专八翻译练习参考译文
翻译参考译文
1. Instead of harassing the monks, the
tigers voluntarily stood guard at the gate of the temple. As a
reward for it, the monks would place some edibles in front of the
gate for the tigers to eat. Towards evening, when the setting sun
had dyed half of the sky red, the tigers would come up to the gate
in groups to eat their fill and then left slipping and jumping. The
monks usually left the gate wide open while peacefully engaged in
their daily routine of chanting Buddhist scripture inside the
temple. Normally none of their came out to watch the tigers eat.
Sometimes, however, one or two monks did appear standing at the
gate, but the tigers would remain unalarmed and, taking the monks
for their friends, did nothing to harm them. They just kept on
eating unhurriedly until they finished and left. Sometimes, when
they found，monks at the gate, they would whisk away like the wind
after uttering several thunderous roars.
2. In the following year, a formal peace
pact was signed. About a month later, Cixi left Xi’an at last. She
was utterly fearful of foreigners just as she was extremely
arro-gant toward her own countrymen. She stopped far a long time in
Henan and halted in Baoding for quite a few days before finally
arriving in Beijing. According to unofficial accounts，an amusing
episode took place during this long and drawn out journey. When a
local official offered a monkey to her as a gift，she was so pleased
that she ordered a yellow mandarin jacket to be conferred upon the
monkey．later, a eunuch heard some officials complaining that people
were considered less worthy than a monkey and went to inform
Cixi，who realized that her order had been indeed a little too
whimsical. So she issued another edict granting each of the
escorting officials a yellow mandarin jacket. Upon the receipt of
such an unusual favor the officials did not know whether they
should thank Cixi or rather the monkey for it.
3. The Chinese government’s policy towards
Hong Kong is “one country, two sys-terms”. This principle is not
only conductive to the economic development in Hong Kong but also
in accord with China's own interests. We have no intention to make
the Hong Kong government unable to perform its normal functions
during the transition period. On the contrary, we hope that it will
effectively administer Hong Kong's affair. The best guarantee is
the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the memorandum of
understand-ing on the construction of the new airport. As for the
years after 1997，the National People's Congress has passed the
Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. That
basic law is the most powerful guarantee.
4. While I had not completely recovered from
my fright and was still at a loss what to say or do, the man had
already walked slowly away with the old and the young. I blankly
watched them disappearing, deeply touched by the scene of the three
receding figures. I was so excited that I wanted very much to put
aside my bike and go over to help．But I didn't．For I know the
little boy and the elderly man are like the two loads of a carrying
pole weighing down on the shoulder of that middle-aged gentleman.
No matter how heavy the burdens may be, neither of them will be put
5. Nevertheless, scholars and historical
commentators in each dynasty often singled out a few occurrences
which they considered to be chiefly responsible for the collapse of
the old regime. Sometimes they went so far as to announce that
except for a certain in-cident，the dynastic change would never have
occurred. Thus, quite a few Qing schol-ars attributed the fall of
the Ming dynasty to Emperor Chongzhen's execution of his ablest
general，Yuan Chonghuan. On the other hand, popular writers often
blamed the Manchu occupation of China on a beautiful woman named
Chen Yuanyuan-a mere singing girl bought for a thousand taels of
silver to become the concubine of Wu Sangui，garrison commander of
the strategic Shanhai Pass.
6. In extended families, older member's
opinion was respected, and the youngest members are loved and taken
good cane of by all. China's constitution stipulates that grown-up
children are duty-bound to support their parents. In the cities,
couples who do not live with their aged parents give the latter
living allowances and help them with the house chores. In the
countryside, though quite a number of extended families have
dissolved, many marred sons and their families continue to live in
the same courtyard with their parents. To them, breaking up the
extended family means cooking their meals separately. Married sons
most often have their houses built near their parents’
Home, making it convenient for parents and children
to help and visit each other as be-fore．
7. No task seems too large for the people of
China. They are building their future on a scale that matches the
needs for their people, who could fault this effort if they truly
understood what it takes to provide for the people of China. In the
history of every in-dustrialized nation, there has been a great
period of building infrastructure for the bene-fit of its people.
