祭天等。午門的命名是皇帝認為它的宮殿建在子午線上，是宇宙的中心。門前的小廣場是皇帝頒布新年歷法的地方在每年的十月初一，當將軍從戰場回來時候，獻俘大典也在這里舉行。

走進午門就進入了故宮，故宮是世界上最大的皇家宮殿建筑群。據民間的傳說，故宮有9999.5間房子，它分為外朝和內廷兩大部分，外朝為政務區，內廷為皇帝的生活區。太和門是外朝的入口，門前內金水河流過，它的主要功能是防火，而五座石橋跨于內金水河之上，代表著孔子所提倡的五德：仁、義、禮、智、信。孔子就是中國最著名的哲學家，生于春秋時期，也就是公元前7世紀。五座石橋中，中間的是皇帝專用的。它的欄桿雕刻是龍，而其他的石橋的欄桿雕刻是荷花。龍是一種想象中的動物，說到龍這個詞，中國人馬上就可以想到一個巨大的牛頭，鹿角，蝦眼，鷹爪，蛇身和獅尾，整個身子被魚鱗覆蓋的動物。在中國的傳統中，龍被認為是權力的象征，鳳凰被認為是幸運的象征。在封建社會，皇帝就是龍的化身，而皇后則是鳳凰的化身。因為龍生活在水中，龍可以控制水，所以在中國有水的地方，人們都會修建一座龍王廟來祈求平安。在故宮中你可以看到數百萬只龍，它們分布在彩繪、雕刻、服裝、裝飾中，你可以自己去尋找它們在故宮內。

進了太和門，這里可以看到游覽圖，在古代中國，所有的建筑都有中軸線，最好最重要的建筑都是沿著中軸線而建的。今天我們的主要游覽也是沿著中軸線來參觀的，我們將參觀皇帝的典禮所、辦公室、臥室和花園等。

穿過太和門，你將看到中國最大的宮殿，它叫太和殿，它是用來舉行大的儀式的地方。例如，皇帝生日、皇帝大婚，戰爭勝利，召見外國使節等。當儀式開始后，所有的文武百官都要跪在地上扮演三拜九叩。

另外，你可以看到屋頂的琉璃瓦都是黃顏色的，在中國，屋頂的顏色有三個等級，最高的為藍色，象征藍天，只有在天壇才可以看到；第二等是黃色，象征皇帝，這可以在一些皇家建筑中看到，比如故宮或明陵等；第三等是綠色，象征大臣，是大臣家允許用的顏色。而普通人家的屋頂只允許用灰色瓦，如果使用其他顏色，就是犯罪，會被殺死的。

在太和殿下面的石臺基，我們把它叫做須彌山。這名字來源于佛教，在佛經里說，須彌山是宇宙最高的山。所以這里叫須彌山是為了說明上面的太和殿的至高無上的地位。在臺基上拜擺放的是香爐，當大典開始時候，會燒一些松柏，制造出煙霧，下面的人看到太和殿在云霧之中，好象天上的宮殿，給人以莊嚴的感覺。

在臺基上可以看到東邊擺著的是日晷，西邊的是嘉糧，它們放 這里是象征著皇帝的公正與無私。銅龜和銅鶴象征著長壽，它們實際上也是香爐。

大殿就是太和殿，為木結構建筑，所有的木材都是運自于西南中國的，所有的柱子都是單根的木頭。你可以去看看大殿內的布局和擺設，在正中央有個木臺子，上面是龍椅，后面有屏風，前面幾個是景泰藍的香爐，地上鋪著一張有龍圖案的真絲地毯。門口那里很擁擠，我會在銅龜那里等你們。

由于故宮大多數建筑都是木結構的，很容易著火，因此，故宮內有很多大缸，功能是儲水防火，其中有18個為鎦金的，但在1860年英法聯軍侵入北京，他們在故宮里搶走了很多的珍寶，最后士兵發現了這水缸上的金子，他們用刺刀把缸表面的金子全部刮掉了，現在你還可以看到刺刀留下的痕跡。

中和殿的作用是作為休息室。當皇帝舉行大典之前，皇帝要在這里休息。在皇帝去天壇祭祀天神之前，他要在這里讀祭祀的文章。里面的擺設和前面差不多，也都是龍椅、香爐和地毯等。

在古代，保和殿就是人民大會堂的宴會廳，在每年春節的時候，皇帝要在這里舉行宴會，宴請蒙古王公和外國使節。在清朝，保和殿也作為皇家考試的場所。在封建社會里，國家的考試分為四等，童試、鄉試、會試和殿試。殿試是當時等級最高的考試，當通過了這種考試，你就可以成為大官了。

在保和殿的后面有一塊石雕，長16米，寬3米，雕有云和龍，是故宮內最大的單塊石雕。

下面我要帶你去參觀皇帝的臥室，外紅墻的外面有兩個長方形的房子，在古代，這里是軍事大臣商議軍務的地方，現在呢，西邊這個是紀念品商店，而東邊那個是星巴克咖啡。

皇帝的臥室叫做養心殿，在門口你會看到一件玉雕，這是由一整塊玉雕刻而成的，外面罩有一個非常精致的龍雕刻的青銅罩，玉是方形的，中間有一個圓孔。在古代中國的意識里，天空是圓形的，而地是方形的。這個東西擺在這里是根據中國的泥土占卜學而定的，而且玉是自古的權力象征，可以辟邪，我們中國把這種學問叫做風水學。另外，比如我們要建房子、陵墓等建筑前，都要請一個風水家來看看這塊土地是否可以來建設，如果不好的話，那么還要重新選擇。即使房子建成了還要請風水家來看，哪里位置不吉利還要再擺放一些東西以辟邪，玉器是最常用的東西，因為它本身具有磁場，可以轉變人的運氣。養心殿這個小院子，在故宮中不是最大的，但卻是最有名的，因為這里集中了皇帝的辦公室、臥室和皇后的臥室等。左邊的房子四皇帝和軍事大臣商議軍務大事的地方，你也知道，軍務對一個國家來講非常重要，所以在窗外有特別建設了一道墻來防止外人的偷聽。里面那間房子是皇帝專門收藏書法作品的地方，因為中國的書法是一門藝術，古代中國的一些書法家留下的書法非常珍貴，一個字超過百萬美圓。不知道你對中國的電影有多少了解，可能你會看過末代皇帝、臥虎藏龍、英雄等影片，還有一部中國電影同樣非常有名，叫做垂簾聽政。電影講述了在清朝末年的一個非常有權力的女人，叫慈禧太后，她控制著兒童皇帝，處理國家的事務，電影里描述的這些事件就發生在東房間。這里有一絲簾子，簾子后是一張大椅子，為慈禧太后的座位，前面的小椅子是兒童皇帝坐的地方。看起來是皇帝上朝，實際上，真正的權力是在簾子的后面。

后院是皇帝和皇后居住的地方。院子中央放著一塊水晶，象征潔白無暇。在里院是皇帝的臥室，而外院的這排房子是皇后的臥室，屋內的擺設維持原來的模樣，你可以看到當時皇帝的喜好，包括鐘表、玉雕、絲綢、金銀器、珍珠等，有一種藍色的工藝品叫景泰藍，是北京的獨有的手工藝品，過去僅僅為皇家專用。院子東邊有一排房子，我們把它叫做等候室，在古代，每天晚上會在這里有五個妃子等候皇帝的挑選，每個房子里有一個。為了安全問題，所有的妃子都不許穿衣服，全身赤裸，然后用一條絲毯裹著被送到這里。到傍晚時，皇帝會慢慢走過這條走廊，看見哪個妃子滿意就在窗前放一個玉雕，那么當天晚上這個妃子就可以跟著皇帝就寢了。在明清時期，皇帝只有一個皇后，但卻有很多妃子，數量最大的時候超過了三千人。她們通常用耳朵上的珍珠來區分大小，最大的珍珠我們叫做珠王，是專門供皇后佩帶的。

參觀完養心殿后，我們就要去故宮的最后一個景點御花園了。這個花園規模比較小，皇帝每天都有大量的日常事務需要處理，非常繁忙。如果他有一天的自由活動時間，他會去頤和園度假；如果他有半天的時間，他會去北海或者景山散步；如果他僅僅有兩個小時的空閑時間的話，他就只能這里活動了，一般就是和妃子聊天、下棋等。這里有許多的山石，都是人工的。這種奇怪的樹我們叫它龍爪槐，是中國特有的品種。另外有一些古樹，年齡都超過了500年。

