2010年全国中学生英语翻译大赛原文

Aluckybird—thekingofthebird

Itisaluckyseabird.ItsnameisSternaparadisaea（北极燕鸥）.Itcanliveforalongtime.Itmayliveforabout20years.It'sabout33-39centimeterslong.ItisfromtheNorthPole.It'saverycoldplace.Thebirdlookssosmall,butitisgreat.Manypeopleloveit.Itisaheroinpeople'seyes.Itcanenjoytwosummerscachyear.It'ssolucky.It'sgoodatflying.Itcanflyabout40,000imcachyear.It'stheonlyanimaltotravelsofarinayear.Manypeopledon'tbelievethis,butit'strue.Scientistshavestudiedthebirdscarefully.

Thebirdisgrayandwhite.Ithasaredmouthandtworedfeet.Thetopofitsheadisbolck.Itlookslikeablackcat.Itlookslikeagentlemaninthesky.ItlivesintheNorthPloewhentheNorthPoleisinsummer.Iteatsfishfromtheseaandothersmallanimals.Whenwinteriscoming,theweatherisgettingcold.Itcan'tfindfoodeasily.Itmustleavethere.ItfliestotheSouthPole.Itisalongtravel.Itcanstaytheretillwinter,andthenitfliesgacktotheNorthPole.

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Whynotcookathome?

Manypeoplearesobusythesedaysthattheyhavenotimetocookathome.Thishasbecomeaproblembecausemostfamilieslovehomecooking!Thefoodtastesgoodandafamilymealcanbringeveryonetogether.Insomefamilies,mealsareoftentheonlychanceeveryonegetstoseeeachotherduringtheday.

Anotherreasonpeopleenjoyhomecookingisthatitisawayofshowinglove.Aparentwhomakessomecookiesisnotjustsatisfyingachild'ssweettooth.Heorsheissendingamessage.Themessagesays,Icareaboutyouenoughtospendanhourmakingcookiesthatyouwilleatupin15minutesifIletyou.

Thereisalsosomethingaboutthesmellofhomecooking.Thesmellofcookingmakespeoplehappy.Itmakesmostofusfeelgoodandloved_evenifwe'retheonesdoingthecooking!Nexttimeyousmellacakemaking,stopforamomentandpayattentiontoyourmood.

Everyoneshouldlearntocooksomething.Whynotgiveyourparentsasurprisewithasimplemealoneday?Itwillmakethemveryhappy.

3、Kidswanttohearmorebedtimestories

Almosttwo-thirdsofchildrenwanttheirparentstospendmoretimereadingtothembeforebed,andmostpreferMom'sstorytellingtoDad's,researcherssaid.

Thestudyshowedthatyoungerchildrenaged3-4weremosthungryformorestories,withoverthreequarterssayingtheywishedtheirparentsreadtothemmoreoften.

Morethanhalfofallchildrenaged3-8saidstorytimewastheirfavoritewiththeirparents.

Theresultsofourresearchshowedthetraditionalactivityofstorytellingcontinuestobeapowerfullearningandemotionalresourceinchildren'slives,saidchildpsychologistRichardWoolfson（理查德.沃尔夫森）.

WhenMomandDadarenotathand,celebritieswilldo:over30percentofchildrensaidtheywouldliketohearabedtimestoryfromHarryPotterstarDanielRadcliffe（丹尼尔.雷德克里夫）.

Itcanbeverydifficultforparentstofindtimetoreadfortheirchildren,butthesemomentscanhelpbuildstrongbondsandplayavitalpartintheirchildren'sdevelopment,saidWoolfson.

4、Ayoungappletree

Apoorfarmerhadafriendwhowasfamousforthewonderfulappleshegrew.

Oneday,hisfriendgavethefarmerayoungapletreeandtoldhimtotakeithomeandplantit.

Thefarmerwaspleasedwiththegift,butwhenhegothomehedidnotknowwheretoplantit.Finallyheplantedthetreeinthewoodswherenoonecouldseeit.Butwithoutsunlightandgoodsoil,thetreesoondied.

Laterthefriendaskedthefarmerwhyheplantedthetreeinsuchapoorplace.What'sthedifference?thefarmersaidangrily.IfIplantthetreeneartheroad,strangerswillstealthefruit.IfIplantthetreeinoneofmyfields,myneighborswillcomeatnightandstealsomeoftheapples.IfIplantitnearmyhouse,myownchildrenwilltakethefruit.

Yes,saidthefriend,butatleastsomeonecouldenjoythefruit.Nowyounotonlyrobeveroneoffruit,butalsodestroyagoodappletree!