China is in this period now and the task is much greater than the
ones that any other country has ever faced. There should be no
question that the Chinese people have the ability to successfully
complete the Three Gorges Project.
8. We consume our eggs sparingly. My wife
has to go to a lot more trouble when a hen is sitting. As the
brooding hen will fly out of its roost to seek food once every
other day, she has to get the feed ready for it beforehand．And she
has to be careful not to let the hen heave its droppings in the
roost for fear that it should cause the eggs to rot. She puts all
the eggs that a hen is sitting on in lukewarm salty water to test
them. Those that float are rotten and those
that sink are kept for the hen to continue brood. She will thus
busy herself with all that for as long as three weeks un-til the
chirring sound comes out of the eggs．Then she will be left in a
state of great ex-citement for two or three day.
9. We must revive and carry forward the
practice of seeking truth from facts, the fine tradition and style
which Chairman Mao fostered in our Party. The minimum require-ment
for a Communist is to be an honest person, honest in word and
honest in deed. Deed and word must match and theory and practice
must be closely integrated. We must reject flashiness without
substance and every sort of boasting. There must be less empty talk
and more hard work. We must be steadfast and dedicated.
&&& We must
revive and carry forward the practice of criticism and
self-criticism, the fine tradition and style which Chairman Mao
fostered in our Party. Within the Party and within the ranks of the
people，we should conscientiously apply the principle. “Say all you
know and say it without reserve” and “Blame not the speaker but be
warned by his words”，as well as the principle of
unity-criticism—unity.
10. Talking of my childhood, I’m forever
grateful to my good parents. To them I owe my habit of living a
quiet and simple life and my “back to nature” propensity. They gave
me a& happy and clean environment so that I am now
able to feel content under any circumstances．I have a deep respect
and love for life. I have no grievances against humanity. I think
many human failings can be remedied so long as people strive with
firm determination．
&&& Not only do
I always remember my parents with gratitude, I also always bear in
mind how we should behave ourselves as parents．
11. I couldn't read his countenance without
seeing his face．However, judging from what he had said, he was
evidently living in a world of his own-bereft of home, love or
warmth, and flogged by the scourge of life. But he acted
unyieldingly and was filled with bitter hatred. He was using both
hands to bear the burden of life. He was never scared or
discouraged. He could achieve what children from well-to-do
families could “achieve, and he had ideas that they didn't dare to
&&& Life is a
melting pot which hardens the will of children like him so that
they are able to withstand the bitterest blows of life ever.
12. To begin with, she is the incarnation of
the legendary king of ancient Sichuan named Wang Di．She has come to
be known sometimes as a beauty with misfortune and sometimes as a
patriot concerned over the fate of the nation. Her call is full of
she loiters about the mountains crying and
spitting up blood．She is pathetic， sad, pure and sincere…She is in
the eyes of all a symbol of love, which seems to have become a
national feeling. And this feeling has gone beyond the national
boundary to affect most of the eastern countries. Nevertheless, all
that is a typical instance of un- deserved reputation.
13. All things under heaven and earth are
made up of different parts, but the slogan "women are as good as
men" makes demands on women without making a correspond-ing demand
on men to be “just as good as women”：to raise children just as
patiently, to do household chores just as uncomplainingly, to care
for the old just as dutifully. Come to think of it, the slogan
"women are as good as men” has spurred women on to achievements to
challenge men’s. But at the same time，women must still do what men
do not stoop to. The fact is, “women are as good as men” means that
women after doing what women do, must take up another burden. Let's
face it, basically women are not as the same as men．
14. After making perennial efforts to
measure my exact height, I reached the inescap-able conclusion that
I was permanently handicapped. Back in those days, I was a cal-low
young chap vastly capable of daring and foolhardiness, and
determined to wrestle with this prejudice against men's lack of
height. So by hook or by crook, I married a girl who was 1.74
meters in height. Such an astonishing tour de force thus achieved
greatly bolstered the morale and esteem of those of us who were
"handicapped"．
&&& But only
after the girl was enticed into matrimony did I begin to feel my
self-in-flicted anguish. This over-reaction of mine not only failed
to put an end to my "perma-nent handicap"，but also gave me lifetime
regret. I was deprived of the earthy pleasure of walling with my
wife in the street with my strong art around her delicate neck.
