【正文】 s whole being is engaged in the greatest of all the struggles,the struggle for freedom.I have never admired China more than I do now,when I see her uniting as she has never before,against the enemy who threatens her freedom.With this determination for freedom,which is in so profound a sense the essential quality of her nature,I know that she is unconquerable.Freedom—it is today more than ever the most precious human possession.We—Sweden and the United States—we have it still.My country is young—but it greets you with a peculiar fellowship,you whose earth is ancient and free.Passage 16. Passing on Small ChangeThe pharmacist handed me my prescription,apologized for the wait,and explained that his register had already closed.He asked if I would mind using the register at the front of the store.I told him not to worry and walked up front,where one person was in line ahead of me,a little girl no more than seven, with a bottle of medicine on the counter.She clenched a little green and white striped coin purse closely to her chest.The purse reminded me of the days when, as a child,I played dressup in my grandma’s closet.I’d march around the house in oversized clothes,drenched in costume jewelry and hats and scarves,talking “grownup talk” to anyone who would listen.I remembered the thrill one day when I gave a pretend dollar to someone,and he handed back some real coins for me to put into my special purse.“Keep the change!”he told me with a wink.Now the clerk rang up the little girl’s medicine,while she shakily pulled out a coupon, a dollar bill and some coins.I watched her blush as she tried to count her money,and I could see right away that she was about a dollar short.With a quick wink to the clerk,I slipped a dollar bill onto the counter and signaled the clerk to ring up the sale.The child scooped her uncounted change into her coin purse,grabbed her package and scurried out the door.As I headed to my car, I felt a tug on my shirt.There was the girl, looking up at me with her big brown eyes.She gave me a grin, wrapped her arms around my legs for a long momentthen stretched out her little hand.It was full of coins.“Thank you,” She whispered.“That’s okay,” I answered.I flashed her a smile and winked,“Keep the change!”Passage 17. The Props to Help Man Endure (I)I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work,a life’s work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit.Not for glory and least of all, for profit,but to create out of the material of the human spirit some。 —then silence again.And now at length the city is asleep, and we can see the night.The belated moon looks over the roofs, and finds no one to wele her.The moonlight is broken.It lies here and there in the squares and the opening of the streets—angular like blocks of white marble.Passage 13. Peace and Development: the Themes of Our TimesPeace and development are the themes of the times.People across the world should join hands in advancing the lofty cause of peace and development of mankind.A peaceful environment is indispensable for national,regional and even global development.Without peace or political stability there would be no economic progress to speak of.This has been fully proved by both the past and the present.In today’s world, the international situation is, on the whole, moving towards relaxation.However, conflicts and even local wars triggered by various factors have kept cropping up,and tension still remains in some areas.All this has impeded the economic development of the countries and regions concerned,and has also adversely affected the world economy.All responsible statesmen and governments must abide by the purposes of the UN Charterand the universally acknowledged norms governing international relations,and work for a universal, lasting and prehensive peace.Nobody should be allowed to cause tension or armed conflicts against the interests of the people.There are still in this world a few interest groups,which always want to seek gains by creating tension here and there.This is against the will of the majority of the people and against the trend of the times.An enormous market demand can be created and economic prosperity promotedonly when continued efforts are made to advance the cause of peace and development,to ensure that people around the world live and work in peace and contentmentand focus on economic development and on scientific and technological innovation.I hope that all of us here today will join hands with all other peaceloving peopleand work for lasting world peace and the mon development and prosperityof all nations and regions.Passage 14. SelfEsteemSelfesteem is the bination of selfconfidence and selfrespect—the conviction that you are petent to cope with life’s challengesand are worthy of happiness.Selfesteem is the way you talk to yourself about yourself.Selfesteem has two interrelated aspects。 —a drunken brawl。 and I feel that I am not alone.How different it is in the city!It is late, and the crowd is gone.You step out upon the balcony, and lie in the very bosom of the cool,dewy night as if you folded her garments about you.Beneath lies the public walk with trees, like a fathomless, black gulf.The lamps are still burning up and down the long street.People go by with grotesque shadows, now foreshortened,and now lengthening away into the darkness and vanishing,while a new one springs up behind the walker,and seems to pass him revolving like the sail of a windmill.The iron gates of the park shut with a jangling clang.There are footsteps and loud voices。 and hear only the voice of the summer wind.Like black hulks, the shadows of the great trees ride at anchor on the billowy sea of grass.I cannot see the red and blue flowers, but I know that they are there.Far away in the meadow glea