<p class="ql-block">Never throw away that piece of paper,</p><p class="ql-block">With that you may ask for some exam waiver;</p><p class="ql-block">Don't tear or stain that piece of paper,</p><p class="ql-block">For it's yesterday's striving's recorder.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Thirty years ago, I didn't have an mp3 player,</p><p class="ql-block">I didn't have a mobile phone either;</p><p class="ql-block">I trained my listenning comprehension,</p><p class="ql-block">Through a short wave radio receiver.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">How time flies, and how hard was a learner,</p><p class="ql-block">In order to be as fluent as a native speaker;</p><p class="ql-block">From A to Z, and vice versa,</p><p class="ql-block">Fifty five thousands of words to remember.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Oh my time machine! Oh my dear reader,</p><p class="ql-block">As diligent as you can when you're still a younger,</p><p class="ql-block">Even though a language may not promise you a better future,</p><p class="ql-block">It will bring you a good hobby, one hundred percent I am pretty sure.</p><p class="ql-block"> 2022.07.02</p><p class="ql-block">譯文：</p><p class="ql-block">一張紙條</p><p class="ql-block">千萬別扔了那張紙條，</p><p class="ql-block">它可以幫你把有些考試免掉；</p><p class="ql-block">千萬別撕毀或弄臟了那張紙條，</p><p class="ql-block">它是你曾經(jīng)奮斗的真實(shí)寫照。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">三十年前，我沒有mp3播放器，</p><p class="ql-block">也沒有手機(jī)，</p><p class="ql-block">我訓(xùn)練我的英語聽力，</p><p class="ql-block">就用一臺(tái)短波收音機(jī)。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">苦學(xué)終日，時(shí)光迅疾，</p><p class="ql-block">為了和老美一樣流利。</p><p class="ql-block">從A到Z，再從Z到A，</p><p class="ql-block">把字典5萬5千單詞記憶。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">啊，我的時(shí)光機(jī)器，我的讀者，</p><p class="ql-block">勤奮學(xué)習(xí)吧，趁你青春年少。</p><p class="ql-block">盡管一門外語不能確保你將來富有，</p><p class="ql-block">但一定會(huì)讓你擁有一個(gè)娛悅身心的愛好。</p>