【正文】 堂工作過一年。他說：“學(xué)校供應(yīng)汽水，而且我認為學(xué)校里的炸薯條也太多了。我覺得她們在學(xué)校吃的飯大概比我為她們做的那幾個三明治更有營養(yǎng)?！? 可是，另一位名叫蘇珊的媽媽的選擇不同。凱西是三個孩子的母親，她對我們說，“我的孩子們自帶午餐的原因是他們討厭學(xué)校里的伙食。孩子可以吃學(xué)校(食堂)里的午餐——熱乎乎的熟食；他們也可以自帶盒飯，其中一般會包括三明治這樣的冷食。s a salad restaurant，which is good，so it39。 正如諺語所說：良好的開端是成功的一半。開學(xué)第一天似乎不錯，但還有一些建議使你變得更好，例如，培養(yǎng)良好的學(xué)習(xí)習(xí)慣，制定一個好計劃，認真做好你的新功課。這些規(guī)則畢竟能使學(xué)校生活更美好。 在開學(xué)的第一天，大多數(shù)老師開始介紹自己，談?wù)撃銈冊谶@一年里要做的所有事情。在開學(xué)的第一天，有些孩子覺得緊張或有點兒害怕，因為多是新事物，新老師，甚至可能是新學(xué)校。t sound bad，but there is some advice for you to make you a better person，such as developing good learning habits，making a good plan and taking your new schoolwork seriously．The last but not the least is to have fun in your new school． As the saying goes：Good beginning is half done． 開學(xué)第一天 又開學(xué)了，一個新學(xué)期的開始。ll do that year．Maybe you39。如果你的孩子完成了一些困難的工作，給他／她一次周日旅行或者讓他／她和爸爸一起看球賽作為獎勵吧。 如果你們想要讓你的孩子們覺得他們能做好每件事，請不要總批評他們，而要多表揚他們。 許多父母認為試著讓孩子做家務(wù)是一種很好的方式，但是他們不知道如何讓他們在家做家務(wù)。 上海沙田學(xué)校讓該校的學(xué)生為父母做家務(wù)。t always scold them but give them lots of praise at home．Talk more about what he did right， not about what he didn39。s a good way for children to try housework，but they don39。你還可以在其他什么地方能在一天內(nèi)和朋友玩耍、做科學(xué)實驗、讀很棒的書以及寫故事呢?正如在以后的生活中你必須學(xué)會熱愛工作一樣，現(xiàn)在學(xué)會熱愛學(xué)習(xí)吧。 盡管“帶子女上班日”的目的是要給孩子們一個體驗真實工作的機會，以及給他們一個對未來的想法，我卻從那一天得到了完全不同的體會。似乎過了很久很久我們才去吃午飯。我越來越熱，也越來越不舒服。 但是，在開車繞城僅僅 20 分鐘后我就感到厭煩了。 我仍舊記得，當這一天開始的時候我是多么高興。這是因為 4 月 28 日是全美國的“帶子女上班日”。t already，try spending the day at work with your dad． 同爸爸一起工作一天 這個周四，全美國的孩子們都不去上學(xué)，而是和父母一起去工作。t get into his taxi because they thought he already had a passenger：me — so nothing happened．It seemed years before we went out for lunch．I actually started to miss school． While the point of the day is to give kids a chance to experience reallife jobs and give them an idea of the possibilities for their futures，I got something pletely different from the day．I learned to appreciate school．Where else do you get to play with your friends，do science experiments，read great books and write stories all in one day? Just as you39。t read my book in the car as I would get carsick and my dad didn39。ll be making copies，sending faxes and sweeping floors．This is because April 28 is Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day all over the US．This holiday shows kids what it means to be a grownup in the working world． I still remember when this day started，I was very happy．Not only did I have the chance to miss school，but I also got to sit in my dad39。即使是做某些事情，比如購物，我還是會選擇在網(wǎng)上購物。是的，現(xiàn)在我開始對在網(wǎng)上通過各種方式賺錢很感興趣。 對我來說，我寧愿待在家里，也不想和我的朋友一起到外面去。做我喜歡的事情，并讓自己放松一些。下午 5:30 左右回到家，之后我就開始想，“這樣我過得真的快樂嗎?”答案應(yīng)該是“不”。當我們唱得無聊了，就一起去購物中心買她需要的東西。那時已經(jīng)是中午了，所以我們一起吃了午飯，然后就去 KTV 唱歌。即使沒有什么特別的事情，我也想外出。s nothing special to do． Yesterday was Sunday．I went to the bank in the downtown and then met my friend．It was already noon，so we had lunch together and then we went to a KTV and sang songs．There were just two of us．And we sang all the time．When we got bored，we went to the shopping center and bought something she needed．