校园月夜(moonlit night on the campus)
    it was a quiet night in october. having read for a couple of hours, i closed my book and went ont for a walk on the campus. the moon was high above, bright and beautiful. the four blocks of grey dormitory buildings stand in neat array, bathed in silvery light. shining magnificently, the moon floated in the thin sky. she followed me as i walked. it is always like this. when the moon shines, there are very few stars in the sky,so few that i can count them. they are some distance away from the shining moon.
    i looked at the moon and murmured to myself: oh, moon, female friend of ours, how many people sing of you; how many people write about you. you witness all the good and evil on earth, yet you always keep your mouth shut, showing a sweet smile and soothing the bitter heart. it seems that all your virtue and power he in tolerance and kindness.
    walking along, i came to the students` dormitory. dim lights flickered above the noodle stalls. the pedlars were sitting there minding their own business. from the windows, the lamplight came out. inside, some students were playing cards. the dim tights and the lamplight somewhat diminished the brightness of the moon. i was a little disgusted.
    walking further along, i saw the library and the classroom budding well lit up, as bright as day. the students there were working hard. they rack their brains tackling difficult scientific problems. a sense of admiration welled up inside myself. involuntarily, i called to the moon from my heart. "oh, moon, i could find your peers, rivals who could match yon. since the advent of electric light, you have been somewhat neglected, yet how can we forget you when w