新年決心書（中英對照）
new year resolution
hoping to excite student interest in our reading center, i asked each teacher to write a new year's resolution on a special form and send it to me. after i posted the resolutions on the bulletin board in the reading center, one young teacher stopped by, looked at them for a few minutes, then left abruptly. passing two teachers on their way in, she stormed, "my resolution isn't posted - and mine was one of the first ones in!" i couldn't help but overhear, and the tone of her voice sent me flying to my desk in rearch of a misplaced resolution. looking rapidly through stacks of papers, i uncovered hers. it read, "i resolve not to let little things upset me. "
新年決心書
為了激勵同學們對我們閱覽中心的興趣，我請每位老師在一張特制的表格上寫一篇新年決心書交給我。我將決心書張貼在閱覽中心的布告牌上之后，一位年輕老師停下來看了幾分鐘，便抽身走開了。她越過兩位老師闖了進來，大發雷霆道：“我的決心書竟然沒有貼出來－而我的是第一批交上來的。”我在旁邊聽到了，看她氣勢洶洶的樣子，我嚇得趕緊跑回辦公室去找那份放錯了地方的決心書，飛快瀏覽了幾疊紙之后，我打開了她的那一份，上面寫著：我決心不再為一些小事而煩惱。