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自述苦学

白居易

    仆^①始生六七月时，乳母抱弄于书屏下，有指“无”字“之”字示仆者，仆虽口未能言，心已默识．后有问此二字者，虽百十其试，而指之不差。则仆宿^②昔之缘，已在文字中矣。及五六岁便学为诗，九岁谙识声韵。十五六始知有进士，苦节读书。二十已来，昼课^③赋，夜课书，间又课诗，不遑^④寝息矣。以至于口舌成疮，手肘成胝^⑤。既壮而肤革不丰盈，未老而齿发早衰白，瞀瞀然^⑥如飞蝇垂珠在眸子中也，动以万数。盖以苦学力文所致，自悲矣。

【注释】①仆：作者对自己的谦称。②仆宿：以前。③课：指按规定的内容和分量学习。④遑：闲暇，空闲。⑤胝：老茧。⑥瞀瞀然：眼睛昏花的样子。

     Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school, he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One day,when he got home,his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry and said,” don't play in the water on your way home from school!”
    On the next day Bruno came back wet and dirty（脏的）clothes. His mother became even angrier.” I'll tell your father you come back wet again.” said his mother,” He'll punish you,you know.”
    The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.“you're a good boy today,” his mother said happily,”you didn't play in the water.”
   “No,” the boy said unhappily.” There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn't any room（空地方） for me at all.”