好了，我們要走出故宮了，出去的時候記住留神那些私人商販，我們要走大約5分鐘到達停車區域，跟我來。

Forbidden City

The Forbidden City was the living place of the emperor, so it was also called the imperial palace.In the feudal society, the common people were forbidden enter the city, hence the name, Forbidden City.The Forbidden City is rectangular in shape, covers an area of 72 hectares, with 52 meters wide moat and 10 meters high city wall surrounded, each corner of the city wall built a watch tower, which was heavily guarded in the old days.The Forbidden City was first built in early Ming dynasty that was 1420.When the construction of the Forbidden City was completed, the capital of the Ming dynasty moved from Nanjing to Beijing.From the early Ming dynasty to the end of Qing dynasty, altogether 24 emperors lived in here, 14 emperors in Ming dynasty and 10 emperors in Qing dynasty.In 600 years, the Forbidden City witnessed many changes in the Ming and Qing dynasties.After the 1911 Revolution, the Qing dynasty was overthrown.In 1925, the Forbidden City became the historical museum and opened to the public, so it was also called the palace museum.And in 1987, the Forbidden City listed in World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO.The Meridian Gate is the main entrance and the front gate of the Forbidden City.In ancient China, the front gate of the large-scale constructions usually is the south gate.The Meridian Gate mainly served as the passage for the emperor only, which want to go to the Temple of Heaven to worship the god of heaven.It was called Meridian Gate because the emperor believe that the Meridian Line went through the Forbidden City and his residence was the cosmic center.A small square located in front of the gate, it was the place to announce the new lunar calendar on the first day of 10th lunar month every year.When a general returned from the battle, his captives would be offered on a ceremony here.Enter the Meridian Gate;you have come into the Forbidden City.The Forbidden City is the largest imperial construction in the world.According to the common people saying, the Forbidden City has 9999.5 rooms.It consists of two parts, which are the outer court and the inner court.The outer court is the political quarter and the inner court is the living quarter.The Gate of Supreme Harmony is the entrance of the outer court.The inner golden river comes across here, with five marble bridges spinning over it.They were symbolizing the five virtues by Confucius, benevolence, righteousness, rites, intelligence and fidelity.Confucius is the most famous philosopher in China.He born in 7th century BC, at that time it was also called the spring and autumn period.In the five marble bridges, the middle bridge used for emperor only.Its railing carving is dragon, and the other bridges’ railing carvings are lotus.The dragon is an imaginary animal.Saying about the word of the dragon, Chinese people definitely think of a gigantic best with the head of ox, the horns of deer, the eyes of shrimp, the claws of hawk, the body of snake and the tail of lion, whose whole body is covered by fish scales.In Chinese tradition, the dragon was the symbol of power, and the phoenix was the symbol of lucky.In the feudal society, the emperor symbolized dragon, and the empress symbolized phoenix.Because the dragon live in the water, can control the flood, so you can see lots of the dragon temple built the place nearby rivers or lakes.Therefore more than one million dragons in the Forbidden City, they are appearing in paintings, carvings, clothing and decorations.You can look for the dragon pattern by yourself in the Forbidden City.Entering the Gate of Supreme Harmony, there is a sketch map.In ancient China, all of the constructions have central axis.The most beautiful and important buildings are built along the central axis.Today, we will visit along the central axis, including the emperor’s hall, office, bedroom and garden.Go through the Gate of Supreme Harmony, you will see the largest hall in China.It named the Hall of Supreme Harmony.It was the place where hold some important ceremonies, like the ceremony of emperor birthday, the emperor marriage, ceremony about success war, receive foreign country’s envoy.When the ceremony began, the civil and military officials all performed the three kowtows and nine prostrations on the square.In addition, you can see the color of the glazed tiles on the roofs of all buildings is yellow.Saying about the colors of the roof, they can be divided into three rankings: the highest ranking is blue, symbolize sky, you can see it only in the Temple of Heaven;the second ranking is yellow, symbolize power, it used in some imperial constructions, such as the Forbidden City or Ming Tombs;the third ranking is green, symbolize official, the families of high ranking official can be allowed used this color.The common people only allowed use the grayer tiles.If you use another colors of the tiles, you would commit a crime, will be killed.A large marble terrace beneath the Hall of Supreme Harmony, we called it Xumi Mountain.The name comes from Buddhist scripture.According to scripture, Xumi Mountain is the highest mountain in the cosmic.So, here we called it Xumi Mountain in order to show that the Hall of Supreme Harmony is the place having the highest power.There are 18 incense burners placed on the triple marble terrace.When ceremony began, burning some pine and cypress, to make smoke.The officials on the square find the hall was in the cloud.It can make state atmosphere.On the marble terrace, you can see the sundial on the eastside, and the imperial grain measure on the west.They placed here to symbolize the emperor’s justice and rectitude.The copper tortoise and stork symbolize longevity.In fact, they are all of incense burners.This is the Hall of Supreme Harmony.The wood materials of the building come from the southwest China.Each pillar is single branch.In front of the hall, you can see inside decoration.In the hall, a sandal wood terrace built in the center;the dragon chair on it, some cloisonné incense burners placed front side, a big carpet with dragon pattern in front.So many people jam are there.I will wait for you near the copper tortoise.Because there are lots of wooden buildings in the Forbidden City, catch fire easily.Therefore, many big vats in the city in order to store water against fire.Some of them were gilded, but in 1860, when the Anglo France allied forces invaded Beijing, they break into the Forbidden City and robbed a lot of treasures.Lastly, some soldiers discovered the gilded vats;they scrape off the gold from the surface of the vats by their bayonets.The function of the Hall of Complete Harmony actually is the retiring room.Before the emperor held big ceremony, he had a rest in there.And it was also the place where the emperor read the sacrificial scripture before he went to the Temple of Heaven to worship the god and his ancestors.The layout inside of the hall same to that hall, also has dragon chair, incense burners and carpet.You can have a look and take some pictures.In early time, the function of the Hall of Preserving Harmony likes the banquet hall of the Great Hall of the People in nowadays.Traditionally, the emperor would hold a banquet to the Mongolian nobles and envoys in the spring festival.In the Qing dynasty, there also served as the place to hold the imperial examination.In feudal society, the national exam can be divided into four rankings, which are the county exam, province exam, capital exam and imperial exam.The imperial exam is the highest-ranking examination.If you can pass it, you could be a high-ranking official.There are big stone carving behind of the hall.It is the largest stone carving in the Forbidden City, with 16 meters long and 3 meters wide, 1.7 meters thick, more than 250 tons.The stores were transported from the southwest Beijing, about 70 kilometers.In early time, we transported the big stone very hardly.Winter is the good time to transportation because we must dig out a well every 500 meters and took the water throw to earth to make it slippery.Used the rolling wood beneath the stone, many people pull and push.So, it is really a very difficult work.There are two buildings out of the red wall.They used to be the military office.The military officials discussed the military affairs in there before they met emperor.Now, the two buildings have changed another functions, the west one become a souvenir shop, and the east one become the Star Buck coffee.Ok, later I will guide you to visit the bedroom of the emperor, which called the Hall of Mantel Cultivation.Firstly, everybody look here.Here is a big jade carving placed in front of the gate.This is a single piece jade that comes from the western China, square in shaped with an around hole in the center.In Chinese ancient people’s mind, heaven is around and the earth is square.The carving placed here is according to Chinese geomancy.And the jade is also considered can ward off the evil spirits.In China, we called the knowledge is Fengshui, the science of the wind of water in English.This courtyard is not the largest one, but it is really the most important one.The front building is the office of emperor, and the rear yard is the bedrooms of emperor and empress.The west chamber of the front building is the military office;emperor and military officials discussed military affairs in there.Because the military affair is very important in a whole country, built two special walls ward off overhear.The inner chamber is the special room for emperor collected the art about calligraphy, because it very valuable in China.We often called it one-character costs one million dollars.Sir, have you seen any Chinese

movie? Maybe you tell me yes, like Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon, the Last Emperor, Hero, etc.But what I want to point out is another movie named Power Behind Hinging;it’s also very famous in the world.The movie describe that a very powerful woman, Empress Dowager Cixi, she controlled the child emperor and controlled the whole country.Some cases in that movie were took place in the east chamber.Here, you can see the silk hanging.There’s a big chair for the Empress Dowager Cixi behind the hanging, and a small chair for the child emperor in front of it.In the chamber, seem as the emperor handle state affairs.But it is really power behind hinging.The rear yard is the living quarter of emperor and empress.A big crystal placed in the center of the yard, symbolize chastity.The inner yard is the bedroom of emperor, and the north chamber is the bedroom of empress.Today we preserved the inside layout of these chambers from late Qing dynasty.You can see what is emperor’s favor, such as clocks, jade carvings, silk, pearl and so on.One of them is special thing that we called it cloisonné, which is beautiful handicraft that is imperial ware only in Beijing.There are five chambers located on the east side;we called them the waiting chambers that each chamber has a concubine wait for emperor in everyday evening.Because of the security problem, all concubines must bare and no clothing on their bodies, a silk carpet around their bodies and sit in the waiting chambers.When the emperor finished his daily affairs, he would like to walk along the corridor and select a concubine.If he find the best one, he would place a jade carving in front of the window of the chamber, which the best one sit inside.This concubine has the right to sleep with the emperor.In the Ming and Qing dynasties, emperor has only on empress, but he has abundance of the concubines.The largest number is more than 3000 concubines;even some concubines haven’t one chance to met emperor in their whole life.In early time, you can differentiate the ranking from the small concubine to empress by their pearl earring.The empress has the largest one;we called it the Queen of the Pearl.After we visited the Hall of Mantel Cultivation, we will go to visit the last attraction, which is the Imperial Garden.The scale of the garden is so small.In early time, the emperor is very busy, which has lots of state affairs to handle.If he has over one day to relax, he would like to go to the summer to enjoy holiday.If he has half day for rest, maybe he would to go to the Beihai imperial garden or the Coal Hill garden to walk.If he has only 2 hours, he hasn’t enough time to go out of the Forbidden City, can but go here to play Chinese chess or chat with concubines.There are some rockeries built in the garden that all be man-made.And some fantastic trees in the garden, their name is Dragon Claw Tree.Some cypresses are very longevity, aged over 500 years.OK, we will go out of the Forbidden City.Please pay attention to the private dealers.We will spend about 5 minutes to arrive the parking lot.

第三篇：中英雙語口譯文本

加強企業社會責任

推動和諧社會建設 ——在“中國-瑞典企業社會責任高層論壇”上的演講

Strengthening CSR for a Harmonious Society---Speech at the Sino-Swedish CSR High-level Forum

商務部副部長

于廣洲（2008年4月14日）

By Yu Guangzhou, Vice Minister of Commerce

April 14, 2008

尊敬的賴因費爾特首相，各位來賓，女士們、先生們： Your Excellency Prime Minister Reinfeldt, Delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, 下午好！Good afternoon.四月的北京，春意盎然，鮮花盛開。值此美好時刻，我們迎來了“中國—瑞典企業社會責任高層論壇”的召開。去年6月胡錦濤主席訪問瑞典期間，商務部與瑞典外交部代表兩國政府簽署了《關于企業社會責任合作的諒解備忘錄》，標志著兩國在這一領域的合作正式啟動，對促進兩國經濟的持續穩定健康發展具有十分重要的意義。今天，兩國朋友們齊聚一堂，就企業社會責任開展深入交流，必將對兩國企業社會責任建設產生積極的影響。

Here in Beijing in April, spring is high in the air and flowers are in full blossom.On this delightful day, we celebrate the convening of the Sino-Swedish CSR High-level Forum.Last June during the visit of President Hu Jintao to Sweden, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs signed an MOU on Cooperation in CSR on behalf of their respective governments, which officially kicked off our bilateral CSR cooperation and was vitally important for the sustained, steady and sound development of our economies.Today, we have Chinese and Swedish friends gathered here to discuss in greater depth on the topic of CSR, which I believe will positively shape our future CSR collaboration.企業社會責任運動自上世紀80年代興起后，已經成為世界潮流。強調企業社會責任，就是要求企業對投資者負責的同時，對員工負責，對消費者負責，對商業伙伴負責，對環境和社會負責。國內外企業的成功經驗表明，社會責任也是企業的品牌，是企業核心競爭力的組成部分，是企業長盛不衰的重要法寶。企業要生存和發展，就必須增強社會責任意識，積極履行社會義務。我們有理由相信，未來的企業競爭，將不再僅僅是產品的競爭、技術的競爭和人才的競爭，更是履行社會責任的競爭。“贈人玫瑰，手有余香”。企業在履行社會責任、促進社會和諧的同時，自身也會得到更大的發展。

Since the 1980s, CSR has gone from being a new term to a global trend.Putting emphasis on CSR means companies not only have to be responsible to their investors, but also to their employees, customers, business partners, and to the environment and society.International success stories also show that CSR is part of a company’s brand image and its core competitiveness.It is a vital source of sustained prosperity for business.So in order to survive and grow, it is imperative that companies should raise their CSR awareness and actively fulfill their social responsibilities.We have every reason to believe that future business competition will diversify from specific products, technology and talents toward CSR performance.As the proverb goes, “The rose is in her hand and the fragrance in mine”, companies benefit from their efforts to honor CSR and promote social harmony.隨著社會主義市場經濟的逐步完善，中國大多數企業的社會責任意識也在不斷增強。它們恪守誠信，合法經營，努力為國內外消費者提供高質量的商品，注重節約，保護環境，努力履行社會義務。一些企業還主動發布社會責任報告，公開履行社會責任狀況，自覺接受社會監督。當然，受經濟發展水平和發展階段的制約，中國經濟增長方式還比較粗放，能源資源消耗多，環境保護壓力大，少數企業還存在一些片面追求經濟效益、忽視社會責任的行為。

As the socialist market economy gradually improves, there is also a growing sense of social responsibility among the vast majority of Chinese companies.They abide by the code of ethics and lawful operation and are committed to providing high-quality products for domestic and foreign consumers.They pay attention to conservation, environmental protection and CSR fulfillment.Some companies go even further by publishing their CSR reports to disclose their CSR performance and to voluntarily subject themselves to public scrutiny.Of course, constrained by the level and stage of its economic development, China still practices a rough-edged economic growth model, featuring high energy and resources consumption and high environmental costs.A handful of companies are still single-mindedly seeking profits and turning a blind eye to their social responsibilities.中國政府歷來重視企業社會責任建設，尤其是近年來的工作力度明顯加大。2007年，商務部聯合環保部門下發了《關于加強出口企業環境監管的通知》，限制不履行社會環境責任的企業從事對外貿易；出臺了《國家級經濟技術開發區加強社會責任的若干意見》，要求開發區企業加強履行社會責任；還調整了加工貿易政策，禁止不履行社會責任的企業開展加工貿易。國資委出臺了《中央企業履行社會責任的指導意見》，要求央企帶頭履行社會責任。今年1月1日中國開始實施的新《勞動合同法》，為建設和諧的勞資關系奠定了法律基礎。相信在企業和政府部門的共同努力下，中國的企業社會責任建設將不斷取得新的成就。

The Chinese government has consistently attached great importance to the CSR initiative and has intensified its efforts in recent years.In 2007, MOFCOM joined the former CEPA in issuing the Circular on Enhancing Environmental Surveillance on Exporting Enterprises, to restrict socially irresponsible enterprises from conducting foreign trade.It promulgated the Opinions on Strengthening CSR at State Economic and Technological Development Zones, to urge enterprises based in development zones to better fulfill their CSR.It also adjusted its processing trade policy to ban CSR-neglecting enterprises from doing processing trade.In parallel, SASAC published the Guidelines on CSR Fulfillment by Central-level Enterprises, demanding a leadership by central-level enterprises in CSR implementation.The new Labor Contract Law which became effective on January 1, 2008 laid a legal foundation for a harmonious employer-employee relationship.I believe through the joint efforts in public and private sectors, CSR will continue to make new progress in China.個人認為，今后中國企業的社會責任建設要貫穿“一條主線”，突出“三個結合”，實現“四個和諧”。

