Lesson 16: Imitating the New Standards of Chinese Teaching

Towering mountains,

Should sing the song of oriole cuckoo,

But the hovering fighters and missiles

Killed their only paradise.

Why on earth is this?

Quiet and natural green forest,

Should be active in squirrels and macaques,

But bullets and fighting from the sky

Ruined their spoony home.

Why on earth is this?

Endless grassland,

This should be a world of cattle, sheep and horses.

But armored vehicles and cannons come and go

Killed their happy tomorrow.

Why on earth is this?

A prosperous and clean campus,

You should keep chanting the sound of reading,

But a heinous war.

Turned it into a world of destruction and death.

Why on earth is this?

We pray, we hope-

Involve children in war

Have a family, a peaceful family,

Don't be washed away by the explosion of the atomic bomb!

There is a school, a harmonious school,

Don't be run over by the track of the tank!

Playing on the lawn like us,

Enjoy spring like us. ...