(一)Shopping To Remember
Last Sunday I went shopping alone, in a lane1 with stands2 on both sides.
I was looking at the goods on sale, when a young man stopped before me.
\"Excuse me, do you need a watch?\" he took out a small beautiful electric watch.
\"Let me have a look.\"
\"It's worth 100 Yuan, but I can let you have it for 10 Yuan.\"
\"It looks very nice, but I can only afford 5 Yuan. \"I said.
\"That's OK.\"
I gave him the money and he passed me the watch, and in a second disappeared among the crowd.
On the way home I felt pleased with my wonderful bargaining3, the first one in my life. When I got home I began to start the watch. No matter how hard I tried, it refused to move. It was a 1 watch. I will never be cheated like this again.
(二)Planting Trees
On March 12th, we planted trees on a nearby hill. My task was digging holes. The slope was very hard and the pick1 sometimes struck sparks2. Soon I was sweating3 all over. Some students fetched water from a little river at the foot of the hill. Luckily when we were about to finish, it began to rain.
In the rain, we worked even harder, joking all the time. It was good to be soaked4 through by sweat and then by rain.
We were glad to see the ugly hillside covered with saplings5. In a few years, they would grow into big trees.
(三)Let's Make the World a Better Place to Live in
I learned in the radio program that in the USA there are a lot ofactivities1 in which children take part to volunteer2 their services. These activities are intended to help the unfortunate people or the children in the poor countries. They offer service to a charity organization3, and do whatever they can to help. They feel good doing something that can make differences to someone's life. These activities are encouraged in the USA. It helps children to have a sense of communities, and learn to do things for a good cause4. Sometimes their activities are like what we have in China.They have clothes-drive in which they give clothes, and food-drive in which they donate5 food. All of these activities make them feel good and happy. They feel that it's their pleasure to be able to help those in need. It is a part of their education. They are taught that helping others will be repaid in some way later or now in life.
In China it is almost the same case, we are often taught the importance of helping those people in need. We have many activities to join. We are called on to volunteer services, to give money or food to the people who are unable to help themselves or the orphans.
These activities teach us a lot. We are coming to know that the whole world is a community, that we must help each other so that our community can work well. Every member is important. We must learn to help those who have difficulty in life and cannot support themselves. In China there are a lot of people who live in poverty. In city we see some people are out of job. For these people life is difficult. They do not have means to raise children or keep the family. On TV we know that the government is doing all that can help. I think it is important for all of us to lend our hands and help. It will be our greatest pleasure if our help can make their life better or bring a little difference to them. Let's all join our hands to make the world a better place to live in.
注釋:
①lane n. 小巷
②stand n. 攤(位)
③bargain vi. 討價還價
①pick n. 十字鎬
②spark n. 火花,火星
③sweet vi. 出汗;n. 汗,汗水
④soak vt.使濕透
⑤sapling n. 幼樹,樹苗
①activity n.活動
②volunteer vt.自愿
③organization n. 組織
④a good cause n.phr.為好事
⑤donate vt. 捐贈,贈予