As I see it, CSR among Chinese enterprises should follow through “one main thread”, focus on “three alignments” and achieve “four harmonies”.——貫穿“一條主線”，就是要始終貫徹落實科學發展觀。要在科學發展觀的指導下，把加強企業社會責任作為轉變經濟發展方式的重 要抓手，把企業的經濟效益和社會效益結合起來，眼前利益和長遠發展結合起來，局部利益和整體利益結合起來，企業發展和員工成長結合起來，走出一條經濟效益好、社會效益高、資源消耗低、環境污染少、消費者權益得到充分保障、員工利益得到充分維護的有中國特色的企業社會責任建設道路，推動社會主義和諧社會建設，實現經濟社會可持續發展。

On following through the “one main thread”.It means sticking to the scientific outlook on development.Guided by this outlook, we should use CSR as a major enabler for transforming the economic growth model, for balancing business profits with social benefits, immediate interests with long-term development, partial gains with overall interests, and business growth with employee development.The aim is to embark on a road of CSR with Chinese characteristic, featuring high economic and social productivity, low resource consumption and pollution, effective protection of consumer and employee rights and interests and to move ahead with building a socialist harmonious society and to achieve sustainable socio-economic development.——突出“三個結合”，一是政府倡導和企業實踐相結合。政府要創造環境、營造氛圍，積極引導，加強監管，規范企業承擔法定社會責任，倡導企業承擔道義性社會責任，懲戒企業嚴重違反社會責任的行為。企業要發揮主體地位，樹立現代經營觀念，對社會負責，自覺接受社會監督。二是國外經驗和中國國情相結合。要加強國際交流與 合作，充分借鑒包括瑞典在內的其他國家的先進經驗，推動中國企業社會責任建設健康發展。同時，要立足中國國情，充分考慮經濟社會發展水平和企業承受能力，防止盲目追求不切實際的高標準，避免對企業和社會造成沖擊。三是重點突破和全面推進相結合。要抓薄弱環節，抓關鍵環節，抓影響全局的環節，尤其是高耗能、高污染、勞動力密集型以及容易出現安全事故的行業和領域。同時，要以點帶面，循序漸進，不斷總結經驗，促進企業社會責任整體水平的提高。

On focusing on the “three alignments”.First is the alignment of government advocacy with business practice.The government needs to create incentives, give positive direction and strengthen supervision.They should require enterprises to take on mandatory social responsibility, encourage them to take on moral social responsibility and penalize enterprises against severe anti-CSR practices.Companies need to play a central role, update their operational philosophy, be responsible to the society and discipline themselves under the public eye.Second is the alignment of international best practice with China’s national conditions.International exchanges and cooperation must step up to fully internalize the best practices of countries such as Sweden and push forward CSR compliance among Chinese enterprises.At the same time, China needs to proceed from its national conditions, take into full account the level of its socio-economic development and the capability of companies, and refrain from pursuing over-ambitious targets to the detriment of business and the society.Third is the alignment of critical breakthroughs and comprehensive progress.We need to target weak yet critical linkages which may affect the overall outcome, especially industries and sectors which have a high level of energy consumption and pollution, which are labor-intensive and prone to safety incidents.At the same time, we should start with small steps, build on existing experience, and gradually enhance the overall performance of CSR.——實現“四個和諧”，一是企業與員工之間的和諧。要促進勞資關系的協調，充分發揮人力資源潛能，保障員工分享企業經營成果，實現員工職業生涯與企業發展壯大的有機統一。二是企業與企業之間的和諧。要構建健康的商業伙伴關系，既要立足競爭，又要重視合作，形成誠實守信、公平競爭、共同發展的良好市場環境。三是企業與社會之間的和諧。企業要切實增強社會責任意識，充分履行作為社會“公民”的應盡義務，既努力為社會和諧服務，也為企業自身發展營造良好的社會環境。四是人與自然的和諧。要把企業發展模式切實轉變到依靠技術進步、產品創新和資源節約上來，通過節約發展、清潔發展和安全發展，建設資源節約型和環境友好型社會，實現人與自然的和諧共處。

On the “four harmonies”.First is the harmony between employers and employees.We need to harmonize the employer-employee relationship, fully unlock employee potential, ensure employees’ legitimate share in business profits and enable employees’ career advancement alongside business expansion.Second is the harmony among enterprises.We need to build a healthy business partnership that is both competitive and collaborative.We need to foster a level playing field that respects honest and ethical business practices, fair competition and common development.The third is the harmony between business and the society.Companies need to increase their CSR awareness and behave as fully responsible social citizens.They should work toward social harmony and a business-friendly social environment.The fourth is the harmony between man and nature.We need to transform the business growth model into one that is powered by technological advances, product innovation and resource conservation, build a resource-conserving and environmentally-friendly society and achieve the harmony between man and nature through economical, cleaner and safer developments.女士們，先生們，Ladies and gentlemen 中瑞兩國政府高度重視企業社會責任領域的合作。瑞典作為發達的市場經濟國家，在企業社會責任建設方面擁有豐富經驗；中國作為快速發展的新興經濟體，正在積極開展企業社會責任建設。今天上午，雙方共同啟動了社會責任合作網站，舉辦了培訓班開班儀式。我衷心地希望，中瑞政府相關部門和企業界按照兩國高層領導人達成的共識，不斷加強交流與合作，相互學習和借鑒，把企業社會責任建設不 斷推向前進。

The Chinese and Swedish governments both attach great importance to their bilateral CSR collaboration.Sweden as a developed market economy is tremendously experienced with CSR.China as a fast-growing emerging economy is actively pursuing CSR.This morning, China and Sweden launched a joint CSR website and training program.I sincerely hope the consensus of senior Chinese and Swedish leadership will be acted upon by both governments and businesses, through intensified collaboration and mutual learning, so as to take the CSR endeavor forward.預祝論壇圓滿成功！謝謝大家！

To conclude, I wish the Forum a complete success.Thank you.

第四篇：中英雙語自薦信

尊敬的領導:

感謝您抽空垂閱我的自薦信!

本人XXX，男，1986年生于大內密探,從小就受到良好的家庭教育，而且在父母的言傳身教下我很早就樹立了自己正確的人生觀和價值觀，并懂得了如何在生活中磨煉自己。

2002年2月我被河北大學錄取，并選擇了適合自己學習的國際經濟與貿易專業。一直以來我學習刻苦，勤于鉆研，在四年內，學院給了我得智體美全面的教育，科學的安排了;國際貿易、國際工商管理、財務會計、國際結算、市場營銷等課程。四年期間修完全部課程并順利地通過了計算機國家二級、英語 四級等等級 考試。適應社會和公司對人才的要求。

為了鍛煉自己、服務大家，在大學期間我積極地加入了學院大隊學生會，并擔任班長一職。在擔任班長期間，由于我的積極工作、努力學習，為隊里做出了一定的貢獻，取得了一定的成績，曾分別在五四評優和學期評優中被評為“優秀學員”。此外我獨立完成了學院科研項目《XXXXXX》，并獲得專家教授的一致好評。

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一、大二暑假期間為了培養自己的能力，了解社會。曾在《XXX》雜志社從事撰稿工作，得到了編輯部的一致好評。后在世紀文學，幻劍書盟等文學網站駐站寫文，其中《XXXX》一文獲得了近3萬次的點擊量。

身為軍校地方生的我性格開朗，勤奮好學，樂觀、自信、責任心強;接受能力強，有強烈的集體榮譽感和上進心。樂于與人相處，與身邊的人相處融洽，具有團體合作精神;為人正直，工作認真負責，能吃苦耐勞，做事嚴謹;缺點是性格比較浮躁。

希望您能給我一次施展才能的機會，相信我定能勝任我的工作，為公司的發展作出我最大的貢獻。

Respected leaders:

Thank you for your time reading my Zi Jianxin!

I XXX, male, born in 1986 XXXXXX, who are well on family education, and parents in their words and deeds that I have set a very positive view of life and their values, and know how to live in their own temper.On the X XXXX XXXXXXXXX I was taking, and to choose a suitable learning international economic and trade professionals.I have been studying hard, diligent study, in four years, the academy has given me a full-chi of the United States Educational, Scientific arrangements for the international trade, international business management, financial accountin

g, international settlement, marketing, and so on.Complete a full course of the four-year period and smoothly through the computer two countries, such as grade four English examination.On the needs of the community and corporate talent requirements.In order to temper themselves, all services in the college, I actively joined the Union College group, and served as a squad leader post.In the squad, as a result of my active work, study hard, for the team made their contributions, and achieved certain results, respectively in the May 4 pingyou pingyou semester and be rated as “excellent students.” In addition, I completed an independent research institutions, “XXXXXX”, and access to experts and professors of the acclaim.Freshman, sophomore during the summer vacation in order to develop their own capacity to understand the community.In the “XXX” in the magazine's contributors, the editorial department received the unanimous praise.After the century literature, such as literature Huanjianshumeng site in the station to write text, which “XXXX,” it was nearly 30,000 times clicked on.As a military academy where students I open person Qifenhaohua, optimism, self-confidence, a strong sense of responsibility;accept strong, have a strong collective sense of honor and self-motivated.Happy to live with the people, and people around the living together harmoniously, with groups in the spirit of human integrity, work responsibilities seriously, to hard-working, have strict shortcomings are character impatient.I hope you will give me a chance to display, I believe I will rise to the work of the company's development of my biggest contribution.ok！

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第五篇：中英雙語美文集錦

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雙語美文集錦

Passage 1 Learn to Live at the Present Moment

To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live at the present moment.Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are—always.Without question, many of us have mastered the neurotic art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things—all at once.We allow past problems and future concerns dominate our present moments, so much so that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed and hopeless.On the flip side, we also postpone our gratification, our stated priorities, and our happiness, often convincing that “someday” will be much better than today.Unfortunately, the same mental dynamics that tell us to look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that “someday” never actually arrives.John Lennon once said, “Life is what is happening while we are busy making other plans.” When we are busy making ?other plans?, our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away.In short, we miss out on life.Many people live as if life is a dress rehearsal for some later date.It isn?t.In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow.Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.When we put our attention on the present moment, we push fear from our minds.Fear is the concern over events 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

that might happen in the future—we won?t have enough money, our children will get into trouble, we will get old and die, whatever.學會活在此刻

我們內心是否平和在很大程度上是由我們是否能生活在此刻所決定的。不管昨天或去年發生了什么，不管明天可能發生或不發生什么，現實才是你時時刻刻所在之處。

毫無疑問，我們很多人掌握了一種神經兮兮的藝術，即把生活中的大部分時間花在為種種事情擔心憂慮上——而且常常是同時憂慮許多事情。我們聽憑過去的麻煩和未來的擔心控制我們此時此刻的生活，以致我們整日焦慮不安，萎靡不振，甚至沮喪絕望。而另一方面我們又推遲我們的滿足感，推遲我們應優先考慮的事情，推遲我們的幸福感，常常說服自己“有朝一日”會比今天更好。不幸的是，如此告誡我們朝前看的大腦動力只能重復來重復去，以致“有朝一日”不會真的來臨。約翰·列儂曾經說過：“生活就是當我們忙于制訂別的計劃時發生的事。” 當我們忙于制訂種種 “別的計劃” 時，我們的孩子在忙于長大，我們摯愛的人離去了甚至快去世了，我們的體型變樣了，而我們的夢想也在消然溜走。一句話，我們錯過了生活。

許多人的生活好像是某個未來日子的彩排。并非如此。事實上，沒人能保證他或她明天肯定還活著。現在是我們所擁有的唯一時間，現在也是我們能控制的唯一的時間。當我們將注意力放在此時此刻時，我們就將恐懼置于腦后。恐懼就是我們擔憂某些事情會在未來發生——我們不會有足夠的錢，我們的孩子會惹上麻煩，我們會變老，會死去，諸如此類。

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Passage 2 What will matter?

