我的暑假My Summer Holiday
Last term, I graduated from primary school. It means that I will be a junior school student next term. I am looking forward to my school life in the new school. Likewise, it means that this summer holiday is my last summer holiday in primary school. I want to do something different. Firstly, I do some preview for my junior school study. I want to have a good preparation for the new study tasks. Secondly, I learn to be independent. I learn to cook, so that when my parents go out, they don't have to worry about me. Besides, I try hard to finish my work independently. I hope I can start to handle my own affairs by myself. Through this summer holiday, I do well in this aspect. Finally, I play a lot in summer holiday, meeting friends, doing exercise and so on. I have a rich summer holiday.
上学期我小学毕业，这意味着下个学期开始，我就是一名初中生了，我开始期待我在新校园的生活了。同时这也意味着这个暑假，是属于小学的最后一个暑假。我决定过个不平常的暑假，首先，我将对初中课程做些预习，为新的学习任务做准备。其次，我要学会独立。学着做菜，这样爸妈出去时，不用担心我。此外，我努力学着独立完成自己的事情，自己的事自己做。经过这个暑假的努力，我在这方面做得很成功。最后，我也为暑假生活做了很多计划，见见朋友，做做运动等等。我度过的将是一个丰富的暑假。
我的暑假生活
I often go to see my grandma and grandpa during my summer are both seventy years old and live in the country happily. Summer view of the countryside is very beautiful. I can do many interesting things there. I am used to getting up early in the morning, breathing the fresh air,listening to the birds singing, and enjoying the green trees, red flowers and the river. I like fishing with my friends.
When night comes, I sit under the tree with my grandma, listening to her telling me many funny stories. And I tell her some new things happening in the city. When I have to go back,I am always reluctant to go. I really feel happy living in the country.
1、Genius only means hard-working all one's life. (Mendeleyev Russian chemist)
天才只意味着终身不懈地努力。(俄国化学家 门捷列耶夫)
2、The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ". (Bonaparte Napoleon ,French emperor )
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说"不可能的"。( 法国皇帝 拿破仑. B.)
3、There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. (Balzac)
没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。(巴尔扎克)
4、Cease to struggle and you cease to live.(Thomas Carlyle)
生命不止，奋斗不息。(卡莱尔)
5、A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate.(Thomas Addison)
强者能同命运的风暴抗争。(爱迪生)
6、Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.(John Ruskin)
生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。(罗斯金)
7、Live a noble and honest life. Reviving past times in your old age will help you to enjoy your life again.
过一种高尚而诚实的生活。当你年老时回想起过去，你就能再一次享受人生。
8、Accept what was and what is, and you’ll have more positive energy to pursue what will be.
接受过去和现在的模样，才会有能量去追寻自己的未来。
9、Behind every successful man there's a lot u unsuccessful years. (Bob Brown)
每个成功者的后面都有很多不成功的岁月。(鲍博·布朗)
10、Enrich your life today,. yesterday is rrow is mystery.
充实今朝，昨日已成过去，明天充满神奇。
A wolf once met a donkey on the road outside the village.
"I 'm going to eat you up, "said the wolf .
"Certainly, " replied the donkey, thinking fast. "But please don't eat me out here on the road where everyone can see. I shall be so ashamed . Take me into the forest. Don't be afraid that I shall try to escape. Here, tie this rope round your neck and fasten it to my bridle. Then I will lead you to a quiet spot I know."
The wolf thought this was a good idea so he fastened the rope round his neck and knotted it firmly to the donkey's bridle.
"Now I will go wherever you say, " said the donkey.
"Show me the way to your quiet spot , " ordered the wolf.
"Very well," said the donkey, setting off down the road towards the village. As they came to the first houses the wolf began to suspect that he had been tricked.
"This is not the way to the forest, " he said, tugging at his end of the rope. "This road goes to the village."
"Don't worry," said the donkey cheerfully , "This is a short cut. "
The donkey began to trot faster , then to gallop. The rope round the wolf's neck drew tight; in a very short time he was dragged right up to the donkey's door.
The master, his wife and their three sons all came running out to rescue the donkey . They were so angry that they would have killed the wolf there and then. Fortunately for the wolf , however , one of the sons threw a knife at him. The knife missed , but it cut the rope round his neck. The next moment all the family could see was a cloud of dust in the road as the wolf fled to safety in the dark forest.
If you keep your head you will be all right.
