<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">译文：</p><p class="ql-block">一张纸条</p><p class="ql-block">千万别扔了那张纸条，</p><p class="ql-block">它可以帮你把有些考试免掉；</p><p class="ql-block">千万别撕毁或弄脏了那张纸条，</p><p class="ql-block">它是你曾经奋斗的真实写照。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">三十年前，我没有mp3播放器，</p><p class="ql-block">也没有手机，</p><p class="ql-block">我训练我的英语听力，</p><p class="ql-block">就用一台短波收音机。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">苦学终日，时光迅疾，</p><p class="ql-block">为了和老美一样流利。</p><p class="ql-block">从A到Z，再从Z到A，</p><p class="ql-block">把字典5万5千单词记忆。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">啊，我的时光机器，我的读者，</p><p class="ql-block">勤奋学习吧，趁你青春年少。</p><p class="ql-block">尽管一门外语不能确保你将来富有，</p><p class="ql-block">但一定会让你拥有一个娱悦身心的爱好。</p>