15. The boy watched her at her side
silently, as if he was expecting something. His old clothes, though
wet with sweat, were still clean. On the right shoulder was a
square-shaped patch, which reminded me of the life 30 years ago.
Meek and mild, the boy was waiting quietly. Yet the corpulent woman
turned her fat head to look around, totally ignoring him. In
despair, the boy went away sullenly. Staring at his skinny figure
receding unsteadily n the wind, I was suddenly stricken by a surge
of bitterness and pain.
16. She is always likely to know prosperity
comfort, and security. She will grow up and lead her whole life in
a proud and successful nation that is respected by the entire world
and which is attempting to be a friend and partner to all nations.
Since this is all she will ever know—it will all seem very, very
ordinary to her. There is something extraordinarily beautiful about
that is there not? When the extraordinary becomes the ordinary—that
is the final stage of all progress and success—right?
17. Starting at Shanhai Pass in the east and
ending up at Jiayu Pass in the west, the Great Wall traverses up
and down over numerous mountains and valleys in five of China’s
northern provinces and two autonomous regions. As it extends over a
distance of more than 6000 kms, it is called in Chinese the
Wanmlichangcheng which means “Ten Thousand Li Long Wall”. It is a
symbol of intelligence of the working people of old days, and also
one of the great architectural miracles in the world.
Construction of the wall first began in the
7th century B.C. after Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor
of the Qin Dynasty (221—206BC) achieved the unification of China in
221 B.C... He had the fortification walls of the three kingdoms
Qin, Zhao and Yan linked up to be a continuous wall extending more
than ten thousand li (a li = 1/2 kms), which formed the essential
size of the present-day Great Wall. Since then the later dynasties
continued to repair and build the wall. The great wall as it stands
today was restored and reinforced during the Ming Dynasty.
The great Wall winds like a giant serpent along the
lofty myriad mountains. It is one of the most famous attractions to
18. First, a decision was made to deepen the
reform and strengthen macro control of the national economy. This
was done so as to solve conspicuous contradictions and problems
which have surfaced in economic development, mainly through
economic means. Now the initial achievements have been made in
implementing the decision. Second, systematic and comprehensive
research has been done on how to accelerate the building of a
socialist market economy. These have centered on reforms in
banking, finance, taxation, and management of State assets, the
investment system and foreign trade system．Important reforms in
these sectors will be implemented in the near future．Third, the
anti-corruption drive has been launched so as to foster an honest
style of work.
19. The leaves were shooting high above the
water like the skirts of slim dancing girls. They were dotted in
between the layers with white flowers, some
others, as if bashfully, still in bud. They were like bright pearls
and stars in an azure sky. Their subtle fragrance was wafted by the
passing breeze, in whiffs airy as the notes of a song coming
faintly from some distant tower. There was a tremor on leaf and
flow-er, which, with the suddenness of lightening, some drifted to
the far end of the pond. The leaves, jostling and overlapping,
produced，as it were, a wave of deep green. Un-der the leaves,
softly hidden from view, water was rippling even its color was not
dis-cernible so that the leaves looked more enchanting.
20. The vermillion button on its cap was
dazzling, the blue satin cap itself was dazzling, the giant pearl
on the brim of the cap was dazzling, the long gown of light blue
satin embroidered with intertwined dragons and lined with squirrel
fur was dazzling, the cream-colored satin sleeveless jacket was
dazzling, the lilac cummerbund was dazzling. and its officials
boots with their painted white soles were dazzling, too. Only after
everyone crowded around this rainbow, offered it their greetings
and enquired its health, could it be observed that its
handsome，clean-cut round white face and its coal-black eyes full of
mirth were also dazzling. One couldn't make out what this rainbow
was saying even though its voice was very clear. Since it was
constantly interrupting its. speech with a" hahaha" or an"
ahahah"，one could see that its snow-white teeth were dazzling
21. Since the change takes place by slow
degrees-year by year, month by month, day by day, hour by hour,
minute by minute, second by second, you feel as if you were
permanently your same old self always seeing much fun and meaning
in life, like one, walking a long, long way down an extremely
gentle mountain slope, hardly per-ceives its degree of incline or
notices the altered scenes as he moves along. You thus take a
positive view of life and find it endurable. Suppose a kid suddenly
became a young man overnight, or a young man suddenly became an old
man in a matter of hours from dawn till dusk, you would definitely
feel astonished, emotionally stirred and sad, or lose any interest
in life due to its transience. Hence it is evident that life is
sustained by “gradualness”．
22. The woman was very good at commending:
her orders were all couched in soft-toned imperative sentences.
