once upon a time, an old farmer planted a plot of rice. everyday he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. he saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day. but still, he thought they were growing too slowly. he got impatient with the young plants. "how could the plants grow faster?" he tossed in bed during the night and could not sleep. suddenly he hit upon an idea.

　　he had an idea not wait for daybreak. he jumped out of the bed and dashed to the field. by the moonlight, he began working on the rice seedlings. one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. when he finished pulling, it was already morning. straightening his back, he said to himself, "what a wonderful idea! look, how much taller the plants have grown one night!" with great satisfaction, he went back home. he told his son what he had done in a triumphant tone. his son was shocked. now the sun had risen. the young man was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying.

　　people now use " ba miao zhu zhang" to describe the behavior of those who are too eager to get something done only to make it worse. the idiom is a bit like the english proverb "haste makes waste" ------to spoil things by ecessive enthusiasm.

　　我想，很多人都曾问过这样一个问题：我们为什么要学习英语? 或许对在座的一些同学来说，学习英语只是一种任务，仅仅是为了应付考试才不得不学的。可是，我想告诉大家：英语的用处远不止应付考试这么简单。

　　虽然联合国有六种官方语言，尽管汉语是世界上使用人数最多的语言，而如今，世界上应用最广泛的语言却是英语。

　　中国的人口最多，中国想要发展就离不开世界，要想在世界立足，在世界范围内寻求自己的出路，不会应用最广泛的语言就无法了解其他地区，无法在世界上闯出一片天地。

　　其实，学习英语是有方法技巧的。

　　学习英语最重要的就是积累。其实，英语句式和中文句式是有很多共同之处的。只要学会了句式，要学习英语就不难了。接下来，只要把你平时积累的词句适当地搭配在其中，你的句子就会变得丰富多彩。

　　事实上，同学们基本上都知道学习英语的方法，只是不愿意实践罢了。

　　我觉得我们学习英语是为了更好地学习西方的先进经验与技术，从而更好地发展我们的祖国，只有祖国的强大才能使汉语走向世界，这样我们伟大的中华文明才能更加灿烂!