I felt tired．I didn39。t like staying at home all alone on the weekend．I39。在他身后，一排排的水稻稈立正站著，以示對一個信守承諾的人的尊重。天空一輪明月，天氣寒冷卻明亮，他用了一整夜時間幫鄰居收割水稻，實現(xiàn)了他的諾言?！笔聦嵣希谝惶斓氖崭罟ぷ髦笠呀?jīng)是相當累了。 爸爸告訴我們，他不能讓鄰居家的水稻爛在地里。更糟糕的是，爸爸第二天必須趕回去上班，因為他的搭檔生病住院了。 一個秋天，他答應(yīng)幫我們的鄰居收割水稻，鄰居在 1999 年的一次交通事故中失去了雙臂。s weather is clear，I think I can do it． added my father．In fact，he was rather tired after a day39。t let the neighbor39。s worse，he had to return to work the next day because his partner was ill in hospital．It meant that Father wouldn39。為什么呢? 因為現(xiàn)在我每天都在感謝上帝給了我世界上最無情的母親。我想用這種教育方式培養(yǎng)我的三個孩子。 作為母親，我的母親完全是一位不稱職的母親。我母親讓我們干活：洗碗、整理床鋪、做飯以及各種各樣的家務(wù)事。我們不能像其他朋友那樣睡到中午。 最糟糕的事還在后頭呢。我們每天都得穿干凈的衣服，而且每天必須洗澡，而其他孩子一件衣服能穿上好幾天。但至少并不是只有我這樣，我的姐姐、兩個哥哥與我一樣，都有同一個這樣無情的母親。當其他小孩早餐可以吃糖的時候，我卻只能吃麥片、雞蛋或烤面包。t alone when I was sad．My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did． My mother preferred to know where we were all the time．She had to know who our friends were and where we were going．We had to clean clothes and take a bath every day．The other kids got to wear the same clothes for days．We could not lie in bed sick in order to miss school． The worst is yet to e．We had to be in bed by nine each night and get up at eight the next morning．We couldn39?！? 他的朋友表情嚴肅，問道，“你上次磨利你的斧頭是什么時候的事?” 喬恩看著朋友，好像他的朋友有點瘋了并說，“你在說什么?” 朋友回答，“你上次什么時候去上課提高你的技術(shù)? 你在極具競爭性的行業(yè)里工作，如果不更新你的技術(shù)，你就會落后的。看著朋友突飛猛進，而他自己一點長進也沒有，喬恩越來越感到沮喪。事實上，十年前他開始在 IT 行業(yè)工作時，他被認為是公司里的頂尖高手。t get up in the pany． His friend looked serious and asked，When was the last time you sharpened your axe? Jon looked at his friend as though he was crazy and said，What are you talking about? His friend replied，When was the last time you took courses to upgrade your skills? You work in a petitive industry．If you don39。t． Finally，one day Jon asked a friend for some advice．I don39。s Working Situation — Dull Axe Jon likes his job and he used to be quite good at it．In fact，ten years ago when he began working at IT，he was considered one of the best in the pany．However，over the past few years Jon39。老實說，我希望我在多年前就應(yīng)該這做出這樣的決定。最棒的是，我覺得我比以前幸福了一百倍?！绷硪环矫?，莫莉?qū)φ麄€事件似乎很輕松。 新的工作安排將于星期一開始運作，他們倆都已經(jīng)很興奮。帕蒙特為公司的新總經(jīng)理。 莫莉為她的工廠和倉庫雇用了大約八十人，為兩個新時裝店雇用了十人，但她最新的員工對她最為重要。雖然她很成功，但她說她發(fā)現(xiàn)每年在事業(yè)與家庭之間很難取得平衡。t remember the last time I felt as relaxed as this，and my kids are really excited about my being at home more．To be honest，I wish I had made this decision years ago． 莫莉改變了公司的業(yè)務(wù)安排 1992 年莫莉s already shown me how to work out a few problems we were having．The best thing though is that I feel a hundred times happier than I39。s going to be a very nice manager． she says，She39。m very nervous，actually，but I39?！? Molly Makes a Change about Her Business Molly Boylan is one of the most successful businesswomen in Canada after setting up her cosmetic pany Blazes in 1992．Though she is very successful，she says that she finds it harder every year in balance her business with her family life．She sometimes feels that her two children know more about their babysitter than they do about her．