However, it simply wasn't right, I thought, for her to ask her
husband to do everything. But to these orders of hers, he never
said a word of “No”, nor did he reveal any sign of impatience. On
the contrary, his response showed that he was as meek as a lamb,
seeming to regard it as a great pleasure to busy his head of for
his slave master. Therefore，I came to the conclusion that his wife
must be a great beauty, for beautiful women without exception.
stuck up, imagining them-selves noble princesses.
23. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor Taizu of
Ming, was a man of the most humble origin，with nothing but his
natural ability at his disposal. His parents were poor peasants.
Forced to leave their homeland because of famine, they sold their
son into a Buddhist monastery to save both his life and their own.
After a few years as a novice monk, Zhu ran away and became a
bandit．This was a logical step for him to take, considering the
great confusion of the age, with revolts breaking out everywhere.
Some years later, he ascended the throne in Nanjing and proclaimed
the founding of the Ming dynasty, which was to last nearly three
hundred yeas.
24. The rapidly increasing population
presents a great challenge to the country's social And economic
development, the utilization of resources and environmental
protection, and delays the improvement of living standards and the
quality of the people. In order to guarantee its people’s minimum
living conditions and enable citizens to become better of, the only
correct choice that China can make is to strive for economic growth
and adjust its population growth to the country's social and
economic development．In view of the present situation, the Chinese
government has formulated a population of controlling the size and
raising the quality of the population and a family planning policy
of late marriage and childbirth, having fewer but healthier babies,
and one child per family. Shorthanded rural families with financial
difficulties may have a second child after an interval of 3 or more
25. Human beings are extremely interested in
the study of ants. The more we study them, the more they seem to be
like ourselves. Our dictionary tells us that the ant is a social
insect. That means that ants live in societies in which they depend
on one another. The societies are not all exactly the same. There
are differences because there are ants of very many kinds-more than
15,000 kinds，in fact. But in general, each kind has ants of three
main types: queens, males and workers.
26. Because of their earnest and
down-to-earth approach to work, westerners are, in the eyes of
Chinese smarties, next door to idiotic, They are being laughed at
by Chinese smarties for the tremendous amount of energy they put
into their activities．While westerners go about whatever work they
do methodically and patiently，never dreaming of reaching great
heights in one step, we Chinese are always given to seeking a
shortcut and regard the ability to boast as the master key to
&&& Boasting is
an essential art of life just as hyperbole is an indispensable
rhetorical figure．The Tang poet Li Bai’s famous lines “The Yellow
River comes from the sky” and “My white hair of thirty thousand
feet”，examples of hyperbole，which, to those who know little about
the art of rhetoric，may sound like a gross exaggeration of the part
of the poet．
27. Young couples streamed into the North
China Car Emporium last week, when work and school were off for
National Day and the Mid-autumn Festival. The eager customers were
lured in by the greater variety of low-and-mid-price models on the
market and also, just now, by the easy loans that are being
offered. Urban planners may fret about traffic and pollution. But
judging from the pent-up dreams expressed at this huge car lot in
southern Beijing, private car ownership is an unstopped wave,
bringing vast changes in social attitudes and habits along with
challenges to the environment.
28. The mountains along the
riverbanks，enveloped in a thin mist, appeared quite different from
what we had been accustomed to see. The moon was hanging leisurely
high up in the sky. A wide sandy beach lay stretching all the way
from the riverside to where I lived, showing a vast expanse of whit
in the moonlight, with slight undertones of green. Suddenly the
sweet fragrance of tuberoses wafted up from somewhere. It might be
the sweet fragrance of moon, I thought. I stood lost in reverie. It
was not until fifteen minutes later that，tuning round to，my own
shadow on the wall, I finally returned to my old self.
