“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite…”

I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.

 We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.

I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.

The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.

      “我們正在讀一本書的第一章第一行，這本書的頁數(shù)是無限的……”

我不知道是誰寫的，可我很喜歡這句話，它提醒我們未來是由自己創(chuàng)造的。我們可以把神秘、不可知的未來塑造成我們想象中的任何模樣，猶如雕刻家將未成形的石頭刻成雕像。

英語勵(lì)志短文

      我們每個(gè)人都像是農(nóng)夫。灑下良種將有豐收，播下劣種或生滿野草便將毀去收成。沒有耕耘則會(huì)一無所獲。
      我希望未來比過去更加美好，希望未來不會(huì)沾染歷史的錯(cuò)誤與過失。我們都應(yīng)舉目向前，因我們的余生要用未來書寫。

往昔已逝，靜如止水;我們無法再作改變。而前方的未來正生機(jī)勃勃;我們所做的每一件事都將會(huì)影響著它。只要我們認(rèn)識(shí)到這些，無論是在家中還是在工作上，每天我們的面前都會(huì)展現(xiàn)出新的天地。在人類致力開拓的每一片領(lǐng)域上，我們正站在進(jìn)步的起跑點(diǎn)。

      If there’s going to be a book which can deeply depress you and awaken your mind, it will be 1984. As all of us have already known, this novel was to satirize Stalin and his political slaughter in the 1930s. Many of level military officers were killed and arrested, which directly led to enormous loss at the beginning of Anti-German War. 

1984 was an honest mirror, which helped us to get into those Khalifas’ hearts. I don’t want to draw your attention to a wrong area which misleads you and you will simply regard all the governors and the top administrators as living Khalifas. All of us can be the bloody and cruel lords without the efficient national legal security system, balance and control, frightening punishment and equal things. 

I remind me a famous Japanese anime called Evangelion, which told us an ambitious plan, which considered turning the human beings into the original states of live.However, what the director of the anime tried to discuss about was the higher and higher barriers among us. As the walls among us go higher and thicker, some of us will suffer from intolerable indifference, harmful prejudice and extreme isolation. 

They can push a sufferer down the cliff of hopelessness effortlessly. When the combination of such bad feelings reach its peak, no one can get to know what will happen ahead of time. When the sufferer starts to hold the power, maybe everything will end up in ruins.

如果有一本書能深深地壓抑你，喚醒你的思想，它將是1984。眾所周知，這部小說是諷刺斯大林及其30年代的政治屠殺，許多高級(jí)軍官被殺、逮捕，直接導(dǎo)致了抗德戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)初期的巨大損失。
      1984是一個(gè)誠實(shí)的鏡子，它幫助我們進(jìn)入了“哈利法斯”的心。我不想讓你們以為所有的州長和高級(jí)行政長官都當(dāng)成活生生的哈利法斯。如果沒有有效的國家法律保障制度和平等的權(quán)利，我們所有人都可以是血腥和殘忍的主人。
      我想起一部著名的日本動(dòng)畫片《福音》，它告訴我們一個(gè)雄心勃勃的計(jì)劃，它考慮把人類變成原始的生活狀態(tài)。隨著我們之間的隔墻越來越厚，我們中的一些人將遭受難以忍受的冷漠、有害的偏見和極端的孤立。他們可以毫不費(fèi)力地把病人推向絕望的懸崖。當(dāng)這種不良情緒的組合達(dá)到頂峰時(shí)，沒有人能知道未來會(huì)發(fā)生什么。當(dāng)病人開始掌權(quán)時(shí)，也許一切都會(huì)變成廢墟。

Jane Eyre

      The protagonist, Jane Eyre, as the author depicted, is very plain-looking. But almost every reader, including me, will prefer Jane to any other young lady in this novel. 

I think Jane Eyre possesses a kind heart, an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and a great courage. She loves Mr. Rochester even more after he loses his hand and sight in a fire. And more importantly, she never gives up her own independence or follows others blindly. Instead, Jane Eyre chooses to hold fast to her own beliefs and standards.

At first, Jane met her best friend, Helen, in Lowwood School. Though she was a close friend, Jane still could not agree with her totally about life and people. As Jane grew up, she decided to leave the school and worked as a family teacher, regardless of others’ opinions.
After knowing the secret that the insane woman was Mr. Rochester’s wife, Jane Eyre was not willing to lose her dignity or abandon her own desire. And she left resolutely and silently.Thanks to her brave and independent choices, Jane Eyre has definitely become one of the greatest women in my heart.

主人公，簡，正如作者所描繪的，非常樸素。但是幾乎每一位讀者，包括我，都會(huì)喜歡簡和這本小說中的其他年輕女士。
      我認(rèn)為簡有一顆善良的心，一種不屈不撓的精神，一種敏銳的機(jī)智和巨大的勇氣。她愛上了羅切斯特先生，雖然他在火災(zāi)中失去了他的手和光明。更重要的是，她從不盲目跟隨他人，她選擇堅(jiān)守自己的信仰和標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
      起初，簡在洛伍德學(xué)校遇到了她最好的朋友海倫。雖然她是一個(gè)親密的朋友，但簡仍然不能完全同意她對(duì)于人生的看法。隨著簡長大，她決定離開學(xué)校，做家庭教師，不顧別人的意見。
      在知道那個(gè)瘋女人是羅切斯特先生的妻子的秘密后，簡不愿失去尊嚴(yán)或放棄自己的初心，她毅然決然地離開了。由于她勇敢而獨(dú)立的選擇，簡絕對(duì)成為了我心中最偉大的女性之一。