Ever since her kitty Flower joined us, my daughter has been too absorbed in her to pay any heed to her snails. Her adoration for Flower is even bigger and deeper than that for the snails when they first came. I understand a kid’s highly volatile nature and took over the task of looking after the snails upon her request, “ as their granny”, as she put it.  

But the snails have their own way to gain her attention back---one morning last week, when I was cleaning the basin for the snails I foun

My daughter adopted three big snails a couple of weeks ago. They were not her first pets, she once had three chickens, two rabbits, two goldfish, and even several ladybirds at different stages. Anyway she showed proper enthusiasm for them at the beginning and took really good care of those worming creatures. She even showed some sadness when one of them died of no reason at all. She was even kinder to the other two for a few more days before her father made a big mistake.

   One evening a

前日先生的一位电视台播音员朋友拿了一张歌词请我帮忙翻译，说再有不到一个小时要播出了，急用，坐着等稿。我仓促译了，心想等有时间了再回头斟酌斟酌。结果一放下来便再也没有去动一动。知道十分的不尽如意，现在贴在这里，欢迎同行朋友们多指教。

欢迎你到齐都来
漂漂亮亮的天齐渊翘首在等待
郁郁葱葱的美景也掩映在马莲台
清清冷冷的太公湖荡起多情波
轻轻盈盈的舞姿是蹴鞠的欢快
热热闹闹的足球城呈现新风采
亮亮堂堂的霓虹是动感的节拍
欢欢喜喜的临淄人斟满接风酒
亲亲热热的张开那宽阔的胸怀
齐都溢神韵
欢迎朋友来
处处是美景
播撒一片爱

注： 齐都是本人所在之临淄，山东一小城，齐国故都。蹴鞠-世界足球的起源，便产生在古时的临淄。 天齐渊、马莲台、太公湖是这里的三个风景区。每年9月中旬临淄举行年度“齐文化旅游节“，这是本届齐文化旅游节的主题歌。

译稿：
Welcome to Qidu

The attractive Tianqiyuan is expecting your coming
The enticing Maliantai rests leisu

Afterthought From a Family Fight

My daughter and her father had a fierce fight yesterday and I was able to think and write about it only today after their cease-fire.  

I had three hours of teaching yesterday morning and it was no easy job. I was tired and badly needed a afternoon nap to recover my energy for the evening classes. When kitty Flower meowed time and again, my husband got annoyed and asked my daughter to put it downstairs in the yard to play for a while. My girl said yes and

Ding dong, ding dong… ” the mobile phone ringing from under the pillow woke them up.

“What’s the time, honey?” she turned her head to the still dark window, lifting her head from his warm strong arm to the pillow.

“It’s time for me to get up and prepare breakfast for our daughter in weekdays.” He pulled out his dead arm and kneaded it with the other hand.

“Oh,” she reached to rub his arm for him, “do you have to be up and about so early every day? I think it will only take you about te

宁可食无肉，无可居无竹，无肉令人瘦，无竹令人俗，人瘦尚可肥，士俗不可医。
I wouldn’t complain
If there is no rich meals every day；
I couldn’t sustain
Living with bamboos far away；
Without rich meals
Less will people weigh；
Without bamboos
Vulgar will people remain；
Hence I would like to say
what lost physically is nothing
compared to a mind decay

在网上看到一个译友的version, 作了一些调整和增补， 贴在这里，请高手指教。 原译文如下：
I wouldn’t complain
If there is only one meal a day
I couldn’t sustain
Life without a sensible way
what lost physically

I was so shocked, totally speechless after I finished the story of a boy on the  newspaper.

The boy had just finished the college entrance examination and was waiting for his test results. For days and nights right after the test, he went out on a spree with his classmates and friends during the daytime and spent the nights watching the Euro 2004 football match. He was exhausted but he was totally unaware of it. This lasted for several days and last night he again stayed up late and while he

“I’ll be leaving at about 10:30.” said he. The bright sunshine added a circle of gold to his hair. Standing beside the bed, the big shadow of his tall, muscular body spread over her.

“No, not 10:30, 11:00 please,” she pleaded in her low, soft voice, looking up at him with all her heart written on her face. he looked like a shining knight in his sports wear. She was sitting on the bed with a thick warm quilt around her。

“Honey, you know I have business at hand. Besides, what does 30 more mi

On your birthday

It is a fine day today, pleasant enough but just one of the 365 days of a year, nothing special for most people in the world. But for me, it is quite unusual. It was just on this day many years before that you came to this crowded world.

It is your birthday today, my husband. On this special day, I am so full of thanks to your parents and your family. They gave birth to you and brought you up for me. When I finally found you out I knew my heart and my soul had found a hom