&&& Of course it
will bring me great pleasure to，the same brilliant moonlight a few
more times even though I've said, “It doesn't matter at all if you
see no moon.”
29. A man may have traveled all over the
world, but what often emerge in his dreams are not the famous
mountains he has climbed nor the oceans he has crossed, but the
narrow, winding lanes he used to pass through or the marshes where
he used to catch frogs as a child．Memories of one's early days are
invariably tinged with a peculiar color. Even remembered pain is
quite different to actual, present pain. It is like caressing one's
scar；the physical pain is gone, and one rather feels a little proud
of the smooth and shiny blotch.
30. From then on, I always played the
fugitive while the dog the pursuer. He would bark furiously at the
sight of me. And the more scared I was, the fiercer he became. I
developed a canine phobia．As I was growing up, one day it suddenly
dawned on me somehow that it was shameful to be afraid of a dog.
Hence instead of shying away in fear, I stood confronting him. I
stood firm and so did he．He barked angrily with his mouth wide open
as if he were about to run at me. But, nevertheless, he never moved
a single step towards me.
31. As a sophomore, I was taught History of
Western Philosophy by Professor He Lin. He did not frown at my
one-hundred-page long book report in English, but rather praised me
in class. It was under his guidance that I read a great deal of
ancient Greek philosophers in English translation, the delight from
which was just like that of discovering a new planet. I．also taught
Italian Renaissance Art by Professor Winter in the Gongzi
Courtyard. In his lectures, he passed around many painting albums,
and humorously but rigorously offered his critical evaluations．
32. At the moment there suddenly appeared
before my eyes a vision of green. One year, in winter, I had
returned to my hometown, traveling by car on a highway to the
southern border of our country. The small car wound its way over
hill and dale, both sides of the read thickly wooded with towering
green foliage：pines，cypresses and emerald bamboo ．And there were
many other trees whose names I did not know. The varied green of
the trees were set off by a luxuriant carpet of scented lawn. I was
cocooned in “green”. From delighted surprise I entered a state of
pleasant calm．I was quietly, happily intoxicated in the midst of
this all-encompassing green.
33. Out of sheer boredom I would pick up a
book-science or literature, it was all the Same to me--and read on
and on till it suddenly dawned on me that I had turned a dozen
pages without taking in a word. My sense of hearing, however, was
so acute that I seemed able to hear all the footsteps outside the
gate, including those of Zijun, gradually approaching-but all too
often they faded away again to be lost at last in the medley of
other footfalls. I hated the steward’s son who wore cloth-soled
shoes which sounded quite different from those of Zijun. I hated
the little wretch next door who used face-cream, often wore new
leather shoes, and whose steps sounded all too like those of
34. He appeared lost in thought, his face
inscrutable．He was even，inscrutable than his facial expression. He
had a hand in every good or bad event that went on in the team．As
an excellent driver，his safety record had reached a million
kilometers．But at the same time he was a troublemaker，the head of
other troublemakers．He had staged this farce to make a fool of Xie
Jing，a lucky bird of the time and an ace of the youth in the
factory．But he took no pleasure in seeing Xie Jing’s
desperation．Indeed，the whole performance got on his nerves，striking
him as futile and contemptible．
35. The station clock has struck ten, and
the people of Almond Blossom Lane, old and young, are taking the
air along the banks of a pond which, although it is the source of
evil exhalations drawn up by the summer sun in the daytime,
provides late at night an open space where one may catch the fresh,
cool breezes. Despite a sharp downpour a moment ago, it is still
unbearably hot and close．It is the sort of weather that makes
people feel parched inside and thirsting for another thunderstorm.
Yet the frogs that crouch among the reeds by the pond are as
untiringly strident as ever. The sound of the strollers’ voices
comes in desultory snatches. From time to time a silent flash of
lightening splashes the starless sky with a harsh blue glare and
for one startled moment shows up the weeping willows by the pond,
drooping and tumbling over the water. Then, just as suddenly, it is
dark again.
