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Humor
1．Our co-worker went missing for a few hours, and we tore up the place looking for him. The boss finally found him fast asleep. Rather than wake him, he quietly placed a note on the man's chest. "As long as you're asleep," it read, "you have a job. But as soon as you wake up, you're fired."
我的同事有好几小时不见人了。我们疯了地到处找他。最后老板发现，他正在睡大觉。没叫醒他，老板悄无声息地在我的同事的胸前放了个纸条。“睡觉时”，条上写着，“你是我的员工，醒来你就不是了。”
2. Best Reward
A naval officer fell overboard. He was rescued by a deck hand. The officer asked how he could reward him.
"The best way, sir," said the deck hand, "is to say nothing about it. If the other fellows knew I'd pulled you out, they'd chuck me in."
最好的奖赏
一名海军军官从甲板上掉入海中。他被一名甲板水手救起。这位军官问如何才能酬谢他。
“最好的办法，长官，”这名水手说，“是别声张这事。如果其他人知道我救了您，他们会把我扔下去的。”
English poem
Never give up,
Never lose hope.
Always have faith,
It allows you to cope.
Trying times will pass,
As they always do.
Just have patience,
Your dreams will come true.
So put on a smile,
You'll live through your pain.
Know it will pass,
And strength you will gain
永 不 放 弃 ，
永 不 心 灰 意 冷 。
永 存 信 念 ，
它 会 使 你 应 付 自 如 。
难 捱 的 时 光 终 将 过 去 ，
一 如 既 往 。
只 要 有 耐 心 ，
梦 想 就 会 成 真 。
露 出 微 笑 ，
你 会 走 出 痛 苦 。
相 信 苦 难 定 会 过 去 ，
你 将 重 获 力 量 。


Beautiful Mind
I always have the dream to dance like a beautiful ballerina twirling around and around and hearing people applaud for me. When I was young, I would twirl in the fields of wildflowers that grew in my backyard. For hours I would dance as people were watching me. Reality woke me up when I heard a voice saying, "I don't know why you bothertrying to dance. Ballerinas are pretty, slender little girls. Besides, you don't have the talent to ever be a ballerina." I remember how those words paralyzed (使瘫痪)every feeling in my body. I fell to the ground and wept for hours.
We lived in the country by a nearby lake and I would sometimes go there to hide. I enjoyed hanging around by the water. I would sit there for hours and stare at my reflection. There I was, looked nothing like a pretty ballerina dancer. Reflections don't lie. Once the waves would come, my reflection was gone, washed away just like my dream. I sat there staring at the water, hoping that my reflection would reappear and be different. As I grew older, I began to realize that the dream I had was never cared for, so it slowly died. It's not that I wanted it to die, but I allow it to die the day I started listening to the words, "You can't do it." When I eventually woke up from many years of dreaming, I realized that you can't just keep dancing in the wildflowers, you have to move on to the stage. I still go to the lake sometimes and sit there. Looking at my reflection is different now too. When I was young, I looked at how others saw me, now that I am older and wiser; I look at how God sees me.
语篇赏析
本文讲述了一个小姑娘从小就梦想像芭蕾舞演员一样翩翩起舞。然而，周围的人都认为那是不可能的。小姑娘为此灰心丧气。随着年龄的增长，她逐渐理解了梦想的真谛。正如题目所说，“珍惜你的想象”，不要放弃，任它一天天消逝。文章最后一句表达出了作者的人生感悟：When I was young, …how God sees me. 当我小的时候，我很在乎别人怎么看我；现在我长大了，明智了，我只在乎上帝怎么看我（我只在乎自己的信念）。
日积月累
1. I don't know why you bothertrying to dance.真不明白，你为什么要自找麻烦学习跳舞呢？
bother to do/doing sth常表示“（为做某事）费工夫，添麻烦”
I don't bother turning off the computer. 我懒得关掉电脑。
What a guy! He didn’t even bother to say thank you. 这个家伙，他甚至连一声谢谢都不肯说！
2. It's not that I wanted it to die, but I allow it to die the day I started listening to the words, "You can't do it." 不是我想让它消失，而是当我听见那句“你做不到”后就任其（自己的梦想）消亡。
not…but…不是。。。。。。而是。。。。。。（可以连接任何两个并列成分）
It isn’t that he lied exactly, but he did tend to talk big.
他不见得是真的说谎，但他的确是有意说大话。
Ok, I quit. It is not impossible but difficult for me.
好吧，我放弃。这对于我来说不是难，而是不可能。
I got it wrong. It wasn’t the red one but the blue one.
我弄错了。不是红的那个，是蓝的那个。
English proverbs
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