My favorite holiday is Mid-autumn Day. Do you know why? Firstly, it’s day for family gathering. On Mid-autumn Day, families will stay together and eat a big dinner. My families always make very delicious food. After dinner, families will enjoy the beautiful full moon. We often have a good talk and eat moon cakes and fruits. For me, I like moon cakes very much. They are so tasty. Besides, the Mid-autumn Day is in autumn. It’s my favorite season.

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我最喜欢的节日是中秋节，你知道为什么吗？首先，中秋节是一个家庭团聚的节日。中秋节这天，家人们会聚在一起吃一顿大餐。我的家人会做很美味的食物。晚餐过后，家人们会在一起赏月。我们经常会边吃月饼、水果边聊天。至于我，我很喜欢吃月饼，觉得月饼很好吃。此外，中秋节在秋天，那是我最喜欢的季节

Once a circle missed a wedge. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole, with nothing missing. It incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice flowers or talk to the worms. When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.

从前有个圆圈，它丢失了一小段。它想变得完整，于是它到处寻找它所丢失的那部分。由于不完整，它只能滚的非常慢。在路上，它羡慕过花儿，它与虫子聊过天，它享受了阳光的照耀。它遇到过很多不同的小段，可是没有一个适合它。所以它把它们丢在路边，继续寻找。有一天，圆圈找到了可以与它完美结合的一小段，它非常高兴。它现在终于完整了，不缺任何东西了。它把丢失的那段装到自己身上，然后滚了起来。它现在是个完整的圆圈了，它可以滚的很快，，快到忽视了花儿，快到没有时间和虫子们说话。当它意识到由于它滚的太快，世界变得如此的不同时，它便停了下来，把找到的那段卸下丢在路边，慢慢地滚走了。

The lesson of the story, I suggested, was that in some strange sense we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has everything is in some ways a poor man. He will never know what it feels like to yearn, to hope, to nourish his soul with the dream of something better. He will never know the experience of having someone who loves him give him something he has always wanted or never had.

我想这个故事告诉我们，从某种奇怪的意义上说，当我们缺少什么东西时，我们反而是更完整的。一个拥有一切的人在某些方面也是个穷人，他永远不会知道什么是渴望、什么是期待；永远不知道用渴求更美好的东西来充实他的灵魂。他永远不会知道一个爱他人送给他一样他所梦寐以求的东西时是怎样的一种感觉。

There is a wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations, who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams and not feel like a failure for doing so. There is a wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tragedy and survive, she can lose someone and still feel like a complete person.

人生的完整性，在于接受自己的缺陷，勇敢地丢弃不切实际的幻想，并且不觉得这样做是失败的；人生的完整性，在于知道自己足够强大，可以承受人生的苦难，可以在失去一个人时仍然觉得自己是完整的。

Life is not a trap set for us by God so that he can condemn us for failing. Life is not a spelling bee, where no matter how many words you’ve gotten right, you’re disqualified if you make one mistake. Life is more like a baseball season, where even the best team loses one third of its games and even the worst team has its days of brilliance. Our goal is to win more games than we lose. When we accept that imperfection is part of being human, and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate it, we will have achieved a wholeness that others can only aspire to. That, I believe, is what God asks of us --- not “Be perfect”, not “Don’t even make a mistake”, but “Be whole”.

生活并不是上帝为了谴责我们的缺陷而设下的陷阱。人生也不是一场拼字比赛，无论你拼出了多少单词，只要拼错了一个你就前功尽弃了。人生更像一个棒球赛季，最好的球队也会丢掉三分之一的比赛，而最差的球队也有辉煌的胜利。我们的目标是让打赢的比赛比输掉的比赛多。当我们接受了“不完整性”是人生的一部分时，当我们在人生之路上不断前进并且欣赏生命之美时，我们就获得了别人只能渴望的完整的人生。我相信这就是上帝对我们的期望：不求“完美”，也不求“从来不犯错误”，而是追求人生的“完整”。

If we are brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, generous enough to rejoice in another’s happiness, and wise enough to know there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know.

如果我们有足够的勇气去爱，足够强大的力量去原谅别人，足够的宽容因别人的快乐而快乐，并有足够的智慧去认识到我们身边充满着爱，我们就会得到其它生命所得不到的一种满足感。

My summer holiday begun on July 7th.I love summer holiday because I don't have to go to school and I can enjoy myself with my friends.I often spend the mornings doing my homework.And I always watch TV in the afternoon at home because it's very hot outside.And in the evening,I go swimming with my family and then hang out with my friends.I love swimming very much.

My plan for August is travelling.I travel with my family every summer holiday.I like travelling because I can go to different places and meet different people.Sometimes I make good friends during the journey.And it's very sad to say goodbye to them when the journey ends.

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我的暑假7月7日开始。我喜欢暑假，因为我不用去学校，可以和朋友玩。我经常在上午做作业，下午在家看电视，因为外面很热。傍晚，我和家人去游泳然后和朋友去逛街。我很喜欢游泳。

我八月份的计划是去旅游。我每个暑假都和家人去旅游。我喜欢旅游是因为我可以去不同的地方认识不同的人。有时候我在旅途中交到了好朋友。旅途结束和他们告别的时候我觉得很难过。

Today before you think of saying an unkind word,

如今，在你出言不逊前，

Think of someone who can't speak.