36. The sky looked much broader there, and
it seemed that night fell later. From the reflection in the water,
we felt it only dusk, which is what the Qinhuai River nights looks
like…Now, with broad open space in front of us, we suddenly felt
very light-heated, and the gentle breeze stroking our cheeks, hands
and clothes brought about a sense of refreshment. The sunlight must
be milder in Nanjing than in Hangiliou. A summer night on the West
Lake remains very hot, and the water seems so boiled, but the water
of the Qinhuai is always cool and green. Despite the flickering
shapes of people and snatches of song, the water of the Qinhuai
looks as calm and coolly green as if it were covered with a thin,
green veil.
37. I prefer our teacher to make public the
composition subject several days before the class meet. I prefer
lyrical, descriptive and narrative subjects to argumentative ones
because being enthusiastic, young people are fond of lyrical and
descriptive writings and also eager to write about their own
emotions and aspirations. Only by giving a true account of our
feelings，thoughts and life, can we produce good writings. Forcing
stu-dents to do hollow theorizing in composition will not only fail
to improve their writing ability but also subject them, so to
speak, to an ordeal of invisible mental abuse.
38. He had already turned thirty and had had
more than three girl-friends. But it was strange they left him one
after another. Not long ago, Mrs. Wang introduced him to another
girl, called Rongrong. She was pretty and fair, with long and
crescent eyebrows and clear and bright eyes. The moment he saw her,
he tried to impress her, bragging about everything under the sun,
and holding forth on and on, the girl reciprocated with only a
faint smile. Finding that the girl did not respond warmly, he was a
little perplexed, not knowing what the girl thought of him.
39. Some feminist researchers think that
women's liberation movement in China is still operating within the
framework of the male culture because froth the very beginning it
was directed by men, who set the male sex as a model for women to
follow. They argue that the time has come for Chinese women to
define their own roles in society and strive for a society in which
they can choose to work outside home or to stay at home, in which
they can have more time to develop their own interests and improve
community conditions.
41. I put out the light. Outside the window,
a few cold stars shimmered in the blue-black sky. No one should be
knocking at my door at this time of the night, I thought. And even
suppose someone really were doing so, it must surely be an ignorant
good-for-nothing—waking people up like this yet giving no
Yet these musings were cut short again—this time,
the sound from outside my door was a rumbling, like the sound of
thunder. Naturally, it couldn’t be the thunderous din of
mosquitoes. Certainly, there were mosquitoes around, but they were
all hidden in dark corners, long since having lost any impetus to
make such a sound. I knew too that it wasn’t real thunder, for it
was still too early for that just then. I turned over under my
quilt, pressing my left ear firmly to the pillow, suspecting that
this rumbling was nothing more than a ringing in my ears.
42. The national bourgeoisie is entirely and
eternally counter-revolutionary. Not an inch must be conceding to
the rich peasants. The yellow trade unions must be fought tooth and
nail. If we shake hands with Tsai Ting-kai, we must call him a
counter-revolutionary at the same moment. Was there ever a cat that
did not love fish or a warlord who was not a counter-revolutionary?
Intellectuals are three-day revolutionaries whom it is dangerous to
recruit. It follows therefore that closed-doorism is the sole
wonder-working magic, while the united front is an opportunist
43. As expected, the sun soon appeared
revealing half of its face, which was very red but not bright. It
kept rising laboriously bit by bit as if weighted down with a heavy
burden on its back until, after breaking through the rosy clouds，it
completely emerged from the sea aglow with a lovely red. Then,
before I knew it, the dark red orb began to shine blazingly,
dazzling my eyes until they stung and all of a sudden lighting up
the surrounding clouds.
44. It wasn't Ma Bong's fault-it wasn't as
if he'd been disloyal or irresponsible abut meeting the request, or
that he had lacked the ability to win her hand, or that he'd never
really been attracted to her, or any such thing. In those days, all
the young men in the brigade would have been prepared to fight to
the death for a woman like Yang Yang, if the policy had permitted
&&& The problem
was Yang Yang herself. After Niu Ben revealed the truth behind the
incident, Yang Yang vanished without a trace. More precisely, Yang
Yang disappeared two months after the disappearance of Fu
Zhenglian, at the end of the dayon which he "showed his face"
again. Other girls in the dormitory recalled that Yang Yang had got
up around midnight to use the outhouse, and never returned.