狼和驴
有一回，狼在村外的路上碰见驴。
"我要把你吃掉。"狼说。
"当然可以，"驴灵机一动，回答说，"但请不要在这条路上吃，人人都会看见的， 我会感到难为情。把我带到森林里去吧。别担心我们会逃跑。喏， 把这根绳子一头饶在你脖子上，一头拴在我的缰绳上，然后我把你带到一个我熟悉的安静的地方去。"
狼认为这是个好主意，于是把绳子饶在脖子上，把另一头牢牢系在驴缰绳上。
"现在你说到什么地方去，我就到什么地方去。"驴说。
"带我到你说的那个安静的地方去。"狼吩咐道。
"很好。"驴说着，就沿通向村子的路走去。他们来到头几所房子附近时，狼怀疑自己受骗上当了。
"这不是到森林去的路，"他使劲拉绳子的一头说， "这条路是到村子里去的。"
"别着急，"驴高兴地说， "这是一条近路。" 驴加快了步子，接着跑起来。套在狼脖子上的绳子抽紧了;一会儿功夫，就把狼拉到驴的家门口。
驴的主人、主人的妻子和三个儿子都跑出来救驴。他们非常生气，要立即就地把狼打死。不过，狼很幸运，主人的一个儿子拿刀砍狼，没砍着，却把套在狼脖子上的绳子砍断了。转眼之间，这一家子看到路上尘土飞扬，狼安然逃向黑暗的树林里去了。
保持镇静，就没问题。
1、'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
“Go”是英语中最短的完整句子。
2、The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
单词“onion”（洋葱）来自于拉丁词“unio”，意思是大珍珠。
3、The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
单词“tips”（小费）实际上是“To Insure Prompt Service”（保障快捷的服务）的首字母缩写！
4、The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
词组“rule of thumb”（经验法则），是从一条古老的英国法律中来的，即：不能用超过大拇指粗细的东西打老婆。
5、The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
英语中最长的单词是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses”（硅酸盐沉着病）！
5、More people in China speak English than in the United States.
会说英语的中国人比会说英语的美国人还多。
7、The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
单词“listen”（听）和“silent”（安静的）用到了一样的字母。
8、Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
胡佛真空吸尘器在英国曾经非常流行，到现在很多人还把“vacuuming”（吸尘）说成“hoovering”（胡佛ing…）。
9、Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
“Stressed”（压力）倒过来拼就是“Desserts”（点心）。
10、The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
英语中使用最多的字母是“E”，用得最少的是“Q”。
11、Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
作家厄尔尼斯特·文森特·莱特曾经写过一篇5万字的小说《葛士比》，里面没有一个字母“E”！
There's no suchthing as a free lunch
我们常常听说这样一句话：There's no such thing as a free lunch.（没有免费的午餐），你知道这句话是怎么来的吗？
十九世纪的时候，美国有些酒吧给顾客提供“免费的午餐”。所谓午餐，其实不过是些用来和啤酒一起送出的脆饼；而所谓免费，当然不是真的，不买酒喝就没有饼吃。所以，当时有人说：There's no such thing as a free lunch.
到了二十世纪七十年代，经济学家弗里德曼 (Milton Friedman)写的一本书用了这句话做书名。他在别的著作、演讲里也多次引用这句话。于是，这句话就又流行了起来。
有时，我们不相信会得到一些优惠，就可以用这句“弗里德曼名言”。
例如：
I don't believe he's giving us the money without any ulterior motive. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
我不相信他送钱给我们不是别有用心，世上没有免费的午餐
Honeymoon
大家一定都知道honeymoon吧，honey（蜂蜜）和 moon（月）结合在一起的意思就是“蜜月”。honeymoon指的是新婚夫妇结为伉俪的最初一段时光（并非一定是结婚后的第一个月，虽然很多人都有这样的错觉）。爱情经过长久的期盼和耕耘，相爱的情侣终于手拉手走到了一起，双方的感觉能不像蜜一样甘甜醇美吗？
有一种说法认为honeymoon这个词来源于巴比伦的民俗传统。这个古老的国家一直保留着这样一个传统，在女儿出嫁的第一个月，女孩的父亲每天都会让女婿喝mead（蜂蜜酒），以希望后辈们的婚姻永远幸福甜蜜。
然而，从词源学的观点来看，这种说法是错误的。honeymoon 最早出现于16 世纪，honey 用以喻指新婚的甜蜜，但moon并不是指很多人认为的阴历月份(lunar-based month)，它是一种苦涩的暗示，旨在告诫人们婚姻固然是幸福甜美的，但这种甜蜜就像月亮的盈亏，只是暂时的（因此要十分珍惜才对喔！），婚姻更多的意味着双方要一起肩负生活的重担，一起承受人生的酸甜苦辣，一起经受生活的风风雨雨
Darling
darling可能是英语中最流行的昵称了，也是最古老的词语之一。早在公元888年，darling就以deorling的形式出现了。darling一词有多种用法，一般作名词表示“亲爱的人”，作形容词表示“亲爱的；可爱的”，同时darling也可以用来称呼所爱的人或家庭中的成员，如Darling, fetch me another bonbon, please.（亲爱的，请再帮我拿一颗小糖果吧。）darling还可以用作比喻，但经常带有轻微的讽刺意味，表示某人深受一个不大招人喜欢的人或机构的喜爱。比如，Senator is the darling of the oil companies.（参议员是石油公司的宠儿。）
尽管用途广泛，darling的来源却相当简单。darling源于古英语单词deor或deore，表示“所爱的人”或“亲爱的”，这会让你很自然的联想到今天的dear。词缀ling表示one who is，所以deorling和今天的darling的意思都是one who is dear.
此外，在夫妇之间，除了darling，还可以用sweetheart、pet、dear、love等称谓。在男女恋人之间经常使用honey、baby等带有感情色彩的词汇，而一些有了孩子的守旧的老夫妻喜欢互称mother、father。甚至还有比这个称呼更传统的，比如在十九世纪的小说《傲慢与偏见》中，Bennet夫妇非常正式地互称对方为Mr. Bennet和Mrs. Bennet。当然，夫妇间还可以有许多更随意更独特的称呼，比如Teddy Bear、Honeybun、Sugar Doll 等等。不过，其中的特别含义大概只有他们自己明白了。