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes.All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will all expire.The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.It won?t matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived.It won?t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.Your gender, skin color, ethnicity will be irrelevant.So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured? What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built;not what you got, but what you gave.What will matter is not your success, but your significance.What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage and sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.What will matter is not your competence, but your character.What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you?re gone.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

What will matter is not your memories, but the memories of those who loved you.What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.Living a life that matters doesn? t happen by accident.It?s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.Choose to live a life that matters.什么才重要？

無論你是否準備好，總有一天它都會走到盡頭。那里沒有日出，沒有白天，沒有小時和分鐘。你收集的所有東西，不管你珍惜或已忘記，它們都將流入他人手中。

不管是你已得到的或是別人欠你的，你的財富、名譽和權勢都會變成和你毫不相干的東西。

你的怨恨、憤慨、沮喪和妒忌最終也將消失。

同樣，你的希望、抱負、計劃以及行動日程表也將全部結束。當初看得比較重的成功和失敗也會消失。

你來自何方，住在窮人區還是富人區也都不重要了。

你昔日的漂亮與輝煌也都不重要了，你的性別、膚色、種族地位也將變得無關緊要。

因此，什么重要呢？ 怎么衡量你有生之年的價值呢？

重要的不是你買了什么，而是你創造了什么；不是你得到了什么，而是你給予了什么。

重要的不是你成功了，而是你生命的意義。重要的不是你學到了什么，而是你傳授了什么。

重要的是每個行動之中都充滿正直、憐憫、勇氣以及奉獻精神，并且鼓勵他圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

人效仿榜樣。

重要的不是你的能力，而是你的性格。

重要的不是你認識多少人，而是在你離開后，多少人會認為是個永遠的損失。重要的不是你想念誰，而是愛你的人想念你。

重要的是別人會記著你多長時間，誰記著你，為什么記著你。過一種有意義的生活不是一件偶然的事情。那不是環境的問題，而是選擇的問題。選擇有意義的人生吧！

Passage 3 The expectation of grandfather

We made every effort to assure a better life for our kids but our attempt proved to be an abortion.For my grandchildren, would know better.I hope you follow your priest?s suggestion to read the Bible in your spare time, though you have no religious belief.I hope you consult with the veterans(stagers)frequently.When you disagree others, you should not only dare to argue, but also be patient to hear your opponents? arguments and remember that weapon can?t be the terminal solution，I hope you learn to drive a crane or mend the semiconductor radio.A craft will ensure that you won?t be starved forever.I hope you know there is not only applause, medals and crowns , but also failure, defeat and dilemma in the world;there are not only peace, equality and cooperation but also controversy collision and contradiction , or even traps , cruelty and deception 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

in the world , I hope you show charity to the cripples, I hope you could help others sincerely at your convenience by doing some minor things, such as vacuuming the house for your mom, shifting the tire for Mister Smith or stopping in highway when somebody thumbs a ride.I hope you have ever mounted a high mountain equipped with a compass and torch.I also hope nobody would send you a brand-new auto before you?re 20.My cherished grandson, I hope you compute the sending of your allowance and make a timetable or an agenda lest time click away without your consciousness.My dear grandson, I want you to put down your briefcase, leave your urban life with air-condition, internet and vehicles, and take a break at hometown when you are tired , I surely hop you could accompany grandpa to have a haircut or see the dentist or have a chat with your grandma.爺爺的期望

我們竭盡全力想讓我們的兒女們過得更好，而結果卻無濟于事。對我的孫輩們，我就明智得多了。

我希望你聽眾神父的建議。閑時讀讀《圣經》，雖然你自己并沒有宗教信仰。我希望你多向經驗豐富的人請教。

我希望你在跟別人起沖突時，勇于為自己辯護，但是，也要有耐心傾聽對手的聲音，切記武力并不能解決所有問題。

我希望你能學一門手藝，比方說開起重機或修半導體收音機等。一技在身，吃穿不愁。

我希望你知道這個世界上不僅有掌聲、勛章和皇冠，也會有失敗、挫折和困圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

境；不僅有和平、平等和合作，也會有爭論、沖突和矛盾，甚至會有陷阱、殘忍和欺騙。

我希望你對傷殘人士表現出同情。我希望你能真誠地幫助別人，做些力所能及的小事。比如，幫媽媽用吸塵器清掃房間，幫史密斯先生換汽車輪胎或是在路上讓別人搭車等等。

我真的希望你曾帶著指南針和手電筒，爬上過高山。我也希望沒有人在你20歲之前送你一輛轎車。

我的寶貝孫子，我希望你們學會做計劃，不要花光所有的零花錢，不要讓時間在不經意間流逝。

我親愛的孫子，最后希望你，工作累了，就放下公文包，離開那有著網絡、空調和車輛的都市生活，回家鄉休息一下。我當然也希望你有時間陪爺爺理個發，看看牙醫或是陪奶奶聊聊天。

Passage

4The Two Roads

It was Christmas Eve，an aged man was standing on the balcony，with uneasy，alarmed and pessimistic expression； He sighed for his miserable fate, and raised his sad eyes, gazed at the sparking stars in the deep blue sky.A falling star depicted a curve in the sky and disappeared, which seemed like the symbol of his life.Then he cast them below his floor, where a few more desperate people than him were moving towards their inevitable destination-the grave.He had already expended sixty years on the way leading to it, and he had acquired nothing but agony and regret.Now his health was poor, his mind was vacant, his heart was sorrowful, and his life 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

was short of comforts.The days of his youth appeared like dreams floating in his brain, and he recalled the strategic moment when he stood at the access to two roads-At the end of the first road, it was a peaceful and sunny place.It was covered with delicate flowers, fascinating bamboo forest, bunches of attractive grapes.There lived cute deer, tame lambs, and flying butterflies and echoed with the merry, sweet laughter.There were also winding tracks and honey peach trees dotted the graceful landscape.At the end of the second road, it was a damp and dull cave, which was an absolute hell of great bulk.It was covered with moist ponds and marshes, nasty, ditches and jungles, chilling and thrilling jails, all around was emitting the stale acid flavor.There lived evil devils, giant monsters, poisonous snakes, and echoed with the horrible barking of wolves.It was full of spiders, bats, frogs, damn rats, offensive bugs and other crawling insects.He looked up to the sky and shouted aloud,“O youth, return!Return!”

And his youth did return, for all this was only a nightmare which he had on Christmas Eve.He was still young though his faults were real;he had not yet entered the damp and dull cave, and he was still free to walk on the road which led to the peaceful and sunny land.Those youngsters, who are still wandering at the entrance of life and hesitating to choose the bright road, remember that when years have passed and your feet are limping in the dark cave, you will cry bitterly, but in vain;“O youth, return!Oh give me back my early days!”

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兩條路

圣誕節前夜，一位老人佇立在陽臺上，面帶不安、憂慮和悲傷的表情。他哀嘆著自己悲慘的命運，抬起黯然失神的雙眼凝視著深藍色的天空中閃爍的星星。一顆隕落的星星劃出一道弧線后消失了，那似乎是他生命的象征。

他將目光投向地面，幾個比他更加絕望的人正在走向人生必然的終點—墳墓。在通往人生終點的道路上，他已經過了60多個年頭，除了痛苦和悔恨，他一無所獲。現在，他身體虛弱，精神空虛，心情憂郁，缺少晚年應有的舒適。青春的歲月如夢幻般浮現在他的腦海里，他回想起當他站在人生岔口上的關鍵時刻。當時，他面前有兩條路—

第一條路的盡頭，是一個和平、陽光普照的地方。那里有嬌嫩的鮮花、迷人的竹林、一串串誘人的葡萄、可愛的小鹿、溫順的羊羔、翩飛的蝴蝶，到處回蕩著愉快甜美的笑聲，還有彎彎曲曲的小路和小蜜桃樹點綴著那里優美的風景。第二條路的盡頭，是一個猶如地獄般潮濕陰暗的巨大山洞。那里遍布著潮濕的池塘和沼澤、骯臟的水溝和叢林、陰冷而恐怖的牢獄，四周散發著陳腐的酸味，那里有惡魔、巨獸和毒蛇，回蕩著令人毛骨悚然的狼嚎聲。隨處可見的是蜘蛛、蝙蝠、青蛙、老鼠、令人討厭的臭蟲和其他昆蟲。他仰望天空，大聲地哭喊：“哦，青春，你回來吧！回來吧！”

他的青春真的回來了，因為以上所發生的一切只是他在平安夜做的一場噩夢。他仍舊年輕，雖然的確犯過一些錯誤，但還未墜入深淵；他仍然可以自由地走上通往和平與光明的道路。

在人生的十字路口徘徊，不知該不該選擇光明大道的年輕人啊，你們千萬要記住：當你青春已逝，雙足在黑暗的山洞舉步維艱，跌跌撞撞之時，你才痛疾首地呼喚：“哦，回來吧，青春！哦，把我的美好年華還給我！”這將毫無意義。圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

Passage 5 What I learned in kindergarten

Most of what I really need to know about how to live, what to do and how to be, I learned in kindergarten.Most of my wisdom was also gained in the nursery school.These are the things learned;

Don?t fight.Don?t quarrel with my cousins.Don?t veil my mistake.Don?t imitate the criminal behaviors of fraud and thief in the television series.Don?t steal coins in the closet, cartoon in the grocery bacon, toast or jam in the cupboard(cabinet).Clean up my own garbage(trash).Don?t talk about disappointing topics.Share candy with my partners.Distinguish the goodness from the vice.Hold to traditional virtues such as honesty and integrity justice and kindness, mercy and patience.Promote social morality.Accept the criticism or proposal of others modestly.Eat more carrot, cereal, salad and garlic, and control yourself to eat less dessert, fried chips, sausage, and stale diet.Classify the clothing of each season.在幼兒園里學到的

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早在幼兒園里就已經學到了。我大部分的人生智慧也是在幼兒園里學到的。以下這些都是我在幼兒園里學到的： 不打架： 不跟兄妹爭吵： 不掩飾自己的過失：

不效仿電視劇中騙子和小偷的罪惡行為：

不偷壁廚里的硬幣，雜貨店里的漫畫和食櫥里的咸肉、烤面包或果醬； 清理自己的垃圾； 不講令人掃興的話題； 與伙伴們分享糖果； 區別善與惡；

保持誠實正直、公平友好、寬容忍讓的傳統美德； 發揚社會公德； 虛心地接受別人的建議；

多吃胡蘿卜、谷物、色拉和大蒜，少吃甜食、炸薯片、香腸和不新鮮的食物等；

分開四季的衣物。

Passage 6 Life

You wake up in the morning, feeling groggy and disoriented.You look at yourself in the mirror, fearful to look him straight in the eye.You back zero tolerance on boredom, stuffing every vacant 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

moment with talks, malls and laptops!You are silent in their eyes, yet the noisiest in yours, for that inner voice you can hardly hear.You hang on the rim of the wheel of fortune, going up and down, tasting highs and lows.Life goes on but it is out of control!Not so soon, nor too late.You open your eyes, stretching your muscles and seeing the whole world beckons to you.You cheat him no more, smile to him , stare at him, knowing he is with you clear up to the end.You celebrate every moment, busy or free;strive not to become a human-doing, be and consider like a human-being!You talk gently, speak forcefully, and argue eloquently, because a mind in peace functions with effortless ease.You break free, make it to the hub, center your life on the bliss.Let it go!Let it flow!Life still is, but you got a big role!

生活

清晨初醒，你只覺昏昏沉沉，糊里糊涂。對著鏡中的他，你已不敢直視那雙眼。

你對無聊的零容忍，讓你的生活被塞滿閑聊，購物，筆記本！他們眼中安靜的你，在你心中卻嘈雜不堪，只因心聲早已杳不可聞。你攀上命運之輪的邊緣，從此生活跌宕起伏，陰晴不定。生活依然繼續，卻已脫離掌控。光陰不長不短，會有一天：

你睜開雙眼，舒展筋骨，世界已然向你呼喚。

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不論閑暇忙碌，珍惜每個當下。你不再被生活俘虜忙個不停，思考并實現人之為人！你言辭溫婉，演說鏗鏘，雄辯滔滔，一切運行自如，卻寧靜而無為。你掙脫輪緣，爬上輪軸中心，專注萬物的美好。放開拳頭！讓幸福在掌心流動！生活依舊如是，你不作主，孰作主！

Passage 7 The Last Wish in a Winter Night Kent was a manger of a cement agency.His establishment nearly had gone bankrupt because one of his inferiors betrayed him.Just now Kent had made a presentation to the board in the chamber, conceding the failure of his administration.He had temporarily stopped the provision of cement in all projects.It was a cold winter midnight.In corridor, the thermometer suspended showed the temperature was minus 9 degrees centigrade.The tragedy blurred Kent?s mind, so he steered to a bar alone.He wanted nothing but to drink liquor tonight.There were few people in the street.Suddenly, a figure of an old madam exposed within his eyesight.She was standing sideways nearby a platform, dressed in a plain gown, hauling a portable suitcase, and holding with a plastic bag in the other hand.The slight old lady was seemingly more than 80.She was trembling in cutting wind with red nose.Now she kept motioning Kent for a ride.Although Kent was somewhat angry about the old madam?s disturbing and he wasn?t induced at all to inquire any occurrence concerning her, he wouldn?t like to leave her in the cold night.He thought that she presumable needed help.So he braked near her.The madam said, “Would you please take me a ride? I can offer double fare…” 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

Kent interrupted her, “I will charge you nothing!Come on!”

