doors  of  daring

the mountains that inclose the vale

      with  walls of granite,steep and high,

invite the fearless foot top scale

     their stairway toward the sky.

the restless,deep,dividing sea

     that flows and foams from shore to shore,

calls to its sunburned chivalryl

     "push out ,set  sail,explore!"

the bars of life at which we fret,

     that seem to prison and control,

are but the doors of daring ,set

      ajar before the soul.

say not ,"too poor ,"but freely give;

      sigh not ,"too weak,"but boldly try;

yon never can begin to live

      until you dare to die.

   汴水流，泗水流，流到瓜州古渡头。吴山点点愁。

    思悠悠，恨悠悠，恨到归时方始休，月明人倚楼。

the river pian flows.

the river si flows.

they flow to the ancient ferry at melon shoal,

with the wu mountains dotted with gall

       the thought of you lingers

my regret meanders.

they will only cease when you return.

in a bright moon i lean up high against the window.

小幽默

acertain old gentleman was very unhappy about modern education,and thought that young people nowadays were not being taught the importance of konwing the difference between right and wrong.

one day he was taking a walk in the park near his home when he saw some young boys stanging around a small cat.the old gentleman went up to the boys and asked them what was happening .one of the boys said to him,"we're having a contest .we'er telling lies,and the one who tells the biggest one gets to keep the cat."

the old gentlman thought that this was a good opportunity to teach the boys a useful lesson,so he said to them,"i've never told a lie in my life."all at once there was a great shout from all the boys,

and they said,"you've won!you can take the cat!"