What would you do if you failed?Many people may choose to give up. However,the surest way to success is to keep your direction and stick to your goal.

　　On your way to success,you must keep your direction. It is just like a lamp,guiding you in darkness and helping you overcome obstacles on your way. Otherwise,you will easily get lost or hesitate to go ahead.

　　Direction means objectives. You can get nowhere without an objective in life.

　　You can try to write your objective on paper and make some plans to achieve it. In this way,you will know how to arrange your time and to spend your time properly. And you should also have a belief that you are sure to succeed as long as you keep your direction all the time.

　　如果失败了你会怎么做?很多人可能会选择放弃。然而，要想成功，最可靠的方法就是坚持你的方向和目标。

　　在通往成功的路上，你必须坚持你的方向。它就像一盏灯，在黑暗中为你指路，帮助你度过难关。否则，你很容易就会迷失方向或犹豫不前。

　　方向意味着目标。人生如果没有目标，将一事无成。

　　你可以试着把你的目标写在纸上，并制定实现目标的计划。这样，你就会懂得如何合理安排时间，如何正确地支配时间。而且你还要有这样的信念：只要你一直坚持自己的方向，你就一定可以成功。

　　I Don’t Want to Walk Home

　　我不想走回家

　　Tom is a very old man. After dinner, he likes walking in the street. And he goes to bed at seven o’clock.　　汤姆是一位老人，他喜欢在晚饭后到大街上散步，在7点回来睡觉。　　But tonight, a car stopped at his house. A policeman helps him get out. He tells Tom’s wife, “The old man couldn’t find his way in the street. He asked me to take him in the car.”　　但是，今天晚上一辆小汽车停在他家门前，汤姆在一位警察的帮助下走下汽车。警察告诉汤姆的妻子：“这位老人在街上迷路了，他让我用汽车送他回来。”　　After the policeman leaves there, his wife asks, “Tom, you go to the street every night.But tonight you can’t find the way, what’s the matter?”　　警察走后：“汤姆，你每天都到那条街上散步，但是今天你迷路了，你怎么了？”　　The old man smiles like a child and says, “I couldn’t find my way? I didn’t want to walk home.”　　这位老人像孩子般的笑道：“我迷路了？我是不想走路回家。”

　　Sunflowers

　　向日葵

　　A sunflower is a kind of beautiful and useful plant. Its face is round and golden, looks like the sun. That's why people call it sunflowers.

　　向日葵时一种美丽而有用的植物。它的脸时圆形，金黄色，看上去像太阳，这就是为什么人们叫它为“向日葵”。

　　It faces the sun all the time during the day. When autumn comes, sunflower fruit is ripe. People like eating them in their free time. What's more, people can also make oil from them.

　　在白天它一直面朝太阳。秋天到来时，葵花籽熟了。人们在休闲时喜欢吃葵花籽。而且，人们还用葵花籽榨油。

　　A sunflower brings us not only beauty but also delicious seeds.

　　向日葵不仅给我们带来了美，而且提供了好吃的葵花籽。

　　I think smiling is as important as sunshine. Smiling is like sunshine because it can make people happy and have a good day. If you aren’t happy, you can smile, and then you will feel happy. Someone may say, “But I don’t feel happy.” Then I would say, “Please smile as you do when you are happy or play with your friends happily. You will really be happy again.”

　　Smiling can let you have more friends.So I say, smiling is like a flower. It will give you happiness.

　　微笑

　　我认为微笑是一样重要的像阳光。 微笑是象阳光，因为它可能使人愉快和有一个早晨好。 如果您不是愉快的，您能微笑，您然后将感觉愉快。 某人也许说， “但是我不感到愉快”。 然后我会说， “请微笑，您，当您愉快地是愉快或戏剧与您的朋友。 您真正地再将是愉快的”。

　　微笑可能让您有更多朋友。如此我说，微笑是象花。 它将给您幸福。

　　Save Water节约用水

　　We can't live without water. Everyone needs to drink water every day. If we don't drink enough clean water, we may be ill. And if our clothes are dirty, we also need water.

　　离开水我们不能生存。每人每天都需要水。如果不喝足够干净的水，我们就会生病。如果我们的衣服脏了也需要水。

　　So water is very important. But there isn't enough water in the world now. If we don't save water from now on, in the future we can't see clean water in the world except our own tears.

　　因此水很重要。可是现在世界上已经没有足够的水了。如果我们不从现在起节约用水，那么将来我们在世界上将看不到干净的水，除了我们自己的泪水。

　　我们需要梦想

　　We all want to believe that we are capable of great feats, of reaching our fullest potential. We need dreams. They give us a vision of a better future. They nourish our spirit。

　　我们都相信自己有成就伟业的能力，能发挥出自己的 大潜能，我们需要梦想，它会给我们展现一番更好的前景，它能滋养我们的灵魂。

　　They represent possibility even then we are dragged down by reality. They keep us going. Most successful people are dreamers Dreamers are not content with being merely mediocre, because no one ever dreams of going halfway.