45. I remind myself that a woman of forty
should dress down and wear light make- that she should not let
an unrestrained guffaw ruffle the wrinkles in her face, and force
the sight on others. Toward the young, she should display tolerance
to blunt the edg to the old, she must exercise
restraint to save their sensitive ego firm being hurt. It is
inappropriate for her to bustle about, spread rumors, or act as
go-be-tween or get very enthusiastic or very busy over anything. On
the other hand, she should not droop in self-pity and sigh at the
sight of her own shadow, either. Perhaps what she should do is to
enrich herself by thinking, reading and writing, and to work in a
down-to-earth manner with persistence and an eye for detail.
46. My face and ears blush scarlet
instantly, and couldn't tell what has happened. I know from novels
and films that a kiss on the hand is merely a conventional
politeness, but it feels as if I have done something shameful, and
I dare not look him in the eye. Flustered, I hurry out and stand
outside in the odd air, looking back at the cream-colored building,
looking out at the snow swirling on the broad streets, at the
stream of traffic and the snow-covered pines. And by my side I
sense countless pairs of flashing eyes, each and every on
forget-me-not blue.
47. I remember fondly the sounds of my
birthplace-the sounds of thunder and of rain. Those mighty crashes
rumbled and reverberated from mountain valley to mountain valley,
as if the new shoots of spring were shaking in the frozen ground,
awakening, and bursting forth with a terrifying vigor. Threads of
rain, soft as fine grass would then caress them with a tender hand,
so that clumps of glossy green leaves would sprout forth and red
flowers burst open. These fond recollections lingered with me like
a kind of homesickness, leaving me dejected. Within my heart, the
climate seemed as parched of rain as this leaden sky, for a long
time not a single tear of tenderness had fallen from my arid
48. Tourism, a fast developing economic
sector over the last two decades in all parts of the world, is now
receiving increasing attention among the Chinese public．Many people
have written to the press making suggestions for the promotion of
tourism in China. It is believed that the development of tourism
will help promote mutual understanding and friendship between the
people of China and other countries, and facilitate ex-changes in
the field of culture, science and technology. Moreover, it will
help accumu-late funds for China's great cause. Furthermore, the
experience of other countries shows that tourism directly and
indirectly helps promote the growth of，economic sectors such as
communications, commerce, service trades, light industry, arts and
crafts industry and urban construction.
49. Several years later when I moved to the
western suburbs, I kept my habit of rising at four to begin work at
the window. The glittering spire atop the tower of the Beijing
Exhibition Center, which I could see in the daytime through my
window, would no longer be visible now in the early morning
haze．Nevertheless I knew that, though invisible，it remained there
intact, towering to the skies to inspire people with hope and the
urge for moving ahead. At this, I would be beside myself with joy
and feel as if my heart were also flying high up into the
&&& Ten years
later, I moved again. In the new home of mine, I had no silk trees,
nor could I get of limpid blue in front of my door. In the first
few years after I moved there, lotus flowers continued to blossom
on the surface of the pond. In the summertime, when day broke early
at four, a vast stretch of lotus leaves looking skywards outside my
window came dimly into sight while the quiet fragrance of the lotus
flowers assailed my nose. All that delighted me even more than the
silk trees and the flittering spire.
50.Locust trees in the North, as a
decorative embellishment of nature, also associate us with autumn.
On getting up early in the morning, you will find the ground strewn
all over with flower-like pistils fallen from locust trees. Quiet
and smelless, they feel tiny and soft underfoot. After a street
cleaner has done the sweeping under the shade of the trees, you
will discover countless lines left by his broom in the dust, which
look so fine and quiet that somehow a feeling of forlornness will
begin to creep up on you. The same depth of implication is found in
the ancient saying that a single fallen leaf from the wu-tong tree
is more than enough to inform the world of autumn’s presence.
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