The madam pointed her luggage(baggage)and said, “Could you put them into the car?”

Kent stooped, heaved and put them in the car.They proceeded to drive.Kent halted at a petroleum station where he wanted to purchase gallons of gasoline.During the interval they waited in a queue, the madam began with her narratives,“ could you please send me to the charity house in suburb;I want to give them the luggage.I had been rendered help as a refugee there 50 years ago.” Kent was confused about the identity and behavior of the madam, so he asked, “Why do you do this at midnight?” The madam replied, “I retired on a pension.They prohibit(forbid)me from coming out during the day.In the case are the surplus jackets, jeans and pants of my nephews and nieces.”

After 2 hours? bump, Kent went out the entry of the charity house.They continued.“Please wait a moment, Sit!” the madam said suddenly, fixed her eyesight on an old building.“You know the first house in the uppermost floor was the first home my husband and I leased(rented)where I dialed the up-to-date videophone the first time in my life.The landlord was a good guy.” She burst into tears, “Now they?ve all gone to the heaven.” Kent realized the madam was recalling a section(segment)of the good missing days.A penetrating feeling overwhelmed him, and he decided to cancel his plan and stay with the old madam.As the old madam dictated, they went to a golf playground.The region, she said, was a dairy dozens of years ago.Everyday she went to the farm with sleeve covers, 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

cushion, jar, towel and other auxiliary appliances.Her main work was to squeeze, transport and distribute milk.She also bred the cow sometimes.Then the old madam instructed, “Please send me to the rest home in the town, sir.” Hearing this, Kent pulsed quickly.He knew the rest home was prescribed for the cancer patients who were diagnosed without any remedy.”

“Ｉwill soon die of liver cancer.I come out to say goodbye to my life.Now I will have no regrets before death.Thanks for your help!” the madam made an explanation with smile, walking into a timber room.Kent was dumb for a while.He was chewing what the madam said, happily thinking of her life without any regrets.冬夜里的最后心愿

肯特是一位水泥經銷部的經理。由于下屬的背叛，他的公司已經瀕臨破產。剛才在會議室里，肯特已經向公司董事會作了報告，承認自己的失誤，并且暫時停止了所有工程的水泥供應。

當時正值寒冷冬季的深夜。走廊里的溫度計顯示為零下9度。想著生意慘敗，肯特情緒低落，獨自驅車駛往一家酒吧。他打算今晚一醉方休。

大街上空無一人。突然，在車子前方出現了一個老婦人側身站在站臺旁，拖著一個便攜式的行李箱，提著一個塑料袋。老人看上去已有80多歲，她穿著長袍，瘦弱的身軀，鼻子通紅，站在寒風中瑟瑟發抖。此時，她不停地向肯特的車子招手。盡管肯特有些懊惱，也無心理會老人身上發生了什么，但不忍把她丟在這寒夜中。肯特想老人可能需要幫助。于是，他剎車停在了老人的面前。

老人說：“先生，您可不可以載我一程？我給你雙倍的車費……”

肯特趕忙打斷老人的話，說：“不用車費。快上車吧！”

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肯特忙彎腰用力提起箱子和塑料袋，放進了車里。

他們上路繼續向前行駛。肯特路過一家加油站，在加油站排隊等候的時候，老人打開了話匣子，“你可不可以先送我到市郊的濟貧院的救濟呢！”肯特對老人的身份和行為充滿迷惑，說“您為什么要選擇半夜送過去呢？”老人緩緩地說：“我現在退休了，白天他們不允許我出來，箱子里是我侄子和侄女們穿剩下的夾克、牛仔褲和褲子。”

兩個小時的顛簸后，肯特他們走出了濟貧院的大門。他繼續按照老人指的路線前進。

“先生，請停一停。”老人突然說。這時，她的視線透過車窗久久地停留在了街邊一幢破舊的大樓上。“您知道嗎，這幢樓頂層的第一間，那是我和丈夫曾經租住的第一間房啊！房東是個好人。那里是我終生第一次使用可視電話的地方！”這時，老人久久凝視的目光中有淚光閃爍。“但是現在，他們都先后離開了我，去了天堂。”肯特這才明白，老人是在追憶昔日的美好時光。他被震撼了，決定放下一切，陪著老人。

接著，他按照老人的要求到了一個高爾夫球場旁邊。老人說這里幾十年前曾是一個牛奶場。她每天帶著袖套、坐墊、罐子、毛巾和其他輔助用具去牛奶場。她的主要工作是擠牛奶、運送并分發牛奶，有時也去飼養奶牛。

“先生，我有些累了，您還是送我去市區的療養院吧。”老人說。肯特心頭一陣驚悸。他知道市中心療養院是專門收留無法救治的絕癥病人的地方。

“我得了肝癌，我的時間已經不多了。這次，我是偷偷地從療養院溜出來的。因為，我很想親自向過去的一切告別。這樣，在我人生結束的時候就沒有遺憾了。非常感謝你的幫助！”老人微笑著解釋，走進木房子里。肯特一時無語，他想著老人的話，感到欣慰，因為老人的內心真的沒有遺憾了。圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

Passage 8 Ambition

It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition.It would probably be a kinder world: without demands, without abrasions, without disappointments.People would have time for reflection.Such work as they did would not be for themselves but for the collectivity.Competition would never enter in;conflict would be eliminated.Tension becomes a thing of the past.The stress of creation would be at an end.Art would no longer be troubling, but purely celebratory in its functions.Longevity would be increased, for fewer people would die of a heart attack or stroke caused by tumultuous endeavor.Anxiety would be extinct.Time would stretch on and on, with ambition long departed from the human heart.Ah, how unrelieved boring life would be!There is a strong view that holds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore a sham.Does this mean that success does not really exist? That achievement is at bottom empty? That the efforts of men and women are of no significance alongside the force of movements and events now.Not all success, obviously, is worth esteeming, nor all ambition worth cultivating.Which are and which are not is something one soon learns enough on one?s own.But even the most cynical secretly admits that success exists;that achievement counts for a great deal;and that the true myth is that the actions of men and women are useless.To believe otherwise is to take on a point of view that is likely to be deranging.It is, in its implications, to remove all motives for competence, interest in attainment, and regard for posterity.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

We do not choose to be born.We do not choose our parents.We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing.We do not, most of us, choose to die;nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death.But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously or in cowardice, honorably or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift.We decide what is important and what is trivial in life.We decide that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do.But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make.We decide.We choose.And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed.In the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.抱

負

一個缺乏抱負的世界將會怎樣，這不難想像。或許，這將是一個更為友善的世界：沒有渴求，沒有磨擦，沒有失望。人們將有時間進行反思。他們所從事的工作將不是為了他們自身，而是為了整個集體。競爭將永遠不會介入；沖突將被消除。人們的緊張關系將成為過往云煙。創造的重壓將得以終結。藝術將不再惹人費神，其功能將純粹為了慶典。人的壽命將會更長，因為由激烈拼爭引起的心臟病和中風所導致的死亡將越來越少。焦慮將會消失。時光流逝，抱負卻早已遠離人心。

啊，長此以往人生將變得多么乏味無聊！

有一種盛行的觀點認為，成功是一種神話，因此抱負亦屬虛幻。這是不是說實際上并不存在成功？成就本身就是一場空？與諸多運動和事件的力量相比，男男女女的努力顯得微不足道？顯然，并非所有的成功都值得景仰，也并圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

非所有的抱負都值得追求。對值得和不值得的選擇，一個人自然而然很快就能學會。但即使是最為憤世嫉俗的人暗地里也承認，成功確實存在，成就的意義舉足輕重，而把世上男男女女的所作所為說成是徒勞無功才是真正的無稽之談。認為成功不存在的觀點很可能造成混亂。這種觀點的本意是一筆勾銷所有提高能力的動機，求取業績的興趣和對子孫后代的關注。

我們無法選擇出生，無法選擇父母，無法選擇出生的歷史時期與國家或是成長的周遭環境。我們大多數人都無法選擇死亡，無法選擇死亡的時間或條件。但是在這些無法選擇之中，我們的確可以選擇自己的生活方式：是勇敢無畏還是膽小怯懦，是光明磊落還是厚顏無恥，是目標堅定還是隨波逐流。我們決定生活中哪些至關重要，哪些微不足道。我們決定，用以顯示我們自身重要性的，不是我們做了什么，就是我們拒絕做些什么。但是不論世界對我們所作的選擇和決定有多么漠不關心，這些選擇和決定終究是我們自己作出的。我們決定。我們選擇。而當我們決定和選擇時，我們的生活便得以形成。最終構筑我們命運的就是抱負之所在。

Passage 9 True love, no expectations

I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me.Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with a little water and held it before me, and said this: You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes love.As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there.However, if you attempt to close your fingers around it and try to possess it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds.This is the greatest mistake that people do when 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

they meet love… They try to possess it, they demand, they expect… and just like the water spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve from you.For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature.If you have people you love, allow them to be free beings.Give and don?t expect.Advise, but don?t order.Ask, but never demand.It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice.It is the secret to true love.To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring.真愛，零期待

我曾有個朋友，我們的關系很親密。有一次我們坐在游泳池邊上，她在手掌里盛了點兒水，捧在我面前，說:你仔細看我手上這水了嗎？那代表愛。只要你充滿關愛地使你的手平展伸開，并允許它保持在那兒，它會永遠在那兒。但是，如果你試圖把你的手指在它周圍合起并試圖占有它，它會通過它找到的縫溢出去。這是人們遇到愛時所犯的最大的錯誤??他們會試圖占有它，他們會要求，他們會期待??那就會像溢出你的手掌的水一樣，愛也會從你身邊撤退。因為愛意味著自由,你不能改變它的本性。

如果你有愛的人，請允許他們自由地存在。要給予而不期待；建議而不命令；請求而不要求。這可能聽起來簡單，但它需要一輩子去實踐。這就是真愛的秘訣。要真正去實踐它，你必須對那些你愛的人沒有期望，并給予無條件的關愛。

Passage 10 Variety is the source of creativity Variety is the source of creativity.Variety injects the fluid of creativity into the most hollow minds.To ensure a triumphant career, variety combined with flexibility to fit in diverse circumstances is the major truth nowadays.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

No housing can be constructed in one single day.The more one explores, the more different dimensions one will observe which can help to complete a job.It is logical to choose the best way of doing a thing among various available options.Innovation is your own discovering an unusual way to fulfil your aim, which might be an elaborate and perfect scheme, and would yield superb results.Innovation is not something that cannot be realized by us.Belief in yourself and the unique ability of giving concrete shape to your values and ideas are what separate boys from men.It takes a lot of courage to venture into the execution of your ideas.The initial phase is the toughest, for you may not be recognized or comprehended mentally.But survival in tough times is a test of your perseverance, endurance and determination.For undergraduates, they can spice up their lives with variety by focusing on extra activities apart from academic curriculum.It is evident that academics are the golden key to a good career and a secure job, but the books don?t guide you to become smart in practice.No matter how long you have spent reading on skating, all the reading is useless, unless and until you put it into practice.Extra curricular activities help one to deal with people, and tell one the areas where theoretical theories can?t be applied in real life and also change the individual?s perspective and outlook to various problems.Also, time management would become easy by involving one in various activities, because only a busy man can find time.Variety is the spice of life.Variety could activate the mind to open its creative 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

reserves.變化是創造力的源泉

變化是創造力的源泉。變化為眾多荒蕪的心田注入了創造的汁液。變化和適應變化環境的靈活性是當今開創事業成功的必要條件。

羅馬并不是一日建成的。你挖掘的越多，就越能夠發現完成任務的各種各樣的方法和方式。在各種現有的選項中挑選最好的方式才是符合邏輯的。創新是由你自己發現一種可以實現自己目標的獨特的做事方式，它可能是事與一套精細完美的方案，并且會產生極好的效果。

