DPWX遁遁
Ignorance of the objective world In the State of Lu, there was a couple of husband and wife, the former being an expert shoemaker and the latter a skilled hand in wearing taffeta. One day after consultations they decided to go to the state of Yue to earn a livelihood. The neighbors advised them not to go when they learned about their plan. "Don't go there," said one neighbor, "If you go, you can never earn a livelihood." "We cannot understand you," interrogated the couple, "We have a find command of our art, how could we not earn our living with our work? Don't make a fool of us, please." "Indeed, you have your skill," explained the man, "But have you taken notice of the fact that shoes are made for people and the silk taffeta are for hat-making? The people of Yue don't wear shoes, for they are barefooted. Again, they like to have their hair spread out over their heads and they never use hats. To whom should you sell your shoes and hats then?" Experienced though you are in the arts, yet the arts you have mastered are useless there." After this explanation, the husband and wife now understood that anything that was not adaptable to the objective world would be useless and unpractical.不合时宜 鲁国有对夫妻，男的是鞋匠，鞋子做的很好；女的是织绢能手。有一天，他们商量想到越国去谋生。消息传到四邻后，有人对他们说："不要到那儿去！否则你们一定无法生存的！"那对夫妇说："我们不明白你的意思， 我们都有一套手艺，怎么 会生活不了呢？别胡说了！" 那人说："对呀，你们虽然都有一套手艺，可是你们要知道，鞋子是给人穿的，但越国人都赤脚不穿鞋子，你们织的丝绢原是做帽子用的，但越国人喜欢披着头发，不戴帽子，你们的本领虽大，手艺虽高，但你们做的鞋子、帽子去卖给谁呢？那对夫妇这才明白，凡事如果不合时宜，不适合客观环境就不中用了。
惊艳你的眼
A smiling boy arrived home from a dental visit,"Hey mom,the dentist says I have no cavities. " His mom stared at him wide-eyed and quite surprised,"It's impossible --you never brush your teeth after cleaning the chocolate box before you go to bed! Then the boy opened his mouth --he had not a tooth left! 英文笑话：我没有蛀牙/No Cavities 小男孩儿看完牙医，面带微笑地回到家：“嘿，妈妈，牙医说，我一颗蛀牙也没有。” 妈妈惊讶地瞪大眼睛：“不可能——你每回上床睡觉前都把巧克力盒子里的糖一下子吃完，而且从来不刷牙！” 1.Our Tails 我们的尾巴The lecturer on evolution had been going on for nearly two hours. then he started again, and said he:"Let me ask the evolutionist a question --- if we had tails like a baboon, where are they?"教进化论的老师已经滔滔不绝地讲了快两个小时，他的话题又来了：“让我向进化论者提个问题——如果我们曾经像狒狒那样长着尾巴，那么现在尾巴到哪里去了？”"I'll venture an answer, " said an old lady. "We have worn them off sitting here so long.".“我来试试看，”一位老太太说。 “该是我们在这里坐这么久把它们磨掉了吧。”2.I'm Trying to Stop It "Boy, why have you got cotton-wool in your ear? Is it infected?" "No, sir, but you said yesterday that everything you told me went in one ear and out the other , so I am trying to stop it." “孩子，你为什么用棉花塞住耳朵？它感染了吗？” “没有，老师。可是你昨天说你告诉我的知识都是一个耳朵里进，一个耳朵里出，所以我要把它堵在里面。” 3.“I'm sorry ，Madam ，but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy's tooth .” “Twenty d ollars! Why ，I understand you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!” “Yes ，but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office .” “对不起，夫人，为您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。” “20美元！为什么？不是说好只要4美元。” “是的，但是你的孩子大喊大叫，把另外四个病人吓 跑了守株待兔Today ， I tell a little story to you .Once upon a time there was a farmer who worked hard in the fields every day.One day,while he was ploughing the fields,he heard a bumping sound. He saw a dead rabbit .He thought to himself ,"Since it is so easy to get a rabbit like that, why should I work so hard all day long"He threw his hoe away and lay by the tree every day,dreaming for more rabbits to come.When he finally realized his foolish,he starved to death.The story told us no pain ,no gain , no one can reap where one has not sown.
小壮壮长大
STAND IN THE SNOW TO WAIT UPON MASTER CHENG程门立雪China has a long history of respecting teachers.中国有很久的传统。 There are many exciting stories about this. 有许多尊师重教的故事令人感动。What I want to tell you today is just one of these, STAND IN THE SNOW TO WAIT UPON MASTER CHENG.今天我要讲的仅是其中之一——“程门立雪”。That was in Song Dynasty. 那是在宋代。One day, a scholar named Yang Shi was going to ask some questions from Master Cheng Yi with one of his friends. 一天，有位叫杨时的学者和他的一位友人打算去向老师程颐求教。But when they went to Cheng’s door of the study, they found the master was sitting there and sleeping. 但当他们来到老师书房门前时却发现，老人家正坐在书房里打盹。In order not to disturb their master, instead of letting the servant wake him up, they stood and waited there quietly. 为了不打扰他们老师休息，两位学生就没让仆人进去叫醒，而是站在哪里静静地等待。As the son set, the master waked up.当太阳落山的时候，老师醒了。What amazed him was that he found two young men were standing in front of his study, with snow all around their bodies, and the snow around their feet was up to one Chinese foot. 令他吃惊的是，他发现有两个年轻人正站在门外，雪花洒满了他们的全身，脚下的积雪足有一尺厚了。China is an old country with great civilization.中国是一个具有伟大文明的古国。Chinese traditional culture is still very popular in nowadays.中国传统文化当今仍受欢迎。 We students should learn much from Yang Shi, and respect our teachers in everyday life as much as possible.我们学生要多向杨时学习，在日常生活中多多尊重老师！
