a brother like that
a friend of mine named paul received an automobile from his brother as a christmas present. on christmas eve when paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it.
"is this your car, mister?" he said.
paul nodded. "my brother gave it to me for christmas." the boy was astounded. "you mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing? boy, i wish . . ." he hesitated.
of course paul knew what he was going to wish for. he was going to wish he had a brother like that. but what the lad said jarred paul all the way down to his heels. "i wish," the boy went on, "that i could be a brother like that."
paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he added, "would you like to take a ride in my car?"
"oh yes, id love that."
after a short ride, the boy turned with his eyes aglow, said, "mister, would you mind driving in front of my house?"
paul smiled a little. he thought he knew what the lad wanted. he wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. but paul was wrong again. "will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.
he ran up the steps. then in a little while paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. he was carrying his little crippled brother. he sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car.
"there she is, buddy, just like i told you upstairs. his brother gave it to him for christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. and some day im gonna give you one just like it . . . then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the christmas windows that ive been trying to tell you about." paul got out and lifted the lad to the front seat of his car. the shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride. that christmas eve, paul learned
what jesus meant when he said: "it is more blessed to give . . . "
she kindled a third match. again shot up the flame； and now she was sitting under a most beautiful christmas tree ,far larger, and far more prettily decked out, than the one she had seen last christmas eve through the glass doors of the rich merchant's house. hundreds of wax-tapers lighted up the green branches, and tiny painted figures, such as she had seen in the shop-windows, looked down from the tree upon her. the child stretched out her hands towards them in delight, and in that moment the lights of the match warm quenched； still, however, the christmas candles burned higher and higher， she beheld them beaming like stars in heaven； one of them fell, the lights streaming behind it like a long, fiery tail.
“now some one is dying,” said the little girl, softly, for she had been told by her old grandmother， the only person who had ever been kind to her, and who was now dead that whenever a star falls an immortal spirit returns to the god who gave it.
she struck yet another match against the wall； it flamed up, and surrounded by its light, appeared before her that same dear grandmother, gentle and loving as always, but bright and happy as she had never looked during her lifetime.
她擦著了第三根火柴，又冒出了火焰。現在她覺得正坐在非常美麗的聖誕樹下面，比上次聖誕節透過那富商家的玻璃門看到的那株還要大、還要美。這株樹的綠枝上點燃著許許多多的蠟燭，顏色瑰麗的圖畫，就象櫥窗里掛著的那些一樣漂亮，仿佛在向她眨眼。小姑娘把兩隻手伸過去，火柴又熄滅了。然而聖誕樹上的燭光越升越高。她看到它們變成了明亮的星星，有一顆落下來，在天上劃出一道長長的火絲。
“現在又有一個什麼人死了。”小姑娘說。因為她的老祖母——一個唯一待她好的人，現在已經死了，曾經告訴過她，天上落下一顆星，地上就有一個靈魂回到曾賦於他生命的上帝那裡去。
她在牆上又擦了一根火柴，火光把四周照亮了。在亮光里，親愛的和生前一樣的祖母出現了。她依然是那么的慈愛和溫和，然而那快活和幸福的樣子卻是她生前從未有過的
when it comes to what makes up a good student, many people may have the stereotypes that a good student is one who can always get high marks in examinations. in school, the student who gets high marks or full marks is considered to be the model student. it does not matter whether he has a good health or not, as long as he get the high marks. after school, when the students come back home, their parents would ask them to do more homework to get higher marks.
however, in my humble opinion, i think being a good student is not only about getting high marks in the exams, but also know how to live and get alone with others, which is more important than reading and writing. the pity thing is most of the students spend so much time on doing their homework that most of them do not enjoy good health. they should be encouraged to go outside to do sports, listen to music and draw some pictures. the teachers should not only teach the knowledge in the textbooks to the students, but also help the students to know about the society. after they graduate from colleges, they will be more adaptable to this world.
to sum up, to be a good student does not only mean he can get high marks in the exams, but also have a healthy body and mind. generally speaking, the student who is good at study and willing to help others are considered to be good.
當提到什麼才算是好學生時，人們就會對其有種成見：認為好學生就是在考試中獲得高分的人。在學校，那些考得高分甚至滿分的學生被認為是模範學生。只要能考高分，就不論他是否有個好的身體。放學後，當學生回到家，家長會督促他們做更多的練習以獲取更高的分數。
然而，在我看來，我認為做一個好學生不僅僅是在考試中得高分，更重要的是學會如何生存，於他人和諧相處，這比讀書和寫文章更重要。比較遺憾的事情是，大多數學生把時間都花在了做作業上面，導致身體不太好。他們應該外出運動、聽音樂、畫畫的。老師們不僅僅教會他們書本上的知識，也應該幫助學生了解這個社會。在他們畢業之後，他們才能更好的適應這個社會。
總的來說，要當個好學生不僅僅是在考試中獲得高分，也要有個健康的身心。一般來說，只有成績好，樂於助人的學生才算是好學生。
when we have something annoy us, we will naturally to find someone to talk about it, the first choice is friend. we will not talk about it in front of our parents, because we don’t want them to worry about us. friend is so important in our life, we have many friends, we will share our happiness and sorrow with them, we hang out together, in a word, friends are part of our life. what will happened if someone have no friend? we hear from the news that the crime people are isolated by others, most of them have no friends, their view point about the world is distorted. without friends, people have no where to relieve their emotion, the long time’s depression of the emotion distract people from the normal life. so friends are very important, we can’t live without friends.
當我們有煩惱的時候，自然地，我們會找人來談談，朋友是第一選擇。我們不會在父母面前談論煩惱，因為我們不想讓他們擔心。朋友在我們的生命中很重要，我們有很多朋友，和他們分享我們的喜怒哀樂，一起出去晃蕩，總的來說，朋友是我們生活中的一部分。如果沒有朋友會變得怎樣呢?我們從新聞上看到犯罪的人被人隔離，他們大部分人沒有朋友，他們的世界觀是扭曲的。沒有朋友，人們就無處釋放情緒，長期壓抑的情緒讓人們脫離正常生活。因此朋友很重要，我們不能沒有朋友。
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