想想那些身患哑疾的人吧。

Before you complain about the taste of your food,

在抱怨事物不够美味前，

Think of someone who has nothing to eat.

想想那些还在忍饥挨饿的人们吧。

Before you complain about your husband or wife,

在抱怨婚姻对象不尽如意时，

Think of someone who's crying out to God for a companion.

想想那些还在为找不到对象而愁苦的人吧。

Today before you complain about life,

在为生活的种种深感郁闷前，

Think of someone who went too early to heaven.

想想那些早已离开人世的人吧。

Before you complain about your children,

在为孩子不听话而气恼前，

Think of someone who desires children but they're barren.

想想那些不能生育而渴求孩子的人吧。

Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn't clean or sweep,

在为房子没人清洁打扫而发牢骚前，

Think of the people who are living in the streets.

想想那些无家可归的人吧。

Before whining about the distance you drive,

在抱怨行车旅途太长前，

Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.

想想那些要走相同距离的徒步者吧。

And when you are tired and complain about your job,

在你感到疲惫，厌烦工作前，

Think of the unemployed, the disabled and those who wished they had your job.

想想那些失业工人和残疾人以及渴望有一份你这样的工作的人吧。

But before you think of pointing your finger or condemning another,

在指责他人前，

Remember that not one of us is without sin and we all answer to one maker.

想想吧，人都不是完美的，我们都对上帝尽责。

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down,

当消极思维让你深感沮丧时，

Put a smile on your face and thank God you're alive and still around.

微笑吧，并感谢上帝赐予你生命。

Life is a gift,

生活是一份礼物，

Enjoy it,

享受它，

Celebrate it,

庆祝它，

And fulfill it...

充实它。

And while you want to give love to someone today,

当你要向某人表达爱意，

Love someone with what you do and the words you say，

用你的言行去爱吧。

Love is not meant to be kept locked inside of us and hidden,

爱并非要深藏于心底，

So give it away" Give love to someone today!"

表达出来吧，“现在就去爱！”

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them: work, family, health, friends, and spirit, and you're keeping all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls--family, health, friends, and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.

想象下,人生就好比是你在玩游戏时当空飘起的的五个球儿.它们依次叫做:工作、家庭、健康、友谊、心灵，你把它们都放飞在空中。很快地，你就会发现“工作”是个弹力球儿。就算你松开手不去管它，它还会是会再次跳起来。但是其他的那四个球儿——家庭、健康、友谊、和心灵是玻璃般制成的。如果你丢下它们中的任何一个，它注定就会划伤了、有擦痕了、被弄坏了，甚至裂成碎片了。不可能再完好如初了。因此，你必须了解这点，并为掌握它们之间的分配与平衡努力。

How?

怎样做到这一点呢？

Don t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.Itis because we are different that each of us is special.

不要总拿自己与别人比从而贬低自身的价值。正因为我们彼此的差异不同，我们才会各有千秋。

Don t set your goals by what other people deem important. Onlyyouknow what is best for you.

别人认为重要，并不能作为你确定目标的根据。只有你自己知道，什么东西对你最好。

Don t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Clingtothem as you would cling to your life, for without them, lifeismeaningless.

与你内心最贴近的东西，切莫等闲视之。要像坚守生命一样坚守住它们，因为失去它们，生活就会毫无意义。

Don t let your life slip through your fingers by living inthepast or for the future. By living your life one day at a time,youlive ALL the days of your life.

不要耽于过去或未来，而让生命从指间悄悄溜走。一次只活一天，活在今日，你就充实地活过生命中的每一天。如果你还可以付出，就不要轻言放弃。

Don t give up when you still have something to give. Nothingisreally over until the moment you stop trying.

在你停止努力那一刻之前，什么都没有真正结束。

Don t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. Itisthis fragile thread that binds us each together

正因为我们都不完美，我们才会彼此需要。.

Don t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chancesthatwe learn how to be brave.

不要害怕遭遇风险。只有通过冒险，我们才能学会如何变得勇敢。

Don t shut love out of your life by saying it s impossibletofind. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastestwayto lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way tokeeplove is to give it wings.

别说真爱难求，而将爱拒之门于生活之外。获得爱的捷径是给予爱，失去爱的捷径是扼住爱，而守住爱的捷径是给爱插上翅膀。

Don t run through life so fast that you forget not only whereyouve been, but also where you are going.

不要一生奔忙，匆匆而过，以至于忘了自己从何而来，往何而去。

Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.

不要忘了每个人最强的感情需求就是别人的认同和支持.与人交谈或者安排时间时要多多用心.因为“一言既出，驷马难追”.人生不是一场竞赛,而是一次旅途,好好享受你路上的每一处风景吧.

Yesterday is a history,tomorrow is a mystery,only today is a gift,that is why we call it present.

昨天属于历史。明天是未知的谜。而今天是赐予我们的礼物：所以我们把“今天”称之为present。