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0424翻译：那片绿绿的爬山虎（肖复兴）Translation: The Green Growth of Boston Ivy (Xiao Fuxing)(translated by: alexcwlin; edited by: Adam Lam)一次偶然的机遇，能够改变一个人终生的命运。A random opportunity could change a person’s fate for the rest of his life. 小时候，捏着可怜巴巴的一角七分钱，踮着脚尖从家门口对面的邮局里买来一本《少年文艺》时，我开始迷上文学。One day when I was little, I held a meager seventeen cents in my hand and tiptoed over to buy a copy of “Youth Literature” from the post office opposite our house. From that moment onward, I began to fall in love with literature.我渐渐沉浸在我国现代文学之中。Little by little I was mesmerized by contemporary literature of our country.鲁迅、冰心、叶圣陶、许地山……一位位相继闯入我的心中。Writers such as Lu Xun, Bing Xin, Ye Shengtao, and Xu Dishan took over my attention.他们的作品令我爱不释手。I was so fascinated by their publications that I could not put them down.冥冥幻想里，我像今天青少年朋友一样，想入非非地想像着他们的模样、为人及性格。Like many youngsters nowadays, I would fantasize what the looks, behaviors and personalities of these writers would be like.但是，我没有想到有一天我会结识他们当中的一位，并且能够聆听他的教诲。But I never would have thought one day I was able to acquaint one of them and listen to his guidance.二十余年弹指飞去，Twenty years have come and gone in the blink of an eye.当他白发如银时，我竟如他一样走上文学创作的道路。When his hair turned silvery gray, I actually followed his path and engaged in literary creation.在我的人生旅途中，他起的作用举足轻重。In my life’s journey, his effect plays a vital role.他就是叶圣陶先生。?He is Mr. Ye Shengtao. 1963年，我上初三，写了一篇作文叫《一张画像》，是写教我平面几何的一位老师。In 1963 when I was attending Grade 9, I wrote a composition titled “A Piece of Portrait” which was about a teacher who taught me plane geometry.他教课很有趣，为人也很有趣，His teaching method was fun and he was very humorous in person.致使这篇作文写得也自以为很有趣。Overall, I thought this composition was interestingly written.经我的语文老师推荐，这篇作文竟在北京市少年儿童征文比赛中获奖。Under recommendation of my Chinese Language teacher, surprisingly this essay was awarded a prize in Beijing Youth and Children Essay Contest.当然，我挺高兴。Of course I was thrilled.一天，语文老师拿来厚厚一个大本子对我说：“你的作文要印成书了，One day my Chinese Language teacher brought along a