創新并不是遙不可及的。相信自己，加上具有將價值觀和想法賦予具體形式的獨特能力會使我們脫穎而出。實施心中的想法需要很大的勇氣去冒險。初期是最艱苦的，你可能會得不到真正的認可和理解。但是在不順利的時候能否堅持下去，正是對你意志、忍耐力和決心的考驗。

大學生可以通過課外活動把生活變得多姿多彩。很明顯，學校所學的是通向一個好的職業和穩定工作的金鑰匙，但是書本知識并不能讓你在實踐中變得聰慧。不管花多長時間閱讀關于滑冰的書，你若不實踐，閱讀是毫無用處的。課外活動是幫助人們學習與人打交道的，只了解理論，在生活中的某些領域是行不通的，實踐可以改變一個人看待不同問題的視角和觀點。同時，通過參與各種不同的也使人更善于管理時間，因為只有忙碌著的人才會努力擠時間。變化是生活的調味品。變化可以激活思維，開啟創造的潛能。

Passage 11 Let Us Smile The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worthwhile, that costs the least and does the most, is just a pleasant smile.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

The smile that bubbles from the heart that loves its fellow men, will drive away the clouds of gloom and coax the sun again.It?s full of worth and goodness, too, with manly kindness blent.It?s worth a million dollars, and it doesn?t cost a cent.There is no room for sadness when we see a cheery smile.It always has the same good look;it?s never out of style.It nerves us to try again when failure makes us blue.The dimples of encouragement are good for me and you.It pays the highest interest—for it is merely lent.It?s worth a million dollars, and it doesn?t cost a cent.A smile comes very easy—you can wrinkle up with cheer, a hundred times before you can squeeze out a salty tear.It ripples out, moreover, to the heart strings that will tug, and always leaves an echo that is very like a hug.So, smile away!Folks understand what by a smile is meant.It?s worth a million dollars, and it doesn?t cost a cent.讓我們微笑吧

那最能賦予生命價值、代價最廉而回報最多的東西，不過是一個令人愉悅的微笑而已。

由衷地熱愛同胞的微笑，會驅走心頭陰郁的烏云，心底收獲一輪夕陽。

它充滿價值和美好，混合著堅毅的仁愛之心。它價值連城卻不花一文。

當我們看到喜悅的微笑，憂傷就會一掃而光。它始終面容姣好，永不落伍；失敗令我們沮喪之時，它鼓勵我們再次嘗試。鼓勵的笑靨于你我大有裨益。它支付的利息高昂無比——只因它是種借貸形式。它價值連城卻不花一文。來一個微笑很容易——嘴角歡快地翹起來，你能百次微笑，可難得擠出一圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

滴淚；它的漣漪深深波及心弦，總會留下回響，宛若擁抱。繼續微笑吧！誰都懂得它意味著什么。它價值連城卻不花一文。

Passage 12 If the Dream is Big Enough I used to watch her from my kitchen window.She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground.The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during recess.A sea of children, and yet to me, she stood out from them all.I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball.I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids.She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net.The boys always tried to stop her but no one could.I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.She would practice dribbling and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark.One day I asked her why she practiced so much.She looked directly in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college.The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship.I like basketball.I decided that if I were good enough, I would get a scholarship.I am going to play college basketball.I want to be the best.My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don?t count.” Then she smiled and ran towards the court to recap the routine I had seen over and over again.Well, I had to give up to her—she was determined.I watched her through those junior years and into high school.Every week, she led her varsity team to victory.One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled in her arms.I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her.Quietly I asked 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

what was wrong.“Oh, nothing, ” came a soft reply.“I am just too short.” The coach told her that at 5′5〞she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team— much less offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college.She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment.I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet.She lifted her head from her hands and told me that her father said those coaches were wrong.They just did not understand the power of a dream.He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, that nothing could stop her except one thing—her own attitude.He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don?t count.” The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter.She was indeed offered a scholarship, a full ride, to a Division 1, NCAA women?s basketball team.She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years.為了心中的夢想

我以前常常從廚房的窗戶看到她穿梭于操場上的一群男孩子中間，她顯得那么矮小。學校在我家的街對面，我可以經常看到孩子們在下課時間玩耍。盡管有一大群孩子，但我覺得她跟其他的孩子截然不同。我記得第一天看到她打籃球的情景。看著她在其他孩子旁邊兜來轉去，我感到十分驚奇。她總是盡力地跳起投籃，球恰好越過那些孩子的頭頂飛入籃筐。那些男孩總是拼命地阻止她，但沒有人可以做得到。我開始注意到她有時候一個人打球。她一遍遍地練習運球和投籃，有時直到天黑。有一天我問她為什么這么刻苦地練習。她直視著我的眼睛，不假思索地說: “我想上大學。只有獲得獎學金我才能上大學。我喜歡打籃球，我想只要我打得好，我就能獲得獎學金。我要到大學去打籃球。圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

我想成為最棒的球員。我爸爸告訴我說，心中有目標，風雨不折腰。”說完她笑了笑，跑向籃球場，又開始我之前見過的一遍又一遍的練習。嘿，我服了她了——她是下定決心了。這些年我看著她從初中升到高中。每個星期，她帶領的學校籃球隊都能夠獲勝。

高中那會兒的某一天，我看見她坐在草地上，頭埋在臂彎里。我穿過街道，坐到她旁邊的清涼的草地上。我輕輕地問出什么事了。“哦，沒什么，”她輕聲回答，“只是我太矮了。”原來籃球教練告訴她，以五英尺五英寸的身材，她幾乎是沒有機會到一流球隊去打球——更不用說會獲得獎學金了——所以她應該放棄上大學的夢想。她很傷心，我也覺得自己的喉嚨發緊，因為我感覺到了她的失望。我問她是否與她的爸爸談過這件事。她從臂彎里抬起頭，告訴我，她爸爸說那些教練錯了。他們根本不懂得夢想的力量。他告訴她，如果她真的想到一個好的大學去打籃球，如果她真的想獲得獎學金，任何東西也不能阻止她，除非她自己不愿意。他又一次跟她說：“心中有目標，風雨不折腰。”第二年，當她和她的球隊去參加北加利福尼亞州冠軍賽時，她被一位大學的招生人員看中了。她真的獲得了獎學金，一個全面資助的獎學金，并且進入美國全國大學體育協會一級聯賽的一支女子籃球隊。她將接受她曾夢想并為之奮斗多年的大學教育。

Passage 13

Just for today Just for today I will try to live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once.I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep it up for a life time.Just for today I will be happy.This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires.I will take my “luck” as it comes.Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind.I will study.I will learn something useful.I will not be a mental loafer.I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways.I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out.If anybody knows of it, it will not count.I will do at least two things I don?t want to do—just for exercise.I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt: they may be hurt, but today I will not show it.Just for today I will be agreeable.I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, and try not to improve or regulate anybody but myself.Just for today I will have a program.I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it.I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax.During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life.Just for today I will be unafraid.Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.就為今天

就為了今天，我將盡力只度過今天而不立刻去解決終身的問題。對一件令我恐慌而又必須堅持一輩子的事，我能堅持十二個小時。就為了今天，我會很快樂。亞伯拉罕·林肯說過，“對于大多數人而言，他們認定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。”這已經被認為是真理。圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

就為了今天，我會做自我調整適應事物本來的面目，而不是想方設法使每一件事滿足自己的欲望。當“幸運”來臨時我會抓住它。就為了今天，我會盡力心強志堅。我會學習，學一些有用的東西。我不會做一個精神上的流浪漢。我會讀一些需要努力、思考和專注的東西。

就為了今天，我會用三種方法來磨煉我的靈魂。我會做對某人有利的事但不能被發現，若有人發現了就不算數。我將會做至少兩件我不愿做的事情 ——只為了磨煉。我不會讓任何人感到我的感情受到了傷害：它們可能受到了傷害，但今天我不會表現出來。就為了今天，我會過得很愜意。我會盡力達到最佳狀態，穿著得體、講話謙虛、行為禮貌、一點不吹毛求疵，盡量改進和調節自己而不是別人。就為了今天，我會制定一個計劃，我也許不會嚴格地遵守它，但我一定要有計劃。我會避免兩種錯誤：倉促行事和優柔寡斷。就為了今天，我將會獨自靜靜地呆上半小時放松。在這半小時里，某個時刻，我會對我日后的生活有個更好的看法。就為了今天，我將不再害怕。尤其我不會再害怕享受美麗的事物，并且相信我給予世界的，世界也會給予我。

Passage 14 Making Sandcastles A little boy is on his knees scooping and packing the sand with plastic shovels into a bright blue bucket.Then he upends the bucket on the surface and lifts it.And, to the delight of the little architect, a castle tower is created.All afternoon he will work，scooping out the moat and packing the walls.Bottle tops will be sentries.Sticks will be bridges.A sandcastle will be 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

built.Big city, busy streets, rumbling traffic.A man is in his office.At his desk he puts papers into stacks and assigns tasks.The phone is on his shoulder and he is knocking the keyboard with his fingers.Contracts are signed and much to the delight of the man, a profit is made.All his life he will work，formulating the plans, forecasting the future.Profits will be sentries.Capital gains will be bridges.An empire will be built.Two builders of two castles.They have much in common.They shape little pebbles into grand buildings.They are diligent and determined.And for both the tide will rise and the end will come.Yet that is where the similarities stop.For the boy sees the end while the man ignores it.As the waves near, the wise child jumps to his feet and begins to clap.There is no sorrow.No fear.No regret.He knew this would happen.He is not surprised.And when the great breaker crashes into his castle and his masterpiece is sucked into the sea, he smiles, picks up his tools, takes his father?s hand, and goes home.The grownup, however, is not so wise.As the wave of years collapses on his castle he is terrified.He tries to protect the sandy monument.He blocks the waves from the walls he has made.Salt-water soaked and shivering he snarls at the incoming tide.“It?s my castle, ” he protests.The ocean need not respond.Both know to whom the sand belongs...I don?t know much about sandcastles.But children do.Watch them and learn.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

Go ahead and build, but build with a child?s heart.When the sun sets and the tides take——applaud.Salute the process of life and go home.堆沙堡的小男孩

一個小男孩跪在那兒用塑料鏟挖沙子，并把沙子裝在一個鮮艷的藍桶里。然后他把藍桶倒扣在地上，把它提起。讓這小建筑師高興的是：一座城堡的塔樓就這樣誕生了。他會干一下午：挖護城河，建城墻，用瓶蓋做崗哨，用木棍做橋，就這樣，一座城堡建成了。

某個大城市，喧囂的街道，川流不息的交通。

辦公室里有一位男士。坐在辦公桌前，他把文件堆疊在一起，布置任務。他將電話夾在肩頭，手指敲擊鍵盤。合同簽字生效，讓這位男士高興的是，一筆利潤就這樣到手了。他一生都會工作：構想計劃，預測未來。利潤就是崗哨，資本收益就是橋梁。一個帝國就這樣建成了。這兩座城堡的建筑者有許多共同之處。他們會把細小的沙石變成宏偉的建筑。他們很用心也很有決心，而對于他們兩個而言，漲潮都會發生，一切都會結束。然而，共同點到此為止。因為，男孩看得到終點，而這位成年人卻忽視它。巨浪來臨時，聰明的男孩歡呼，跳躍。沒有痛苦，沒有恐懼，沒有遺憾。他知道這一切都會發生，他并不感到驚訝。當這巨大的破壞者擊碎他的城堡，將他的杰作卷入大海，男孩笑了，收拾好他的工具，拉著父親的手，回家。圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

然而，這位成年人卻并不如此明智，當歲月的巨浪擊毀他的城堡，他害怕了，他試圖保護這沙質紀念碑。他試圖阻止巨浪襲擊他建的城墻。咸的海水將他的城堡湮沒。他顫抖著怒罵涌入的浪潮。

