MY VIEW ON SO-CALLED PROMISES As can be seen from the cartoon, nowadays many people follow the hen and swarm into the tide of promise-making. But we may observe that some of the promises are nothing but duties these people should fulfill, just like the most common eggs laid by the hen. However, the reasons for this phenomenon are complicated and such false promises are very harmful not only to the giver but to our society. For example, some people want to make profits from their false promises such as those offered to customers by enterprises. Some other people want to make known to everyone their deeds such as those made by some departments. Promises offered to customers by enterprises are based on the trust between them and the trust is the driving force that makes the economy develop. With the trust, customers expect to buy a certain product with a sense of safety, while the enterprises look forward to promoting sales based mainly on the side of the customers. Nevertheless, the widespread false promises undermine the trust, which will, in the long run, undermine the rapid economic development of our country, too. so, it's high time that we took measures to put an end to any kind of false promises. We may forbid people to make false ads, forfeit them severely, or fortify special law into effect. And what's more, why can't these people be strict with themselves and draw a lesson from the hen in the cartoon?

complicated adj. 复杂的, 难解的

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人类的文明前行的历史，正如煤的形成。

profit n. 利润, 益处, 得益 vi. 得益, 利用 vt. 有益于, 有利于

enterprise n. 企业, 事业, 计划, 事业心, 进取心, 干事业

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我庆幸关于05年最初的记忆，是在那花开的季节，遇到一个穿着糖果色黄绿衣服的女孩，那是这一年最温暖的印象，彼时的广州，我听到了你声音中花开的味道，如此冠军，如此花样年华

undermine v. 破坏

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promote vt. 促进, 发扬, 提升, 提拔, 晋升为

forfeit n. (因犯罪.过失.违约等而)丧失的东西, 没收物, 罚款 vt. 没收, 丧失 adj. 丧失了的

刘向的散文用意深切,但辞浅理疏,平易近人,在舒缓的传述中流露了作者匡救时弊的热情.刘向编著的《新序》《说苑》，引用了大量先秦的经传子史中以及流行于民间的故事、传说和寓言，基本上是旧文，有些经过了加工剪裁。其目的是为了利用这些进行封建伦理的说教，但其中有不少意味深长的寓言故事，如《新序》中载的《叶公好龙》。

此外如孙叔敖、丑女无盐等故事也耐人寻味，是魏晋小说的先声。

他无心仁进，在成哀平三世始终是一个黄门郎，生活比较穷苦。但他不慕荣利，自甘淡泊，埋头著述，仿《周易》作《大玄》，仿《论语》作《法言》。又作《解嘲》一文，指出统治者用刑罚、诗书礼乐、举士制度来束缚士人，而士人只图仕进，依然“雷动云合，鱼鳞杂袭，咸营于八方。”结果是庸夫充斥，奇异之士不见容，言奇者见疑，行殊者得辟：是以欲谈者卷舌而同声，欲步者拟足而投迹。因此他采取了默默者存，自守者身全的处世态度。《解嘲》纵横驰说，善为排比，辩锋颇锐利，虽受东方朔答客难的影响，但在思想和艺术上仍有自己的特点。

扬雄晚年认为辞赋是“童子雕虫篆刻”，无补于规谏，又“非法度所存”，这正是从自己的切身体会中指出汉赋的根本弱点，并因此提出“诗人之赋丽以则，辞人之赋丽以淫”的看法。他看到了诗赋丽的特点，他反对“极丽靡之辞，闳侈巨衍”失去讽谕的作用，而要求辞赋合于讽谕的正道，即所谓“则”。这样的文学观点在当时是较有进步意义的。

班固的汉书及东汉其他历史散文

我不想让那么沉重的诽谤和非议压在你身上，太累了，背负着那些唱歌，太累了。