事迹英文翻译

moving stories

雷锋，一个偶像当雷锋因公殉职的时候，他只有22岁。但是他短暂的一生表达了一个新民族的崇高理想， 因为共产主义精神哺育了他，同样他一生都奉行崇高的道德品质，以新中国人民的利益为重。这些都是对共产主义思想的忠诚，在政治上对党和社会主义事业的热爱，革命者是为了自我完善，为了崇高品质，为了团结同志，为了乐于助人而在辛勤工作，他的英雄主义精神准备好了为正义的事业而拿起武器不顾个人安危，好好学习天天向上的态度，言行一致的诚恳和忠于事业的精神。社论，人民日报 1993年三月五日新中国领导人都将雷锋作为一个正真无私的个人和模范而表彰。雷锋精神对中国人每天的生活都有重要的作用。在毛泽东时代，强调道德楷模的重要性，但是在邓小平改革时代，因为社会关系发展中相互竞争而出现了道德的败坏。从二十世纪70年代开始，在学校课本中雷锋的重要性开始减小了，即使他还是在国家要求的总课程当中。活雷锋这个词，文字上的活雷锋成为了一个名词或者形容词来说明一种无私的现象，或者一个无私帮助他人的人。中文部分还需要通顺一下，呵呵。楼主自己看。

touching story

林则徐Lin Zexu (Chinese: 林则徐; pinyin: Lín Zéxú) (August 30, 1785 - November 22, 1850) was a Chinese scholar and official during the Qing dynasty. He is most famous for his active fight against opium smuggling in Guangzhou, which is usually considered to be the primary catalyst for the First Opium War 1839-42. Lin was born in Fuzhou, in the Fujian province. In 1811 he received the Jinshi degree, the highest title in the imperial examinations, and the same year he was appoinyed to the prestigeous Hanlin Academy. He rose rapidly through various grades of provincial service, and became Governor-General of Hunan and Hubei in 1837. A formidable bureaucrat known for his thoroughness and integrity, Lin was sent to Guangdong to halt the importation of opium by the British prior to the First Opium War (1838). He confiscated more than 20,000 chests of opium already at the port and supervised their destruction. He later blockaded the port from European ships. Lin also wrote a letter to Queen Victoria of Britain warning her that China was adopting a stricter policy towards everyone, Chinese or foreign, who brought opium into China. This letter expressed a desire that Victoria would act "in accordance with decent feeling" and support his efforts. The letter was however never delivered to the queen but was published in The Times[1] . Open hostilities between China and Britain started in 1839. Lin's failure to secure a decisive victory against the British led to his replacement by Qishan in September 1840. As punishment for his failures, he was demoted and sent to exile in Ili in Xinjiang. However, the Chinese government still considered Lin to be an official of rare virtue, and sent him off to take care of difficult situations. He died in 1850 while on the way to Guangxi, where the government was sending him to help put down the Taiping Rebellion. He was a patriot of ability who attained an international reputation as "Commissioner Lin." He was opposed to the opening of the country, but felt the need of a better knowledge of foreigners, which drove him to collect much material for a geography of the world. He later gave this material to Wei Yuan, who published an Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms (Hǎiguó túzhì 海国图志) in 1844. June 3, the day when Lin confiscated the crates of opium, is celebrated as Anti-Smoking Day in the Republic of China in Taiwan. Manhattan's Chatham Square, in Chinatown, contains a statue of Lin, commemorating his early struggle against drug use.