“這是我的城堡，”他抗議道。

海洋不需要回應。兩者都明白沙子的歸宿。

我對沙堡所知甚少。

但孩子們知道，他看他們，學習他們。去建造吧，帶著一顆童心。

當太陽落山，潮水占領沙灘——拍手喝彩，向生命的過程敬禮，回家。

Passage 15 I’m Special

In the entire world there?s nobody like me.Since the beginning of time, there has never been another person like me.Nobody has my smile.Nobody has my eyes, my nose, my hair, my hands, or my voice.I?m special.No one can be found who has my handwriting.Nobody anywhere has my tastes—for food or music or art.No one sees things just as I do.In all of time there?s been no one who laughs like me, no one who cries like me.And what makes me laugh and cry will never provoke identical laughters and tears from anybody else, never.No one reacts to any situation just as I would react.I?m special.I? m the only one in all of creation who has my set of abilities.Oh, there will always be somebody who is better at one of the things I?m good at, but no one in the 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

universe can reach the quality of my combination of talents, ideas, abilities and feelings.Like a room full of musical instruments, some may excel alone, but none can match the symphony sound when all are played together.I?m a symphony.Through all of eternity no one will ever look, talk, walk, think or do like me.I?m special.I?m rare.And, in all rarity there is great value.Because of my great rare value, I need not attempt to imitate others.I will accept—yes, indeed, celebrate—my differences.I?m special.And I?m beginning to realize it?s no accident that I?m special.I?m beginning to see that I have been made for a very special purpose.There is a job for me that no one else can do as well as I.Out of all the billions of job applicants, only one is qualified, only one has the right combination of what it takes.That one is me.Because...I?m special.我就是我

大千世界，蕓蕓眾生，沒人與我相同。自創世伊始，從未有過像我一樣的人。沒人擁有和我一樣的笑容；沒人擁有和我一樣的眼睛、鼻子、頭發、雙手或聲音。我就是我。我的筆跡獨一無二。我的品味與眾不同——不管是對于食物、音樂還是藝術。對于世間萬物，我擁有獨特的視角。無論何時，都沒有人歡笑如我，哭泣如我。讓我開心和流淚的事物不會引起他人相同的反應，絕對不會。面對各種處境，我也有自己獨特的應對方式。我就是我。在天地萬物中，我的能力組合獨具一格。哦，我所擅長之處，必有人技高一籌。但是，世界上沒有人能像我一樣，將天賦、思想、能力和感覺如此獨特地結合在一起。好比一間放滿樂器的房間，某件樂器可能會一鳴驚人，但所有圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

樂器共同奏出的交響樂才無與倫比。我就是一曲交響樂。亙古恒遠，沒有人會像我一樣地觀察、交談、行走、思考或行事。我就是我。獨一無二。而且，獨特中蘊含著巨大的價值。因為這獨特而又巨大的價值，我不需要去模仿他人。我會欣然接受——更確切地說是贊美——我的與眾不同。我就是我。我漸漸理解，我之所以獨特并非機緣巧合。我開始明白，造物主為我創設了一個特定的目標。有一份工作是為我量身定制的，他人無法勝任。在數以億計的求職者中，只有一個人是合格的，只有一個人具備恰如其分的條件。那個人就是我。因為?? 我就是我。

Passage 16 Write Your Own Life Suppose someone gave you a pen—a sealed, solid-colored pen.You couldn?t see how much ink it had.It might run dry after the first few tentative words or last just long enough to create a masterpiece(or several)that would last forever and make a difference in the scheme of things.You don?t know before you begin.Under the rules of the game, you really never know.You have to take a chance!

Actually, no rule of the game states you must do anything.Instead of picking up and using the pen, you could leave it on a shelf or in a drawer where it will dry up, unused.But if you do decide to use it, what would you do with it? How would you play the game? Would you plan and plan before you ever wrote a word? Would your plans be so extensive that you never even got to the writing? Or would you take the pen in hand, plunge right in and just do it, struggling to keep up with the twists and turns of the torrents of words that take you where they 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

take you? Would you write cautiously and carefully, as if the pen might run dry the next moment, or would you pretend or believe(or pretend to believe)that the pen will write forever and proceed accordingly? You?re listening to Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I?m Faith.Now, suppose someone gave you a life...譜寫生命的樂章

假如有人送你一支筆，一支不可拆卸的單色鋼筆.你看不出里面究竟有多少墨水。或許在你試探性地寫上幾個字后它就會干枯，或許足夠用來創作一部影響深遠的不朽巨著(或是幾部)。而這些，在動筆前，都是無法得知的。在這個游戲規則下，你真的永遠不會預知結果。你只能去碰運氣！事實上，這個游戲里沒有規則指定你必須要做什么。相反，你甚至可以根本不去動用這支筆，把它扔在書架上或是抽屜里讓它的墨水干枯。但是，如果你決定要用它的話，你會用它來做什么呢？你將怎樣來進行這個游戲呢? 你會在寫字之前，老是計劃來計劃去嗎？你會不會由于計劃過于宏大而來不及動筆呢? 或者你只是手里拿著筆，一頭扎進去寫，不停地寫，艱難地隨著文字洶涌的浪濤而隨波逐流呢？ 你會小心謹慎地寫字，好像這支筆在下個時刻就可能會干枯；還是裝作相信（或裝作相信）這支筆能夠永遠寫下去而信手寫來呢？ 您正在收聽Faith輕松電臺，我是Faith。現在，假如有人給予你一支生命的筆?? 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

Passage 17 Prayer for My Mother Dear God, Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away.I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell them。I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive.I appreciate her more each day.My mother does not change, but I do.As I grow older and wiser, I realize what an extraordinary person she is.How sad that I am unable to speak these words in her presence, but they flow easily from my pen。How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just plain hard work that go into raising a child? For running after a toddler, for understanding a moody teenager, for tolerating a college student who knows everything? For waiting for the day when a daughter realizes her mother really is? How does a grown woman thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother? For being ready with advice(when asked)or remaining silent when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so”, when she could have uttered these words dozens of times? For being essentially herself—loving, thoughtful, patient and forgiving? I don?t know how, dear God, except to bless her as richly as she deserves and to help me live up to the example she has set.I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother looks in mine。

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為母親祈禱

親愛的上帝： 如今我已不再年輕，一些朋友的母親已經去世了。我曾聽這些子女們說過，他們從沒有向母親充分表達過他們的感激之情，而待到要告訴時為時已晚了。幸運的是，我親愛的母親依然健在。我對她的感激與日俱增。母親沒有變，而我卻變了。隨著年歲的增長，我越來越懂事了，我認識到她是個非常了不起的人。這些話在她面前我難以啟齒，但在筆下卻可以輕易地寫出來，這令我感到多么難過。一個女兒該怎樣開口感謝她的母親所給予的生命？感謝她在撫養孩子時所付出的愛、耐心以及平凡的無私的辛勞？感謝她跟在蹣跚學步的孩子身后奔跑，對情緒不定的少女的理解，以及對一個自以為是的大學生的寬容？感謝她等待女兒認識到她真是一位好母親的這一天？ 一個成年女子該怎樣感謝母親依然如故的角色？感謝（在被問到時）她會及時提供良言，而在不需要時她會保持沉默？感謝她沒有說：“我告訴過你”，而她本來可以說上許多次？感謝她始終不變的愛心、體貼周到、耐心與寬容厚道？ 我不知道該怎樣來表達，親愛的上帝，除了請求你好好地保佑她——那是她該得到的——并幫助我朝她做出的榜樣看齊。我祈愿在我的孩子們的眼里我會如同母親在我眼里一般好。

Passage 18 Always Aim Higher Always aim higher than you believe you can reach.So often, you?ll discover that

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when your talents are set free by your imagination, you can achieve any goal.If people offer their help or wisdom as you go through life, accept it gratefully.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

You can learn much from those who have gone before you.But never be afraid or hesitant to step off the accepted path and head off in your own direction if your heart tells you that it?s the right way for you.Always believe that you will ultimately succeed at whatever you do, and never forget the value of persistence, discipline, and determination.You are meant to be whatever you dream of becoming.設立更高遠的目標

總是設立比你認為力所能及的更高遠的目標。通常，你會發現，當想像力放飛了你的才能時，你就能實現任何目標。在你的人生歷程中，如果有人給予你幫助或傳授你智慧，你要心懷感激地接受。你可以從前輩那里學到很多寶貴的東西。但是，當你的內心已經明確知道怎樣的路才是真正適合你的時候，要敢于脫離既定的軌道去追求你自己的方向，不要害怕或遲疑。永遠相信：無論你做什么，你終究會成功，并且不要忘記堅持、自律和決心的價值。你注定會成為你夢想要成為的那個人。

Passage 19 Would Rather Complain, Or Be Happy? If we really want to be happy, why do we act like such babies? We can claim to be proactive in our life by settings goals and going after what we want.But if we?re always whining and complaining all the time, are we really living effectively? If you don?t believe me, count how many times you complain about something or others in one day.Whether it is being stuck in traffic, being bothered by the weather, 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

not enough mustard on your sandwich, or whatever it is, there are endless instances where you can find a reason to complain.But it?s not just outside circumstances that we complain about.We complain about ourselves too.We complain that we don?t have enough time, that we don?t have enough money(this one is huge because it?s often “true”), that we?re not smart enough, cool enough, or just enough.I know I?ve experienced plenty of unpleasantness due to complaining about things I can?t control.I never really thought about it much until I found this website about “living in a complain-free world.” Imagine how much happier you would be if you simply stopped complaining.Much of what you complain about is outside of your control anyway.What?s the point of brooding about something you have no power to change? Not very intelligent, if you ask me.Simply becoming conscious of how much you complain is the first step to stopping.When you recognize that you?re complaining, stop and take notice of it.Ask yourself if you would rather complain, or be happy.要抱怨，還是要快樂？

如果我們真得想要高興，為什么要像小孩子那樣呢？

我們可以積極主動地在我們生活中設定目標，然后向著目標進發。但是如果我們整天牢騷滿腹，怨天尤人的話，我們還能有效地生活嗎？ 如果你不相信我，仔細想想你一天要抱怨幾次。不管是因為被糟糕的交通困住，被天氣所困擾，還是三明治上芥末放得不夠，總之生活中有無數的煩心事可以讓你抱怨。圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

不僅僅外部的環境讓我們抱怨，我們還不斷地抱怨我們自己。比如時間不夠多啊，錢不夠花啊（這個最多，因為它往往更“真實”），不夠聰明不夠冷靜啊，反正什么看上去都不夠好。我知道，因為抱怨自己不能控制的事情，我已經歷了許多的不開心。我沒有仔細思考過這個問題，直到有一天我發現這個叫“活在沒有抱怨的世界中”的網站。想想吧，如果你停止抱怨的話你會變得多么快樂。反正那些事情又無力改變，整天想著那些你無力改變的事情又有什么意義呢？如果你來問我，我會說那樣很愚蠢。停止抱怨要做的第一步就是想清楚你有多能抱怨。當你意識到自己在抱怨的時候，停下來，問問自己是要變得快樂還是繼續這樣抱怨下去。

Passage 20 Life Is Like a Cup of Coffee A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups—porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some exquisite—telling them to help themselves to the coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said，“If you have noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.” 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

“Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.” “What all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, but you unconsciously went for the best cups.And then you began eyeing each other?s cup.”

“Now consider this: Life is the coffee;the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of life we live.Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee.Savor the coffee, not the cups!Don?t let the cups drive you...enjoy the coffee instead.”

生命如同一杯咖啡

一群畢業生，相約一起去看望他們年老的大學教授。

談話一會兒就變成了各自對工作和生活壓力的抱怨。在用咖啡招待這些客人時，教授去廚房端來一大壺咖啡，并拿出各式各樣的咖啡杯——陶瓷的、塑料的、玻璃的、水晶的，有看上去普通的、有價值不菲的、有做工精細的——讓他們自己倒咖啡喝。

當所有學生手中都端了一杯咖啡后，教授發話了：

“如果你們注意一下，就會發現所有好看的昂貴的杯子都被挑走了，剩下的只是那些普通的和便宜的。當然，每個人都只想擁有最好的，這很正常，但這也是你們的問題和壓力的根源所在。” “可以肯定的是，杯子本身與咖啡質量毫無關系。在很多時候，杯子讓咖啡更昂貴，某些時候，甚至讓我們看不清我們要喝的是什么。” “其實你們真正想要的是咖啡，而不是杯子，但你們卻又都下意識去挑選最好的杯子，并觀察別人拿到的杯子。” 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

“現在設想一下：如果生活是杯中的咖啡，工作、財富和社會地位就是那些杯子。它們只是維持生活的工具而已，并不能界定或是改變生活的質量。有時候，我們在過于關注杯子的同時卻忘記了去品味上帝賜予的咖啡。請仔細品味咖啡，而不是那些杯子。所以，不要成為杯子的奴隸??好好品味杯中的咖啡。”

Passage 21 Life Is Like a Cafeteria A friend?s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe.After settling down at Ellis Island，he went into a cafeteria in lower Manhattan to get something to eat.He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order.Of course nobody did.Finally, a woman with a tray full of food sat down opposite him and informed him how a cafeteria worked.“Start out at that end, ” she said.“Just go along the line and pick out what you want.At the other end they?ll tell you how much you have to pay.” “I soon learned that?s how everything works in America, ” the grandfather told a friend.“Life?s like a cafeteria here.You can get anything you want as long as you are willing to pay the price.You can even get success，but you?ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you.You have to get up and get it yourself.”

