大作文： good qualities does not learned from school education

词汇：inundated, contrition, riveting, eclectic, frenetic 翻译：英译汉owning books

The habits of reading is one of the greatest resources of mankind; and we enjoy reading books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with a certain considerate formality. You must see that it sustains no damage; it must not suffer while under your roof. You cannot leave it carelessly, you cannot mark it, you cannot turn down the pages, you cannot use it familiarly. And then, some day, although this is seldom done, you really ought to return it.

But your own books belong to you; you treat them with that affectionate intimacy that annihilates formality.

Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; the instinct of private property, which is fundamental in human beings, can here be cultivated with every advantage and no evils. One should have one's own bookshelves, which should not have doors, glass windows, or keys; they should be free and accessible to the hand as well as to the eye. The best of mural decorations are books; they are more varied in color and

appearance than any wall-paper, they are more attractive in design, and they have the prime advantage of being separate personalities so that if you sit slone in the room in the fire light, you are surrounded with intimate friends. The knowledge that they are there in plain view is both stimulating and refreshing.

汉译英：常胜的歌手

有一位歌手，有一次她唱完了歌，竟没有一个人鼓掌。于是她在开会的时候说道：“掌声究竟能说明什么问题呢？难道掌声是美？是艺术？是黄金？掌声到底卖几分钱一斤？被观众鼓了几声掌就飘飘然，就忘乎所以，就选成了歌星，就坐飞机，就灌唱片，这简直是胡闹！是对灵魂的腐蚀！你信不信，如果我扭起屁股唱黄歌儿，比她得到的掌声还多！”过了一阵子，音乐工作者开会，谈到歌曲演唱中的一种不健康的倾向和群众的趣味需要引导，欣赏水平需要提高。她便举出了那一次唱歌无人鼓掌作为例子，她宣称：

“我顶住了！我顶住了！我顶住了！”