A DAY OF HARVESTING
(A Page from a Student’s Diary)
October 24.
Today we began harvesting. We got up at daybreak, and after an early breakfast we started off for the rice fields. We got there after half an hour's walk.
The fields around us looked like a golden sea. I have never seen anything so beautiful! We worked side by side with the farmers. At first some of us were rather slow. The farmers showed us how to cut the rice and how to tie the bundles. Soon we learned to work faster.
We worked in three groups. "Faster, faster! We mustn't fall behind the others!" That was the thought in everybody's mind.
Evening came before we realized it. We put down our sickles and looked at each other. Our clothes were wet with sweat. On every face there was a smile.
We harvested thirty mu altogether. That was not bad for the first day. But tomorrow we shall certainly do better - much better.

收割的一日
(学生日记一则)
10月24日
我们今天开始收割。天刚亮我们就起了床，早早吃过早饭，就动身去稻田。走了半个小时便到达那里。
周围的稻田像一片金色的海洋，我从来没看见过如此美丽的景象!我们同社员们并肩劳动。开始我们有些人干得很慢。农民教我们如何割稻子，如何打捆，我们很快就学会了，干得就快起来了。
我们分三组干活。“快一点，再快点!不要落到别人后面!”每个人心里都这么想。
不知不觉已是黄昏时分了，我们放下镰刀，你看看我，我看看你，衣服都被汗水湿透了，每个人的脸上都挂着笑容。