生活就像自助餐

一個朋友的祖父從東歐來到美國。圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

在埃利斯島安頓下來后，他去曼哈頓下城的一家自助餐廳吃飯。

他在一張空桌子邊坐下，等待侍者拿來菜單。

當然沒有人來招呼他。

最后，一位女士拿著滿滿一托盤食物走過來坐在他對面。并告訴他自助餐廳是怎樣進餐的。她說：“從那頭開始，依次去要你想要的東西，在餐廳的另外一端會有人告訴你該付多少錢。”

他對一個朋友說：“接著我很快了解到這就是美國人的生活方式。”

“生活就像自助餐，你可以去要你想要的任何東西，只要你能付得起他們的價格。

你也可以想要成功，但是如果你什么都不做就等著別人把它送到你身邊的話是永遠都不可能得到的。你必須勤勞，必須自己去追求它。”

Passage 22 Growth When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice it is small, but we do not criticize it as “rootless and stemless.” We treat it as a seed, giving it the water and nourishment required of a seed.When it first shoots up out of the earth, we don?t condemn it as immature and underdeveloped, nor do we criticize the buds for not being open when they appear.We stand in wonder at the process taking place, and give the plant the care it needs at each stage of its development.The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies.Within it, at all 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

times, it contains its whole potential.It seems to be constantly in the process of change: Yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is.A flower is not better when it blooms than when it is merely a bud;at each stage it is the same thing—a flower in the process of expressing its potential.成長

一粒微小的玫瑰花子被植入土壤中時，我們并不因它“無根無莖”而加以批評。我們把它當作一粒種子來對待，施予它所需的水分和養料。當它剛剛破土而出時，我們不因它幼稚、發育不良而詆毀它；當出現花蕾時，我們也不因它們不綻放而責備它。我們會驚喜地目睹整個過程。在它成長的不同階段，給予它所需的照顧。玫瑰，從一粒種子開始，到凋零，直至死亡，始終是玫瑰。在它生命的每時每刻，體內都蘊藏著巨大的潛能。它似乎總在不斷地變化，但是在任何階段，任何時刻，都是最真實、最完美的。一朵花，在每一階段都是相同的，無論是盡情綻放的花朵還是含苞欲放的花蕾，都是這朵花——一朵時刻展現自己潛能的花。

Passage 23 Chances Exist In the Daily Details John and Bobby joined a wholesale company together just after graduation from college the same year.Both worked very hard.After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to the position of manager while John remained an ordinary employee.John could not take it any more.He tendered his resignation to the boss and complained the boss did not know how to delegate and did not value hard working staff, but only promoted those who flattered him.The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years.He thought for a 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

moment and said, “Thank you for your criticism, but I have a request.I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave.Perhaps you will change your mind and take back your resignation.” John agreed.The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the market.John went and returned soon.He said he had found out a man selling watermelon.The boss asked how much per kg.John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to inform the boss $1.2 per kg.Boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office.He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelon in the market.Bobby went, returned and said, “Boss, only one person selling watermelon.$1.2 per kg, $10 for 10kg.He has inventory of 340 melons.On the table 58 melons;every melon weights about 2 kg, bought from the South two days ago.They are fresh and red, good quality.” John was very impressed and realized the difference between himself and Bobby.He decided not to resign but to learn from Bobby.My dear friends, a more successful person is more observant, thinks more and explores in depth.Chances exist in the daily details.For the same matter, a more successful person sees more and further so that he can find out an opportunity and catch it to realize his aim.If a person sees one year ahead, while another sees only tomorrow.The difference between a year and a day is 365 times.How could you win?

機遇在于生活的細節

約翰和博比同年大學畢業后，被同一家批發公司錄用。他們二人工作都很圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

努力。然而，幾年后，老板提拔博比為部門經理，而約翰還是一名普通員工。約翰再也無法忍受，沖動之下向老板遞交了辭呈，并抱怨老板不會用人，不重用那些敬業的員工，只提拔那些奉承他的人。老板知道這幾年約翰工作確實很努力。他想了一會兒說：“謝謝你對我的批評。但是我有一個請求，我希望在你離開之前再為公司做一件事情。或許到時你會改變決定，收回辭呈。” 約翰答應了。老板讓他去市場找到一個賣西瓜的人。約翰去了并很快回來。他說他找到了一個賣西瓜的人。老板問他每公斤多少錢。約翰搖搖頭，回到市場去問，然后又回來告訴老板每公斤1.2美元。老板讓約翰等一會兒，這時他把博比叫到辦公室。他讓博比去市場找到一個賣西瓜的人。博比去了，回來之后說：“老板，只有一個賣西瓜的人，每公斤 1.2美元，每10公斤賣10美元。這個人一共有340個西瓜，其中58個放在貨架上，每個西瓜重約2公斤，都是兩天前從南方買來的，新鮮，紅瓤，質量好。” 約翰受到很大的觸動，他意識到自己與博比之間的差距。他決定收回辭呈并向博比學習。

親愛的朋友們，成功的人更善于觀察，勤于思考和孜孜探求。機遇就存在于生活的細節中。同樣的一件事，一個成功的人會看得更多更遠，所以他能抓住機遇，實現夢想。如果有人看到一年后的情景，而你只看到明天。一年與一天的差距是365倍，你怎么能贏呢？

Passage 24 With One Glass of Milk One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods from door to door found that he had only one dime left.He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.Instead of a meal, he asked for a drink of water.She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk.He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you？” “You don?t owe me anything,” she replied, “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race.He was about to give up and quit before this point.Years later, the young woman became critically ill.The local doctors were baffled.They finally sent her to a big city, where specialists can be called in to study her rare disease.Dr.Howard Kelly, now famous was called in for the consultation.When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.Dressed in his doctor?s gown he went in to see her.He recognized her at once.He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life.From that day, he gave special attention to her case.After a long struggle, the battle was won.Dr.Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval.He looked at it and then wrote something on the side.The bill was sent to her room.She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off.Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention.She read these words，“Paid in full with one glass of milk.” 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

(Signed)Dr.Howard Kelly

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently, “Thank You, God.Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”

一杯牛奶的溫暖

一天，一個可憐的小男孩兒為湊足學費正挨家挨戶地推銷商品。他發現身上只剩一角錢了，此時他很餓，因此決定從下一家要點兒吃的。

然而，當一位年輕貌美的女子打開門時，他卻緊張得不知所措。他沒有要吃的，只是要了口水喝。女子看到小男孩兒饑餓的樣子，頓生憐憫之心，便倒了一大杯牛奶遞給他。他慢慢地喝光了牛奶，問道：“我需要付您多少錢呢？”

“你不必付錢給我，”女子答道，“媽媽教育我說，愛心善舉，不求回報。”男孩說：“那么我就發自內心地向您說聲謝謝！”當霍華德· 凱利走出這戶人家時，他不僅覺得渾身充滿了力量，也對上帝和整個人類充滿了信心。原本，他就要放棄。

若干年后，那位女子得了重病，當地醫生都束手無策。最后，她轉院到大城市，接受專家會診。著名的霍華德·凱利醫生也參與了醫療方案的制定。當他得知這位病人來自那個城鎮時，一個奇怪的念頭閃過，他立即起身直奔她的病房。

身著白大褂的凱利醫生走進了病房，一眼便認出了那個女子，她正是他的恩人。回到診室，他下定決心要竭盡全力醫治她。從那天起，他就對她給予了特殊的照顧。

經過艱苦卓絕的努力，手術終獲成功。凱利醫生要求把醫藥費結算單送到他那兒。他看了一下，便在旁邊寫了一些東西。當結算單送到女子的病房時，她甚至不敢打開來看，因為她知道這筆醫藥費一定極其昂貴，或許她要用整個圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

余生去償還。最后，她還是鼓足勇氣打開了看，她注意到單子旁邊的一行小字，上面寫著：

“醫藥費已由一杯牛奶付清。”（署名）霍華德·凱利醫生

喜悅的淚水奪眶而出，她不禁默默祈禱：“感謝您，上帝！您的愛已經通過人類的心靈和雙手傳遞開來。”

Passage 25 Sow an Action, Reap a Habit Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits.“Sow a thought, reap an action;sow an action, reap a habit;sow a habit, reap a character;sow a character, reap a destiny, ” the maxim goes.Habits are powerful factors in our lives.Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character and produce our effectiveness or ineffectiveness.As Horace Mann, the great educator, once said, “Habits are like a cable.We weave a strand of it everyday and soon it cannot be broken.” I personally do not agree with the last part of his expression.I know habits can be learned and unlearned.But I also know it isn?t a quick fix.It involves a process and a tremendous commitment.Those of us who watched the lunar voyage of Apollo 11 were transfixed as we saw the first men walk on the moon and return to the earth.But to get there, those astronauts literally had to break out of the tremendous gravity pull of the earth.More energy was spent in the first few minutes of lift-off, in the first few miles of travel, than was used over the next several days to travel half a million miles.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

Habits, too, have tremendous gravity pull—more than most people realize or would admit.Breaking deeply embedded habitual tendencies such as procrastination, impatience, criticalness, or selfishness that violate basic principles of human effectiveness involves more than a little willpower and a few minor changes in our lives.“Lift off” takes a tremendous effort, but once we break out of the gravity pull, our freedom takes on a whole new dimension.Like any natural force, gravity pull can work with us or against us.The gravity pull of some of our habits may currently be keeping us from going where we want to go.But it is also gravity pull that keeps our world together, that keeps the planets in their orbits and our universe in order.It is a powerful force, and if we use it effectively, we can use the gravity pull of habit to create the cohesiveness and order necessary to establish effectiveness in our lives.卓越僅僅是個習慣

人的性格基本上是由習慣組成的。正如一句格言：思想決定行動，行動決定習慣，習慣決定性格，性格決定命運。習慣對我們的生活有很大的影響，因為它是一貫的。在不知不覺中，經年累月地影響著我們的性格，左右著我們的成敗。美國著名教育家霍拉斯·曼曾說：“習慣就仿佛是一條纜繩，我們每天為它纏上一股新索，不用多久就會變得牢不可破。”這句話的后半段我不敢茍同，我相信習慣可以養成，也可以打破，但絕不是一蹴而就，而是需要長期的努力和無比的毅力。宇航員搭乘阿波羅11號太空船，首次登陸月球的剎那的確令人嘆為觀止。但宇航員得先擺脫地球強大的引力，才能飛往月球。因此在剛起飛的幾分鐘，圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

也就是整個任務一開始的幾英里之內，是最艱難的時刻，所耗的力量往往超越往后的幾十萬英里。習慣也是一樣，它也具有極大的引力，只是許多人不加注意或不肯承認罷了。想要革除諸如因循茍且，缺乏耐心，吹毛求疵或自私自利等違背人類效率基本原則的不良習性，若是缺乏意志力，不能大刀闊斧地改革，便難以實現目標。“起飛”需要極大的努力，然而一旦脫離重力的牽絆，我們便可享受前所未有的自由。習慣的引力就如同自然界所有的力量一般，可能危害我們，也可以為我們所用，關鍵看我們如何運用。習慣或許一時有礙于達到目標，但也有積極的一面。宇宙萬物各循軌道運行，彼此保持一定的秩序，畢竟也都有賴于引力的作用。所以只要我們善于運用習慣的龐大引力，就能使生活有重心，有秩序，有效率。

Passage 26 Love Is a Two-way Street A father sat at his desk poring over his monthly bills when his young son rushed in and announced, “Dad, because this is your birthday and you?re 55 years old, I?m going to give you 55 kisses, one for each year!” When the boy started making good on his word, the father exclaimed, “Oh, Andrew, don?t do it now;I?m too busy!”

The youngster immediately fell silent as tears welled up in his big blue eyes.Apologically the father said, “You can finish later.”

The boy said nothing but quietly walked away, disappointment written over his face.That evening the father said, “Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!” But