　　梦想代表一种可能性，尽管它会受现实的羁绊。梦想让我们勇往直前。多数成功人士都是梦想家。梦想家不满足于平庸，因为谁也不希望半途而废。

　　When we were little kids, we didn’t dream of a life of struggle and frustration. We dreamed of doing something big and splashy, something significant. We dreamed big.

　　孩提时，我们不曾梦想过自立而充满挫折的生活，却梦想做一些轰轰烈烈而又意义的大事。我们梦想成为伟人。

　　We know now that we have to put in the effort to reach our dreams, but the tough part is that most of us don’t know where to start working. duanwenw.com We might have every intention of becoming Vice President in five years or running across the finish line in a marathon or completing the novel we started years ago. But often we have no idea how to translate these dreams into actions.

　　如今，我们知道，要实现梦想必须全力以赴，可多数人却不知从何入手。我们可以有5年后成为副总统，或者马拉松赛中冲过终点，或完成多年前就已经开始创作的小说的梦想。可我们往往不知怎么将梦想转为行动。

　　In order to make real steps toward fulfilling our ultimate, big, splashy dreams, we have to start with concrete objective. These are our goals.

　　为了真正付诸实施，实现我们终极、伟大而恢弘的梦想。我们一定要从具体的目标着手，这些就是我们的目标。

　　有能力帮助别人是一种幸福

　　The hummingbird was lost in the supermarket, exhausted, starving, and near death as it spiraled towards the ground on helpless wings.

　　一只蜂鸟在超市里迷路了，它疲惫不堪且饥饿难耐，由于无力挥动双翼，小蜂鸟飞得越来越低，眼看就要奄奄一息。

　　I snatched her away from the crushing carts, cupped her in my hands, and rushed for the exit.

　　我一把将它抓住，让它免于遭受被推车碾压的命运。我小心翼翼地托着蜂鸟，向出口跑去，感到它小而柔软的身体躺在我的掌心。

　　She was tiny and soft against my palms. I ran out towards the flowers. She was too weak to perch; I cupped her in my palm and held her up to each flower to drink.

　　我跑向花丛，然而这只蜂鸟太虚弱了，站都站不起来。于是我举着它，让它挨个吸食每朵花的花蜜。

　　Slowly, she perked up and her claws tightened on my finger. Then she spread her wings and flew on her own: a tiny, sweet miracle.

　　渐渐地蜂鸟有了精神，它的爪子抓紧了我的手指，之后它挥动着翅膀飞了起来――这小小的，甜蜜的奇迹。

　　There was a sturdy ram with a pair of thick horns upright on its head.

　　It strutted about proudly and saw a fence built with bamboo and wood in front, which blocked its way. It cast a sidelong glance at the fence, lowered its neck and lunged at the fence, hoping to knock it down. The fence remained intact but the ram injured its own horns.

　　If it had not injured its horns, the ram would have persisted obstinately in butting against the fence, even against the spokes of a wheel until it bled with a fractured skull.

　　As a result, with its horns caught in the fence, the ram could neither advance nor retreat butbleat helplessly.

　　一头长得非常雄壮的公羊的头上，挺立着一对粗大的犄角。

　　公羊骄傲地踱着步，看见前面有一道竹木编成的篱笆挡住了它的去路。公羊斜着眼睛看看，便弯下脖子呼的一声撞上去，想把篱笆撞倒。结果篱笆纹丝不动，它反把自己的犄角碰伤了。

　　假如公羊没有碰伤犄角的话，那么它还会一个劲儿地撞下去，甚至向车轮的辐条上撞去，直到头破血流为止。

　　结果呢?公羊的犄角被篱笆夹住，进也不得，退也不得，只能“咩咩”不停地叫唤。

　　A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home. But the pumpkin is too big. The panda can’t take it home.

　　一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。

　　Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her. She watches the bike. “I know! I have a good idea.” she jumps and shouts happily, “I can roll a pumpkin. It’s like a wheel.”

　　突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有了！我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。

　　So she rolls the pumpkin to her home. When her mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, “Oh, my God! How can you carry it home?” the little panda answers proudly, “I can’t lift it, but I can roll it.” Her mother smiled and says，“What a clever girl!”

　　于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊！这么食的南瓜！你是怎么把它带回家来的？”小熊猫自豪地说；“我拎不动它，可是我能滚动它啊！”她妈妈微笑着说：“真聪明啊！”

　　BOOKS 书籍

　　As is well known, books teach us to learn life, truth, science and many other useful things.They increase our knowledge, broaden our minds and strengthen our character.In other words, they are our good teachers and wise friends.This is the reason why our parents always encourage us to read more books.Reading is a good thing, but we must pay great attention to the choice of books.It is true that we can derive benefits from good books.However, bad books will do us more harm than good.

　　如众所周知，书籍教我们学习人生，真理，科学以及其它许多有用的东西。它们增加我们的知识，扩大我们的心胸并加强我们的品格。换句话说，它们是我们的良师益友。这是为什么我们的父母终是鼓励我们要多读书的理由。

　　读书是一好事，但我们必须多加注意书的选择。不错，我们能从好书中获得益处。然而，坏书却对我们有害无益。