非常适合用来做英语诵读的小短文（完）
No sooner had the summer vacation begun than I returned to my home town. Of course I must make good use of it; otherwise I would incur the displeasure of my parents.
In the morning, I reviewed my lessons and read newspapers or magazines. In the afternoon, I played ball games with my friends or went fishing in the river. At night, I watched television with my family. Hardly had the clock on the wall struck ten when I went to bed.
早晨我复习功课并阅读报纸或杂志。下午我和朋友打球，或去河中钓鱼。晚上我就和家人看看电视。墙上的钟刚敲十下，我就去睡觉了。
A man who is careful in choosing friends will certainly derive benefit from them. Why? Because there are more false friends than real ones in this world. To have one real friend is better than a hundred false ones. Friends who flatter you to your face are not true friends.
We must make friends with those who have good character and kindness of heart. On the other hand, we should do our best to avoid keeping company with bad people.
一个小心选择朋友的人一定会从他们那里获得益处。为什么？因为在这个世界里假朋友比真朋友要多。有一个真朋友要比有一百个假朋友来得好。凡是当面奉承你的朋友不是真朋友。
我们必须和凡是具有良好品格和心地善良的人交朋友。反过来说，我们应尽力避免结交坏人。
There is not a/no thrifty man but becomes a rich man sooner or later. Why? Because he will not spend such money as is unnecessary. Little by little his money will accumulate. Ten to one, he is bound to make a fortune. I do not like such men as spend their money in a wrong way. They do not know extravagance is a bad thing. It can only make them happy for the time being. In short, thrift makes poor men rich and extravagance makes rich men poor.
没有一个节俭的人迟早不成为一个富翁。为什么？因为他决不花那种不必要的钱。渐渐他的钱就会聚积起来。十之八九，他一定会发财的。我不喜欢那种乱花钱的人。他们不知道奢侈是一件坏事。它只能够使他们暂时快乐而已。总而言之，节俭使穷人变富，奢侈使富人变穷。
Needless to say, nothing but perseverance can lead a man to the way of success. In other words, a persevering man never does his work without succeeding in it. This is indeed unchangeable truth. Our National Father, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, is the most ideal example. He was devoted to the revolution about forty years. He met with many failures, but he was anything but discouraged. As a result, he won. The Republic of China was born.
不需说，只有毅力才能引导人迈向成功之途。换句话说，一个具有毅力的人做工作总是会把它做成功的。这真是不易之定理也。我们国父孙中山先生是一个最理想的例子。致力国民革命四十年。他遭遇到许多次的失败，但是他决不灰心。结果，他赢了。中华民国诞生了。
21. Where There Is A Will, There Is A Way
有志者，事竟成
The secret of success/The key to success is not so much money as a strong will. A great man is one who has a strong will and an indomitable spirit. In other words, if a man does not have a strong will to win/get the final victory, he will never succeed in his life. He is no more than a failure. It is quite obvious that there is no difficult thing/nothing difficult in the world. If you make up your mind to do it, you will certainly accomplish your end. That stands to reason.
成功的要诀不是金钱而是一个坚强的意志。一个大人物是一个具有坚强意志和不屈不挠精神的人。换句话说，如果一个人没有坚强意志去获得最后胜利，他终其一生都不会成功。他只不过是一个失败者。很明显，世界上并没有难事。如果你下定决心去做它，你一定会达到目的。那是显而易见的。
Whatever a man’s status is/may be, he must have an aim. If not, he can hardly stand on his own two feet in the world. That stands to reason. However important fame and wealth may be, we must not let them become our object in life. We should aim at doing something useful to the society. If my aim can come true, I hope/wish to be a teacher. However, teaching is by no means an easy thing. I must apply myself closely to my studies so as to be able to cope with my duties (as a teacher).
不论是什么身份的人，他必须有一个志向。如果没有的话，他很难立足于世上。那是显而易见的。不论名利如何重要，我们切不可让它们成为我们生活之目标。我们应当志在做一些对社会有益的事情。如果我的志向能实现的话，我就希望成为一个老师。然而，教书并不是一容易的事情。我必须专心学业以便能应因我的职责。
23. Protect our environment
保护环境
As we all know, the environment around us is getting worse and worse. In some places we can’t see fish swimming in the river or trees on the hills. Some people even have no clean water to drink. So I think we must do something to protect our environment. But what can we do? How to protect our environment?
In fact, there are many things we can do. Firstly, we can go to school on foot or by bike and don’t throw rubbish everywhere. Secondly, we can use shopping baskets but not plastic bags when we go shopping. Last but not least, we can use both sides of the paper when we write. In a word, if everyone pays more attention to our environment, there will be less pollution and our life will be better.
“There is only one earth”, we should act at once. I hope everyone will protect our environment well.
我们都知道，我们周围的环境正变得越来越差。在一些地方，我们看不见河里的雨和山上的树。一些人甚至没有干净的水喝。所以我想我们必须做些事来保护我们的环境。但是我们能做什么呢？怎么样保护我们的环境呢？
事实上，有很多我们可以做的事。首先，我们可以步行或骑车上学，不要乱扔垃圾。其次，当我们去购物的时候，我们可以使用购物篮，而不是塑料袋。最后，当我们书写的时候，我们可以使用纸的两面。总之，如果每个人都能更加注意我们的环境，污染就会更少，我们的生活就会更好。
“只有一个地球。”我们应该立刻行动起来。我希望每个人都将能很好地保护我们的环境。
24. Time Is Money时间就是金钱“Time is money.” This saying means that time is very valuable.
But time is more valuable than money. The money we have lost can be gained again, but the time we have wasted cannot be regained. Moreover, sometimes persons can exist without money, but nothing can be done without time, just as no one can live without air.
Despite being so valuable, time is often neglected by men. Since time is an invisible thing, men often waste their time unconsciously. Without anything to do, they may gossip from morning till night.
Man can live only at most to about 100 years. It seems fairly long, but in fact it is rather short. We often say “How quickly time flies!” How many things can a man accomplish in such a short period? Hence we should use the valuable time properly to do our work. We will race with it. We will study and work hard. Never waste a little bit of it.
但是时间比金钱更加珍贵。我们丢失的钱可以再获得，但是我们浪费的时间再也不能重新获得。而且，有时候没有钱人可以生存，但是没有时间什么都做不了，就像没有空气没有人能活。
尽管时间是如此珍贵，但是时间还是经常被人们忽视。因为时间是一样看不见的东西，人们经常无意识地浪费他们的时间。无事可做，他们可能从早到晚流言蜚语。
人类最多可以活到100多岁。这似乎相当长，但事实上这是相当短暂的。我们经常说“时间过得飞快！” 在如此一段短暂的时段内一个人能完成多少事情呢？因此，我们应该恰当地利用这珍贵的时间去做我们的工作。我们将和时间赛跑。我们将努力学习努力工作。永远不浪费一点点时间。
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